Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-03-16

vised so that the amount appropriated
shall be used only as the committee
which visited st. Louis and investi-
gated the needs of the commission,
specified in their report.
A bill has also been passed provid-
ing for the return of so much of the
property Of the state as shall be ad-
visabe to the state at the close of
the fair.
The bill for an .inebriates home and
appropriating $125,000 for the CONVEX
sion of the industrial home for adult
blind at Knoxville to that purpose has
been under discussion in the senate
and was on the eve af passage when
it was sent back to the judiciary COM
mittee to remedy what was feared was
an unconstitutional feature. The bill
is long one and provides for a super
intendent at salary of $4,000 per
year and also outlined the method of
administration of the institution and
the procedure by which an inebriate
may be confined therein. 1t provides
and not more than three years with
the provision that an inmate may be
paroled after six months and, il his
health is such that his life in endan-
gered by being detained there, he may
be paroled at any time before six
months by the board of control. The
per capita expense is limited to $4,000
per month, but only SIS is chargeable
to the county from which the person
is sent, the balance to be paid by the
state Female inebriates or dipso-
maniacs may be sent to any insane
hospital Any person knowingly SELL
ing liquors to any inmate is made sub
ject to fine Of from $500 to 81 200 or
Imprisonment in the penitentiary from
six months to one year; or if the sale
is made to a person discharged from
the hospital, the fine is $500 to 81 900
With Jail sentence until paid. A pro-
vision was also inserted that any one
sent to tho hospital shall not thereby
escape prosecution for criminal Of
tense committed previously. A person
sent to the hospital who becomes in
sane while there, shall be sent to an
insane hospital, but time spent In the
hospital shall not be counted towards
the time which he was sentenced to
the inebriate hospital. At the close
of the consideration of the bill. Sen
ator COPYRIGHT raised the point that
the provision for trial OF persons
charged with inebriacy was by sum-
mary proceedings and he made the
point that this would deprive person
of his liberty without giving him the
advantage OF trial by jury. He held
that this was clearly unconstitutional
and moved that the bill be re-referred
to the committee on judiciary, which
was done.
DeLano Bill Indefinitely Postponed.
The DeLano bill upon which there
have been hearings without number
before the house committee on rail.
roads was slaughtered in the house
by the adoption Of the report OF the
railroad committee, which recommend
ed the bill for indefinite postponement.
The principal provisions OF the bill
were the requirement that an aver
age rate Of speed of twenty miles per
hour be maintained on stock ship
ments from point of origin to destina-
ton; that there be no discrimination,
and that shippers be furnished return
passes.
h1 lxr, oil tho motion
to adopt the report which killed the
bill was as follows:
To adopt: Bealer buckingham. Calder
wood. Garden. Casscl. Cheney. Christian
son. Dow. English. Flenninken. Frudden,
Greeley. Hart Jacobson. Jepson. Kennedy,
| McClurkin. McDole. Manning. Martin
| Mates, Nichols. Olson, Ritter, Robinson,
sayior, Shaffer. Skinner, Stoltenberg. Sum
mers. Teachout. Temple. washburn
Weeks. Wise and CIarke-36.
Not to adopt: Bailey, Roland. Coburn
Colcio. Dasbiel. Davie. DeLano. Doran,
Freeman, Geneva. Gregory, Hakes. Hanna,
Harris. Head. Heles, Holleubeck. Kendall
Killing. Laird. I.angan. Lundt. McAllister
Maben, Mott. Ofil. Peet. Prevo. sankey,
Tetor. whtmer. Wilson and wrfght-33
An Even Division.
The bill by Doran. requiring rail
road companies to employ only adults
as telegraph operators and signal men
was reported by the committee for
indefinite postponement but on roll
call the house tied on adoption Of the
report. which gave the bill place on
the calendar,
About the only railroad legislation
which seems probable will be q bill
providing for the issuance Of stock
shippers passes. A subcommittee OF
the house railroad committee has pre-
pared a bill on that subject, which may
pass Bills have been introduced for
the adjustment Of the board OF rail
way commissioners. but this seems to
be considered as a huge joke rather
than as a measure which has any
chance to pass.
Among appropriation bills which
have passed both houses is one appro
priating $4,000 to build permanent
fire proof building on the state fair
grounds. to be devoted to agricultural
horticultural and dairy exhibits.
The bill appropriating $11.5O0 for a
monument to the Iowa soldiers who
died in Andersonville prison was