Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-15
IOWA SOIONS ARE BUSY
Senatorial Deadlock Remains Tn
changed, While Legisla-
ton Proceeds.
VETO OF OREGON BILL STANDS.
Anticipating Adjournment About
=, April 9th, Legislators Get
Down to Business i'm
Earnest.

Earnest.
While the net results of the past
week in the Iowa legislature do net
indicate the passage of many meas
ureS, yet much work has been done,
and the sitting process is on in
earnest. The legislators, since TAX
! ing their weeks vacation and COM
ing back to work the first of last
week, have come to realization Of
the fact that some hard work must
! be done during the next few weeks
If they get ready to adjourn the Sec
ond week in April as is now PLAN
ned.
There has been practically no
change in the senatorial situation.
The vote each day has been quite
equally divided between Judges
Deemer and Kenyon and Claude r.
Porter, with as little hope of settle
ment now as at any time. In spite
of the general sentiment which pre-
walls over the state that the cleo
! tion of either Deemer or Kenyon
would be perfectly satisfactory and
would do much toward uniting the
republican party, the friends of each
refuse to leave them, and it now
seems that the deadlock will be
prolonged and the legislature ad-
/ journ without election. Yesterday
/ the democrats voted for F. A. o.
I Connor of New Hampton, the entire
democratic strength being given him
as a compliment.
The most important action of the
week was the failure of the attempt
/ to pass the Oregon primary bill over
Governor Carrolls veto in the
House. The 81 democrats voted
against the veto and for the bill,
and 80, republicans voted with
them, but 81 republicans stood by
Governor Carroll and voted for the
defeat of the bill, which finally set
tied the matter.
Two other important measures,
both for the betterment of the
/ roads of the state, were passed by
the House, following a season of
practically nothing but oratory from
/ Tuesday to Friday, when the Kulp
automobile tax bill was passed, pro-
viding tax of SS for the annual
registering of autos of 90 horse
power or less, and AZ cents per
horse power for all over 90 horse
! power, S5 per cent of which tax
shall be distributed pro rata to the
county road funds of the counties
which furnish the tax: also the Cum
ningham compulsory road drag bill,
which requires county boards of SUI
pervisors and township trustees to
drag the roads and laying aside a
portion of the road fund for this
purpose.
The Cunningham bill, giving the
state fair board power to fix the
salary of the secretary from the gate
receipts also passed the house. So
much time was passed by the house
portance was accomplished during
the week.
In the senate several hundred
militant suffragettes stormed the
chamber one afternoon and demand
ed the right to vote, with the result
that the senate committee recon-
mended the measure for passage
Thursday the Miller bill was intro
duced, prohibiting combinations
among physicians to fix prices or to
protect each other. The Sammis
liquor bill also passed the senate
removing the fee of $25 for attor-
neys who prosecute liquor nuisance
cases.
On Friday the senate killed the
Hammill bill to abolish the Office
of school treasurer, which has been
the subject of much agitation.
Many new bills of more or less
Importance continue to be introduc-
ed. Meantime the committees are
hard at work sitting out the bills to
go before the two houses, and dis
posing of many of them BY recon-
mending them for indefinite post
nment. 1t now seems probable
that the session will adjourn about
April 9th.
The Senate failed to confirm the
nominations of seventy-one presi.
Dental appointments. including
those of the two negroes, William
%