The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
.DRYS IN CONTROL
OF IOWA HOUSE
SCHOOL BOOK AGENTS PRESENT
WITH JOINT COMMITTEE.
THE PtOPLE OF IOWA ARE FAIR
So Replies Governor Clarke to the
Railroad Presidents Who Call
Upon Him Asking His Aid
in Rate Advancement.

DeS Moines, Feb. 17.-By an over
whelming dry vote of 81 to 90 the
house this morning ordered the COM
mittee on the suppression of intern
perance to report at ten o'clock to-
morrow morning the Clarkson bill for
the repeal of the mulct law as passed
by the senate and the Crozier bill for
the repeal of the same measure with
or without recommendation. The line
up on the first roll call today showed
that the drys were in control by four
to one and forecasted the passage OF
both the mulct law repeal bill and the
constitutional prohibitory amendment
which will result in placing Iowa in
the ranks of prohibition not later
than Jan. /, 1916. The vets conceded
their defeat after the fist roll call on
the amendment offered by Represen-
tative Brady of Dallas to compel the
committee also to report out the Gro
Zier bill which carried by vote of II
to Is. The vets we're completely rout
ed. They had obtained control of the
Temperance committee and even sue
ceeded in forcing through committee
at special meeting early in the day
"a resolution by Sawyer for the draft
| ing of committee bill in lieu of both
the Clarkson and Crozier bills which
would probably retain the mulct law
on the statute books and smother 40
ton by the drys. The vote was to 8.
Carton, DoZe, Lenocker, Smith, Way
man and Murray voted against the
resolution while Becker, Ingwersin,
Hale, McDermid, Rayburn, Sawyer
and Swanson voted wet.
School Book Agents Present.
A joint session of the Senate and
House committees on schools suppart-
ers of the Thomas-AndersOn compul-
sorry county uniformity bill urged the
committee to take favorable action.
Though they said nothing the repre-
sentatives of three different school
| book companies, said to be interest
ed in the passage of the measure sat
in the room. o. f. Klingeman OF Iowa
City addressed the committees on the
question of uniformity but admitted
on being questioned thai the bill Dc'
| fore the assembly did not conform
with his belief and should be cOnsid-
erably amended Dep'y superintendent
of Public instruction, JOsets, address
ed the committee and said he helped
draft the Thomas bill. He said no
school book representatives helped
him, but he sail he did not doubt
some might BE- interested in its pas
sage. The bill will be referred to a
subcommittee for redraltins. There
was expressed a healthy sentiment
for adding the free text book feature
| if passed at all. Attention was cal
led to the fact it would compel 4S
counties to have uniformity that may
now have it by vote of the people,
but most of which have rejected the
proposition.
People of Iowa are Fair.
To the address of the railroad pres
lidents who called upon him yester'
day afternoon Governor Clarke gave
a very assuring reply. He stated that
his experience in the affairs OF Iowa
had proven to him that the people are
a fair minded class and willing to dc
what is right and asking nothing FOL
which they do not adequately pay: nc
assured the presidents he would &c
all he could to further publicity Of
actual railroad conditions and the ad
leauacy of rates and believed ina
the people of Iowa would render
verdict Just and fair. The railroad
men then appeared before joint heal
ing of the Senate and House railroad
committee.