Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11
CLOSING DAYS OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
$IOOO,OO APPROPRIATED FOR WAR.
-, MEASURE CARRIED BY UN.
ANXIOUS VOTE.
CONGRATULATE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
TOrrens Land Title Measure Passes
Senate. State House Improve
ment Tax Is Replied.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 7, 1917
The desire to adjourn Saturday, April
IA, has stimulated activity in legisla-
ton and there has been strong eff
fort to get through the more important
measures. fractional alignment as
serted itself when the rulingsof Speak
er Pitt was announced declaring the
'tabling of the amended bill to create
another supreme judge not effective
because it did not receive constitu-
tional majority. The house overruled
the decision of the speaker by a vote
Of 81 to 49 and motion to strike out
the enactipg clause which meant the
death of the bill passed by the de-
cisive vote Of 63 to "A. BY motion
in the senate the measure that had
passed both houses extending the term
of county officials to four years was
recalled from the enrolling committee
and that proposition was doubtless
killed as it is not believed it can re-
ceive votes enough to resurrect it. The
five year closed season for both prairie
chickens and quail passed both houses
and will become a law July 4th. The
house slaughtered the senate measure
making it an offense to appoint rela-
tives to office. The Larson bill ap-
propriating $25,OOO to be used by the
Attorney General in law enforcement
has passed both houses. The Shortess
bill granting pensions to teachers was
resurrected and amended but it failed
to pass the house. The bill CIV
ing railways an opportunity to charge
the same freight rates between two
points even though one road is not a
direct line was defeated in the house.
1t is known as the long and short
haul bill and an effort has been made
for years to get it through. Cummins
vetoed such bill when he was gov
ernor. The senate voted $4,000 for
making fire proof the old state house
at Iowa City which is now part Of the
University. .s
Crop Conference mt AmeS.
The house passed concurrent reso-
luton introduced by Representative
Darrah and Mooty calling for con-
ference of representatives of all of the
counties of the state to be called at
Ames to consider the food situation
soon.
Cement Trust to Be Investigated.
Weaver got his bill through the
house providing for an investigation Of
the cement trust and the increase in
prices of cement products as shown by.
the report of the state highway COM
mission.
A Million for War.
Governor Harding asked for an ap-
preparation of $5OO,OOO to equip the
Iowa National Guard for service. The
committees on appropriations readily
acceded to the request, but when the
bill reached the house Rogers, Of Car
roll, moved that the amount be made
$1,OOO,O00 and it carried without a
dissenting vote. The senate concurred
without opposition and the same day
Gov. Harding signed the measure
and upon publication it becomes law.
Provision was made in the bill too that
$40 month be allowed any dependant
wife or mother of soldier and that
$40 month go for child under IA.
but not more than $50 month to any
one individual. In addition to the ap-
preparation of million dollars $780,
900 was appropriated for armories at
the State College at Ames and the
University at Iowa City. BY special
message Gov. Harding asked for $780,