Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-04

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sheriff would be of considerable serv-
ice in civil cases.
The Mahaska County Contest.
The Mahaska county contest was
decided solely on legal grounds and
without regard to partisanship. There
| were three good lawyers on the com
| mittee-Van Law, Peterson and De-
| Wolf-and there was agreement that
| the only way to uphold the laws Of
| Iowa was to insist upon the strict FOL-
! lowing of the law. 1t is recognized
| that the names Of candidates for presi-
dent and vice president should not have
been upon the ballots at all, but that
| did not excuse the voters who insist
| ed upon making marks opposite their
names The decision in the Mahaska
case will likely be followed in the re-
naming house contests, and this Will
! set a precedent that will not be ig-
| nored in the future.
| Would Consolidate Offices.
The consolidation scheme for minor
state offices and boards is being put
| forth both for economy and for greater
efficiency. The members generally feel
| that there Is entirely too much scatter
| ing of the work of the state. A first
step will be to provide location for a
state office building into which could
be placed all the boards and commits
sions suggested grouping is as
follows:
Agricultural department = Including
horticulture, dairy, veterinary. pure
food, state fair, the farm Institutes,
short course direction, and collection
and dissemination of farm statistics.
Military-The headquarters of the
state militia, with drill hall and
arsenal.
Health-Board of medical examiners,
health pharmacy, dentists, undertake
ers, osteopaths, etc.
Industry-Labor bureau, factory in
| spection, mine inspection, enforcement
of laws for protection Of workers
Possibly the board of control and
| insurance department. also the pro-
posed state board of education or
| regents and the state highway COM
mission.
Darrah's Bank Guaranty.
Representative Darrah is in earnest
in his plan to have the state enter
upon the work of providing for
guaranty of bank deposits There is
nothing either novel or strained in his
bill, but it opens the way for extending
the system to all the banks Of the
state under direction of a state COM
mission. In Lucas county, where Mr..
| Darrah lives, there is great demand
for some legislation alon~ this line be-
cause of the great losses incident to
| the failure Of the bank there. There
are also several other prominent Re-
publicans who believe that unless the
| Republicans of Iowa take hold Of the
| bank guaranty plan and solve the
| problem in some way the party is 90
ing to get into deep water with the
people.
Legislative Notes.
The paint dealers are making COM
plant because the senate is disposed
to give them only a year instead OF
stock of unlabeled paints. w. T.
Harper, of Ottumwa, is here to
fight the scheme to limit the time to
a year
The Corrie- Baxter contest commit
tee considering the Ida county contest
Put off for a day consideration Of the
matter because at the last moment
Baxter changed lawyers.
The fireworks opened up before the
railroad committee of the house yes
terday when that committee took VI
several small bills. J. c. Davis ap.
peared before the committee to repre-.
sent the railroads and in the course
Of his preliminary remarks he came
to the defense Of the present state rail
} road commission. Several public
hearings will be arranged on bills.
Senator Saunders has introduced his
railroad terminal taxation bill, which
seeks to require that the terminals o
railroads be assessed separate from
the body OF the property and be sub
ject to the higher taxation of tine
cities rather than be distributed among
the sundry school districts all alone
the right of way The bill Is backed
, by the commercial clubs and similar
bodies in the leading cities of thu
state.
Robert HilJiard, the great actor
} says: There Is nothing better thar
Hyomei for the relief and cure o
colds, bronchial disorders, catarrh
, ETC. Sargent guarantees Hyomei 81
a complete outfit. Cures by inhala
ltion.