Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-01-29
Great Mass of Bills Being introduced
i'm Both Senate and House.
SCHOOLS, HIGHWAYS AND TAXES
WILL MAKE LEADING FIGHTS
Almost Every Conceivable PROPOSE.
tion Embraced i'm Many Measures
Already introduced. Getting
Down to Business.

The Iowa legislature at Des Moine:
is just getting down to business, 81
far as the consideration of bills be
fore it is concerned. Thus far there
up in the preliminary work of organi
images, and the time of the senators
and representatives has been taken
up in the preliminary work of organi
zation, the election of a United States
Senator, and the introduction of a
food of bills upon almost every con.
ceivable topic.
The formal election of United
States Senator William S. Kenyon
took place last Wednesday, in joint
assembly, he receiving a majority OF
thirty-nine votes over Hon. Dan w
Hamilton, the democratic candidate
He was present and in an address re-
newed the pledge he made two years
ago when first elected, that he would
serve the people of Iowa, regardless
of factions or politics.
Il purpose to take no thought of
tomorrow, politically Senator Ken
yon said. Il have a course mapped
out to fight battle in the legislative
halls of the nation in the next two
Years, to do something for human
rights and moral laws and decency in
politics.
He said the otaining of social and
industrial justice is the big problem
before all legislative bodies of the
land, and he purposes to help make
the Democratic administration a sue
ceSs-not a partisan success, but one
that makes for human wefare. He
urged that party politics be forgotten
when legislative matters are consid-
cred.
During the week there has been a
perfect stream of bills, over 100 in
the senate and nearly 200 in the
house, covering almost everything I'M
aginable, such a wide range of topics
that it is impossible to enumerate
them here. Good roads, taxes, schools,
woman's suffrage, the mulct petition
ballot, public utilities commission,
and the coordination of state insti-
tutions, will probably bring out the
liveliest fights during the session, but
these are only few of the things
which are to be regulated.
A joint commission, composed of
the senate and house committees on
roads, has been proposed to sift
something tangible out of the mass
OF road legislation proposed, and it
is possible that something of this sort
will be done with other important
matters.
Senator Jewell of this city pur-
poses during the present session OF
the Iowa legislature to introduce a
bill providing for the creation of a
special commission to study the caus-
es of insanity, epilepsy, delinquency
and crime in Iowa and to report to
concentrations for eliminating the
causes as it may determine.
He would have the commission
composed of seven members, especial
ly qualified by training and profess
sion to conduct the investigation. He
would have them serve without pay,
but allow small appropriation of
about S1,500 to defray their travel
ing and other incidental expenses.
Senator Jewell has also introduced
a bill providing for the establishment
of a state epileptic colony.
representative Enger of this city
introduced a bill for the establish
ment of county associations to en-
courage the study of agriculture and
horticulture. These would be sup
ported by tax levied by the boards
of supervisors.