Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-23
IOWA DRYS GIVE up
STATE BONE DRY BILL.
Will Make No Effort to Pass 1t
Since Congress Has Taken
Action.
REJOICE AT DES MONIES

l)CS MolncS. Ia, req. -.-NSpeClal
Telcgram,) Dry forces OF Iowa to-
day arc celebrating the greatest VIC
tory temperance has ever scored in
the passage yesterday in congress
OF the bill prohibiting the shipment
OF liquor into dry states. If the
bill is as drastic as is believed
by dry leaders in the legislature, no
state legislation will be required to
make Iowa dry.
Senator {. W. Whitmore OF Ottum-
wa, leader of the drys in the Iowa
senate, says that the law whl prohibit
the shipment of liquor into Iowa for
personal use or for sale.
For this reason the bill he has been
working on limiting the amount OF
liquor a man may have in his pos
session i'll Iowa will be abandoned.
1--WE will not need law limiting
the amount of liquor person may
have in his possession in Iowa, as
we will be protected by the federal
law passed yesterday" said Senator
Whitmorc. Therefore bill on this
subject now in the senate committee
will be abandoned"
Fight Kimbal's Primary Law.
Opponents of Senator kimball's
primary election law succeeded
through offering amendments in de
laying action on the measure on the
part of the senate of the Iowa legis'
lature today until Friday morning
The bill had been set for considera'
ton at Il o'clock today.
Senator Kimball's bill would amend
the present primary election law ant
would take off of the primary bal
lot all state officers under lieutenant
governor and provide for their nomi
nation at state convention. II
would leave on the primary ballo
United States senator, governor, lieu
tenant governor. congressman and al
county and district officers and dele
gates to the county convention. The
manner OF selecting delegates to the
county convention proved the chic
bone of contention today. 1t was
claimed on the floor of the senate
that Senator kimballs bill woulc
make it possible for the county com
mitteemen to make up the list of can
didates for delegates to the county
convention. An amendment Offered
BY Senator Foster of Guthrie county
providing that in addition to the lis
of delegates printed on the ballot an
other list could be pasted in or writ
| ten in, was voted on and carried aftei
number of amendments had beef
offered to it, but one by one defeat
ed. Just before adjournment Sena
tor Price of Monroe county Offered
an amendment to provide for thu
nomination of supreme court judge:
at the state convention and distric
judges at judicial conventions.
Shorter Hours for Women.
The largest crowd which has we
attended any Of the open committee
hearings of the present Legislature
crowded the senate labor COMMITTEE
room yesterday afternoon where thu
the Green bill, limiting the hour o
employment of women, was up 10
discussion. Hotel managers, laundry
men and candy manufacturers wer'
present. Miss Maggie Flynn, forme
school teacher. but now interested IL
the labor movement, declared tina
hotel employees are frequently over
worked. Mrs. p H, Mcclure, repre-
scnting the Woman's Rotary clubs
gave statistics to prove that womeI
needed shorter hours Of labor Mrs
Gertrude Miner of Denver declared
that Colorado has better laws 70
women workers than Iowa. Georg
A. Wrightman, representing the low
Manufacturers association; George +
Peck, manager of the Hutchinson
Candy company; Howard Wilson
representing the state laundrymen
and w. l.. Stewart, representing tn
hotel men, spoke in behalf Of employ
ers.
Observe Washington's Birthday.
Former Senator Lafayette Younl
Senator B. J. Gibson of Corning an
Representative George w. Crozicr o
Knoxville were the speakers on tn
Washington day program given be
fore the Thirty-seventh general as
sembly, in Joint session in the hous
chamber, at II o'clock this morning
The program opened with the singin
of America" Mrs. P. J. Klinker o
Denison, wife of the Representative
from Crawford county. gave a whist
ling solo. 1.-THE Battle Hymn of tn