Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-28
ANAMOSA A REFORMATORl
House Passes the Senate Indeterminate
Sentence Law with Few Amendments.
FORT MADISON MEN MAKE STRONG FIGHT
Conference Committees of the Two
Houses Agree on the Primary
Bill and Final Action Is Ex-
pected in n Few Days.


ifToTn SihH correspondent
DIES MONIES, March Especial THE
house today passed the senate indeterml.
nate sentence and reformatory bill with
some amendments which were a victory
for the people at Anamosa There was but
one vote against the bill and that was by
Reitz of Lee county in which is located the
penitentary at Fort Madison Besides pro-
viding for an indeterminate sentence the
bill provides that the penitentary at Ana.
mosa shall be a reformatory for all crimi-
nails from the ages of Is to 30, and provides
for board Of parole and takes from the
legislature the power of pardoning life
criminals for first degree murder.
As the bill came before the house It pro-
vided for certain exceptions, providing that
persons guilty of certain crimes, among
them breaking and entering in the night,
should all go TO the penitentiary at Fort
Madison. On the motion Of Paul of Ana
mosa this was amended so as to give the
court discretion in the matter.
Another provision of the bill was that
only II the penitentiary at Fort Madison
became overcrowded could the board of
control transfer the better criminals to Ana
mosa The claim was made that the peni-
Tertiary at Fort Madison would hold 200 or
300 more than half of the criminals of the
SbsAO oAlN NiiehN Win Nlldl IIUNlbluu III the
bill the board of control could never prac-
tically, transfer the better criminals to
Anamosa, 50 the overcrowded provision
was cut out. 1t is believed the amendments
will be concurred in by the senate.
The bill is the work of Senator Saunders
of Council Bluffs and Representative
Holmes of Kossuth county. The bill was
introduced in both houses and passed the
senate first, the house today passing the
senate bill.
The house this afternoon passed the bill
providing for reconsignment Of freight
without extra charge, the warehouse re-
ceipt bill and the bill for licensing optom-
etry.
Miller of Bremen for Revision
Miller of Bremen in the house today intro
duced a resolution calling on the Iowa
delegation in congress to move for inn
mediate revision of the tariff so that there
might be no schedules that would afford
shelter to monopoly. The resolution went
over until tomorrow under the rules Mr..
Miller is chairman of the democratic state
central committee.
Van Houten Of Taylor today introduced
a resolu' on calculated to hasten the day
of adjournment. 1t provides that when
bill is called up on the calendar unless
the member is there to take care of the
bill 1t must be stricken from the calendar
Dull Day in Senate.
The senate had routine day today. The
first matter which caused attention was an
effort to pass bill which gives the State
Board Of Medical examiners authority to
revoke doctors certificate on almost any
kind of complaint Attention was called
| to the fact that the bill In its present
! form might cause great deal Of in
justice and It was laid over Tor two days
The senate refused to recall from the
governor a bill by Frudden relating to
insurance taxes. The house had passed
1t and then asked for it's recall but the
senate refused.
Bills passed by the senate:
Permitting cities to appropriate for the
! Iowa League of Municipalities
Giving the county superintendent the right
to nile informations on violations of the
! Appropriating $500 for the State His
torical society at Iowa City.
Amending the FISH and game laws.
! Giving lpterurbans a right to demand
terminal facilities in cities from street rail
/ way companies.
right to provide for garbage plants.
| A bill amending the law in regard to
| registration Of pedigrees.
| fences
| Regulating and licensing dance halls
skating Kinks bill boards, etc.
The bill to give certain cities Of the state
the right to adopt the Galveston or COM
mission plan of city government was
passed finally by the senate and now goes
| to the governor.
The senate indefinitely postponed a house
bill which required that IN case of the
circulation Of a petition OF consent for
saloons notice of this fact must be served
on the people by publication.
Agreed on Primary.
The conference committee on the primary
bill agreed upon report today and it will
be passed upon by both houses in a few
days. The final report makes several
changes IN the last amendments to the bill
and especially does It exempt any city that
adopts the commission plan Of govern
! ment
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