Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-04-25

by MEADPUBLiSHlNG co
official Paper Of City snd County
Issued on Friday of Each Week.
An Inefficient Legislature Adjourns.
The bells have tolled. The Thirty
Fifth General Assembly has adjourned.
Like Arabians in the night, the Solons
have folded their tents and stolen A.
way. One more all is serene on Capi-
toll hill. Abuse, flattery and criticism
alike have been heaped upon the heads
Of the Legislators by the same press
who during the campaign were protuse
in urging their election.
Few are the Republican papers that
have stood pat for the men they boost
ed during the campaign. Few are the
papers that can turn back over their
files and say the promises of the Re-
publican party have been fulfilled.
They can however, if they SO desire,
turn back their files and ascertain how
certain measures demanded by the PEG.
pie were either tabled, amended,
smothered or killed outright in one of
the many republican committees.
Had it not been for the untiring ef-
forts of the Democrats with the as
distance of the more daring Republi-
cans, little if anything would have
been accomplished. ...
H. C. White (Dem.) accomplished
the only redeeming feature of the whole
session, when he got his bill through
both houses granting minority repre-
sentatlon on the committee of Re-
trenchment and Reform. Chairman of
the Appropriation Committee, VIM. Lar
rabee Rep.) admitted that minority
representation on this committee meant
saving to the state of over One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars. which is more
than enough to defray the expenses
and salary of every democratic mem
Der in both houses. .s.
C, w. Miller's lDem.) Antitrust
bill was killed by the Senate without
granting the measure the courtesy of
. roll call. A similar fate was meted
out to the Loan Shark bill, Civil Phar-
macy act, Semi-monthly pay day, Tea
cheers Pensions, State Uniformity Of
School Books and the Travelling Mems
vote bill. @ rl.-.. .
Senator Clarksop's (Dem.) Working
mems Compensation Act was so amend
ed az to hardly bear any resemblance
to the original bill filed. This also was
the case of the New Highway Law or
Road bill which felt the effect of
amendments Of the Republican Steam
Roller.
Christ Saltzman (Dem.) was turned
down fiat by the Republican Steamer
and his bill was smothered in the sift-
ing committee when he ask ed for an
appropriation to establish self sus-
tanning Irvine industry that Iowa farm
ers may be protected against the Har.
vester Trust.
But when it came to making appro-
priations to increase salaries, create a
new commission or to improve the al
ready magnificent Capitol grounds, the
Republicans were there as a unit.
Des Moines people and papers can
well afford to boost the outgoing Leg
islators. What town wouldn't BOOST
them aster they voted Two Millions o.
Dollars towards their Identification.
Yet how much better would it have
been, had these same Republican mem
beers voted this great amount of money
back to the improvement Of the coun-
try roads,. How much more willingly
and how much more cheerfully would
their constituents back on the farms
felt like supporting them at the COM
ing election.
Taking the session all-in-all and
everything that was done or undone,
the democrats put forth every posi-
bic effort and fought tooth and and
nail to secure the legislation desired
by the people. BY hard work they
helped in securing the passage of the
Weights and Measures bill, the SAM.
tary bill, the Teachers Minimum Wage
bill, Fake Advertising. Also the Pres
idential Preferential Primary bill, Ini-
tative and Referendum proposed
amendments) and the Oregon bill,
which like the other measures passed
was in accordance with the program
% outlined by the Democrats at the
Cedar Rapids Convention.
Dignity.
Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor Of the
Louisville Courier Journal, is very much