Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-10
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:. :. LEGISLATION
Revolution Of School Laws MOI
Likely at This Session.
FEW CHANCES IN LIQUOR LAWS
Prohibltory Amendment and State
M=ralal Sill Fail to Find Favor in
s'a" -iouse-,senato, Jameson Re.
s,ois dew Laws So Far Enacted.

S5., Souse---Senatos Jameson Re-
s'at, dew Laws So Far Enacted.
III. Maines, March 9.,-The predic.
tic" gtiS IN the sessions OF the pres
!. ent 5s,i-stal assembly of Iowa that
thess 9;'sli be little, if any, radical
les,slsi'1li is being horne out by the
actic.. ~ the members. Senator Peter.
son ~'rgnt county, one of the big
men - ne upper house and a radical
OF tive yAGrs ago, declares himself as
dispeS . to go slow along the lines
whies- sp!ne ci the newer members
have ;n.,nped out. For instance, he is
OF tag '.4!nion that there will be little.
IL ap9 legislation affecting the present
schoo' system OF the state. Senator
Petersen is in favor of some reform
measa+es regarding the school sys-
TEN, Lat lie IS not prepared 10 favor
the revolutionary bill which is now
before the scaool committees. and he
declares he takes this position be-
cause he is satisfied that the people
OF the stale would rather have this
legislation wait two years tnan tc hav.
the schools plunged into condition
which, ut the lest, would be prof.
lematioal in its outcome. The peopla
may favor the revolution of the school
laws as recommended by the invests.
CATION committee, the Wright count
member thinks, but he wants to giva
them chance to consider the matte !.
before change SO radical is made.
Against Prohbitory Amendment.
Several changes will be made ir
regard to the liquor laws of the state,
but there will be no steps taken along
these lines which cannot be approved.
by all men. The bills which have SO
lar met with more or less favorable
consideration are tending only to
strengthen the present laws so as to
make them more easily enforced. The
prohibitory amendment will not be-
adopted by either house. And it can
be said with almost equal certainty
that the Rankin state marshal bill viii.
not find favor, though Colonel Rankin
its sponsor, is declaring his belief
4 that the members must choose be-
tween his measure and the more strip
gent one of actual stoppage of this
traffic in the state. He feels that his
bill occupies a most strategic place
and that it will be an easy step down
for members from dry districts to eX-
plain to their constituents their fail
ure to indorse prohibition by showing
that they have placed ample power in
the hands OF the state officials to guar
antee strict law Obedience on the part
OF the liquor dealers and manufact-
urers. The Rankin bill, introduced in
the house by lnman OF Floyd, divides
the state into two districts, one COM
posed of the counties OF the eastern
halt Of the commonwealth and the
other those OF the western half. The
governor is TO appoint commissioner
for each district, his appointments to
be confirmed by the executive council
of the state. The district commission
ers are empowered to appoint not
more than five deputies for each dis
trict, unless the executive council
thinks the number should be larger,
when not more than five additional
deputies can be named. The terms of
the commissioners run for two years
and the deputies for the same length
of time. The enforcement commits
Sioners are to bring their complaints
of violation of the liquor laws to the
respective county attorneys of the
counties in which the violations are
found. If the county attorney will not
prosecute the cases, the complaint is
to be carried to the attorney general
of the. state, and he is commanded to
prosecute forthwith. Though appoint
ed by districts, the enforcement COM
missioners and their deputies, on or
ders of the governor, can discharge
their duties in any county in the state.
The district commissioners are to
draw salaries of $1,000 a year each
and the deputies 500 month and
necessary travelling expenses, the sal.
aries to be derived from a percentage
of the mulct tax, which will be turned
into the state treasury for that pur.
pose. The bill also provides for the
9; punishment by fine and Imprisonment
of commissioners or deputies who fail
to discharge their duties under the
Senator Jameson Honored.
Senator Billy Jameson of Page
county. who resigned to go to Wash
ington, where he will be sworn in as
member of congress next Monday tc
succeed the Hon. Peter Hepburn, was
highly honored during his last hours
in the legislature. In the first place
ythe members showed their friendliness
for him by passing bill which he
had presented, with only one vote
cast against it. Then they held spe
cial afternoon session, at which he
was lauded by the members from the
Republican wing as well as those o.
his own party. The bill which he hat
fathered two years ago, and which was
defeated at that time, was one provid
tng that railroads might charge the
SAME passenger and freight rates be
tween competing points where the dis
lance varied. Ittis called the Ions
and short haul bill. The measure ha.
had rather peculiar history in Iowa
pOiitiSo. AAASS ySaio u.s. ~ NoS Az
troduced in the senate by Senate
Smith of Mitchell county. At thu
time it had been recommended to tn
legislators by Governor Cummins j
his biennial message. Senator Smit
fought valiantly and well for tn
measure and it was passed, not onl
by the senate. but by the house O
well and was sent to the governor. {.
Nasheld for some time by the governt
. and was then vetoed because the legi
lature had made it apply to bot
:. freight and passenger traffic, when Il
y. argued it should have applied |
freight business only. The Jamiesc
dill is a good deal like the Smith bi
and applies to both branches of tt
service. 1t will pass the house tn
time and the likelihood is that Go
6. ernor Carroll will give his approval
the act by attaching his signature
it. There are many competing poin