Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-04
LEGISLATURE ASKSCLEMENCY
Both Houses Of Iowa Assembly Desire One
Murderer Pardoned
VETO on FISH PROTECTION MEASURE
Governor Cummins Questions Power
OF Legislature to Extend It's sway
over Streams Along state
Borders.
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DIES MONIES. April 3.-Cspecial) Both
houses today recommended by resolution
to the governor the pardoning Of Jasper
Mason. convicted in Dallas county of
murder. Pardons for Betsy Smith of Polk
county and Orman Mcpherson Of Louisa
county, recommended by the pardons COM
mittee, were defeated.
Governor Cummins sent to the house to-
day a veto Of H. r Sse. a bill for the pro
lection Of fish, because It protected FISH in
the border streams of the state up to
eleven inches long and those In the state
streams Of only six inches, there being a
further question of whether the state could
legislate to protect fieh in the border
streams.
Board of Regents Bill KILLED.
The house listened to a two hours speech
in favor of the bill to consolidate the state
educational institutions under one board
of regents, and then calmly killed the bill
by vote of IS to 81 No one talked for
or against the bill except Teter of Marion,
who was a member of the legislative COM
mission that made the investigation OF the
question, and he talked for It. Il was
claimed for the last several days that there
were siKty-six votes pledged against the
measure. The bill was passed by the senate
last session and killed in the house, and
met the same fate in the same way this
session. Early in the session It might have
been possible to have gotten, the bill
through the house, but the tide has been
steadily turning for some weeks,
No Adjournment Yet.
President Garst in the senate and
Speaker Kendall, in the house. today in
formed the two bodies that there could be
no adjournment this week, and that the
earliest that they could think of adjourn
ing would be Wednesday of next week.
There has been passed by the senate a
resolution fixing Friday as the day of final
adjournment. This will be recalled. A
resolution will be introduced to fix next
Wednesday the date. Many measures are
yet on the calendars and in the hands
Of committees and the big appropriation
bills have none Of them been considered
yet by either house. few minor bills
only among the appropriations bills have
been disposed Of.
Concur UnVvtIIlnRIy.
The house today unwllingly concurred in
the amendments by the senate to the anti
pass bill. The senate amendments to the
bill provide that each railroad can have
two doctors and lawyers in each county.
Moore of Linn claimed on the floor that
taking all the railroads together this would
allow thirty or more political agents to be
riding on passes Jones of Montgomery,
Sullivan of Polk and several others ex-
planned that they would vote to concur
only because they feared non-concurrence
would defeat the bill and 1t was better
than none.
New Interurbans.
An interurban line is being proposed from
Webster City to Des Moines. The propo-
sition is to build from Webster City to
Boone and from there south to connect
with the interurban from Woodward to
Des Moines. The new line will not be
built by the Folks, who have an agreement
with the Fort Dodge. Des Moines & South
ern interurban not TO parallel that line