The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-01
INCREASE TAXES
SAYS THE HOUSE
FREE TEXT BOOK BILL PASSED
BY HOUSE AFTER AMENDMENT.
HOT FIGHT ON ROADS PREDICTED
The lndeterminate Sentence and Soft
Drinks Made Special Order For
Thursoay-siftins Committee
. Report is Dry.

/ Report is Dry.
Des Moines, March 3d. Economy
problems for Iowa cities and towns
ldue to state wide prohibition next
January were solved by the house to-
day in passing the municipal corpora
Itions committee bill permitting the
lefty council in cities of over 5000 pop.
Iulation to increase the tax levy from
no to Is mills. The vote was ga TO
1872. Mayor Hanna and other men,
bers of the Des Moines city council
. supported the measure as 1t will aid
1.-THE council in raising funds for city
government without reducing the po-
lice or fire departments and the dis
charge of half of the present force of
employees. Other cities likewise are
affected. Des Moines was charged
with extravaganza by Representative
Lee of Sac in fiery address in which
he urged the defeat of the measure.
Tile cited statistics showing that pro-
hibition did not raise taxes and init,
! mated that the vets were responsible
for the present issue. He compared
lwet cities with dry cities and gave
/ facts in support of his statement. An
Il
amount recommended by the commit
tee from % to Is and, also limited the
, increase TO cities over 5000.
, The drys in the house again assert
ed their strength in another skirmisS
with the vets this morning when
motion by Brady of Dallas to make
the Allen-Whitmore dry enforcement
; bills a special order of business for
~
ried 46 to 80. The vets dragged over
a few drys to their side in an effort
to delay action. Today's test vote. in
Dictated easy passage for the measures
!, already passed by the senate.
.. The Free Text Book.
4 After amending the bill so as to re-
( move the compulsory" feature and
3 leave the question with the people
a themselves to decide the senate pass
7 ed the Thomas uniformity of text
1 book bill. 1t was also amended to
V lprovide that at the same election the
e lpeople shall vote as to whether they
j. wish free text books in their district
/ and such districts as adopt free text
hooks are exempt from the provisions
i lof the uniformity bill. The board OF
leducation to select books is composed
L. OF six members elected by. the board
A. of Supervisors. One of these is a
2. supervisor, one the county Superin'
r tendent, one country school teacher
/. and one city school teacher, one coun-
g try director and one city director.
II Hot Fight Predicted. g."
q Refusal of the senate committee on
o roads and highways to report for con-
. I,s,l Iah
q and the report of a substitute which
. does not include the adjustment OF
q the state highway commission prom
4 ises to provoke a lively contest be-
o tween the senate and the house.
4 There will be hot fight on the SEN
d ate floor when the road question
4 comes up, but present predictions are
!. that the senate will insist on main
a tanning the highway commission. This
4 means it will be necessary to submit
1.-THE house and senate bills to con-
l. ference committee of senators and
:. Representatives with a view of trying
d to effect a compromise bill. Usually
such a procedure at so late a stage OF
proceedings is dangerous in that there
might be an adjournment before any
4 faction is taken, but house members
Isay they will positively refuse to adj
= journ until some road legislation is
lenacted. OF course in case of a pro-
s tlonged controversy the governor has
Ipower.
Bills Up Thursday.
The proposition to abolish the in.
u Ideterminate sentence law and the
II Estate board of parole, proposed in a
d hill by Representative Jamison of Des
S Moines, will be discussed in the house
l. Thursday afternoon, the bill having
been made a special order for that
u date at 1880 p. m.
d Another special order for Thurs
l. day afternoon is the bill reported by
n the committee on suppression of in
Temperance giving cities and towns
l. the right to license and regulate the
h sale of a malt beverage not contain
p ing more than two per cent alcohol
q 1t is contended by supporters OF this
measure that a summer malt drink
d lean be manufactured that will contain
d mo more alcohol than is in the grape
n juice now freely dispensed at soda
4 fountains. II this bill passes they say
q the present breweries in Iowa can be
n turned into factories of this malt bey.
s erage.
First Report Dry.
81 The house sitting committee has
made it's first report. Ii is dry
Z All of the senate enforcement meas
n lures which were reported to the house
3 were put out by the sitting committee
flor the house action. They will be
,6 first considered after the bills on the
i calendar are disposed of. That they
will pass the house seems quite Ger
tain from the vote on previous dry
. measures.
% The Suffrage Amendment.
q Suffragists are interested now il
1.-THE attitude of the senate toward the
bill passed by the house to submit the
woman's suffrage constitutions
amendment resolution to the people
= at the June primaries instead of al
a the next November election. Thi.