Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-27
THE TERMINAL TAX BILL
Il Will 30 Introduced In Senate Again
by Senator Saunders Of Pottawat.
tamie County.

Des Moines.--The railway terminal
tax bill will be introduced in the sen.
ate again this session by Senator
Saunders of Pottawattamie. He has
not perfected the details of the bill
as yet, but he is working on 1t. He
stated that he will surely present the
bill TO the legislature.
The bill in substance provides that
the railroad tax be distributed. not
equally among the counties through
which railway system passes, but
according to the amount of property
the company has in each county.
Under the present system. counties
in which the company has but sim
gle line of main track, secure the
benefit of the thousands of miles Of
sidetrack which company has in the
larger cities.
BY the provisions of the terminal
tax bill such cities as Des Moines,
Council Bluffs, Davenport and the
like, will reap the benefit of the many
miles of switch and sidetracks the
railroads maintain there.
The members of the assembly rep
resenting county districts in which
there are no large terminals, oppose
the measure, generally. 1t means they
will be deprived of share of the tax
which Senator Saunders maintains
rightfully belongs to the county In
which the property Is located.
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Votes for United States Senator.
Des Moines.-The first vote Of the
Iowa legislature taken for United
States senator resulted in deadlock.
| OF the 1853 votes in both houses there
were four absentees, leaving the to-
tai vote 1874. Of this number, Young
received, in both houses, SO, Kenyon
%, Funk 81, Byers 10, Garst 7, Feely
5, FRANKIE 2, C. J. Wilson i, and Port.
err SO.
On the first joint ballot, Porter re.
ceived SO votes; Young, 80; Kenyon,
%; Funk, 81; Byers, IA; Feely, Z.
and FRANKIE, 2.
| Second Joint Ballot-Porter, 3d.;
Young, 80: Kenyon, 20; Funk, 22;
Byers, IA; Garst, z; FRANKIE, 1.
Third Joint Ballot-Porter, 81;
Young, SO; Kenyon, q; Funk, %; BY.
ers, 10; Garst 7; FRANKIE, 2; Hep
burn, /.
Fourth Joint Ballot-Porter, As;
Young, &c; Kenyon, "A; Funk, 81;
Byers, IL; Garst, Z; FRANKIE, q; Town
err, /. .-.
Fifth Joint Ballot-Porter, A.;
Garst, 2; FRANKIE, 2. s.. . .-
Sixth Joint Ballot-Forter,. So;
Young, IS; Kenyon, "a; Funk, 81;
Garst, 8. ....a..ss
Seventh Joint Ballot-Porter, So;
Kenyon, IS; Funk, "a; Young, 80;
Garst, /.
Pretty Nurse viii Lobby.
The present Iowa legislature IL to
have two women lobbyists. Not con.
tent with the registered nurses law
as it now reads on the statute books,
the local registered Nurses associa'
ton has secured the services of Miss
! J. Postlewaite of Dubuque to secure
certain amendments and changes in
the law which was passed in behalf
of the nurses by the legislature sew.
eral sessions ago. I'LL
The local registered nurses assoc.
iation will bring to Des Moines soon
Miss Isabel McIsaac for series OF
lectures on the subject of nursing and
the work of the Red Cross. Miss Nc.
Isaac is national field secretary for
the registered nurses association.
Miss Millicent Schaar has been
elected president of the local associ.
alton. Her associating officers are:
Miss Fay Lankelma, first vice presi-
dent; Miss Edith Robinson, second
vice president; Miss Ann J. Jones,
secretary, and Mrs. J. H. Duro, audi.
tor.
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New State Salaries.
| Senator Balluff of Davenport intro.
duced bill in the senate which fixes
the salaries of superintendent in the
state institutions as follows
School for feeble minded children,
Glenwood-$3,000. 5 .r
School for deaf. Council Bluffs
$1,000
Boys reformatory, Fldora-$1, 800.
School for blind, Vinton-$1,S 800.
Industrial school for girls, Mitchell.
ville-$1,800.
Orphans home, Davenport-$2, 900.
Cameron May Be Fair Secretary,
The state board of agriculture elect.
| ed Arthur r. Corey as acting secre.
tary to succeed J. C. Simpson, ap.
pointed committee to select a per.
manent secretary and directed the