Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-22

The Stookey bill relative to election
of township trustees was passed.
House-Flenniken introduced bill
providing for primary elections. 1t
is to go into effect next year. The
bill provides for the plurality pri-
mary in counties. identical with the
system in vogue In about half of the
counties of the state now. 1t provides
for primary election for governor,
treasurer, auditor and secretary of
state and for railroad commissioners
only. 1t does not apply to the other
state officers. 1t does not apply to
any judicial officers.
II provides that IL a candidate for
a state or district Office receives in
excess of one-third of the total vote
he shall be the nominee: otherwise
1t goes into the convention. The
Lewis resolution passed without dis.
cussion. Representative Bucking-
ham asked permission to withdraw
house file 367, the bill requiring ply
sicians to take human life. The bill
requiring the assessors to report
births and deaths instead of the ply
sicians, passed.
Des Moines, March 13.-Senate-
The senate spent the greater part or
the day on the Hart child labor bill,
which was passed after amendment,
by vote of 46 to 4.
House-The military committee re-
ported in favor of indefinite post
ponement of the Cheney bill to repeal
the soldier preference law, and the
report was adopted.
Mr.. Hart, from the military COM
mittee, introduced memorial to con-
gress asking for legislation TO pen.
sion certain soldiers of Iowa, known
as the Northwest Border brigade and
the Southern Border brigade. Among
Is passed were the following: Pro.
viding that any dependent wife of an
honorably discharged union soldier
if married prior to 1886 may be ad-
mitted to the soldiers home at Mar
shalltown when he joins in the ap.
plication, or If she has been divorc-
ed; to limit the number of persons
to be received at the dipsomania hos
pital at Knoxville; to authorize the
board of agriculture to increase the
pay of the secretary from $500 to
$1,000.
Des Moines, March 16.-Senate--
The senate took up the educational
board of regents bill yesterday morn
ing and the entire day was spent in
its discussion.
House-Hart's memorial asking con-
gress to grant pensions to certain
Iowa soldiers was adopted. Among
bills passed were the following To
revise laws in the matter of caring
for infected persons; to provide for
payment by boards Of supervisors
for damage done to sheep and other
animals by dogs; to permit boards Of
supervisors to appropriate $500 a
year for experimental work on coun-
ty farms; to permit the placing of
wires for electric currents for power
purposes on public highways.
Des Moines, March 16.-Senate-
The morning was spent in the dis
cussion of the educational board OF
regents bill, Senator Gillilland hay
ing the floor the greater part of the
morning in opposition to the bill
No action was taken, and at noon II
was decided to postpone considera
ton of the bill until next Tuesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Senator
COPYRIGHT then called up the bills
presented by the special committee
on tenure of office. The bills are
drawn to make the terms of Office OF
various officials and state institutions
conform to the biennial elections law.
Fifteen of these bills went through
the senate during the afternoon.
House-The house refused to con-
cur in the senate amendments to the
child labor bill. The house passed
Kendall's resolution calling for COM
mittee reports on everything by March
10. Dunham's bill, increasing the al
lowance for the state library from
$4,000 to $4,000 was passed. Upon
pointed to draft resolutions COM
memorative of the life and public
service of Judge Kinae.
Des Moines, March 17.-Senate-
Among bills passed were the follow
ing: To provide for uniform account
ing of cities; for monthly payment
Of city taxes by county treasurers TO
city treasurers. The senate insist
ed on its amendments to the child la.
Dor bill and asked conference. The
house resolution for committee in
memoriam for Judge Kline was adopt.
ed and Senators Young of Lee. Stir.
ton of Jones and Whipple of Benton
were named as the senate committee.
House-The Warren bill provioing
for the continuance in Office Of the
present school directors until July /
was passed. The brooks banking
bill was passed. 1t provides that,
when the committee of directors ex.
amines a bank a duplicate report
must be sent to the state auditor but
in no way effects the state examina-
ton of banks. The bill also re.
quires these examinations to be made
in June and December. The Calder
wort bill providing for retrenchment
in printing reports was passed. The
Saunders bill from the senate rails
ing the minimum age OF commitment
of females to the industrial school
from sixteen. to eighteen years, was
passpd