The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-04
A NEW METHOD
OF NOMINATING
COURT JUDGES
BILL PROVIDES THAT LAWYERS
GET TOGETHER AND NAME.
FREE MEDICAL BILL IS PASSED
Bill Providing That Physician Must
Be Called When Child Is III, or
Parents Deemed Guilty Of Man
slaughter II II Dies.

Des MoineS, Feb. IA new metnou
of nominating candidates for supreme
district and superior courts so as not
to eliminate the non.partisan feature
was offered in the house of represent
atives by Anderson of Davis as an
amendment to the present non-parti-
san judiciary law. The bill provides
that when lawyers meet together in
convention from the various judicial
districts they nominate candidates ana
| then vote as usual
bill provides that when lawyers meet
together in convention from the vari-
Gus judicial districts they nominate
candidates an dthen vote as usual.
Free Medical Service.
The Perkins bill providing for free
medical and surgical treatment for
poor children at the hospital of the
State university at Iowa City was
passed by the senate today. District
judges were given the power to send
deformed and ailing children Tor
treatment.
The resolution by Farr for the APP
Ipointment of a committee of seven to
assign state house Offices instead OF
the executive counsel doing it was
adopted.
What Does State Owe Man?
What does the state owe man who
lis convicted of crime and imprisoned
flor term of years and later Is proven
to be innocent?
That is question that has been
ignored in Iowa and Senator Jones OF
Villisca proposes to bring it to the
Iattention OF Iowa legislators. he
will introduce bill providing the
| state shall reimburse such men for
their time. He believes that when
for the protection of society the state
Iimprisons a man and il develops later
that the state made a mistake 1t owes
that man all the restitution 1t is able
to make financially.
In this same line q bill will be OF
: fered during the session to provide
: that the state pay innocent families Of
men convicted Of crime enough upon
= 7 which to live. This is done in some
u states. The theory advanced in be
half Of this measure is that il the
: state takes from a family it's support
for the protection OF society as a
, whole, society through the state
owes reimbursement to the family it
: has deprived of income.
Must Call Physician.
: A prominent lawyer in the senate is
+ planning to introduce a bill in the
near future which will provide that
i any person who fails or neglects to
5 call a physician for a child when it 10
e i'll shall be deemed guilty of man.
u slaughter II the child die. The au-
thor of the measure says he will in
troduce il soon and make a deter
mined fight for its passage.
Insurance for Workinemen.
State insurance of workingmen Is
@ provided in q bill introduced by Sen
ator Clarkson of Monroe county. The
|. bill does not propose to be on basis
of self support as private insurance
/. companies are operated but asks BIZ
ennial appropriation of $l25,000 from
:. the state to operate the system. The
measure promises to arouse consider
able discussion as some senators In
sist il is purely socialistic. taxing the
l. state at large to pay pensions for o
class of workers.
Bills In the House,
Among the bills offered in the house
. today were the following:
BY Brammer, the exemption from
T taxation Of 100 acres of real estate
owned by any charitable organization
By Grayson, for the special appro
pristion of SJS,400 for the Iowa School
, for the Deaf;
By Anderson, lawyers at conference
g to nominate candidates for supreme
superior and district Judge;
BY Elwood, to give all cities under
5000 population the right to make
home improvements;
VI BY Whitman, the nomination %
= township officers by township eau
y tCuses.
In the Senate.
l. Senator Eugsr introduced resu
luton that Legislative sessions b.
held every year instead of every two
years.
Senator White introduced bill au
thorizing the erection of soldiers mon
uments on any public ground insteat
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