Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-28


the Cosson custer laws, The Johnston
bill would make the commissioner
answerable to the governor who ap.
points him every two years.
5. The Elwood bill makes no speci-
.flc provision for the issuance of bonds
but tolerates the present system of
bonding debt after the work has
been done. The Johnston bill would
prohibit bond issues OF any kind for
road or bridge improvement.
S. 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
s2,OO0,O0O federal aid.
Regular Army Criticised.
The demands Of the regula... 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 mustured 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 FIVE counts and re-
cited that an effort 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 reg
ular army and at the same time is in
dulging in tacticts that will deter
young men from entering the service
Numerous allusons We're made to
methods that the committee declared
is penuriops and un-American. The
resolutions declare that the federal
has already received its
nay in full for clothing issued to the
state and brought by the enlisted men
INTO federal service -aiat. Will h;s iAfs
method be paid twice for the. same
clothing; once by the state and once
by the enlisted men. The clothing at
issue, according to the resolution. was
antiquated, out Of date, worn out and
much Of II fifteen years old when Is
sued to the men. For this clothing.
each man of the Third regiment must
pay on an average Of S14.35. The
drastic language employed in the res-
olutions, caused a lively discussion in
the senate, but upon roll call received
unanimous vote. Weaver, in the
house, proposed modification of some
of the more drastic utterances and
they were adopted.
Butter Makers Want Cream PaSteur-
lied.
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
disease which could be traced to
germs in butter. The butter makers
are acting Independent of consumers
and physicians.
EQu0l SunfAglStS busy
Prominent women from all parts Of
the state are urging that the present
general assembly start the suffrage
amendment on its way toward the peo-
pie again. They aver that the ques-
tion 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
il it comes before the people at q
time when party maneuvering is abb
sent that it will carry by large ma
jority. The committee in both the
house and the senate will report ia
yorably for resubmission. While the
women favorable to the amendment
are busy women opposed to suffrage
have been busy and have presented
their side Of the controversy to the
committees. 3(
State Agent Bill Under Fire.
The administration bill asking that
$25, 900 be appropriated that special
agents may be employed in seeing to
it that laws are enforced and crimi-
nails are run down in any or all parts
of the state is creating about as much
interest in the house as Is the road
question At one time the committee
on appropriations voted to ask that
the bill be indefinitely postponed, but
upon reconsideration brought about
by pressure from both the governor.
and attorney general the bill was or
dered out by vote Of q to 16. Some
vigorous and forcible language was
used by Starzinger. Of Polk. and Kiln.
ker, of Crawford. in opposition to the
measure. Starzinger asked that the
lady clerk of the committee be excused
from the room while he expressed his
opinion of the use of state agents in
law enforcement. Klaus, Of Delaware,
Giltner, of Monroe, McFerren, OF Ham,
ilton, and Roberts, of Ringgold, sup
ported the proposition in forcible
way. They declared that law enforce
ment was prominent issue in the
late campaign in Iowa and that both
party platforms declared for law en-
forcement. State agents are neces-
.sary to carry out the, implicit demands
made by the people at the polls. The
bill makes provisios for the drafting
of all peace officers or any of them in
helping to carry out the purposes of
the measure. It is expected that a
vigorous fight will be staged on the
floor Of the house when the bill is
called up.
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