Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-01
Senate Revise. salaries.

Senate Revisss salaries.
The senate has finished the task
of revising the salaries OF the county
officials by passing bills fixing the
compensation sof the county clerks,
deputy county clerks, deputy county
auditors and deputy county ,treasur-
ers.
Bills were passed fixing the salaries
of county auditors and county treas
urers No change is to be made in
the law relative to the pay of the
county recorder.
In order to enable Polk, county 10
employ additional deputies in the Of
flee of county recorder. special bill
has been introduced in the senate 1t
will provide for a raise in salary for
the first deputy from $500 to 81 500 a
year. rv" e.. ,r. 49,
The bills are intended to equalize
the salaries of all county officers on
basis of population of the various
counties. The scale will run from
81 400 to $4,000.
Senator Doran attempted to have
an amendment tackled to the bills TO
provide that all employees Of the
county shall be examined "as to their
common honesty" The senate re-
jected the amendment.
Senator Taylor Of Van Buren, coun-
ty, who led the fight to revise the
salaries of the county officials, de-
clares that under the new system
each man will get a stated salary
Under the old system the officers got
a salary and fees.
The Sitting Committee.
Speaker Atkinson has named the
house sitting committee OF the Iowa
general assembly. It is composed OF
the following members:
Griffin of Woodbury., chairman; Nc
Farlane of Black Hawk, Robert OF
Ringgold, Moore of Guthrie, Wayman
Of Fayette, Sullivan of Kossuth, Jami-
son of Des Moines county.
1t is very evident that Speaker At
kinson has made an earnest effort to
name committee for this important
function which is fairly representative
of parties, of factions and of geog-
raphical locations.
Any one at all acquainted with leg
islative routine realizes that sitting
committee can show itself all power
full to make or break the last half of
a legislative session. Its function is
to sidetrack the bills which ought to
be killed or which are of minor i'm
portance in order that pressing mat
ters may have their proper cons:dera-
ton.
To Enforce Liquor Laws. 49,
Prohibition will be enforced with a
vengeance when the saloons of Iowa
close their deors December 81, 1915,
unless some legal proceedings stop
the repeal of the mulct law as passed
by the Iowa legislature. The drys OF
the senate, where the fight to make
Iowa prohibition began, have complet-
ed the difficult task of passing a num-
Der of bills designed to help enforce
the liquor laws
The last danger to the enforcement
bills has been removed, it is believed,
in the appointment of the long-looked-
for sitting committee in the house.
AS named by Speaker Atkinson late
Monday afternoon, FIVE of the seven
men on the committee have voted
with the temperate forces so far dur
ing the session. This makes it GER
tain that the eleven bills which go
from the senate to the house will re-
ceiye favorable action in the sitting
committee and the house is over
whelmingly dry. ri.
Senate Kills Garst Plan.
The senate killed the Clarkson bill
providing for the Garst plan of state
fund" insurance under the workmen's
compensation act, by adopting the
report of the committee recommend
ing it for indefinite postponement.
The vote was IS to 10.
Senator GARRISON was greatly dis
appointed over the fate of the bill.
He devoted many hours to argument
before the senate, hoping to get the
measure through.
The Garst plan would have Gre
ated state fund to which the en-
ployers of labor would pay premiums
for the benefit Of injured workmen.
The insurance companies would have
been driven out of the Iowa industrial
insurance field by this law.
Dry Bill ls Passed.
BY a vote of 33 to 10 the senate
passed the bill by Senators Whitmore
and Allen to provide for the seizure
and confiscation OF vehicles used In
the Illegal transportation of liquor.
In a lax moment the senate adopt
ed an amendment offered by Senator
Thompson to include in the list of
vehicles aeroplanes, hydro-aeroplanes
and submarines. The amendment
carried amid the laughter OF the sena-
| tors. Later upon motion of Senator
Francis the vote by which the amend.
ment was carried was reconsidered
and it was killed.
Governor Signs FAIR Bill.
Governor Clarke has affixed his
signature to the Farr bill which re-
Gently passed the legislature. 1t grants
the board OF control authority to give
Iowa producers and dealers preference
when their bids on supplies are as
low as those of outside firms.