The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-02-28

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The essential points of difference be
bills follow:
1. The Elwood bill retains the three
highway commissioners. The John
ston bill would abolish the three ant
have a "one man board" highway
commissioner.
2. The Elwood bill retains the com
mission as the supervisory depart
ment of road improvement, clothed
powers. The Johnston bill would
make the commissioner merely an ad
yisory officer except in bridge building
and return authority in road building
to the county supervisors.
3. The Elwood bill provides that
supervisors shall initiate road i'm
provement and the commission shall
have full supervision. The Johnston
bill provides that supervisors not only
shall initiate but shall supervise the
work also.
| d. The Elwood bill would put com.
nlissioners and county engineers un-
der the Cosson custer law. The John
ston bill would make the commission,
er answerable to the governor who ap'
| points him every two years.
5. The Elwood bill makes no speci-
| fic provision for the issuance of bonds
but tolerates the present system of
bonding a debt after the work has
been done. The. Johnston bill would
prohibit bond issues of any kind for
road or bridge improvement.
6. The ElWood bill would take three
per cent of the automobile fund for
maintenance of the highway commits
sion. The Johnston bill would allow
only $4,000.
Both provide for acceptance Of the
$2,000,000 federal aid.
Regular Army Sharply Criticised.
The demands of the regular army,
made through the Judge advocate at
Washington, that members Of the
Third regiment Iowa National Guard,
just back from duty on the border,
should pay for the clothing they will
discard upon being mustered out, was
made the subject of vigorous pro-
test by joint committee from both
houses. The committee on behalf Of
the senate was composed of Frailey
of Lee and Evans OF Butler On the
part of the house. Adkins OF O'Brien
and Miller of Boone. The resolutions
were composed Of i've counts and re,
Fcft6d thdr an eMUft from the beginning
had been made to discredit the Ma
tional Guard; that insulting filings on
the part Of regular army officers is a
common practice; that the order is
sued is in conflict with the articles of
war; that the war department through
highly colored posters is endeavoring
to get young men to enlist in the regu-
lar army and at the same time is in
dulging in tactics that will deter young
men from entering the service. Num-
erous illusions were made to methods
that the committee declared is penur-
ious and un-American. The resolu-
tions declare that the federal govern
ment has already received its pay in
full for clothing issued to the state and
brought by the enlisted men into fed
eral service and will by this method
be paid twice for the same clothing;
once by the state and once by the en-
listed men. The clothing at issue, &C
cording to the resolution, was anti
quated, out of date, worn out and much
Of it fifteen years old when issued to
the men. For this clothing, each, man
Of the Third regiment must pay on
an average of SLABS. The drastic
language employed in the resolutions,
caused a lively discussion in the SEN
ate but upon roll call received unan-
imous vote. Weaver, in the house,
proposed modification of some of the
more drastic utterances and they were
adopted.
Butter Makers Want Cream Pasteur-
ICED.
At the state convention of butter
makers held in Des Moines recently,
it was voted to ask the legislature to
pass law compelling butter makers
in all creamerieS to pasteuriZe all
cream as a public health precaution.
Disease germs may be carried in but
ter, say the officers of the association,
although there is no known case of dis
ease which could be traced to, germs
in butter. The butter makers are act
ing independent Of consumers and
Equal Suffrage Busy.
Prominent women from all parts of
the state are urging that the present
general assembly start the suffrage
on its way toward the peo-
pie again. They aver that the ques-
ton of equal suffrage got mixed up
in the primary fight on the guberna-
torial nomination and that it suffered
greatly thereby. They are sure that
If it comes before the peopel at time
when party maneuvering is absent |
that it will carry by large majority.
The committee in both the house and
he senate will report favorably for
resubnission. While. the women ia
vorable to the amendment are busy |
copposed to suffrage have been
ousy ana have presented their side of
the controversy. to the committee.
State Agent Bill Under Fire.
The administration bill asking that |
S25 900 be appropriated that special
agents may be employed in seeing to
t that laws are enforced and crimi-
lals are run down in any or all parts |
If the state is creating about as much
interest in the house as is the road |
question. At one time the committee
IN appropriations voted to ask that
he bill be indefinitely postponed but
lpon a reconsideration brought about
~ pressure from both the governor
md the attorney general the bill was
ND cra1 ont hv vote nf II fn III