Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
State Capital Gossip
Many Items Of Interest from Our Correspondent
at Des Moines.
lnlmum EreIaht Rates.

Minimum Freight Rates.
Des Moines.-The members of the
iowa railroad commission will attend
he conference Of commissioners of
the central western states with re-
,pect to establishing uniform rule
or rates on minimum weight ship
nents Of freight.
The conference is fixed for Dec. II.
All of the members of the Iowa board
will attend.
The boards of Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, North Dakota South
Dakota and some of the other CEN
trail western states are expected to
participate in the conference.
1t is proposed to establish a uni
iorm rule for all of these states pro-
viding that minimum weight ship
nents shall take the third class rates
Tor 100 pounds, no charge to be less
than % cents.
| Chairman Eaton of the board said
hat the Iowa members of the cor
ference would undertake to see that
! some understanding was arrived at
| or the absorption of the transfer
| charges In such shipments. The Iowa
| ,oard at one time made that rule but
t is said to be noneffective
1t Is understood that whatever rule |
s agreed on by the conference of
Dec. IL, will become the interstate
rate for the west also.
The rate suggested would not be
higher than the arbitrary 25 cent rate
low charged on any shipment under
l25 miles.
Saloon Question in Supreme Court
1owa's supreme court will have
chance to pass upon the question of
whether a corporation may own and
operate saloon in this state.
County Attorney Joseph H. Eyer
mayer of Marshalltown has notified
the Office Of the attorney general at
The state house that he has appealed
the case involving that question.
The attorney generals office has Co
operated with the county attorney
and it is probable that they will join
n the preparation of the written
argument to the supreme court while
Attorney General Byers and Special
Counsel Cosson will appear in oral
argument for the state, also Sew
eral months ago Attorney General
Byers held that corporations could
not own and operate places for the
retailing Of Intoxicating liquors in
this state under the mulct law. 1t
was questioned by the brewers, who
own many of the saloons of the state.
at the time and much interest was
excited in the subject not only in
Iowa Tut elsewhere Finally test
case was started at Marshalltown in
| which the state prosecuted Charles
Delahoyde and George Marx. The
case was tried in the October term
and decision adverse to the conten-
ton of the state was made. 1t is
from this that the county attorney
now appeals for he state.
Another Judge Possible.
1t was rumored about that an eff.
fort would be made this winter to get
bill through the legislature Great
ing another district Judge for the
Polk county district court, making
| five judges instead of four as at pres
| ent The report is to the effect that
the extra Judge will have as his sole
duty the disposal Of all probate and
| juvenile cases and appeals from JUS
| tice courts. He will also take care
of default divorce cases when the
egular equity judge is busy, and in
| .ase the grist in any one court is too
| heavy he would hear such cases as
may be assigned by the presiding Judge
| The NeN Law Building.
The new law building at the state
University at Iowa City, which will
be competed sometimes next year,
will be a model of it's kind and
thoroughly equipped for instruction of
students in law. 1t will be built of
stone and will match in general archi
| lecture the other new buildings of
the university. The old capital build
| ing now used for law school will
later be given over to the administra-
tion offices of the university entirely.
| Opposed to Co-education.
|
letter to the members of the school
law revision commission created by
| the recent legislature urging them to
inject into the new law on schools
provision for segregation of the
sexes. He doesn't believe In CO.
education from kindergarten to col
lege.
Make Mulct Tax $1,000.
| Senator Cosson of Audubon county
expects to offer bill in the coming
legislature providing for increase in
the mulct tax to about $500. The
tax now is $500 year
Compulsory School Law for Blind.
| A compulsory school law affecting
blind children will be asked of the
legislature this winter. Probably Il
will be broad enough to cover the
! deaf and dumb, also. Both the col
| lege for the blind at Vinton and the
school for deaf and dumb at Council
| Bluffs are state institutions and
| pert of the educational system of the
state, being created for the benefit of
the defective children with the same
| purpose as the graded schools and
state schools Of higher learning for
the children who see and hear.
| Cities May Order Viaducts.
In the last sessions of the legisla-
ture bills were offered and con-
sidered to take all power relative to
4 yiaducts from the railroad counois