Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-01
No Fee for state Normal.

The house passed the bill to IN
crease the state allowance for normal
Institutes and abolish the fees for at
tending and defeated the bill to aboi
lsh school treasurers. The senate re-
considered and passed the bill requir-
Ing annual reports from corporations,
amending it so the fee is but one dol
lar year, and passed the bill increas-
Ing the salary of the adjutant and re-
vising the military code.
Bulk Sales Bill Defeated.
Governor Carroll sent to both
houses a special message recommend
ing the passage of Dill that will give
him the power of removal Of ap-
pointive officials having special refer
ence to pharmacy commissioners The
bulk sales bill met defeat in the house
30 to 81
Prohibition Put to sleep.
The senate committee on constitu
tional amendments at it's meeting yes
terday afternoon put the prohibition
amendment to sleep so far as this
session Is concerned. When the reso-
luton came up for consideration in
the committee, Senator GillilIand
moved to report the resolution without
the recommendation. This carried by
a viva voce vote, with only two or
three negative votes.
Had the committee voted for indefi-
mite postponement Of the resolution it
would have been necessary to bring
the measure upon the floor of the SEN
ate for discussion and vote. This is
not desired by a great many of the
members of the senate. A vote would
have been necessary had any report
been made either for passage or with
out recommendation
Proudfoot Not Through
Senator Proudfoot, who assumed
charge of the resolution when it was
first messaged to the senate from
the house, declared after the result of
the committees work had been an
nounced that he will soon begin his
fight to get the resolution before the
senate for a decisive vote. Senator
Clarkson is enlisted in the cause also,
and the two held conference last
evening to outline their plan of cam
paign.
Just what is the status of a resolu-
tion when tabled by committee, Of
fered a fruitful subject of discussion
among legislators last night Former
Representative M L. Temple, for
years member of the house, declared
that it will be necessary to have a
two-thirds vote of the senate in order
to get the resolution before that body
for action. Senator Proudfoot says
that Cushing's Manual. under which
the Iowa senate works, has a provision
by which he will be able to show
lieutenant Governor Clarke that a
majority of the senators voting upon
a motion to recall measure from a
committee can force the committee to
surrender it.
Other senators have different views
and the lieutenant governor will be
called upon to make decision on the
point whenever Senator Proudfooi
makes his motion. He stated last night
that he did not know when he would
begin the fight for the recall of the
resolution and intimated that he
would take no action of that kind to-
day.
Need tTwo-thirds Vote.
The contention that a two-thirds
vote will be necessary in order to re
call the resolution from the commit
tee is on the theory that it was com
mftted under rule of the senate and
a recall would be a suspension of the
rule. 1t is necessary to secure the vote
of two-thirds of the senate to suspend
rule and hence the opponents of the
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