Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-13

Il VIII Be gotten up more on the lines OF
the Congressional directory and will contain
a short biographical sketch Of every state
ofiicial and every member OF the last gem
eral assembly. There is also to be list Of
all the members OF all the general assem-
bhes OF the state from the times Of the
territorial form Of government down TO the
present The new primary election law is
given In full. There Is a chapter on the cell
ebration OF the iftieth anniversary Of the
adoption Of the state constitution at Iowa
City last year, another on the dedication
OF the monuments on southern battlehelds'
another on the national and state pure food
laws an account Of the interstate senatorial
amendment convention held in Des Moines
last December. There Is a chapter giving
exhaustive statistics on the mulct law and
the number of mulct saloons in the state
and the number Of counties having such
These figures are thus collected for the hrst
time In the history Of the state since the
mulct law went into effect. In addition to
all this there is the constitution Of the
state the organic law and the contitution
of the United States and the platforms OF
the political parties and election statistics
state and national besides the official
roster OF the state officers and the deputies
and clerks in each department There is
a list OF all the colleges in the state with
a little information of each and for the first
time a record in brief Of the acts of the
executive council and also the figures on
the assessment of railroads and telegraph
and telephone companies.
The mulct tax figures are interesting.
They show that there are forty-three OF the
ninety-nine counties of the state that nave
the mulct law in operation. In these the
county treasurers have collected 1907 O5252
Nanw COLL
Ss77. Oe2. S.. This is for the year ending De-
cernber 81 1906. There are 242 cities and
towns in the state that have the mulct tax
in operation and Ito saloons In the state.
There are six counties and twenty-three
cities that have the cigarette mulct tax law
in operation, collecting in all 1850.
Bankers Meet in Clinton.
| The annual convention of the Iowa state
Bankers association will be held this year
! in Clinton, June to 10. The Lafayette
will be the headquarters of the convention.
! An elaborate program of discussions OF
bank topics is being arranged and will be
announced soon and a prominent financier
| from outside the state will be among those
| to address the convention. Some interest
| centers about the selection OF the next
president of the association. There is con-
siderable sentiment in favor of II. NJ. Car
penter OF Monticello for that office.
Campaign for Commission Plan.
Ten thousand copies of the bill providing
for the commission plan Of government for
cities have been printed and are being cir
culated over the city Of Des Moines by the
booster committee that is endeavoring TO
have the plan adopted In this city. The
comics and literature are being circulated
among the workingmen Of the CITY, who are
the element mostly in doubt. The date of
the special election on the question of
adopting the commission plan has not been
set, but it is expected that 1t will be either
June II or June 13 II will be called in
a few days and the call for the election is
being drafted now by City Solicitor Brem-
ner The campaign on the plan will be
short and decisive. There is an element of
doubt in how the election will go. II may
be said quite generally that the business
men and professional men generally are
for the commission plan. 1t appeals to
them. The professional city hall politicians
are understood to be quite generally against
It. 1t means putting the management of
the city into the hands OF five men, who
will hire all the city employees and they may
not see fit to hire the present city en-
ployes. They will select everybody from
the city treasurer and auditor down to the
I dog catcher. II the plan is adopted the
public will vote for five commissioners and
they will elect everybody else. The element
Of doubt is the working element. Thus far
this element Of the voting strength of the
city has not been very much for the plan.
Its leaders have advised the other way and
are against the plan. The campaign will
be to get literature to this element of the
population Of the city.
p. r. O.'s Leave Des MOines.
The p e. O's have left Des Moines. The
convention adjourned Saturday to meet
again in Cedar Rapids in May 1905 The
last business transacted by the conven-
ton following the installation of the new
officers was the selection Of the delegates
TO the supreme chapter meeting in Brook
] field, NO, in October Of this year.