Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
IN DEEP SILENCE
JANIToRs WITH BRooMs HOLD
SWAY.
HIGH links MARKS CLOSE
Fight on Liquor Bills Waxed Hot at
Close and "Drys" Win Few
Points.
HIGH links MARKS CLOSE

Des Moines.-Silence, deep silence,
now reigns in the great high-ceilinged
rooms at the state house, where the
Iowa house and senate ended the
three months session of the Thirty
third general assembly.
Only scattering Of senators and
representatives remain at their ho-
tells and lodging houses. The others
have said long farewell to Des
Moines and hurried home to their
farms and stores and offices, glad to
become once more private citizens.
While dignified senators gathered
about a piano in the senate chamber
and sang Home Sweet Home" wild
est disorder reigned across the hall In
the house chamber at the close Of
the session. Happy to have finished
what had become tedious confinement
and boredom, members hurled waste
baskets, pamphlets and books through
the air until the chamber was filed
with flying missiles and the floor
looked as though the tail end of
Kansas cyclone had come in through
the windows.
In the senate Lieutenant Governor
Clarke was presented with the chair
and gavel which he had used as pre-
siding officer, Senator Larrabee pay
ing tribute of affection and respect
that never was more sincerely felt
by any legislative body toward its
chief.
Governor Carroll went to the house
chamber at the request Of the mem
bers to present Speaker Feeley with
the mahogany gavel with which the
house showed it's appreciation and
good will.
The sensation of the closing day in
the house was the stubborn refusal
of Representatives Harding and Sulli-
van to vote with the three other re-
publican members of the sitting COM
mittee and permit the Moon and Ham
mill temperance bills to come to
vote.
Several important measures in addt-
ton to the law and order bills never
saw the light Of day after they were
referred to the siftinl, committee.
These include the Sea ey bill to ex.
empt stock of corporations In other
states held by residents of Iowa from
taxation in this state; the Hunter bill,
fixing the number of committee
clerks; the Seeley-Newberry bill for
courses in the teaching Of agricul-
ture in the state schools and accredit
ed colleges, and the bill introduced
by the state hospital Investigating
committee, raising the per capita
monthly allowance for these hospitals
from $12 to $14.
In the senate two important house
bills were defeated during the closing
hours. These are the Harding bill,
historical department bill and the
Crozier bill prohibiting discrimination
or free service by telephone compan.
les. The senate passed the house
substitute for the Peterson primary
law amendment bill. which provides
for rotating names of candidates on
the ballot in state wide primaries and
adopted the Lee resolution calling
upon congress to take steps to amend
the constitution to provide for cleo.
tion of senators by direct vote of the
people.
After a day full of stress and ex.
citement, marked by the surrender
of the sitting committee and the pas.
sage of the Moon and Hammill tenn.
perance bills, the house threw dignity
to the winds and the closing hour
of the session was given over to high
jinks that would have done justice
to the last night Of street carnival
Waste baskets. printed documents
and books whirled through the all
and lit on the heads Of members unit
the room was filed with flying OBJ
jects, while roars of laughter rose
from every corner and drowned the
voice of the speaker. After one OF
two vain attempts to restore order
Sergeant at Arms Van Houten retired
with waste basket over his heat
and the fun continued until there wal
nothing left to throw.
Scarcely dozen members were IL
the chamber when the hour for fina
adjournment arrived After the las
bill had been passed there was [
wait of two hours while the enrolling
clerks completed their work and ate
the funmaking was over members pu
papers and books under, their arms
shook hands and left the state hous,
for their hotels and lodgings. wher
: trunks and grips were already packe'
, and waiting for the expressman. A
least two-thirds of the members lef
on evening trains.
! The appropriations made by tn
Thirty second General Assembly TO
Cheokee have been taken care of i
| the hospitals at Independence
3 Lighting to be Improved.
A move is on foot to have the likh1
e ing facilities of the senate chambe
. improved before the converting of tn
Thirty-fourth general assembly. TIL
night session held last week brough
out the fact that the lights provide
in the big room are entirely made
: quate.
;. Iowa has strong antitrust Law
- The house took the senate at its wor
" and passed the Sammis substitute I