Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-08
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

| resolution relative to Colonel HeE
, derson's death was presented by Sem
ator Crawford and adopted. A COM
! munication was received from the
governor also, officially notifying the
legislature of the death of Colonel
Henderson. The house resolution was
messaged to the senate also. A COM
mittee of five senators was authoriz.
ed to attend the funeral. The senate
adjourned at O'Clock on motion of
Senator Durham as a mark of respect
to the late speaker. The senate con.
Cured in the house amendments to
I the road bill giving the township
trustees power to divide townships
into four road districts with four
superintendent instead of one, as at
| present. The greater part Of the day
was spent in considering the primary
bill.
House-Mr Frudden of Dubuque
county asked unanimous consent to
introduce concurrent resolution of
respect to the late Hon. David B. Hen
derson. The resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted. The senate
resolution in honor of the late Colonel
Henderson was read and concurred In
by the house, after being amended
by Kendall. The governors message,
announcing the death of Colonel Hen.
derson, was read and ordered printed.
The Lewis resolution providing for
convention of delegates to be nam.
ed by the governors of the several
states for the purpose of proposing
an amendment to the national consti.
tuition relating to the election Of Unit.
ed States senator's by popular vote,
was referred, by request of Temple,
to the committee on constitutional
amendments. The house voted down
the Calderwood state employment
office bill % to 80.
The committee on roads and high.
ways bill providing for the publication
of the itemiZed accounts of township
trustees of the township officers, was
passed. The Buckingham drainage
bill passed.
Des Moines, Feb. 27.-Senate-
President Herriott named Crawford
Durham, COPYRIGHT, Hartshorn and
Wade as a committee to attend the
funeral of Colonel Henderson. A reso
luton was adopted authorizing floral
offering from the legislature. Peti.
tions signed by 1913 voters in the
Eleventh district in favor of the
primary law were delivered to the
members of the legislature from that
district. Consideration of the primary
was resumed The Saunders amend
ment, for a majority primary, was
defeated, 20 to 20. The bill was then
killed by vote of 81 to 80.
House-Among bills passed were
the following: The Darrah bill, in
creasing the limit of Indebtedness of
cities from per cent of the taxable
value to per cent of the actual
value; the Hanna bill giving boards
of supervisors power to levy an adj
ditional mill; the English bill provid-
ing for the care and permanent preser-
walton of public archives, and making
an appropriation of $4,000 for this
purpose; establishing and maintain
ing a state board of health laboratory
at Iowa City, carrying an appropria-
ton of $4,000; the Bixby bill to en-
courage the planting of forest and
fruit trees in the state, passed the
house by vote of SO to 20. The
speaker announced the following com.
mittee from the house to attend the
funeral of the late Hon. d. B. Hen
derson: Frudden, Greeley, Wise, Ep
person, Freeman and Springer.
Des Moines, Feb. 28.-Senate.-
Among bills passed were the follow.
ing: Smiths bill prohibiting Sunday
baseball and Sunday theaters; the
Harper gasoline bill, requiring gaso-
line to be sold in red cans after Jan.
/ if in packages of less tnan six gal.
Ions; the Ericsson bill to extend the
advantages of free public libraries in
cities to townships and counties in
which the libraries are located. The
Smith bill permitting judges discre.
ton as to whether to commit inebrt'
ates to the state hospital at Knoxville,
was defeated.
House-Among bills passed were
the following: The Wilson bill, pro.
viding a penalty for maliciously injur.
ing public buildings and fixtures; the
English insurance bill, allowing a cer
tain class of companies to insure mon.
ey and securities against loss In
course of transportation; the Hollem-
beak bill forbidding the bringing In
to the state of diseased fruit trees;
Lundt's bill providing that county at
torneys shall not participate in fees
where they do not appear for the
state; Heads bill reducing the limit
of the time allowed for mine inspec-
tors. The house, by vote Of &c to
4S, refused to reconsider its note by
which the woman's suffrage resolu.
ton was defrated. Among bills in.
troduced was one by English provid-
ing penalty for selling liquor to any
person who has been an inmate of an
inebriate asylum.