The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-24
BOTH HOUSES
WORKING HARD
After Four Days Recess State Le9is
Iature Re-AssembIes and Sarts
Work in Earnest =.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEES
suffragettes Are Active Owing to the
Presence in Des Moines of Mrs.
Carrie Chapman-Cakt III

Suffragettes Are Active Owing to the
Presence in Des Moines of Mrs.
Carrie Chapman-CaRt III
DES MONIES, Jan. 20-After four
day recess the 37th general assembly
reconvened Tuesday afternoon, Jan
uary 18th. and both houses transacted
considerable business. The most i'm
.portant event in the house was the
announcement of committees. That
there i, were some disappointments
when the list was read goes without
saying, but little outward manifesto
tion indicated this. There are sixty.
one committees-one7 more than at the
last session. Johnston Of Humboldt is
made chairman of the appropriations
committee, McFerren Of Hamilton
heads the judiciary committee and
Hall of Taylor is chairman of the
are the leading committees and the
chairmen, with two democrats, form
the house section of the retrenchnlent
committee. Other important commit
tee chairmanships were given as fol-
lows: Agriculture, Richards of Musca-
tine; banks and banking, Rayburn OF
Poweshiek; insurance, Griffin of Wood.
bury; highways, Johnston of Lucas;
schools, Rowley of VanBuren; sup
preston of intemperance, Stanley of
Adams; railroads, Kimberly of Scott.
Constitutional Amendment on the
Way.
F5t AZ Nf tho
Appanoose-Dayis distric introduced
the resolution providing for the sub
mission pf the pE0ht thitDry aAaan naMeut
4; IA TIE y lel
othe measure in the house. The
i ydion was submitted to Attorney
&l Havner and careful compare
i WAS made with the resolution
ted two years ago that they might
4 Identical both in wording and pune
4 tion. The resolution in both house
d II senate was referred to the COM
mittee on constitutional amendments
and a favorable report has already
been made in both cases.
Bills Introduced.
A number of bills have been intro.
duced.- Among The more important are
for the repeal of the presidential pref
erential primary law; the repeal OF
the insurance law passed by the last
general assembly; providing that eight
hours shall constitute days labor
on all public work; making it possible
to provide free school books; repeal
of the anti-tipping law; resolution ask
ing for investigation of coal combine
an advance in prices; change in pri-
mary election law; to appoint a COM
mittee of ten lawyers to revise the
code and eXpunge all needlss laws;
cities to provide public COM
fort stations: repeating registration
laws in the smaller cities; providing
for highway patrolman; amend
ing laws in regard to distrib.
ution of auto vehicle license fund
and providing for oiling of reads out.
side limits of cities and towns; repeal
law providing for selection of county
of schools by members
Of township school boards; to make
highways standard width of fifty
feet; raising salary of assessors from
$3.50 per day to 81; giving fire tor
nado and hail mutual insurance COM
panies authority to write thief insur-
ance; classifying morning doves and
sun fish as under game law; making
the payment of bounty on gophers
OPTIONAL permitting cities to levy tax
for community centers.
Compliment the National Guard.
Resolutions were introduced in both
houses commencing the Iowa National
Guard for the splendid record made in
patrol duty on the Mexican border.
Eloquent tribute was paid to the young
men by several members of the SEN
ate and house and the vote of appre-
citation passed unanimously.
Constitutional Amendments Passes
Senate.
BY vote of As to the senate pass
ed the prohibitory constitutional
to prohibit the manufac-
ture or sale Of intoxicating liquors in
Iowa. Senator James NJ. Wilson of
Centerville. chairman of the commit
tee On constitutional amendments, re-
ported to the senate the unanimous
of the committee. for
its passage. On roll call, Senator Jo-
seph r. Frailey of Lee county; Sem
ator Fred G. Henigbaum of Scott coun-
ty and Senator Nicholas J. Schrup of
Dubuque equity soIeu d5dluSI IL. wv
senators were absent, Senator Kim
ball of Pottawattamie, who is ill, and
Senator Greene of Clinton county.
Proposed Change in Bee Inspection
Law.
In his annual report which has re-
Gently been filed in the governors
office, Frank G.. Pellet. the Iowa in
spector of bees, proposes that the law
be so changed that the Office be placed
in the extension department of the
agricultural college. AS proposed, the
law will be drawn to permit inspection
as at present upon call of the bee
keeperss but will provide for enforce
ment of the provision requiring proper