Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-25
BOTH HOUSES FLOODED WITH
REQUESTS TO PLACE PROHIBI-
TON QUESTION BEFORE VoT-
ERs OF THE STATE.
COMMISSION BILL
is VOTED DOWN
MEASURE TO GIVE SECOND
CLASS CITIES RIGHT TO ADOPT
DIES MONIES PLAN, BEATEN
AFTER A FIGHT.
Des Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier,

DeS MONIES Bureau or
The Ottumwa Courier,
Des Moines, Feb. %.
The two houses were flooded to-
day by petitions in favor of the
resubmission of the prohibitory
amendment, several thousand
names being added to the list
The total of names now on these
petitions, it is claimed, is over
forty.five thousand. The house
passed the hotel bill providing for
fireproof construction, fire escapes
etc, and providing a state in
spector of hotels.
Commission Bill DoWned.
Both houses spent the entire fore
noon listening to oratory. In the
house the debate was on the bill to
extend to cities of the second class
the right to vote whether they should
adopt the commission plan of city
government. The bill was finally de-
feated, AZ to SIS. In the senate the dis
cussion was on the assumption of risk
bill relating to injuries to railroad
men. The bill was finally passed al
most unanimously.
Moon Has Jury Bill.
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consider the vote by which the senate
on Monday passed the Hammill bill
to forbid sales of liquor to persons
having taken the drink cure, but the
motion was tabled. Senator Moon in
troduced a new jury bill which pro-
vides that the jury lists shall be made
UP from all the voters Of the state
and the present jury commission
shall attend to the drawing of names.
Senators Peevish on Holiday.
The way the senate went after the
Mccullough insurance bill on Wash
ington's birthday indicates that the
senators do not like to ignore holi-
DAYS The bill was one to permit in
surance companies to insure doctors,
hospitals, dentists and druggists
against loss by reason OF their own
incompetency or carelessness. 1t had
come from the insurance committee
with favorable report. After the SEN
ators had got through with the bill it
received just five votes.
The debate was participated In by
Dowell, Van Law, Hammill, Clarkson,
DeArmand and Gillilland The last
named alone stood for the bill. 1t was
argued against the bill that it was
against public safety, that insurance of
| that kind had been repeatedly de-
clared to be bad; that the measure
was not wanted by the druggist or
| doctors but was brought in by an in
surance company. Two of the doctors
of the senate stated openly that the
bill was not wanted by the doctors.
This Is the worst defeat yet admin
! istered to any measure and the won
der is how it was ever brought to the
floor Of the senate.
The McHenry jury commission bill
has been decently buried by the house
judiciary committee. The bill sought
to change the method of selecting a
! jury list and placed it in the hands of
a commission to be named by the
court. This commission would make
I'D the venire lists and draw the jury
panels from time to time. The OBJ
lection to the measure was that it
gave too much power to the court, and
while in general it would be an i'm
provement over the present system, 1t
might result In having a court set
itself up as an autocrat in very OBJ
jectionable way.
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to authorize payment Of $4,000 in aid
of the building Of dam at the sol
diers' home, in the Iowa river. The
bill was not opposed. The plan is to
construct a dam to cost probably
$4,000 for which the state should
pay something because of benefits at
the property of the state.
The visiting committee Is making
the rounds of the institutions but will
be back during part Of the week.
then finish at the time of the longer
vacation the latter part of the week
! In the house Moore Of Wapello coun
ty introduced bill to make it mis-
demeanor to wear the uniform of q
soldier when not a member of the
army or national guard, theatrical az
taches being exempt during perform
School Bill to Come Back.
Another effort is to be made to eff
feet change in the name of the state
normal school. A number of the sen
ators believe that if stand had beer
taken simply to change the name ,tc
Normal college" instead of the
Teachers college" it would have
been successful The bill on fna
vote had % votes. One who voted
against it has changed and moved tc
reconsider This is Senator Chapman
There were also three of the Demo
Gratis who failed to vote for the bill
and as Senator DeWolf who fathereG
the bill is very popular with the Dem
ocrats it is believed these three can be
} won over to support the bill largely as
. compliment to the senator from
{, Grundy. There was really good dea