The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-17
Iowa viii Go Dry.

resolution. The house will follow
suit, and then another dry" assembly
and favorable vote of the people,
and Iowa will be on the water wagon
for good and all.
Woman Suffrage, Too.
The senate has passed the woman
suffrage resolution, as it was passed
by the 35th general assembly. There
i is no chance Of its failing in the house.
City Manager Plan Favored.
| The senate committee on cities and
towns has endorsed the city manager
plan bill filed by Senator Foskett, OF
Shenandoah, but will not report the
bill back for passage for few days,
as certain citizens of Waterloo have
bill along the same lines which they
desire shall be considered before final
| action is taken. There is little doubt
but that city manager plan will be
provided for by the assembly, leaving
it optional with the cities as to whether
they will adopt it or not.
Miller Wins in House.
Representative Charles w. Miller, of
Bremen county, ,by making strong
and adroit fight in8 the house sue
ceeded in getting his pill putting can
didates for county superintendent back
on the official ball0tifar general cleo
TONS adopted by anrteven constftu-
tional majority. The vote on the bill,
| after debate lasting about two hours,
resulted in 55 for and as against. Tho
Miller bill, which has gone into tho
hands of a committee in the senate for
consideration, repeats law adopted
| by the 35th general assembly making
| the office of, county superintendent ap-
pointiye in each county by q board
consisting of the presidents Of the var
ious school district boards of direc-
tors.
To Revise Fire Insurance Laws.
A bill which has for its object the
ultimate overhauling and revision OF
the laws of Iowa governing fire insur-
ance in Iowa, has been introduced in
the house by Representative Brammer,
of Polk. The bill provides for the ap-
pointment Of commission of three
members of the present assembly as
members of a commission to serve
without pay, and report to the 9th
general assembly the results of thor
ough investigation Of the Iowa fire
code, with recommendation for
changes, additions or an entire revis-
ion Of the laws now on the books.
The report of the commission is to be
completed not later than October i,
1917.
County Officer Salary Bills.
The bills heretofore spoken OF in
these letters intending to do away
with tile fee system in the offices of
county sheriff, treasurer and clerk
have been introduced in both houses.
The bill fixing the salaries Of county
treasurers was introduced in the SELL
ate by Kimball, of Pottawattamie,
grades the pay by population OF the
various counties at a range from 81, 400
| to $4,000. For chief deputies the range
is from $500 to $500 year. SEN
ator Thompson, of Burlington, put in
the bill fixing the salaries for sheriffs.
| It provides that salaries shall range
from $1,000 to $4,000 a year. The pay
for chief deputy sheriffs is to be pro-
vided for by the supervisors in each
county. Sheriffs are to receive mile
age at 10 cents mile on serving civil
processes, and fees from criminal and
| foreign processes are to go direct into
the county treasury.
Hearing on Compensation Bill.
Opponents OF the Clarkson work.
mems compensation bill, amending
the present law so as to provide a
state insurance fund and practically
1 shutting out of the state all insurance
corporations doing a casualty bust
ness, appeared before the insurance
committee of the senate Friday and
stated their objections to the measure.
| The bill is drawn along the line OF
Il proposed state insurance as advocated
by Industrial Commissioner Garst. In
surance companies are united in OPP
posing 1t, declaring it will create a
state monopoly in that class of insur-
ance. They also argue that the pres
emit law has not been given fair trial.
Still After Printer and Binder.
An echo to the fight being waged
against the Iowa system of having the
states printing and binding done by
officials chosen for that work by the
legislature, Is found in resolution in
troduced in the house by Representa-
\ tive Rogers of Carroll. 1t provides
for the appointment Of a commission
of three members of the house and
two of the senate, to investigate the
state printing and binding depart
ments with view to determine il the
state could economic by abolishing
the two. offices and having the printing
\ and binding done by contract. This
resolution may be adopted, and it may
be enlarged so as to provide for the
rewriting Of the entire section Of the
code OF the state governing the printer
and binder and fixing the prices they
shall be entitled to charge for their
work. 1t has long been known that
the printing and binding price
schedules az embodied in the code at
present are unjust and unfair both to
\ the state and ito the printer and
binder. While it is admitted that in
some instances the printer is overpaid
for certain classes Of work, it is also