Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-22
week IN LEGISLATURE
Iowa Lawmakers Spend Busy Week
in Consideration of
Measures.
ALMOST ELECT A SENATOR.
Judge Kenyon Receives Within
Seven Votes of Enough to Elect
Him United States
Senator.

one in the Iowa legislature, as the
members have come to realiza-
ton Of the fact that only two weeks
remain of the session, and that
there is much to be done before ad-
;ournment.
During the week sincere at
tempt has been made to break the
deadlock and elect a Senator. The
| lines between the standpatters and
progressives have been almost oblit-
Grated, and members of both fac
tions are voting together in the at
tempt to effect an election. Judge
Kenyon, who has been a strong can
within seven votes of election, and
nearly everyone throughout the
state hopes that during the present
week some one of the candidates
will be elected. 1t has ceased TO be
matter of choice with the people.
They will as rule be well salts
fed with either Judge Deemer or
Judge Kenyon.
Both houses have been busy dur
ing the week with the consideration
and disposition of bills. On Tues
day the house passed the Whitney
bill giving county attorneys the pow
er of Indictment during the vaca-
ticn of grand juries. A resolution
was also introduced by Whitney
providing for constitutional
amendment placing all railroad
taxes in the state in the general
revenue fund whenever the execu-
tive council SO desires. The bill
permitting Iowa cities of all classes
to have park commissions was pass
ed by the senate. A bill was also
introduced in the senate by Moore
increasing the salary of practically
all the state officials.
Wednesday the senate killed the
constitutional prohibition amend
ment measure, and the house re-
versed itself and passed the bulk
sales bill by large vote. The SEN
ate passed the Newell bill raising
the limit of school Indebtedness to
per cent, which had already pass
ed the house. The bill extending
the terms of the members of the
board of control, so that their terms
will expire on the years when the
legislature is in session, passed the
house. Miller of Dubuque intro
duced bill regulating telephone
rates.
Thursday was devoted to the
memorial exercises for the late
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver. The
address was delivered by former
Congressman Robert G. Cousins. and
the members OF the legislature, the
state officials and many others at
tended An eloquent address was
delivered by Mr.. Cousins. Senators
Cummins and Young each speaking
briefly.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate prohibiting the sale of liquor
within 1000 feet of a county fair.
instead of one-half mile as the law
now is. The house passed the five
mile educational institution bill, but
a joker was discovered in it which
would abolish saloons in all towns
of 1000 to $4,000, and it was re-
considered, to be voted again this
week. The house adopted a reso-
luton making the song Iowa."
written by Major s. II. M. Byers.
the official song of Iowa. The SEN
ate defeated the Chase contributory
negligence bill. The bill for O. fiat
tax on monies and credits was post
poned for action today. A special
house committee recommends the
appropriation of $4,000 for i'm
provements to the state house. The
bills for diverting the fish and game
license funds to other purposes have
been killed in committee, so that
the money will be spent as it ought
to be, for the promotion of fish and
game.
Now is the time to get out your
king drags and put the roads in
shape. If the roads are taken care
of and kept smooth and rounded
during the wet weather of the
spring it saves lot of work TO put
them in shape later on.
We are promised two eclipses Of
the sun this year. The first will