Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-18

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some and two per cent from the others
from already too small salaries.
IF teacher lives long enough and
| doesn't starve to death or get married
she will get some money,
IF she is lucky enough to get OUT
| she will get a prize of half what she
paid in"
This complainant also stated that
the average teaching time of a teacher
is not over five years; for those out
side the cities it is 3.S years; that 30
per cent never intend to make teach
ing profession. She desired that the
legislature should increase the facil-
tiles for training teachers, and In
crease the salaries so that Iowa will
not be in thirty-eighth place In this
respect. 'By no means heed the pleas
of few grafters," she wrote, who by
the very definition Of the word graft
ers are trying to get something TOT
nothing"
Despite this somewhat bitter OPPOSE
ton the sentiment for the pension Dill
is strong, especially among the men,
bers in whose districts are large
cities.
Strikes at the Saloons.
The Spaulding bill to amend the law
as to saloon consent petitions would
make a big change in the situation II
adopted. It is a decidedly "dry" meas
IRE. It provides for ten days notice OF
the public canvass OF saloon con-
sent petition. for thirty days for an
appeal by citizen, and the SAIGON
men must put up bond WITHIN Ten
days and defend or the statement snali
be set aside Either party may go 70
the supreme court In thirty days put
unless perfected at that time no ap-
peal may be taken. If the board Ilnos
the statement insufficient the state
ment shall not be in operation during
the course through the courts. only
one statement may be canvassed III
any one five-year period. The purpose
If the bill is to hasten the whole mat
tar and prevent delays In court 10 the
advantage of the saloons.
Col Smith Brookhart OF Washing
ton who was here yesterday, declares
that although he feels the first con-
eressional district is treated badly
from his standpoint, he is for the Dill
70 redistrict the state congressionaliy.
"The proposed bill which has been
nrepared with some care, apparently
he said. "adds two pretty strong
standpat counties to the first d1strlct
inst at time when we had educated
the district in the ways of progressive
lem and it would therefore mean that
we would have the work to an 40 owe.
again to get the district into soou
shape but just the same ! am lot tne
hill and think it ought to De adopteu
nv the legislature, for it seems 70 W
fair distribution of the popuiatlon'
which is badly needed. There IS no
sense in continuing a system unoer
which some of the districts nave
hundred thousand more people IMAM
we have"
Suffrage to Come Up Soon.
The senate committee promises this
uaoL To takesaction on the equal suf-
frage amendment and get II 10 Tue
floor Of the senate. The commlttee -
undoubtedly favorable to the amend
ment. Whether or not the measure can
he defeated by any deadlock between
the houses as to some particular 10TH
or feature is about all that IS lett U
he considered There was one nearing
before the house cOmmlLtee puI e n"s
Is the extent OF the work that has been
done and members have complimented
the friends Of equal suffrage on the
fact that there has been practlcally
nothing in the way of lobby to cause
them annoyance. s
cosson Writes an Opinion.
Senator Allen, chairman OF commit
tee on retrenchment and reform has re-
ceiyed from Attorney General Cosson
a written opinion on the question OF
the right OF hold-over members OF the
senate and reelected members OF eth
or branch to receive the Increased pay
provided by the thirty-fourth general
assembly when it raised the pay Or
legislators by $3.50 per session. the
committee asked for this written opin-
ion. not particularly because there was
any question about 1t in the minds OF
a single person, but because an efort
had been made to create q newspaper
sensation over the matter some time
ago. The whole matter was fully con.
sidered two years ago and decided, and