Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-08-21
|0WALAWS HARD HIT
ATTORNEY GENERAL KEPT euSY
DEFENDING MEASURE PASSED
BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SOME WILL NOT STAND THE TEST
Three Late Decisions Have Declared
as Many Iowa Statutes to Be I'm
constitutional and Several More
Questions Are Yet Undecided.


Questions Are Yet Undecided.
Des Moines.--In the last month the
attorney general has been called upon
a half dozen times to defend the con-
stitutionality of laws of the state. In
two instances the same laws were
questioned, SO that only four laws
really were being contested.
Three decisions have been given,
and in each instance the statute was
declared unconstitutional. In one case
federal law was declared invalid
The laws knocked out and the
judges doing 1t we're:
The Cosson law, by Judge Hugh
Brennan of the Polk county district
court.
The fair excursion rate law. by
Federal Judges Mcpherson. Smith
and Van Valkenberg at Council
Bluffs.
The WebbKenyon law. prohibiting
Interstate shipments Of intoxicating
liquors contrary to state statute,
by Judge Francis M. Hunter OF the
Wapello county district court.
The law which is yet in the hands
OF Judges Is the capitol extension
statute Judge Hunter and Judge APP
plegate OF Guthrie Center each have
under advisement cases involving this
law Both suits we're brought by
John w. Rowley and others OF Keos-
auqua TO block the Improvement of
the capitol grounds as provided by
the last legislature.
Appeals will be taken IN all the
cases where the laws have been held
invalid. Attorney General George
Cosson says he will ask the supreme
court to advance the date for hearing
the argument in the red light law
case. The other cases will come up In
their regular order
Mr.. Cosson Is taking the defeats OF
his department good naturally. He
expects the supreme court to do some
reversing. In the opinions handed
down Mr.. C0sson feels that careless
ness is RESPONSIBLE for Que law being
knocked out and the other two are
close questions
MY department prepared the mill.
age tax law he said III that is
Knocked out we may need some con
stitutional assistance"
Judge Applegate took the main case
under advisement the last OF the
week. 1t probably will he another
week before he decides. The case
will be appealed to the supreme court.
II is probable the date for its hearing
will be advanced TO the September
term. provided the district court opin-
ion is handed down in time.
Prisoners Work Highways.
Thirteen men from the state re-
formatory at Anamosa -.candidates for
parole as they are called--are working
under the employ OF Iowa State col
lege This is he first use to he made
of prisoners In working roads and
carrying on other public improve
nents. as sanctioned by the thirty-iifth
general assembly.
Warden G.. g. McClaughry. went TO
Ames with the men. These men are
not to be known as convicts," he do
rlared. II their conduct is good they
| will not he returned to the reforma.
tory. but will he given their freedom
in November"
The men will be put to work build
ing roads on the college campus They
will he paid from 50 to s2.5O per day.
/ e.. a. A.
lar time sheets will he kept by the
college and at the expiration OF their
working time the men will he pain
their wages less the amount II costs
to keep them. IT is expected that tho
cost OF keeping the prisoners will be-
less than 80 cents day, aud that
when they are turned loose they will
have more than 800 as expense mon
4 ey to make new start In life Tents
will be stationed on the campus, and
the men will be dressed as ordinary
workmen. Two guards will lie In
charge of them. but they will be IN
armed.
Liquor In Dry Territory.
Judge Hunters ruling against the
Webb Kenyon liquor law does moi
present new situation.
The objections to such law wert
thoroughly argued when the Deliver
Hepburn measure was before con
| gress and again when the Webb-ken
yon bin was presented to take II.
place.
Congress has attempted to give u
each state the right to determine or
what terms liquor shall be admitted
to its borders. The charge is thai
In SO doing II has delegated its owr
control OF interstate commerce, wfiicf
It cannot do.
Many to Co from Iowa.
Iowa will send a number OF dele
gates to the national convention o
the Women's Relief corps, which will
he held in Chattanooga. Tenn. durini
the grand encampment OF the G.
r. Mrs Matte r. Witter OF Council
Bluffs. department president. Is max
ing arrangements for the trsnsporta
ton OF the delegates.
Cholera Epidemic Cost.
Iowa farmers will lose millions o
dollars this year on account of TIL
hog cholera epidemic. This is tn,
statement Of w. J. Kennedy.
Money for Road Dragging.
Almost 100000 was distributed
among the different counties las
week for road dragging purposes The
money was obtained from AUTOMOBILE,
licenses. w. c. Brown, state treasur
er. said that close to 100000 alread,
has been sent to the counties
Civil Service Examinations.
| Civil service examinations will b.
held Sept. 81 for postmasters as fol
lows in Iowa: Aspinwall, held a
nenison: Boonville. held at Del
Moines: Westgate. held at Oelwein.