Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-02-21

HARDING PRIMARY BILL
Special Measure Killed in Both Sen
ate and House BY De-
| cisive Vote.
Des Moines. lowa.-In both houses
of the assembly the special primary
bill went down to defeat.
In the house the special primary
bill introduced by Representative
Harding, was voted down by vote
of 50 to 30. 1t was killed wholly by
republicans, for not single demo-
crat voted on the proposition.
In the senate the special primary
bill was up in the form OF q substi-
tute for the Oregon plan. The bill
was offered by Senator Adams and
was identical with the Harding bill.
1t was defeated by vote of 81 to
16. The democrats aided in killing
the substitute because it threatened
the life of the Oregon plan bill, Of
fered as it was for substitute.
With the democratic members Of
the house refusing to take part in
the vote on Representative Hardings
special primary bill, the measure was
defeated by vote of the republican
representatives. Thirty-two members
of the house voted for the bill and
thirty.eight voted in opposition to it.
By previous agreement, the demo.
Gratis had decided to let the republi-
can party settle the dispute between
the two factions of the majority Of
the house.
Governor Signs First Three Bills.
Governor Carroll has signed three
bills and one joint resolution passed
by the Thirty-fourth general assembly.
He signed the Bruce bill authorizing
counties at their regular meeting in
January instead of in June as is now
the case.
The other bills were the Boettger
bill legalizing the acts of the voters
OF Bettendorf lin granting certain
franchises, and the Hickenlooper bill
legalizing the acts of the directors OF
schools in Monroe county. The joint
resolution is senate joint resolution
No. 2 providing for additional en-
ployes in the state house during the
session of the legislature.
New Scheme for Elections.
Senator Taylor Of Appanoose is
father of bill presented in the SEN
ate which provides for the election
of county officers every four years.
His measure differs from that of Sen.
ator Stuckslager in that he provides
for the election of county officers in
different years He provides that the
treasurer, sheriff, superintendent. OF
schools and coroner be elected in
1912 for four years, and that the clerk
of courts, auditor, recorder and sur
veyor, whose terms expire then, be
continued in office until 1914, when
the offices are TO be filled again by
the people for term of four years.
The county attorney must go be.
fore the people every two years, the
bill specifically making this provision.
Antitrust Bill 10 introduced.
An antitrust bill prohibiting unfair
discrimination in buying and selling
commodities of all kinds was intro
duced in the house by Representa-
tive Stipe of Page county. The meas
ure makes it unlawful to sell or buy
commodities for higher or lower pric.
es in one community in the state
than in another. 1t is destined to pre-
vent the establishment OF monopolies.
Under the present law, unfair discrim.
nation is prohibited in the distribu.
ton of butter, cream, grain and pc
troleum products. Mr.. Stipe's bill ap.
plies to all commodities, but allows
cost of transportation and storage to
be recognized in the purchase and
selling price Of commodities.
Chapman Has Bill for Paved Roads.
Construction of permanent roads
radiating from the county seat towns
and adjoining such cities is provided
in bill introduced into the senate
by Chapman of Cedar. 1t provides for
the construction Of macadam, gravel,
oiled, paved and other permanent
roadbeds for streets, boulevards, av-
enues, lanes and roads not within in
corporated towns and for any dis
lance desired.
County bond issues to cover the ex.
pense OF such road building, the es.
tablishing of road districts. and the
creation of the Office of county en-
eineer are among the features of the
plan for the building OF permanent
roads as outlined in the bill.
Appropriation for State Armory.
Dewey of Guthrie introduced in the
house bill providing that com.
mission of five shall be appointed by
the governor to select land as site
for, and secure plans for, new state
building adjacent to the state house.
The commission is authorized to
spend not over $4,000 for the land
and not over 100000 for the build
ing. An appropriation of 100000 is
made available for immediate use.
The building is to be used for state
armory and storage room for several
of the state departments.
Wants Money for Macadam.
Senator Dunnegan wants tho state
of Iowa to appropriate $4,000 to
build six miles of macadamiZed road
in Fremont county. His idea is to
make a test job Of it to see if ma.
cadamized roads are what the people
of Iowa want.