Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moincs. Jan. 40. zoos.

Des Moines, Jan. 30, 1908.
Several weeks ago IL was announced
hat the Office of the auditor of state
aad recovered IRON the counties of
she state about $4,000 which was de-
lnquent in charges against the coun-
| lies for state care Of their wards In
| state institutions. Some OF these de-
| linquencies extended back about
| thirty years. Settlements were Sc
cured without extensive difficulty by
| Revenue Clerk Joe Wall, under direc-
| ton of the auditor. and the work was
| done so quietly that IL was not gen.
| orally known. In the sim which was
| held to be really delinquent were
| those sums charged TO the accounts
| OF tho counties back OF a certain date.
| Taxing the accounts down To January
| !, 1908, the total amount delinquent
was s124,S5S27. or this the auditor
has collected all but about $4,000.
Governor Cummins has isuod a
| statement I'm which he declares that
he cannot endorse the Hepburn bill
for regulation of interstate commerce
IA the measure would create an un-
wieldly and expensive judicial body
TO largely usurp the functions OF the
legislative body which the Interstate
commerce commission rightfully
should be. He says Il Is faulty In
that II does not make the rate eff
fective as soon as promulgated by
the Interstate commerce commission.
but gives sixty days In which the rail-
| roads may delay II and hen allows
| the railway companies to indefinitely
postpone Il IL the courts hold IL to be
unreasonable. At the same time tho
railroad is permitted TO appeal, the
| shipper Is denied the privilege, Tho
governor believes the problem can
not possibly no solved without max
ing the rate effective Immediately
upon action Of the Interstate com.
merce commission, to remain effective
until annulled by decree OF com
petent court.
! Attorney General Mullan has been
advised that the supreme court OF
the United States has overruled his
motion to advance the case which In
wolves the constitutionality OF the
anti-compact insurance law Of this
state. Mr.. Mullan had hoped to have
| IL advanced on the calendar so that
decision would be reached very short.
| ly. AS II Is, Il must await It's turn
but even then the attorney general
hopes Il will be decided this year and
| possibly within n few months. This
case IL one of the utmost Importance
as II affects all the vast insurance In.
terests. The law seeks TO prevent
the companies from getting together
on rates and other matters, The
| federal court In this city In which
the first trial was held, ruled that the
law was unconstitutional.
| Former Attorney General Remley
decided the question which has been
raised as to Matt Hunters sentence
in Fort Madison prison. He held that
as a long as prisoner was so unruly
as to be kept In solitary confinement,
his sentence would not begin to run.
General Remedy said: Section 5GS2
authorizes adding to the term OF the
sentence every day which the prisoner
has been kept in solitary confinement
for any violation of the rules of the
prison. This is the effect of such sec
ton. In computing the time which
he is required to be imprisoned by the
sentence the days In which he Is In
solitary confinement are excluded. If
man sentenced for one year should
be kept In solitary confinement for
thirty days, he could not be released
until thirteen months after he was re-
ceived at the prison."
The state authorities have promul.
gated a very important ruling, or
series OF rulings, regulative OF the in.
surance business in particular phases.
In effect, these rulings are.
First--That individuals, associa-
tions and partnerships which essay
to do an insurance business must
comply with the law regulative OF
the insurance business TO which
corporations engaged In II are sub
! ject.
Second--That live stock cannot
be insured, In Iowa, against sickness
and death, but may be against acci-
| dent.
Attorney General Mullan furnished
the legal opinion on which these de-
cisiOns have been promulgated from
the insurance department Of the office
of Auditor OF State Carroll The
Farmers Cooperative Live Stock as
sociation OF Cedar Rapids, OF which
| s. p. Kuhn and j. II. Leverich are the
| officers, sought TO do business In the
| line OF insurlng Iowa live stock
against sickness and death, and not
| be Incorporated the association,
through It's officers, claiming the
right to do an insurance business
| without conforming to the conditions
set out In the statute affecting cor
| porations engaged in the insurance
| business. Auditor Carroll and Mr.. o.
| o. Roe Immediately determined that
this was form OF insurance not
authorized by law, and they insisted
| that though unincorporated the asso.
| citation must conform to the statute
relating to the insurance business.
Taken to the attorney general, the
positions taken by the department
was sustained absolutely.
V. G. Hamilton, a prominent young
business man of Nicola, died at his
home in Nicola from burns received in
a gasoline explosion which resulted
from throwing the gasoline on fire.
The science Of advertising is under
stood by some of the Russians. In a
thoroughfare OF st. Petersburg a