The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-21
MEASURE LIKELY TO BECOME
LAW IN IOWA.
Upper House Of Hawkeye State Is. Elk
pected to Take Similar Action
Galveston Plan of Municipal Govern
ment Meets Death in Senate COM
mittee-State Rests in Garter Muir
der Trial Without Presenting Direct
Evidence. 4. -
special to The Journal.

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Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 21.-Two important
bills met different fates in the legislature yes,
terday afternoon. The child-labor bill passed
the house by vote of 81 to "a, and the bill
Iowa cities to adopt the Galveston
plan of municipal government was killed III the
senate committee on cities ana towns St. 80
The child-labor measure 10 the fruit or
great deal of agitation on the part OF LABOR
unions and women's clubs, who formed an un-
usual partnership in working for this cause;
The main provisions or the DILL are, cohta1heu
in section l: ..'5 -:-es --,. II
:'No person under II years of age. and no
person under 16 years of age, who is less than
sixty inches in height and eighty pounds IN
weight, shall be employed, with or without
wages or compensation, in any mine, quarry
anufacturing establishment, factory, mills
shop, laundry or packing house In such rooms
or buildings where machinery sis operated or
where conditions are dangerous, or any store OF
mercantile establishment where eight or more
persons are employed, or in the operation OF any
freight passenger elevators
No. strong opposition to the bill has yet ap-
peared in the senate. and that body Is expected
to pass the bill almost unanimously In the
matter of reform legislation the present session
is making a name for itself, having ALREADY
passed the pure-food BILL. .ss-
The Galveston BILL so called. purposes to give
the larger cities Of the state permission to
ADOPT the commission plan of government. II
did away with the ward system and provided
for five commissioners to act both as a leglsia-
tive and executive body. They were to be
elected at large. 1t was proposed to concentrate
practically all the municipal power IN this board,
| thus fixing the responsibility. The senate COM
| mittee considered the measure too revolutionary
| to be acted on until it had been more widely
discussed by the people Of the state
The state closed it's case in the Carter murder
trial without having presented any direct In
eliminating evidence. Several circumstances
were brought forward against Carter which place
him in serious light, but d'sinterested attor'
news who are watching the trial doubt that any
of the evidence has been strong enough OF
which to base conviction. =; $3.50. 49, ~.
! The state has shown that Carter and Gresser
the murdered farmer. were dickering for the
| sale of the latter's farm and that Garter was
| with Gresser on Sunday Of the fatal week
A. J. -Zwart an official Of the Des Mo1nes Ma
tional bank, testified that the signatures II
the deed and mortgage were forgerles, Du
this testimony was weakened by other w1tnesse
who identified the writing as that of Gresser.
Neighbors of Gresser. testified that they MAJ
seen Carter drive past on the afternoon OF tn
crime The defense began Its testimony To-Day
Des Moines has day laborer who has place
himself in the Rockefeller class and made.
! beouest to a university. Drake university ma
lust received gift of 5000 from }. r Powei
carpenter who was always believed to be !
moor circumstances. Powell gave direction tina
his gift be applied to- the fund being raise
,, tn qualify an offer Of $780, 900 made by Andre'
Carnegie for a, library. !; The latest zbequest IN
creases this fund to; $4,000 ~ - 80