Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE.

Des Moines, Feb 2G---Ine senalo
adopted the Lyon resolution TO ap.
point a committee of three to investi-
gate the ACCESSIBILITY Of using voting
machines In Iowa. The house measure
| to prohibit the shooting OF live pig
cons for targets was passed. sen.
ator Bleakly introduced a measure,
similar to the one In the house, to
regulate marriages in Iowa. It pro.
vides for salary of $4,000 for the
officer giving the matrimonial in
struction. BY request Senator Eric
son introduced the bill which has been
prepared by the Good Roads associa'
ton.
Des Moines, Feb. 27.--Senate.-The
senate yesterday passed the Saun-
ders bill relating to the right to vote
shares of stock. According to its pro.
visions, administrators and executors
| may vote shares of stock and the
pledger of corporation stock also has
the right to vote it until his rights
are foreclosed, barring written con.
tract to the contrary. In case of at
tachment of stock shares, the owner
may vote same until Invested Of his
rights by execution. The senate also
passed Dunham's bill requiring
more careful accounting of state doc
uments. The upper house also passed
the bill In regard to procedures in the
supreme court. Adjourned till We'd
nesday.
House.--senate file 200, to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the st. Louis com.
mission exhibit, was passed, Langhan
Of Clinton voting no. House file 13o,
to increase the support fund at the
Mitchellville school, was passed. The
per capita Is raised from $12 to $13
q month. House file 1876, the Wright
BILL affecting common carriers, was
passed. 1t permits all railroads hand
ling a shipment to be sued in the
county where It originates. The bill
to appropriate 1000 for the Benedict
home was passed. The bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 to buy railway commits
sioners' maps was passed. s.
Des Moines, Feb. 29.-House.-
Saunders bill to punish severely the
taking of opium, liquor and weapons
to inmates of state institutions was
passed. Jepsoh's bill to authorize
cities to license and control employ
ment agencies was passed. Weeks
bill providing that persons who carry
about liquor for sale or gift shall be
known as bootleggers, and permit
ting injunctions to be issued against
such persons, was passed.
Des Moines, March 2.-.What Is
known as the English bill regulating
the consolidation of insurance con-
Germs in Iowa was quickly passed. The
bill was endorsed by both the auditor
Of state and the insurance concerns
interested in it and 1t had no opposi-
ton. The house also passed the Dill
regulating the consolidation of frater-
nal insurance concerns. It covers the
same ground as the general bill but
special act was passed because the
fraternals did not want to 'beSincluded
In the general statute. The house
passed the Bealer bill compelling pref
erence to be given. veterans OF the
civil war in public appointments.
Des Moines, March 2.-Senate.-The
senate passed five bills, two Of them OF
considerable importance. The two i'm
portant bills were house file No. 81,
appropriating money for the purpose
of inspecting county and private in
stitutions; in which insane persons are
kept, and the house joint resolution
relative to the duties Of the commits.
s:oner of bureau of labor statistics.
The latter provides fol-. the co-opera:
ton of the commissioner with the
United States bureau Of labor statis'
tics The house bill providing for the
protection Of employees in garnishment
cases was also passed by the senate
Senator COPYRIGHT explained the bill.
He said that at..present person en-
ployed by the Illinois Central railroad,
for example, could be garnished In the
state Of Iowa and thus deprived OF
his right of exemption. The purpose
Of the bill is to make this impossible.
House.-The anti-child, labor bill
was under consideration most Of the
day. Christianson,s z automobile. bill
recurring owners to register with the
secretary of state who shall issue a
seal showing such registration, Its
number being posted conspicuously on
the back Of the vehicle, was called up.
and passed, by q vote Of II to 8. Reg
-o1d os[s eIv ssIIqomolne loJ suoneIn
posed.
Des Moines, March S.--Senate.-
The senate defeated the bill providing
for examination OF county Offices. The
vote. finally taken In the afternoon,
stood twenty for and twenty-seven
against. The defeat was final. 1t was
brought ahort only after vigorous
debate, in which many Of the senators
took part. Senator Smith called up his
bill establishing an asylum for dipso
maniacs, inebriates and those addict.
cd To the use of narcotics. The read.
ing Of the, bill was taken up in the
afternoon session but it was not con-.
Guided.
House.-The child labor bill was de.
feated after hard fight. The final
vote was IS to IS. The memorial by
Cheney asking congress to pass the
Deliver bill to repeal the bankruptcy
law, was adopted.
The Treasure, Of the lncas. ID
New York, Feb. 29.-Advices from
La Paz, Bolivia. announce that the
I tcdo1itia0a1 ttcssUts7 0c Ode lAeaa &ass
been discovered at Challacatta, cables
| the Herald's Lima. Peru. correspond
ent. 1t amounts to $1S,OOO,0O0. The
discoveries ere Of various nationali-
ties and are now quarreling over the
treasurer, although legal contract
exists between them as to the divis-
lion. The authorities have interfered
in the matter. ss
We worry over the extravagences
Of others more than we do over our
own.