Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-11
MUCH WORK AHEAD
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY HAVE
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS
VET TO CONSIDER.
MAY FINISH EARLY IN APRIL
Forty-five Measures Of Great Interest
Are Yet to, Be Passed on BY the
Legislature Before the Calendar of
House Is Cleaned Up.

rouse Is Cieaneo UP.
Des Forty-fve bills are
now on the house calendar. At least
third of them are measures of
such significance that their considera-
ton in the house is likely to call
forth much discussion and their pas
sage or. rejection accomplished only
after mature elaboration. Among
these are the bills to repeal the law
which makes the office of state super
intendent appointive, to modify the
sterilization law, to repeal the pres
ent road law, to create bureau Of
! poultry, to permit absent voting, and
to authorize teachers annuities.
A bill now on the calendar, which
should be of interest to merchants,
would permit attachment of 20 per
cent OF the wages of debtor who
gets more than $12 week. McFar-
lane of Black Hawk is author of the
bill.
The bill by the committee on agri-
culture which would establish poul-
try bureau Of the state department
of agriculture and finance its work
to the extent of $500 year will
come up in a day or two. 1t is rec
commended for passage.
Travelling men, railroad men and
others whose occupation makes it diff
ficult for them to be at home on cleo
ton day will have their turn at con-
sideration when Klinker's bill to per-
NIT what is known as absent voting"
is called up. 1t is on the calendar
without recommendation but has
many friends In the house.
The big school bill of the session
is also before the house now. 1t is
the bill by Grason which would es-
tablish in Iowa a system of retiring
teachers on pensions. The bill was
reported without recommendation. 1t
is probable that final action will be
| deferred for some time and that the
bill will be sent to the committee on
appropriations before 1t is considered
by the house proper at all.
Those who drive automobiles will
| probably be interested in the bill by
Schmedika which would compel the
shading OF lights when two machines
are approaching each other at night.
The bill is recommended for passage.
| Another bill by Schmedika which
would compel the railroads to equip
stock trains with bunk cars in on the
calendar on minority report for
passage.
In addition, there are many bills
for legalizing acts and for technical
amendments of the laws which will
be disposed Of rapidly.
Probably two-thirds Of the number
OF bills which will come in during the
session have been filed. Put only a
very meagre proportion of them have
been disposed of. With resumption
of the legislative activities be-
gins the important and hard work of
actually finishing the tasks which
have been begun. In the next month,
the legislature will produce more re-
suits than it has produced in the two
months which have passed.
Coasts bill to have public account
ants recognized by the state, exam
ined and certified, is on the calendar
for passage and promises to give to
that class of business experts the
official standing they have long
wanted in Iowa.
Earl Jones Granted New Trial.
n,l ,.rf M cd
conviction of Earl Jones, Corning mu-
stefan, who was sentenced May is,
1914, to Anamosa reformatory for the
alleged abduction OF Grace Runyon,
daughter of a Corning banker The
ruling provides that Jones shall be
remanded to the custody OF the sher-
If of Adams county for new trial.
Earl Jones was arrested early in
1914 for the alleged kidnapping of
| Grace Runyon. She and Jones had
been engaged to be married. After an
affair which Jones says was an elope-
ment, the couple was arrested at
Shenandoah, after the girls father
had overtaken them in an automobile.
| The young man was charged with
having forced the girl to accompany
him by threatening to kill her
Plan for Auto Registration.
4 Automobile owners will be interest
ed in the proposed change of the
method OF registration license fees as
outlined by Anderson Of Montgomery
county in bill which he will intro
duce in the house. The license Is
based upon the value rather than the
horsepower of car. Under the bill
autos listed at $500 or less will pay
q fee of SO, and machines listed at
$4,000 or more, $50 the first year. A
fat charge is made after three years
service.
Asks Graft Evidence.
Robert Henderson, state printer.
has sent letters to the heads Of all
state departments asking them to
place in writing their experience with
the state printer. relative to the
charges of graft made by ]. M. Pierce
of the Homestead.
The pharmacy commission Is send
ing in a letter in which 1t assumes
the responsibility for the style Of
printing the annual report OF that
department. Mr.. Pierce claims that
three pages of the pharmacy report
should be condensed into one.
|
Law Enforcement by State.
Law enforcement, should be under
the department of the attorney gen.
eral, in the opinion OF Gov. George
| w Clarke. and not under the person.