Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-02-25
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED PRovlD
ING FOE ADJOURNMENT UN-
TIL NEXT WEDNESDAY,.
SCHOOL BILL AMENDED
State Normal Institution Will be
Known as College Hereafter; De-
murrage Bill Goes Through
the Senate.

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parole board and today sent the ap-
pointment to the senate where it was
confirmed. The senate this morning
reconsidered the vote on the change
of name of the State Normal school
the name will be the Iowa State Nor
NAL college, and in this form the bill
was passed.
The senate also passed the Allen bill
which Is virtually a demurrage bill in
that 1t amends the law as to railroads
furnishing cars, leaving no options or
eXcuces on the part of the railroad
company for failure to furnish cars
In this form the bill was passed
unanimously. The house amended the
joint resolutions for adjournment so
that both houses will adjourn tomor-
row until the following Wednesday.
optomatry and Hog Tight Fences.
Both houses agreed to the adjourn
ment tomorrow until the Wednesday
following. The senate spent most of
the day on the Optomatry bill The
doctors sought to have the bill sent
back to their committee but the SEN
ate refused by vote of 13 to "a, after
which the bill was made a special or
der for tomorrow. The house took the
entire morning on a bill to define
hog tight fence, and finally passed the
bill with an amendment which makes
1T apply only to portions of fences.
| Representatives from Lee county In
the legislature are becoming embar-
rassed by the desperate efforts being
made to force the legislature to get
into the game of making war on the
state board of control. One of the
Lee county statesmen has received a
letter from the DR.. Neal who seems
to be alone in the war thus far, III
which the said Neal plainly informed
the statesman that unless he gets the
legislature to mix in the game he will
not have a dozen votes to his name
in the county should he ever come up
for reelection. The threat was made
to the Republican member from Lee
county who turned the matter over 20
the Democratic representative and
Democratic senator.
1t appears that DR.. Neal wanted to
break into the legislature but his can
dtdacy did not meet with favor and
SO he got out Of the Republican party
and tried new tack on it. This, also,
failed, and when he failed to be nam
ed as prison doctor the climax was
reached Thus far not single mem
Der of the legislature has been dis
turbed Ey the matter The Neal tracts
have beer distributed but most of the
members have read no further htan
the headlines, which they say of them
selves show that the pamphlet is the
work of some one hardly responsible
DR.. Emmert, one Of the members of
the parole board, also q life long friend
of ex-Warden Jones, after visit %
the prison, states unhesitatingly that
at least the most of the charges made
by Neal are untrue and a gross in
justice to the present management.
"a great deal of talk has been had
about the policy of having music at
the time Of the meals of the convicts," ;"
said DR.. Emmert. "Now do not know
that any great good can come from
the use Of an orchestra in the dining
room, but cannot see how any harm
can come from it. There has been
criticism Of the policy Of having
schools But the school has long
been maintained there. There has
been criticism because some of the
cells have been left unlocked Well,
one night about 2 o'clock fire broke
out in the shops and the fire brigade,
including some, lifers, rushed to the
rescue and succeeded in putting out
the fire. If their cells had been lock-
ed it would have been hard to reach
the fire in time While i. Is probable
that some things the new warden does
are not as we would do them, yet it is
certain that very much of the fight
upon him is without any foundation
whatever
1t is learned that when Neal first
commenced to fill the newspapers of
the state with his harangues the board
Of control wrote him asking him to
file charges if he had any to make
and they would be investigated. He
did not even reply to the invitation
There can now be no doubt of the
earnestness and activity of those who
are demanding that the liquor ques
tion shall be placed In the state consti
tuition Mrs Edworthy, personally III
charge Of the work at the legislature
turned over to the members yester
day a trunk iull of petitions, which
completed about 5000 names. The
work of gathering names Is still go
ing on. There will not be district
, in the state without show of support
for the measure. The amendment
proposal was. started in the senate
and the fight will first come there.
The bill to regulate optometry i;
, reported to the senate by the judiciary
committee provides for examination
and licensing of persons to examine
eyes and fit glasses in scientific man
ner by board consisting Of five per
sons, three being opticians and twc
, members of the state board of health
one being the secretary of the board
: Persons who are residents of Iov.s
, and have practiced optometry fol
, three years shall be granted certifi
I Gates without examination. The ex
animation required for others is rigid