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will also be able to cut out duplica-
ton of material in different reports.
The new law provides salary of ST.
900 year for the document editor and
necessary office expense.
To Reimburse Gettysburg Donors.
Both houses of the assembly have
passed the bill to reimburse citizens
of Iowa who, by personal donation
fostered by Des Moines newspaper
raised fund so as to make it pos
sible for all Iowa survivors Of the bat
tie of Gettysburg who desired to do so.
to attend the reunion and celebration
of the 50th anniversary of the battle,
held on the battle ground in 1913. The
legislature of 1913 appropriated $10.-
900 for paying expenses of the vet
Grams in attending the celebration,
but it was found after the legislature
adjourned that the appropriation
would not be sufficient to take care
of all who applied. Public subscrip-
ton was called for and soon the
amount raised was so large that not
all of it was needed for the purpose
named. After the reunion the amount
of the subscription left in the treasury
Of the association was returned to the
donors. This covered about 81 per
cent of the entire donation. Now the
legislature has appropriated sum
sufficient to take care Of the balance.
The fund will not be available until
July 4th. however. because the bill as
passed did not carry publication
clause and the law will not be in eff
feet until the date named. The mat
ter is in the hands Of Adjutant Gen.
eral Logan. of the Iowa National
Guard, who will forward checks to the
various donors at the proper time.
Fighting the ChirOpractOrs.
The bill to recognize and license In
Iowa the practice of chiropractic
method of healing disease has passed
the house and is in fair way of pass
ing the senate. It has been opposed
strenuously from it's inception by the
regular practicing physicians and.
strange to say, also by the osteopathic
doctors, who but few years ago were
bitter in their denunciation of the
medical fraternity, because it was
fighting their admittance to the state.
Non.Partisan judiciary Doomed.
After one trial at general cleo
ton. at which all the old members Of
the supreme court, with the exception
of one. We're returned to their posts
as candidates on ca non-partisan
ticket. the legislature will. if the ac-
tion Of the lower house Is approved
OF by the senate. return to the old
partisan method Of nominating and
electing our judges The house after
. short debate. passed by safe ma
jority the Klinker bill to repeal the
non-partisan law and re-enact the old
law in its stead. There is considera-
BILE sentiment for the repeal Of the
law In the senate. and the prediction
is that it is doomed.
Hits ut Capitol Extension.
The sentiment in the lower house
against Capitol extension found its ex-
preston in the vote by which the
Turner bill was torn to pieces and
amended so as to lose all of its orig
inal provisions. The Turner bill was
put in as q mild protest against what
is called the outrageous extravaganza
Of the 35th general assembly. In
stead Of attempting to repeal the en-
tire act as some other bills introduced
would do. the measure by Turner
sought to oil the troubled waters by
limiting the activities of the executive
council in making improvements on
the newly acquired tract of ground
and leaving the future to Judge as to
whether the entire purchase was wise
or not, and as to whether it should
all be retained and improved or not.
Representative Ball, of Jefferson
county. and who was elected as
. protest to capitol extension senti-
ment. succeeded in amending the
Turner bill so as to provide for the
reselling of large part of the tract.
His amendment would resell all of
the new purchase to the west Of the
original capitol grounds, all to the
east but two blocks and practically
all Of the purchase to the north. The
only addition he would leave intact is
that part lying to the south Of the
building and running down to the
railroad tracks. Sixty-seven votes in
the house were mustered by Repre-
sentative HALL for his amendment. As
the senate has already gone on record
against repeating the capitol extern
sion law, In the killing Of the Whit
more bill. and as other bills in that
body have been tightly held by their
opponents in committee so far, it
would hardly appear that the Turner
bill could be adopted, and those who
claim to- know, declare Governor
Clarke will veto any measure seeking
to disturb the action Of the 35th gen.
eral assembly on this proposition.
For Attorney General.
John Fletcher. Of Avoca, assistant
attorney general has announced tn