The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-16
MANY MEASURES
TO Be ACTED upon
ENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL SURE.
LY HAVE ENOUGH TO DO.
ALL SORTS AND KINDS OF BILLS
Creation of New State Departments,
Enactins of New Legislation,
Changes and Amendments
Coming in Thick.

Iport, secretary of the State Horticul.
tural Society, with an appropriation
Isuch as would warrant the department
in taking every possible step toward
developing advantageous plant life
and eliminating the growth of un
healthful plant life In Iowa. His plan
briefly outlined Is to have gathered
under this department as sub-diyis-
ions such interests as Horticulture,
Forestry, Agriculture $50 far as re-
lates to grains and grasses), weed
commissioners, etc.
This necessarily would take from
he present agricultural department
charge of grains and grasses, but 1t
is urged by Mr.. Greene, would be a
scientific assembling of like interests
under one head, and would leave to
the agricultural department all live
stock, poultry, dairy and general
farm interests.
Mr.. Green is starting on his twenty
third year as secretary of the State
Horticultural Society and during his
entire life has made a speciality of the
study of plant life in Iowa. His sug-
gestions come as from man of ex'
Iperience and extensive observation
and will undoubtedly be given serious
consideration by the general assem-
bly,.
Democratic energy in the House OF
the Iowa legislature will be centraliz'
ed this winter In an effort to get ex-
acted the Oregon Law relative to the
selection of United States senators,
according to Hon. Geo. KoontZ, of
Iowa City, CHOSEN minority floor lead
er for the session.
We have very sanguine hopes OF
getting the Oregon plan of selecting
United States senators through this
session." said the newly chosen lead
err" If the republicans, or some OF
them, win urge ii the democrats will
do all they can to help pass 1T. That
will be the chief fight of the minority
of the Iowa legislative house this
winter
The Oregon law, as is quite general
ly understood, provides for q popular
expression by votes at the election OF
choice for United States senator, and
binds the legislature to vote for the
election of the man for U. S. senator
receiving the highest popular vote OF
the people for the place. The, result
of the first election in oregon under
the plan was the election of a repub
lican legislature, which under the law
and in view of the popular vote, had
! to elect democratic senator.
Woman's Reformatory.
! Establishment of Woman's Re
! formatory, entirely separate from the
mems reformatory at Anamosa, and
probably located in an entirely diner
ent city, will be urged this winter by
! Hon. Eli Perkins, of Buchanan county
in the senate and Hon. Willard f, LIE
Roy, of Delaware county, in the house
| This has been urged for several ses
sions, but has always been deferred
on the contention of the appropria
tons committees that Iowa could not
afford the expenditure now.
/ Senator Perkins, who will cham
lpion the measure this time in the
upper house, was father of the bill
in the lower house two years ago
where he sat as member. The bill
will probably ask for an appropria
ton of from 100000 to 100000.
Dockage on "stass."
Branding as pure steal the usua
dockage by packing houses of eighty
pounds on hogs, passed upon a:
l"stags," Representative .4enry Bern
brook, of Waterloo, BIackhawk coun
ty, purposes to introduce a bill in tht
legislature making it Illegal for any
slaughter house to dock weights OF
hogs on account OF ''stags.'"
OF course Mr.. Bernbrock's proposed
measure could apply only to low;
packing plants, but he believes tina
packers will have no objection to thii
for though they will lose some dock
age, il will serve to encourage lowi
hog raisers to ship TO Iowa packing
houses.
Change in Auto Law.
! To make automobile owners homes
is the purpose of bill by Senate
August A. Barluff, OF Davenport.
His measure simply provides tina
. where man purchases an automobil,
after July of any year he may b,
given a state number and license TO
. the remainder of that year by payini
, half the annual fee. Under the Law
as IL now stands he Is required 4
pay full fee. t~' "a sl4jr
THE present law says Mr.. Balmi
commenting on his proposed change
either works a hardship on the aut
purchaser or makes him dishonest
If he pays a full years fee to tn
state he is paying for something h
doesn't get. II he goes without
number or as is frequently done
drives his machine around the res
OF the year under dealers number
he is cheating the state and Is a,
cordingly dishonest"
Municipal Courts.
In controversy with the creation @
a municipal court for cities. Senate
Balluff has bill to take away fror
, police judges all of the power TO hea
cases wherein persons are charge
with violation OF any state law. an