Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-05
DIES MONIES LETTER

UIlO NlOlNLO LUl j. Ull
Des Moiues, Ia, March 2S.-The legis-
l2tnre has elected the following officers:
State printer, Bernard Murphy, of Vim
ton; state binder Howard Tedford. OF
Mount Ayr; regents Of the university.
Joe R. Lane, OF Davenport; T. B. Han
ley, of Upton; j. w. Lauder, of Alton;
V. L. Treynor, of Council Bluffs; trus-
tees of the state normal school, d. r.
Osborne, of Rippey, and q. H. Griffin, OF
Atlantic; trustees of the state agri-
cultural college, Vincent Zmundt (dem.),
of Iowa City; H. NJ. Let's, of Columbus
Junction; George l. Allyn. of Mount Ayr.
and Ellis ]. Orr, of Maukon. Messrs.
Murphy ard Te6ford secured third terms
and their third terms will begin next
January All of the officers are repub-
licans except Mr.. Zmundt.
Election of Senators.
The Iowa legislature has gone on REQ
ord in favor of the direct election Of
United States senators by the people.
The Hughes resolution to this effect had
no material opposition in either house
when it got before the bodies. 1t will
be signed by Gov. Cummins, though this
is not essential with joint resolutions.
and will then be sent to the congress of
the United States. The resolution asks
for constitutional convention SO that
the federal constitution may be so
changed as to permit direct vote on SEN
ators. The Iowa house passed similar
joint resolution two years ago. The
legislature refused to pass the Head reso-
luton expressing sympathy with Rus
STA in her struggle with Japan, conclud-
ing that the state better keep out of in
ternational affairs.
New Road Law.
The house by vote of IS to 81 passed
the Chassell bill which, in effect, repeats
the Anderson, or new road law, passed
by the last general assembly. The Chas-
sell law provides that the board of town
ship trustees, at the regular April meet
ing of any even numbered years shall,
when a written petition is presented to
them, signed by majority of the voters
who voted at the last preceding general
election, divide the township into two
or more road districts, said division to
take effect on January following. And
in townships which have been so divided,
the trustees shall permit resident tax
payers to work out their road taxes, or
as much as the trustees may determine.
This makes the matter one of local OPP
|, ton, permitting the majority of the
| {, fNu in, tn dofo n g
whether to follow the cash payment plan
or to return to the old system of working
out the road taxes. The senate commit
tee on highways promptly killed the
bill
Money for Inebriate Hospital.
The legislature has passed the bill ap-
propriating $125,000 for an inebriatt
hospital to be erected in connection will
the abandoned home for the blind a
Knoxville. There was no material op
position to the measure, though ther'
were those who thought 1t folly to ap
propriate SO large sum of money TO-
housing this class of people when Their
is need for money with which to educat
and care for really unfortunate peopl
and children The inebriates are nov
kept in wards at the state insane hos
pitfalls and they are such great care tina
the hospitals have tried to get rid Q
them. The Knoxville idea was ad
vanced, approved by the people {
Knoxville, and, the legislature leane
toward it favorably.
Control Of Institutions.
The bill drafted by the senate sub
committee on appropriations for
). single board of control for the three edu
cational institutions provides for fiv
c. members, one of whom shall be chail
man and devote all of his time to tt
business, receiving salary of $500
a year, the other four members receivin
three dollars day for the time the
W spend in the work. The chairman cal
- not be graduate Of any of the three il
~ situations. Only three members of IL
10 board may be alumni of the institution
~ Only three members may be member
ID also, of the dominant political part
1t will require a vote of four membe
q. of the board to depose the president
IL any of the institutions. The bill vi
~ drafted by Senators Maytag, Dunha
ne and Brooks. 1t covers the state un
ne versity, the state agricultural colleg
sn the state normal school, the sta
ed schools for deaf and the blind.
eu Insurance Policies.
ra Representative Sankey, who tried
90 get through valued policy insuran
I'd bill and failed, has introduced ne
ia measure designed to effect the same pu
Id pose. 1t provides that insurance CO,
be panies may not write policies for mo
IA than the actual value Of the proper
insured, and II they do the owner Of t
property may recover from the compa
the premiums paid In excess OF the pref
81 iums on the amount of the actual val
., of the property. So, If property bur
}" and the company pays less than the fa
~ of the policy on the theory that 1t
" its actual value, the owner may reco,
~ from them the premiums paid on t
y. difference between the face Of the poll
, as and the amount paid by the company
70 satisfying the loss.
,ir May Adjourn April 8.
90 The first serious proposition looki
to the adjournment of the legislatr
was made by Representative Wyland,
m Shelby county. He proposed reso
Of ton ten days ago providing for adjoul
or ment on Wednesday of next week, Ap
or 6. The resolution went over under G
q of the house rules for future consider
m ton, but later was amended and adopt
is 1t was evident at that time, to ma