Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-29

larger expenditures for roads. The
senate has before it bill which takes
one mill from the township road
levies and adds one mill to the coun.
ty levies. This is to provide more
sinews of war for the handling of the
county roads. Senator Francis has a
bill which looks to some form of state
Jones will not rest until the senate
passes squarely on a proposal to pro-
aid by bonus or otherwise. Senator
vide more money for highways and to
give encouragement that will start the
work of building paved roads.
The house passed the bill to give the
tenth judicial district an additional
Judge. Miller wanted to attach Bre-
mer county to the district but the
house wouldn't do this. The district
is the Blackhawk district.
! The lobby won by dog fall in the
house on the matter of school text
books. The Craig bill to make it
easier to head off the big book COM
panies and secure county uniformity
! of text books was called up and was
lost by a bare two votes, though in
the list of absent ones was several
who wanted to vote for the bill The
house refused to adopt plan for
state uniformity. On the floor OF the
Louise there was a sharp attack on
lawyers who represented the school
book lobby and INDUCED in misrepre-
sensations to the members Of the house
and no defense of this conduct.
Discuss Limit Of Authority.
There was an abundance of talk on
the utilities bill in the senate the one
thing bringing it out to best advant-
age was the amendments relating to
the extent of tho commission authority
over municipality owned plants. On
the one hand it was contended that
these plants should be absolutely he
yond the regulation of the commits
sion. On the other was the view
which finally prevailed, at least in the
matter of framing the bill, that the
commission should have Just enough
authority to require reports, uniform
accounting and the setting apart of
fund for denreciation and betterments.
Another amendment which caused
some discussion was one which M
dertook to give the commission anthor-
itv to assess values for taxation pur-
poses on the reports given in for rate
fixing. The changes made in the/b1lt
with regard to municipal plants are
satisfactory to the city officials of Des
Moines and some other cities. but not
to al. On the floor of the senate it
has l'readv been intimated that unless
material changes are made in the bill
the votes OF members who represent
cities will be lost: but it is generally
believed that by Saturday vote will
be taken and the bill be passed
Strikes at Doctors.
The senate passed a bill to- define
unrrofessional conduct on the part OF
physician and reference to the re-
voking of certificate to practice. This
includes not only betrayal of profess |
sional secrets and ordinary malprac- |
tice. but employment Of cappers, OBJ |
tanning fec on assurance of cure for |
a manifest. incurable disease, and !
of medical business |
with untruthful and improbable state
ments. This latter is really the main |
feature of the bill. Now comes the |
house committee with amendments |
proposed by Representative c. w. Mil !
ler added to the bill, as follows:
"Accepling any fee for service as !