The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-23
VOTES FOR WOMEN
BILL IN SENATE
SENATOR ALLEN, OF PocAHoN-
TAs, PRESENTS MEASURE.
BILL FOR JUDICIARY BUILDING
100000 Asked for its Erection -
Sioux City Wants Law Passed ny
the Thirty.thrd General AS
sembly Repealed.

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Des Moines, Jan. 22.- Senator 10.
seph Allen, OF Pocahontas county
RMS morning introduced in the sen,
ate of the Iowa legislature a joint
resolution providing for cOnstitu-
tlonal amendment to give women the
right to vote. His proposed amend
ment merely strikes from the present
X reading of the Constitution the word
Male"
Il understand the senate commit
tee on Constitutional ~--Ilendments is
against WOmans suffrage as ma
i0rity," said Senator Allen, comment
ing on his measure, land chat they
intend To kill it there. But am here
to tell you IL will not be peaceably
dubbed to death. They will hear the
lOudest boiler ever raised in the Iowa
legislative hall. | intend to make it
my business to see that the amend
ment resolution is reported 10 the
senate for Il vote. | have managed
in the past TO get out of the commit
tee matters the committees had at
tempted to suppress, and ! think |
win be able to handle this one. In
view of the party declarations favor
ing the amendment, want to get a
vote in the senate on the proposition,
and | intend 10 do it,"
delegation of sufTragists, repre-
Senting the state association of suf'
fragists, visited the legislative hall
yesterday and went over the amend
nnent introduced by the senator this
morning.
A poll of the constitutional amend
meut committee in the House discloS-
es that ten Of the thirteen favor the
amendment. .r
The proposition upon which the
present Legislature really votes is not
whether there shall be woman's suf-
frage, but whether the question of
amending the constitution to provide
suffrage shall he submitted to the
people for their vote on the question.
ii this legislature should pass the
joint resolution il must pass the next
general assembly before Il can be
Submitted TO the people for a vote.
Senator Aliens chief argument in
support OF his resolution Is that he Is
only asking the legislators TO give
the people chance to say what they
want-just to let them say by their
votes whether or not women shall
vote However, ne says he anticipates
an adversary on the floor of the legis-
lature
Judiciary Building.
Appropriation of $35O,0O0 is asked
for tie erection of state judiciary
building in bill introduced today by
Representative Jacobs, of CaInoun
county, in the House. This Is for the
erection of a home for the state judi.
Ciary department i'm accordance with
the recommendation made by Cover
nor b. f. Carroll in his biennial mes.
sag2. The building, if provided, will
be erected ON plans, ii is expected,
that viii make the structure represent
tatiye in architecture Of the depart
ment OF government for which IT
stands.
Text Book Commission.
Establishment of state school
text book commission to pick out
school books for the entire state is
provided in a bin to be introduced to-
day or tomorrow in the House by Rep.
re2entatiye Halstead, of Buchanan
county. Under the provisions Of the
Halstead bill state commission OF
seven members would be created by
should examine into the merits of text
books and let a contract with BOOK
CGmraly 20 supply the books for the
entire state. Under his, measure the
state would buy the books and then
resell them to the various counties
or school districts. The act is pat
termed after the Oklahoma act.
Wants Hospital Law Repealed.
Because Sioux City bit off bigger
chunk than 1t wants to chew" when
the people at a popular election voted
TO issue county bonds for the erection
of county hospital, Representative
Farr of Woodbury. county, wants tC
repeal the entire law, passed by the
Thirty-third general assembly. Under
this law a county may vote TO Dullo
hospitals and several counties have
availed themselves of the law and are
satisfied. But Woodbury. county an1
Sioux City are sorry because they
have enough hospitals without
county hospital, and inasmuch as the
people have spoken he knows of III
way to remedy the matter but by re
pealing the law. Some of his col
leagues doubt if that will cure hi'
case, and say anyway they arr
against taking away privilege grant
ed the whole state by the Legislature
merely 10 correct a hasty step takeI
by Woodbury. county.
Many Other Bills.
Representative Brady, of Dallas
comfy, has a bin 10 give the stat
puwer to kill all animals infected
with glanders.
Senator Farr, of Woodbury., pro
poses to repeal the law recommend
ing enactment for the erection o
county hospitals. He thinks 1t cost
too much.
senator Sullivan, of Polk. has
bill for new code compromising tn
old code and the laws of the last tw
sessions.
Representative Miller proposes +
take the brutality out of colleges an
Y. NJ. G.. A. sports and Is considerin
a bill 20 make football and baske
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