Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-02
PROPOSED IOWA STOCK LAW
Bill Requiring Inspection Of Animals I'M
ported for Breeding Purposes Discussed,
LEGISLATURE WILL ADJOURN THIS WEEK
Hundred Important Measures still on
the senate Calendar-status
of the Anti-Pass
Bill.
T-om a stan Correspondent

FTom a stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia. April 1.-(special)-
Discussion of the bill to regulate the inn
portation of cattle and hogs in the house
Saturday disclosed the fact that Iowa is
already being Disseminated against by
other states because Of the prevalence of
tuberculosis among hogs and cattle and
other stock in different sections Of the
state The purpose OF the bill was to pro-
tect this state and to prevent the importa-
ton Of cattle from Nebraska and Dakota
for breeding purposes, but II originally
carried provisions regulating the importa-
ton of cattle for any purpose and re-
quiring them to be inspected. This was
changed because of the complaint OF the
Sioux City stock yards and packers that
It would injure the cattle business of that
city.
Campaign on Reciprocal Demurrage.
Farmers Of northern Iowa who claim
that they have been greatly injured, as
well as the elevator men who run indie
pendent elevators, propose to go before the
people on the reciprocal demurrage meas
ure as a campaign issue. The bill was de-
feated in the house yesterday. The bill
as it was presented to the house, however,
did not meet the views of many of those
who favored the idea and it will in all
probability come up again at the next
session Of the legislature.
Not n Pardon.
The pardons committees OF both senate
and house reached final agreement last
| night that there would not be recommended
| a single pardon at this session of the legts-
lature. Four of the applicants at this
session became discouraged and withdrew
their applications rather than hazard their
cases with defeat. There are but two
cases remaining on which the committees
have not reported. These are the two
cases where the men are under sentence
to hang April 20. 1t is known for a GER
tainty, however that they will get no re-
lief from the committees.
This Weeks Business.
This week. the last week of the thirty
first general assembly. will be a crowded
! week, especially for the senate, which is
behind the house in the handling OF bills.
The senate Saturday adjourned till Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock and the house
till Monday afternoon at 1880. In the sem
ate there are over 100 measures on the
calendar for consideration. In the house
there are but twenty-six The child labor
bill is still in the hands of the conference
committee, though II Is believed the COM
mittee will get together on the provisions
early next week. The bill prohibiting Sun
day theaters and Sunday base ball. the
bill giving women a right to vote for pres
idential electors, the bill providing for a
nonpartisan judiciary by permitting can
didates for judge to be named by more
} than one party and the names to go on
the ballot under each party making the
J nomination, the bill regulating baby farms
; and providing for their inspection, the bill
encouraging the growth of forests and
fruit trees. the bill permitting running
, electric power wires along the country
highways, bill permitting the banks the
I same right to increase their capital stock
) that they have to decrease it, the fire.
: cracker bill, the bill amending the law
as to the sale OF abandoned river channels
E the bill increasing the compensation OF
n county attorneys and the bill requiring
: the holder of a mortgage to pay the taxes
e on it are either the house or senate
e calendar with more or less danger Of theii
being killed in the closing days Of the SEES
|. sion next week.
: AS important, II not more so, however
, is the ant-pass bill on which the hous,
and senate have disagreed, the senate re
fusing to concur in the house amendment
y regarding the publication clause Senate
. Hughes. the author OF the bill, has tn
. assurance Of a large number of the mem
bers of the house that that body will re
cede from IT,, position and consent to lie
the bill go through without a publication
is clause An incongruity in the situation I
that Temple of Osceola in the house in
sisted on the publication clause going OF
l. and through his efforts it was put on
while in the senate Jamison of Osceoa in
n sisted that the publication clause be LEI
: off. Both are standpatters and from tn
same town, and the friends of the meas
ure are claiming to some extent that
- is a put-up job to handy the bill fror
IS one house to the other In an effort to Il
w It die in the closing days.
ly Want Roosevelt Here.
IN Senator Turner will early this week pr,
,y sent to the senate military committee a re,
in olution inviting President Roosevelt to a
I'd tend the annual encampment Of the Spar
I'll ish-American war soldiers of the Unite
a States which is to be held in this city tn
he summer The leaders are trying every wa
lis possible to get the president here ar
ar are in hopes OF adding the pressure Of
legislative invitation. Whether or not tn
IL will be in the form of resolution
Wv whether the resolution will direct the go
n ernor TO extend the invitation is not d.
as cided. but the matter will be up tn
"a week.
e DovveII n Candidate.
~ Senator c. c. Dowell Of Polk county hi
-, definitely decided TO be a candidate f
- reelection TO the senate and will not
- a candidate for congress against Congress
~ man Hull. He will file his nominate
40 papers soon, having till April 10 to do S
~ JepsOn for Speaker.
Representative Jepson OF Woodbui
county is being talked OF some for speak
OF the next house. which win CONVEX
az. in nine months because OF the cham
up made by the biennial election law. A
u. though the next house is a long wa
ug from being elected at this time, it
known that there will be but about twent
five OF the members return for the ne
i. session. Mr. Jepson's friends are urgi
him to be a candidate and he Is givi