Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-13
MANY PROPOSED new LAWS
Iowa solSnI Will Be Busy Daring eOming
Session.
TWENTY-FIVE IMPORTANT BILLS IN SIGHT
Governor VIII Recommend Primary
Election and Anti-Pass Measures
Changes in school
statutes.
TWENTY-FIVE IMPORTANT BILLS IN SIGHT


the general assembly, which will convene
January 9. Many of the measures are of
the utmost importance of far-reaching con-
sequence. It is probable that the greatest
discussion and attention will be attracted
to the primary election law and anti-pass
law, both of which the governor has de-
clared his intention to recommend to the
legislature and for both of which he has
been making addresses over the state all
summer. The governor expects that the
anti-pass law will pass with little opposi-
ton, If any, and the primary election law
he expects to see passed, though he antici-
pates opposition on the part OF the rail-
roads
There will be two or three bills upon
school matters. There will be a bill rec
commended by the legislative committee on
the matter Of a board of control for state
educational institutions. recommending a
large unsalaried board and there will be a
substitute bill offered for a small large
salaried board. There will be a bill abolish
ing county teachers certificates and provd-'
ing for state certificates entirely.
There will be a pure food bill recon-
mended by a committee of the State Agri-
cultural society and having the backing of
former Governor Packard and State Dairy
Commissioner H. r. Wright. There will he
Nllllu ldDOI VII asked Dy the state lapOI
federation and having the endorsement of
State Labor Commissioner Brigham. There
will be a bill to make the State Humane
society a department Of the state govern
ment with an annual appropriation. There
will be two bills up with the approval of
the secretary of state. One will be an
amendment to the corporation laws giving
the secretary Of state greater authority in
investigating and enforcing corporations to
file their articles of Incorporation in the
state and the other amending the law as to
abandoned river and lake beds. A bill to
give the railroad commission greater au-
thority in the matter Of enforcing a Joint
rate is being talked Of State Auditor B. F.
Carroll will recommend some changes In
! the insurance laws The bankers of the
state will have bill recommending that all
banks of the state, whether state or pri-
vate, excepting only the national banks and
including all concerns that receive deposits.
be required to submit regularly to examina-
! ton from the state auditors department
The bakers of the state at their last
convention asked for a uniform weight loaf
of bread Certain reformers of this city
propose law to prevent white people in
| termarrying with negroes. The railroads
will have a bill prohibiting trespassing on
| their right-of-way. Representative E. w.
Weeks will have bill to prohibit c. o. d.
| liquor business. State Treasurer Gilbertson
wants a bill amending the collateral inner
| itance tax so as to divide the tax between
| the counties and the state. The State
| Board OF Health will have some bills re-
stricting marriage and amending the vital
| statistics laws The State Marshals' club
will have up it's bill as usual, and the Equal
Suffragsts will have a bill introduced
! Since in addition to the legislative mat
ters that will come before the general as
| sembly at the coming session the political
campaign Of next year is expected to open
during the session, it is confidently ex-
pected that the session will be one Of the
most interesting in many years.
Where Law is Silent.
| new point of judicial procedure is to
be submitted to the supreme court in the
divorce case Of Eta Hamilton against w
T. Hamilton, from Washington county.
Hamilton was served with a notice Of the
suit March %. 1905. and was instructed then
to appear for a hearing on the matter OF
temporary alimony and show what prop
erty he had. he appeared but merely to
object to the hearing without legal length
of time, claiming that he had till the Sep
TENDER term of court. The law says IL ter
days intervene between the date of notice
of suit and that first of the term, then the
case can be called for the next term. Ham
ilton was given only three days to appear
on the question of alimony and claims ht
should have had much time as on the
suit for divorce. The case was decided
against him and he appealed before tn,
divorce case was heard.
Lumber Dealers VS.. Log Thieves
A case of log stealing from Clayton
county is to appear in the supreme court
SOme of the lawyers in the suit hold tina
people have stolen logs for so many year.
on the Mississippi river that It has becom,
a constitutional right and they think 1t al
imposition to arrest a man for beinI
caught with forty logs in his possession
The case is the State against Georg
LOOMS, and in the district court Loomi
, won. The state is now appealing to fin,
out whether log pirating is a legitimat
: profession. Loomis is defending his cas-
> in the supreme court with able ATTORNEYS
His attorney holds that log owners hav
/ themselves been stealing logs from on
) another along the upper Mississippi 10
3 many years" and claims that they hav
: employed men to patrol the river and picl
3 up stray logs which they sell to the frs
: lumberman they get TO regardless of who's
logs they are. This they claim is wha
, LOOMS was doing when he was arreste
r with forty logs in his possession. He wa
/, a log pirate and they claim custom ha
= made the profession an honorable one.
y Soldiers own Their Homes.
= Statistics prepared for the census volum
show that there are 12.69S old soldiers /
d, the state Of Iowa out of a total of q. Sc
: who own their own homes free of en-
d cumbrance. The value of such homes
Q Sl5,5S2,47O There are 4O5l soldiers WI
n own homes valued at SCI, 72s, $40, on whic
y there is an encumbrance of $5,5l2, 49, TheI
o are 1886 who own no homes, 49S who new,
, married and $50 who failed to report to Il
enumerators the value of their property.
I OF the total number of old soldiers
the state at this time 1O,4SS enlisted fro
y this state in Iowa regiments and l5,Os1 wei
in regiments Of other states Divided
o TO ages the greater number Of the o
3: soldiers of the state now are 60 years oil
n There are 200 of these. OF those So yea.
It or under there are 26S, and of those
d years or over there are thirty-six. b
d ginning with those of 62 years old Il
X ages are as follows:
n In Iowa From other Graz
IS Ages Regiments. states Tota
!, 81 81 1,253 81