Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-01-19

nOr-StrOng Leaders in Senate
Primary Law Will Not be Changed
Liquor Men Abandon Fight
| (By George Gallarno)
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 16-(Spe.
ciaD-The 37th general assembly re-
convened this afternoon, after an ad-
journment of several days, following
the Inauguration of Governor Harding
and Lieutenant Governor Moore. The
senate was all primed for the serious
work of the session, committees hav-
ing been named by the lieutenant gov
ernor previous to the adjournment
In the house Speaker Pitt announced
| his committee appointments in the
course of the afternoon session.
AS an earnest Of the pledge of oil
party platforms in the 1916 campaign
and in keeping with the declaration of
Governor Harding in his inaugural
address, that the prohibitory amend
ment should be Immediately consid-
cred and favorably disposed of, the
resolution submitting the matter to
the people was introduced by Senator
Wilson, OF Appanoose. The resolution
is now in the hands Of the committee
on constitutional amendments and
suffrage, Of which the Centerville
statesman is chairman, and there is
ample evidence that it will be acted
upon favorably within the next week
and reported back by unanimous vote
Of the committee for adoption by the
senate.
To Make State Bone Dry.
Outside of the constitutional amend
ment resolution the first anti-liQuOr
bill of the session was presented to
the senate by Whitmore, of Wapello
county. It Is a measure which re-
peals the act of the Seth general as
sembly permitting the shipment of
liquor in the state for personal use.
The Whitmore bill was drawn follow
ing the recent decision of the United
States supreme court, holding that
dry states had right to enact laws
preventing the transportation Of liquor
into the state for any and all pur-
poses. The bill was referred to the
committee on suppression of intern
perance. Senator Whitmore Is chair
man of the committee and it is dry
from top to bottom, thus assuring
favorable action on this bill and likely
on several others which are promised
Of nature to aid in the enforcement
of the dry laws of the state.
Other temperance measures already
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bills to amend the law so as to make
the place of delivery Of Intoxicating
liquors the place of sale; limiting the
amount of intoxicating liquor which
persons may procure; prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors and max
ing q violation of the statute felony.
Early Bills by Kimball.
Senator Kimball Of Pottawattamie,
introduced bills to give authority to
cities and towns to issue bonds for
the purpose of taking up and paying
drainage assessments; regulating de-
tective agencies and prohibiting such
agencies from furnishing arms, am
munition or armed guards to aid cor
porations in case of strikes; provid-
ing supervisors with power to estab-
lish drainage districts in cities and
towns.
Senator Foster has presented q bill
providing that all measures favored
for enactment into law by committees
be referred to the Office of the at
torney general for inspection as to
phraseology and legality.
Strong Leaders in the Senate.
In making his committee appoint
ments in the senate Lieutenant Gov
ernor Moore took good care Of all the
older members of that body, basing
his selections on length Of service and
ability and fitness for the tasks to be
undertaken. Senator Cady Chase, of
Hamilton, was made chairman of the
appropriations committee; Senator c.
F. Kimball, of Pottawattamie, was
given the head Of the ways and means
committee, and Senator Foskett, of
Page county, heads the committee on
appropriations. Chairmanships Of
other important committees in the
senate are as follows: Elections,
Proudfoot; Railroads, Thompson; Cit
les and Towns, Parker; Public
Schools, Newberry; Banks, Foster;
Helmer; Highways, Bal
kema; Insurance, Fraley; Dairy and
Food, Grout.
Many Thousands Fail to Vote.
Nearly twelve per cent of the voters
Of Iowa who cast their ballots for one
or another of the several candidates
for president last November, failed to
vote for any of the candidates for the |
office of railroad commissioner. In
the total vote of the state 524,1S9 of
the electors indicated by ballot their
preference for president, but their in
terest had ebbed SO thoroughly by the |
time they had gone down their ballots
10 the lines accorded to candidates for |
commissioners, that 61,1S6 |
failed to make the necessary cross in |
the little squares to indicate their |
choice. The falling off in the total |
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