Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-05
HAWkEYE LAWMAKERS BUSY
Primary Election and Anti-Pass Bills Will
Come Up This Week.
PURE FOOD BILL WILL BE REPORTED
Four samples of Lard Costing from
71-2 to III Cents n Pound Found
to Contain Cottonseed OIL
and Stearin.
PURE FOOD BILL WILL Be REPORTED
From a STAFF Correspondent

was made by the state chemist. The price
of four Of the samples were respectively
~. 50. 10 and 10 cents a pound and the
ANALYSIS showed exactly the same for each
that they were composed of cottonseed
oil and sterine. The only difference was in
the labels on the cans. which did not war
rant the difference in price. The fifth
sample contained real lard adulterated with
! beef tallow and was sold for 11Is cents a
pound. These samples, it is claimed,
| only typical of the conditions over the
state. 1t is claimed that it is practically
impossible to buy pure lard in Iowa. The
| same is claimed of sausages and mince
meats, which have been extensively ana
| lyzed by the state chemist for the dairy
commissioner. The sausages are always
adulterated with powdered crackers and
| preserved with sulphite and boraX. II is
/ expected the pure food bill will be reported
| from the committees this week.
VIII he Busy Week.
The coming week promises to be one OF
| the busiest since the legislature opened.
| There Is to be a fight early In the week
| on the bill for new trials in criminal cases.
! There is to be an effort to get the Weeks
| resolution memorialzing congress on the
! rate question out of the committee and
! the school bill for n board of regents for
educational Institutions will be introduced
| and the committee will report out the bill
for state certificates for teachers. The
primary bill and the anti-pass bill will
| take the center of the stage this week and
something is looked for from both COM
mittees having those matters.
After Special Charters.
! Senator Crawford of Dubuque denies that
! the railroads are in any way back of his
! bill to make the section of the code rela-
! tive to the assessable value of property
being . per cent of its real value applicable
to special charter cities. In connection
! with the introduction of the bill some of
| the special charter cities became worried
and there is talk ahoat that there Is a
scheme to abolish special charters for
cities entirely. Senator Crawford let 1t
slip that business men had told" him the
| special charters ought to be abolished. He
| denied however, that the bill was any
| thing more than an attempt to make the
law clear. The railroads fought the cities
that assessed the property at it's full
value" said Senator Crawford. I'm Daven-
port the railroads lost their case and in
Cedar Rapids they lost. Then in the appeal
to the supreme court the court was equally
divided on the case, and both lower courts
were affirmed. There was no chance,
through the courts, of ever getting the
thing Strengthened out Now, in these
cities the bulk of the property is assessed
at Its full value but the railroad property
at but one-fourth. That is unfair. My
bill makes the law relating to assessments
applicable to these special charter cities
The same thing could have been accom-.
plished by making it not applicable. and
one method would be about as good as
another If the law were not applica bic
these cities could assess railroads at the
full value, the same as other property. and
the thing would be equitable Specia
charter cities do not have any advantages
that other cities do not, particularly. They
| work under a little different arrangement
but are no better off than regularly in
corporated cities. All this excitement abou
losing their charters is Groundless, so fal
as | have known"
BnIs Coming Up.
: The wide tire bill that has passed IN,
. house has been reported out of committee
in the senate and has a fair chance o
passing.
The judiciary committee of the senat,
has reported favorably on the bill givin,
petit jurors beds. The custom of the pas
, has been to keep a jury up till 1t decided
t | a case. Sometimes this meant two or three
I days The supposltiOn seemed to be tina
after had been given to a jury j
= should be allowed to do nothing but ca
till it decided. This bill provides that
7 district judge can order beds for the jur!
: if he thinks advisable. II he takes a no
. ton that the jury is soldering on him an,
e stringlng out the matter of coming to a de
+ | cison purposely in order to get the pc
diem and board he can refuse the comfort
n ing bed.
: VIII Bring Lobby.
e lobby of patent medicine men will lkel
: now descend on the legislature. Two bill
: are up, one in the senate and one in tn
d house, providing that patent medicine me
: must tell on the outside of the bottle wha
e Is on the inside. The senate bill is tn
:, work of DIR. Young of Calhoun. who is tn
), chairman of the committee on public healtf
Besides this bill he has up his sleeve a hi
d - prohibit the distribution Of sample med
! icnes, salves and the like on doorstep
n where children and pet animals are Hkel
o to get hold of them and poison themselves
- The Young bill is mostly told in the frs
If two section. which are as follows:
lie Every proprietary drug or medicine sha
" be clearly labeled in black, open Gothic le
&c ters white background showing II
p name and percentage of each of the COZ
re tanned constituents. and such label shall
/ affixed to each and every package, carto
box or bottle containing such drug or me'
poison and its sale shall be subject to II
D limitations of the poisonous drugs place
- ! under schedule II of section 1888, chaptt
&c xviii, title II of the code.
le The enforcement of the bill is placed
u the hands Of the State Pharmacy board.
" The house bill is somewhat more drasti
m 1t provides that each package or bolt
IN shall be clearly labeled in Gothic type of n
as less than eight-point. and that every me-
IN icine or drug containing per cent of woo
lie alcohol per cent of morphine, herion. c
a caine, salts, choral hydrate belladonn
by cotton root or ergot shall be labeled in r,
in letters Poison" The enforcement of tn
he bill is placed with the State Board
k. Health.
r. Cummins for Direct Vote.
c. Governor Cummins has received a reque
from the Cleveland Press asking his pos
ton on the question of voting direct Z
United States senators. The request bea
m the information that the Ohio legislatu
d. is about TO vote on a resolution on the ma
ST. ter. Governor Cummns position is W,
m known to be in favor Of the direct vote,
re he has expressed it publicly often times
IT. The Anti-Pass Bills.
Ant-pass legislation next week will for
70 the front according TO the well
H. formed members. Little has been do
en- along that line thus far except the intr
m ,duction of two bills. one by Senator Hugh,
ok the father OF anti-pass legislation in I