Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-10
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Molnes. AUGUST !. 1909.

Stute mas no power 10 go Dehlnu the
census returns forwarded to 1t from
the counties and cannot constitute it.
self a court to determine disputes as
to the correctness Of returns regular.
ly made. The council may correct
manifest erros and IN case of irreg.
ularity in return OF the census may
undertake to have It retaken; but it
cannot 60 behind the returns to cor
rect them by the judicial determine
ton of a dispute. That Is within the
province OF the courts. This means
hat the returns from Atlantic will be
c~anvassed at their face value and the
council will not undertake to sit as
a court to hear the evidence which
temperance people in that city are
prepared to present to show that the
census returns are padded.
It has become known among poll
ticians that Lieut.. Gov. John Her
riott Is thinking very seriously of re-
adjusting his committees Of the SEN
ate for the session of next winter.
Many new and important questions
have come forward since the last ses-
sion, many of the senators now oc-
cupy well defined positions respecting
political affairs, and some OF the sen.
ators who were given committees OF
the second class last session are said
TO feel that they should be given a
chance I'm the coming assembly. Mr..
Herriott himself, having a deep sym.
pathy with rnany OF the more impor'
tant contentious which have come
forward within the last year or two
desires that committees strictly In
harmony with the most progressive
policies may be framed for he SEES.
sion, which will convene next Janu'
airy. Among the matters which Will
demand attention probably Is that OF
congressional redistricting. The adop-
ton OF the Temple amendment and Its
increase of the members of the lower
house to 107 makes reimbursement CT
senatorial districts imperative in tho
coming session. The insurance scan
dals In the east and their effect In
Iowa brings insurance into greater
prominence than II enjoyed In the last
session. The railroad rate regulation
matter Is purely congressional, II Is
luz uul " Iup N'i'ih'Nt "''N''''hAS'st
in Iowa. There Is the anti,pass meas
ure in which Governor Herriott al
ways has had the strongest interest
in seeing the strongest possible
bill passed and which has a faireI
chance in the next session than IL ever
had before; the 2.cent fare bill Is said
to be ready for Introduction, already;
the proposition to cut the freight rateu
on local live stock shipments vii.
come up the first day, a score OF other
important railroad questions, many on
which are new, will be On the tapis
Primary legislation Is bound to come
To a focus next winter.
Superintendent Rothert OF the state
school for the deaf at Council Bluffs
has asked the state board OF control
to ask the legislature for $10G, 200 for
the next biennial period, to be expend.
ed In the Improvement Of the institu'
ton. Among his requests Is one for
$4,000 for a sufficient heating plant
and equipment. Another asking Is for
$4,000 for an additional dormitory.
This will accommodate all of the stu
dents at the institution for several
years. The list of things which Sup
%erintendent Rothert wishes the board
of control to ask of the legislature
which meets in January follows:
Fencing, 81, 900; walks, etc, $4,000;
blackboard. $500; desks and furni-
ture $500; boiler house, smoke stack,
laundry, machinery, tunnels, $50, 1000;
cisterns, $500; wagon and machinery
sheds piggeries and outbuildings, $4,-
900: dynamos, $4,000; elevators, 49,.
600; tools and machinery In industrial
school $500; school building, dormi-
tory for primary pupils, 100000; plas'
tering, ETC., $4,000; removal and re-
pairs, $500; repair and contingent
$4,000; library supplies $500. Total,
$l06, 200.
State GeClogist Frank A. Wilder,
returning from st. Louis, where he
has been watching the experiments
which the government Is making with
respect TO the gas producing qualities
Of the Iowa coal, has gone to- north
ern Iowa, where he will make an in
vestigation relative to the peat beds
there located. He goes to- BOWS, In
Wright county, first. At times com
panies have been organized with a
view to exploiting the peat Of Iowa
as a commercial fuel, but they have
not been extensively engaged in the
business. The product will now be
carefully examined by the state geolo-
gist and perhaps a new field OF indus
try and endeavor will grow up In
Iowa through his official report. Mr..
Wilder will map the peat beds thor
oughly. II has come to the knowl-
edge of the department recently that
Iowa has immense areas OF this fuel.
The survey has always known that
the deposits were large In area, but
not to the extent recently reported.
The extent will be thoroughly exploit
ed by Geologist Wilder on this and
subsequent tours in the northern
Iowa district.
JChn Stein, a TT. Madison stone ma