The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-02-14

voted aye. Mr.. Helming explained his
vote in substance that he believes tina,
this government has shown partial
! ity for the allies ever since the wal
began and the giving to the German
minister his passports is additional
evidence of lack of neutrality. The
house resolution was as follows:
Resolved, that we do hereby most
emphatically assure the president OF
the United States that we, as body
and as representing the citizenship OF
the great commonwealth of Iowa, dc
pledge ourselves and all our resources
to sustain, support, uphold and pro-
tect our president, our nation and our
flag in this grave crisis.
Mr.. Helming's parents were born In
Germany, but he was born In the
United States. P. J. klinker of CraW'
ford is the only member OF the house
born in Germany and he voted for the
resolution. e
New Insurance Bill.
A bill repeating the present insur'
ance rating law and substituting an
official state rating bureau with pow
er to fix maximum charges was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Miller of Boone county. The bill is
a compromise measure between the
factions which desire to repeal the
present law and those who wish to
maintain it with little change. Sever
al bills treating the subject from all
angles are now before the insurance
committee. 1t is probable that COM
mfttea measure will be finally intro
duced. " . ~
The New Pitt-Johnston Highway Bill.
The long looked for revision Of the
road law is completed and the full
committee has given it's stamp OF ap-
proval to the measure. The bill pro-
vides for the abolishment Of the state
highway commission and the appoint
ment in it's stead of a competent en-
gineer, to be known as "the state high
way commissioner" who will have
largely the same duties as the present
board of three commissioners, but
whose offices shall be in Des Moines.
The commissioner would be appointed
by the governor for term OF two
wears at salary of $4,000. The bill
provides that he may employ assist
ants and clerical help, but that the
cost therefor shall not exceed $2O,OOO
annually. The highway commission
champions are expected to oppose the
appropriation as entirely Inadequate.
The bill prohibits county suervlsors
from issuing bonds for bridge and road
building, conforming therein to the ad-
ministration's antibond platform. The
bill directs that the highway commits
sioner as soon as appointed shall take
the proper action to accept the federal
aid plan in road improvement through
which th 53ate will receive approx,
[mxteiy Sz,OJGsu 10 itorn the,
Another provision is that when 25
per cent sok the people object to any
proposed improvement of board OF
supervisors they may appeal to the
highway commissioner and his ruling
will be final. 1t is also provided that
the highway commissioner shall fur
nish standard plans and specifications
to counties for bridge construction
and that counties shall for these plans.
County engineers would be retained
under the bill but would be required
to pass an examination.
.Auctioneers Are Busy. s..
Auctioneers from the northern part
of the state have been pushing meas
ure Introduced by Dean of Osceola
county, which provides that no auc-
tioneer residing in state that forbids
Iowa auctioneers from crying sales
shall perform similar service in
Iowa. Minnesota has law that an
noys Iowa auctioneers greatly. Men
from that state come across the line
into Iowa but law prevents an Iowa
auctioneer from going into that state.
The bill passed the house. but was de-
feated in the senate.
After Gun Toters.
\ Senator Caswell got his bill through
the senate repailing the anti-tipping
law and now he wants the law re-
pealed that permits mayors of the
towns and smaller cities to issue per-
mits to persons desiring to carry con-
cealed weapons. He says that all
kinds of toughs and thugs are per-
mitted to carry artillery indefinitely.
Higher School Tuition. ~.
Grayson of Council Bluffs is
school boards in the cities and by in
ulSluudlS Ill lIle TuIul ulSlilClS. CA-
der the present law If pupil from the
country attends high school in
town or city the township boards can
pay not more than $3.50 per month
for tuition. Actual expenses are, it,
is said, from IS to 7, in town and city
schools, depending upon the nature Of
the school, At present if school dis
tricts in towns and cities refuse to
accept pupils from the country at the
$3.50 rate the parent must pay the
difference between the amount al
lowed by the present law and the fee
charged by the school district. Rep
resentative Grayson's bill would per-
NIT school trustees in the country to
pay SIS per month for country pupils
attending in the smaller towns and 81
in the cities Of the first class.
Uniform Text Books. q
Senate File No. SO by Broxam is a
measure which should interest every
patron of the rural schools. The oh.
ject of this measure is to secure uni.
form text books in those counties
where there is great diversity in the
texts used in the schools. Fifty-three
counties in the state already have a
uniform county text book system.