The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-04
MUCH INTEREST
IS AWAKENED BY
TELEPHONE BILL
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put up building. That was the cause
of the condition put by the commit
Tee upon the recommendation. The
agitation for the appropriation has
also aroused a contest among cattle
breeders Of the state. Two Of the men
interested in securing the appropria'
ton for the exhibit are breeders OF
certain kinds of stock. Other breeders
have appeared in the legislative lobby
and are demanding some provision in
the measure which will insure them
of equal rights and privileges in dis
playing their breeds of cattle at the
Iowa exhibit.
Woman's Suffrage.
Advocates of woman's suffrage at
the Iowa legislature are pointing out
that if the constitutional amendment
passes this session giving women the
ballot II will be voted upon and dis
posed of before the prohibitoTy con-
stitutional amendment reaches the
people They believe this will pass
this legislature and the next and go
to the people, but it cannot reach the
people until sufficient time has passed
to give women suffrage. The suffrage
leaders say that with women holding
the ballot they will pass the pronibi-
tory amendment at a state election.
OF course all this speculation is bas-
ed upon the assumption that the cleo
tors will grant women the right OF
suffrage.
Repeal Of the MuIct Law.
The house committee on the sup
ression of intemperance yesterday af-
ternoon referred the Crozier bill pro-
yitiing repeal of the mulct law to a
subcommittee composed OF Represen-
tatives Carton of Polk, Sawyer of Lee
and Doze of Wayne. Carton and Doze
are both listed as dry" and fav-
ofable report of the subcommittee Is
expected. On motion of Sawyer, how
ever, the main committee voted to
take a second ballot on tine question
OF recommendation This, if done.
may precipitate a fight on the floor as
the rules adopted provide that COM
mittees shall take the yeas and nays
on all bills voted upon in committee
and record the same in the minutes OF
the committee. The only exceptions
made by the rules committee were
the appropriations and judiciary COM
mittees.
The Foot and Mouth Disease.
Following the address by James
Wilson. former secretary of agricuh
ture, before the joint assembly in the
Iowa legislature yesterday, before the
Joint assembly in the Iowa legislature
yesterday Chas. Miller, representative
from Bremen county engaged In a
lively repartee with the agriculturist.
Mr.. Wilson," said Mr.. Miller, Il
notice you, like all others who talk
on the foot and mouth disease Over
look to say where it came from. Now
since you have pointed out to the leg
islators what a terrible thing is it.
will you not say that it came from
innoculating virus that was importer
TO this country from abroad"
Mr.. Wilson admitted that it was
and the representative from Bremen
felt highly gratified as he has been
fighting the theory of vaccination for
several sessions. He was armed for
the secretary as ne held one of his
bulletins in which the foot and mouth
disease was traced directly to the in
ported virus.
Bills in Senate.
The state senate today passed a
number of minor bills to correct er-
rors in the code supplement.
Green of Clinton offered a resolu-
ton to instruct the bureau of animal
health to reduce the quarantine area
around each farm infected with the
foot and mouth disease to three mil
es.
The Senate confirmed the appoint
ment of James II. McConlogue to be
a member OF the state board OF con-
troll.
Among the bills offered to-day were
the following:
BY Bslkema. authorizing q one mill
tax for roads in towns and second
class cities:
BY Head. requiring all road taxes
in cities to be used in cities.
BY Faskett, to distribute the auto.
mobile tax money by square miles.
In the House.
Among other bills offered in the
house today were the following:
By Michael, designating the place
of residence of township trustees out
side corporate limits.
BY Purdy, appropriating 100000 for
q plant breeding station;
BY Freeman, to regulate the speed
of motor vehicles approaching grade
crossings to ten miles an hour.
BY Gray, to make homesteads in
the hanis of heirs liable for antece-
dent debts contracted in the past.
BY Craven, to indemnify the widow
OF Robert Jopling. beaten to death by
inmates of the state hospital at Mt.
Pleasant, to the extent OF $4,000.
BY McFarlane, placing the regula-
ton of all electric construction work,
interurbans, street railroads. tele-
phone and telegraph companies under
the railroad commission.