Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-11
Closing Work is Adoption Of
Anti-Pass Bill With
Doctors and Law
yers Cut Out
NO ENDORSEMENT
FOR ROOSEVELT
Representatives Dodge Issue
When Called Upon to
Vote-Soldier's Ros-
ter Bill Passed I
Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier,


Although the legislature adopted
a resolution to adjourn at noon,
the work was continued after the
noon hour. Failure to agree on the
ant-pass bill was the cause. After
the conference committee had de-
cided 70 pass the bill, the senate
voted down the report of the con-
ferences. On motion the matter
was reconsidered and the senate
voted to pass the bill. 1t will be-
come law.
The senate adopted the house reso-
luton to adjourn today. The house
won out in the conference committee
on the anti-pass bill. The report cuts
out all doctors and lawyers unless
giving all their time to the road. The
report is now before both houses for
adoption.
The latter part of the work of today
was on the antt-pass bill. The con-
ference committee recommended leav-
ing out of the list of exemptions the
lawyers, doctors and eye specialists
and the house passed it over to the
senate where spirited debate was
had Senators .Jamison of Clarke,
Saunders and Jackson led in the oppo
sition. Senators Allen, Turney,
Hughes, Young and Smith of Mitchell
favored the bill.
On roll call the committee report had
only "a votes. Plans were made for a
reconsideration and the bill was later
taken up and passed.
The senate accepted the general sal
airy bill as it came from the house and
Immediately the omnibus appropriation
bill was prepared to be passed before
the legislature really quits.
During the forenoon the chairs and
gavels were presented to the presiding
officers and there was much speech
making.
Roosevelt Not Endorsed.
The house voted down the Holmes
resolution endorsing Roosevelt but the
house Is in favor OF Roosevelt. Every
man who spoke on the proposition de-
clared himself to be for Roosevelt, but
he held that he was not sent to the
legislature to pass such resolution.
Van Houten Of Taylor thought that
Iowa might be able to land Cummins
or Dolliver in the position and in such
a case he didn't like to have the legis-
lature tied up to Roosevelt.
The Holmes resolution stated that
the condition of public affairs and the
fact that Roosevelt's program is not
completed called for his denomination
and reelection. Members claimed they
would favor a resolution endorsing his
stand on public affairs but they did
not think the Holmes resolution exae Z
ly in place. 1t was sent to the federal
resolutions committee and that COM
mittee may report out resolution en-
dorsing the Presidents attitude.
Tax Bills Downed.
The house went on record as OPP
posed to the inheritance tax bill and
the bill taxing the corporations, two
bills that would have done much TO
make up the difference between the
revenues of the state and the appro-
priation bills passed by this legisla-
ture. If the bills pass that it is ex-
pected will pass the appropriations
will run several bundled ahead of the
revenue and more than the customary
$2,0O0,000 will have to be raised by
tax levy.
Roster Bill Passed.
One of the last things the senate
did was to pass the bill to appropri-
ate for the soldiers roster. The fight
for this was made by Bruce, Smith,
Jamison, Crossley and others, and al
though the committee had at first de-
cided the bill should be killed, it was
taken UP and passed unanimously
This will be Immensely pleasing to
the veteran soldiers of the state. The
book will give q list Of all the Iowa
soldiers in the wars, with brief state
ment of their military record.
Ora Williams.