The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-08
FULL PREPARATION
FOR ANY MISTAKE
EFFORT TO BE MADE TONIGHT
TO SEND BILLS TO sIFTERs.
MAY NOT ADJOURN BY fPdIL n
Amendment to Malt Beverage Meas.
ure-Effort to be Made to Keep
Bill Abolishina Capitol custo-
dian from Sitting Committee.

Des Moines, April Iowa will
hereafter make full reparation for
any mistake in sending an innocent
man to prison. The house today
passed the WHITAKER bill providing
for the payment of the same wages
that person would earn out of pris-
on for the time spent behind the
bars in cases in which justice has
miscarried. The measure passed by
vote of 81 to 20.
Vets Give Up "Near Beer"
The vets in the house gave up
their attempt to obtain the enact
ment of measure to permit the sale
Of near beer" in Iowa even after
state wide prohibition becomes eff
fective. Representative Sawyer OF
Lee county, author of the measure,
this morning offered an amendment
which would strike out all provisions
of the near beer" bill and substitute
a provision by which six months ad
ditional life is given breweries of the
state with the consent of the cities in
which they are operating. Conyinc
ed of the futility of their attempt tc
pass the near beer" measure in the
face Of the overwhelming dry major
ity the vets intend to make an ap,
peal to the drys in an effort to mini
mize the losses which will be suffered
because of prohibition. Action on
the substitute measure was deferred
until tomorrow morning at $50
Extras For Court Officials.
District Judges and court reporters
who must travel from county seat to
county seat within their districts will
receive their travelling expenses from
the state il the Kimball bill passed
by the house is approved by the sen
ate. -
Bills to sifters. ~.
An effort win be made this after
noon to refer all bills on the calendar
in the House to the sitting committee,
Late yesterday afternoon Representa-.
tive Bruce called mp his resolution to
refer calendar bills to the sifters and
fled an amendment so as to include
all bills now in the hands of the re-
trenchment and reform committee.
Then he asked that the resolution be
made a special order for this after
noon at 4 o'clock when it will finally
be disposed Of
May Not Adjourn Soon.
The House became doubtful as to
whether it could certainly finish the
business of the session by the seven
tccnth and requested the Senate to re.
turn the resolution it passed fixing
that date. This the senate did. Now
each house has passed a resolution to
adjourn April II but neither house
has adopted that passed by the other.
Malt Beverage Amended.
When as a special order the bill
permitting the manufacture and sale
of malt beverages containing less
than one per cent came up for consid'
Grafton this morning substitute was
offered which removed the local op'
, ton feature and eliminated the word
! malt. 1t was merely an amendment to
the present law providing that the
provisions shall not apply to grape
Juice, ginger ale, birch beer or other
drinks containing less than one per
cent alcohol.
| The Capitol Custodian.
When the resolution to send the
calendar to the sitting committee
comes up late this afternoon an effort
will be made to make special order
and so keep it from going to the com
mittee, the senate bill abolishing thi
office of capitol custodian and putting
the duties of that office in the hands
of the adjutant general.
| . Collecting Poll Tax.
The House yesterday refused Il
pass law making the employer re
sponsible for collecting the poll tai
of his employees. The bill with thii
provision was introduced by Jones o
Cerro Gordo and came up for consid
Grafton late yesterday afternoon. Sew
eral amendments were added to thu
measure and then IL was defeated.