Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-02-16
friends, who see the philosophy and

| friends, who see the philosophy and
the psychology Of the act, as it re-
lates to the cont entmert of the pris-
oners in finding something for their
idle hands to do; bat when it has
come to the consideration Of the large
appropriation always securely fast
ened somewhere in the bill, the friends
begin slipping away. Generally the
| estimate is that the successful estab-
| lishment of the factory called for will
| entail the expenditure of about $780,
| 900. This year the bill introduced by
| Senator Enger asks for an appropria-
ton of 100000.
Dry Legislation Is Postponed.
Iowa's much touted bone dry"
legislation, which was to have ma
terialized the past week when the SEN
ate had up for special order the three
or four measures prepared and faith
cred by Senator Whitmore Of Wapello
county, ran against snag in the up
per house, and the wet" boys will be
obliged to wait until Tuesday of next
week before they can know what their
added discomforts are really to be.
The senate was almost unanimous in
its verdict postponing action on the
bills, and parliamentary tactics were
so manipulated that the author OF the
new ideas was all but shut off from
debating his measures. 1t has dew
eloped that tho chief objection OF the
senators was to the bill which would
have prevented the bringing or ship
ping into Iowa in any way whatever,
even for personal use a . liquors OF
any kind, except that which was to be
used in manufacturing Of proprietary
medicines.
Would Elect County Superintendent.
Another evidence that this as
sembly is going to unite few knots
and knock the latches of few doors
closed by recent legislative bodies, Is
found in the action Of the lower house
in repeating that portion OF the model
school laws of the 35th general as
sembly which provided for the ap-
pointment of county superintendents
by the heads of various county school
boards The house, by vote OF 90 to
43 voted in favor of making the super
intendent an elective position In each
county with a salary limit OF $1,000,
and such necessary perqu1sites as to
expense as may be agreed upon BY
the boards of supervisors. There IL
prospect Of hard fight in the senate
over this measure with its friends
claiming 1t will win.
Bad Check Bill Up Again.
The Kimball bill making it q crime
to issue q check on bank where the
giver has no funds or credit Is said TO
be in a much fairer way to passage
this year than in 1915 when the Pot
tawattamie senator fathered the same
measure. This year the banks are
getting behind the measure, as also
are merchants throughout the state
and many petitions and requests Tor
its passage are coming to the law
makers. The bill has passed the
senate.
Chiropractors Are Busy.
The busiest body Of Legislative. Pc
titioners that have been known In
Iowa since the days Of primary cleo
ton petitions under the reign and
guidance Of Governor Cummins, have
come to the front during the present
session of the assembly in the prayers
of the people asking for the establish
,ment of board of chiropractic healers. |
The senator or representative who |
has not had from one to half dozen |
petitions and letters on this subject
must feel himself almost forgotten by
his constituents. Senator Hentgbaum,
of Scott county, presented In the upper
house of the assembly a petition con-
tanning more than $4,000 names. This
is said to be the largest petition ever
presented to legislative body In the
history of the state.
First Road Bill On it, Way.
The first road bill Of the session
which has passed the gauntlet run Of
either house. is a measure by Senator
Holdoegsl, Of Calhoun county. 1t is
declared by the senator to be simply
a measure looking towards economy
in the matter of road grading, cutting
and filling, and this economy is to be
wrought, under the terms OF the bill,
by placing such work under super
vision of the state highway commits
sion. The state highway commission
has some enemies in the legislature
and some friends. 1t Is hard mat
ter to separate them now, and no de-
as to which side can right
fully claim a majority can be arrived
at, although an effort was made by
some to hold the Holdoegel bill up as
presenting a dividing line of the two
groups. The author Of the bill denies,
although he won in his fight for its
adoption by the senate, that the vote
was of the highway and anti-highway
lineup. He believes some votes were
cast against the proposed law which
would be found sustaining the high
way commission in a larger fight, If
one comes, and some votes were cast
Tor it that might be against retention
If the highway commission with its
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