Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-02

JOurneQ To-Day IOr+ uVS Gays, anu
owing to the fact that many MEM
bers had gone home the attend
ance was small and only small
measures were taken up.
Without debate the house today
passed the senate joint resolution me-
congress to call a consti-
tutional convention in order that the
may be made permitting
the people to vite direct on United
States senators. Representatives Fox,
Moore, Offill and Swan voted against
it.
) The Peterson bill prohibiting corpo-
rations from contributing to political
campaigns on the house calendar for
special order this morning, went to
the foot of the calendar because of the
small attendance.
The House.
The house judiciary committee at a
meeting this morning voted to recon-
mend for passage Sullivan's anti-lobby
bill and bill increasing the compen-
satiOn of county attorneys.
The house passed the bill permitting
fire insurance companies the same
privileges in investment of funds as
panies.
A bill introduced in the house by
Paul prohibits giving anything of value
by candidate to influence votes and
limits candidates to specific sums for
expenses of campaigns; state officers
are limited to $3.50; county officers to
$500 and legislators to $500. The bill
provides that proof Of collation. shall
make the election void.
The Senate.
The senate received the report of
the committee on cities and towns on
the bill to make board of fire and
police commissioners, applying to cities
of $4,000 and the bill was discussed,
but owing to the small attendance 1t
was laid over.
The senate passed the bill to regu-
late employment Offices; also a bill to
enable libraries to make collection
of historical material; also bill to
punish for immoral acts.
A bill to narrow the roads has been
introduced by Koontz Of Johnson coun-
ty The present road law provides
that, roads shall not be over 66 feet
wide, nor less than 40 feet wide.
Koontz's bill provides that these limi-
tations shall be maintained in ordi.
nary cases but that the supervisors
may establish consent" roads not less
than 80 feet wide His idea is that
many side roads need not be more than
80 feet wide and Furthermore a writ
of consent to open a road Of that
width can be had when consent to
open road of 40 feet cannot be had
Protests against the pure drug bill
are increasing the revenue of the tele
graph companies. They came in by
the dozens yesterday. Practically ev
cry member of the house received a
telegram from some druggist protest
ing against the passage of the substi
tute measure that has been reported
out by the house committee for pas
sage. Notwithstanding the protests
there is every likelihood that the bill
will be looked upon with favor by tbs
house. 1t will not, however, be likely
that it will be acted upon by the house
till after the recess adjournment
Meredith, Weeks and Hambleto1
have signed the minority report of thu
judiciary committee fayoring the pas
sage of the anti-Sunday theatre bill.
The senate bill to punish wife de
serters that passed the senate and wa
killed in the house judiciary commit
! tee but later revived, is on the hous
calendar for special order for March
at 1880, which will be the next da.
after the house reconvenes after ad
I journmenI.
The house yesterday afternoon pass
ed the bill permitting railroads to Cal
ry pupils, students and instructors a
less hates than other persons. TIL
. An,es & College road made rate
that were low, especially for the st,
1 dents who were about all that eve
Travelled on their line. When the New
ton & Northwestern bought the lin
they were confronted with situatio
in which if they continued the To-
rates on the Ames College line the
were liable to be forced to make tn
same rates to everyone over their Ell
tire line. 1t was found that other raj
roads were in the same position SO tn
bill of yesterday was enacted, thong
it was opposed by number.
The movement to make bit {
cheap political capital by an appare1
teffort to have the state printing dor
by convict labor is not bearing ar
fruit as yet Yesterday Senator Doy
ell presented the resolutions of tt
Des Moines printers on the subject {
follows:
Whereas, there has been introduce
In the general assembly of the stai
of Iowa a bill known as senate file N
SO, by Lambert, and house file No. II
by Miller of Bremen, which has for i
purpose the adjustment of the Off,