The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
u, Legislature Closes Thlrty-Fourth
session Before Midnight With
Clocks Stopped
at 300.
ACCOMPLISHED
lit Of Important Measures Passed
and Those Which Were
Killed at the
Session.

UfIo nMOiNIIo, Apiii To- lie I1ll
iyfourth general assembly of low,
came to an end at 11:15 o'clock las
night with the hands of the clocks il
both house and senate pointing to tn
hour of two, when both houses agree,
10 adjourn. But little business wa
transacted outside the routine whicl
marks the closing of a session.
At the close of the session Lieut.
Gov. G. w. Clark authorized the an
nouncement of his candidacy for gov
ernor of Iowa before the 1912 pri
naries.
The adjournmeIt sine die of th,
Thirtyfourth General Assembly o
Iowa prompts the inquiry: What ar,
It's achievements; what bills failed O
passage; what laws have been addet
to the statutes?
This legislature broke the RECORD
for the number of bills introduced
about eleven hundred in all; over 81,
hundred originating in the house. |
has passed upon as many importan
ures-perhaps more-as any o.
Its predecessors. The discussions
we're not extraordinarily prolix; prob
ably as limited as can be expected il
such body. There are always some
members who talk, talk, talk, while
others do effective work. The average
yerboseness in this legislature was
not excessive,
Four amendments of the Iowa con
stitution were offered. One was adopt
ed, the resolution of congress for 4
federal income law. Three were de
feated Woman suffrage, constitu
tional prohibition, and the initiative
and referendum.
OF other important political legisla
ton was the failure to pass the Ore
gon primary law over the governors
veto; primary election day was
changed from Tuesday to Monday
special primary for senators ant
congressman, in case Of vacancies
failed to materialize.
Important Measures Passed.
Transferring pardoning powers o.
general assembly to the state parole
board
Prohibiting exhibition of deformed
lmbecile or abnormal persons.
Giving rural school pupils free higl
school tuition in nearest approved
high school.
Providing flat five-mill tax OF
monies and credits.
Giving county attorneys powers o
Indictment during vacation of the
grand jury.
Providing compulsory dragging o
roads,
Prohibiting possession of roulett'
wheels, poker tables and chips, "Klon
dixie tables and other gambling de
vices.
The bulk sales bill.
Creating office of state fire mar
shal.
Repeating the tax ferret law.
Providing for uniform bills of lad
Ing.
Providing normal training course II
one high school in each county.
Increased salaries for state off
cials.
Providing for unsexing of certain
Classes of inmates of public institu
tions.
Iaxing automobiles and providins
that So per cent OF tax shall go te
good roads.
Providing for valuation for life
teachers certificates.
State inspection of scales ant
weights.
Important Measures Killed.
Public utilities commission.
special primary to fill senatorial va
cancy.
Municipal courts in cities.
Permitting trust companies to ac'
n judiciary capacity.
Automobile liability insurance.
Resubmission Of constitutional pro
iibition.
Woman suffrage constitutional reso
ution.
providing initiative and referendum
or state legislation.
PROVIDING for daylight saloons.
Direct inheritance bill
Nominating supreme, district and
'uperior court judges at the June