Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
Legislature ENDS
IMPORTANT SESSION
LARGE NUMBER OF BILLS SIDE
TRACKED By SITTING COM.
MITTEE in HOUSE.
APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR.
Method of Drawing Jurors Changed.
Cause Of Intense Feeling on
Game Legislation.
BY J. w. Jarnaginl

Des Moines, Iowa, April IA, 1911
After 95 days of deliberation the leg
islature made adjournment Saturday
night. AS is usual in such cases there
was more or less hilarity during the
closing hours Sedate and dignified
senators laid aside restraint and play
ed pranks upon each other after the
manner of their boyhood days, and
members of the house let mirth and
good cbeer predominant as the curtain
went down. With all of the stren-
uousness of the session there was
nothing but kindly feeling among the
membership. No personal grudges
were engendered and nothing but a
kindly spirit prevailed. Both factions
were good losers and each had to take
it's medicine occasionally but this was
done with a good grace. Speaker Pitt
was confronted with numerous, fine
points in parliamentary tactics and in
view Of the divided sentiment Of the
house, with the factions equally dis
tributed, he handled the situation fair
ly well. At the close of the session
he was presented with handsome
gold watch by the MEMBERS the pre-
sentation1 being made by Hon. ]. B,
Weaver, one of the leaders of the fac
tiOn opposed to the speaker. In the
rush of the closing days many meri-
torious bills were defeated. The meas
ure so persistently urged by the live
stock interests in regard to tubercular
cattle was defeated in the house. The
house also defeated the senate bill
making change in the Sunday observ-
ance laws. The tax for improvement
of the capitol grounds was continued
by the house after the senate had voted
repeal, but the house refused to use
the accumulated funds for temple Of
justice. The bill making it possible to
enjoin cigaret dealers lost out in the
house, the little word knowingly"
contributing to that end. The effort
on the part of the special food con-
seryation commission to get FIN ap-
proportion of 100000 to be used i'm
mediately in organizing the state for a
greater crop campaign failed, losing
out in the joint committee on appro-
priations. A bill passed authorizing
city and town councils to require in
spections of all dairy herds from which
the milk supply is secured. The SOL
diers' monument will remain where it
is by virtue of bill that passed.
About 400 bills were smothered by the
sitting committee in the house and
something like 200 met a similar fate
in the senate.
Appointments by the Governor.
The governor sent to the senate for
confirmation the following appoint
ments: Ora Williams, document editor,
George T. Reddick, Iowa City, men,,
ber of the board of parole; H. M.
Eicher, Washington, and George T.
Baker, Davenport, members of the
state board of education. Under the
provisions of the law democrats were
entitled to the positions on the board
Of parole and on the board of educa-
ton. In the appointment of docu-
ment editor the state printer and bind
er issue cropped out in an acute form.
The Homestead influence brought out
George Gallarno to replace Ora Will
liams, the present incumbent. Under
he new law providing that state
printing be let by contract the docu-
nent editor holds an important place
as secretary of the board having the
matter in charge. The Homestead does
not regard Mr.. Williams as altogether
Just as the matter of the ap-
)ointment was wavering the governor
received a telegram from Senator
Cummings in which the senator stated
hat he had not asked any favors of
he administration but he thought in
Ill fairness he was entitled to little
and therefore he asked
t as personal favor that Mr.. Will
iams be given the appOintment again