Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-08
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des MONIES, Iowa, March 5. ID

passage the Lewis bin authorizing
the governor to can conference OF
delegates from different states of the
union to devise means to secure a
convention to amend the federal con-
sttution so as to make the United
states senators elective by the people
instead OF legislatures. The PROPOSE
tion by Senator Lewis was In the
form of joint resolution and 1t has
been disclosed In former proceedings
that money cannot be appropriated
by joint resolution. The proposition
carried an expenditure of 500 In
issuing the invitations and the cores.
pondence necessitated on the part OF
the executive Office.
A bill presented in the house by
Representative Martin provides that
nine jurors may return n verdict. In.
stead of of the unanimous vote of
luries as has up to this time been
The rule, should this bill become n
Jaw, three members OF jury may be
Df one opinion and the other nine OF
another and the opinion of the nine
snail govern In determining the YER
dict. The bin repeats section 1922 of
the code, and enacts In its stead the
following: THE verdict must be In
writing, signed by foreman chosen
by the jury itself, and, when agreed
to, the jury must be conducted into
the court, their names called, and the
verdict rendered by him, and read by
the clerk to the jury, and inquiry
va 4 to bni- tat
not more than tnree jurors disagree,
the jury being polled, the verdict Is
complete, and the jury shall be dis
charged from the case"
Four head Of buffalo from the finest
herd In the world have arrived In Des
Moines for Greenwood park. There
Is one bull and three helrers, all young
stock and all came from the Flat
Head reservation, Wyoming, In good
condition. Howard Eaton, an old time
buffalo hunter and dealer, came In
charge OF the animals and declares
them to be fine specimens,
Representative Hambleton OF Ma
haska county has introduced bill in
the house allowing insurance COM
panies, rather than life companies,
more latitude In the matter of In
vesting their funds. Under the pres.
ent law these insurance companies
may invest their funds only In the
state. Mr.. Hambleton seeks to allow
them to invest outside Of the state.
The bill includes only companies or
ganized under chapter 4, of the code.
The Hambleton bill repeats the pro-
vision OF the present law relative to
investments, and provides that
any company organized under chapter
A OF the code may invest It's funds In
the following securities-but shall be
allowed to invest only the funds Of It's
surplus In the character of securities
described IL the last two paragraphs.
"The bonds Of the United States.
"The bonds OF this or any other
state when they are ut or above par.
"Bonds or other interest bearing
evidences of indebtedness of any coun-
ty, city, town or school district with
In this state or any other state, or
drainage district within this state,
when such bonds or other evidences
Of indebtedness are issued by author
ity and according to law.
Bonds and mortgages and other In
terest bearing securities being first
liens upon real estate within this
state or any other state, worth at
least double the amount loaned there.
on exclusive Of buildings, unless such
buildings are insured in favor of the
company to the amount at which
such buildings are estimated In de-
termining the value OF such property.
an the stock OF solvent national,
state or savings banks, to an amount
not exceeding 20 per cent Of It's as
sets.
"In stocks or bonds OF any solvent
dividend paying corporations organ
lied under the laws OF any state or
Of the United States, worth at their
current market value 10 per cent
more than the amount ut which they
are estimated In determining the as
sets Of the company, but such invest.
ment shall not be made In the COM
pany's own stock"
The senate railroad committee vot.
ca 10 report lOr pdSSFbc uiii WuiCH
was designed as an amendment to the
Hughes anti-pass BIZ by the special
subcommittee to which the subject
was referred. The new bill Is much
more liberal than the Turner bill and
slightly broader than the Hughes
bill, though 1t relates to transporta-
ton on railroads exclusively AS
recommended the bill prohibits the
issuance of passes to or their use by
public officers, from municipal to state
including the judiciary and legisla-
ture 1t also prohibits these favors
for candidates for office, for delegates
to political conventions and to mem.
bers Of committees In charge of
political matters. The railroad en-
ployes are exempted from the opera.
ton of the measure while acting In