Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18


ton. Important liquor legislation
was adopted but it's Importance was
spoiled by the action of the courts
in sustaining the validity of Section
24l9 OF the code, which denies i'm
portation of liquor for personal use.
The Reed amendment of congress
also raised barrier against liquor.
The most important Witmore tenn
perance bills, making the place of
delivery the place of sale, thereby
making delivery of liquor into the
state the same as bootlegging, and
prohibiting the advertising of liquor
in all publicatio
The circle was also returned to
the ballot, step very much desired
by republicans. The offices of state
printer and state binder were abol-
ished with little fighting, but with
much pleasure to James NJ. Pierce
editor of the Iowa Homestead. The
fire insurance rating bureau law was
repealed on the ground that it Great
ed monopoly that had raised in
surance rates in the state.
One Primary Killed.
The presidential preference pri-
mary was abolished as an unnecs-
sary nuisance. The election of state
superintendent of public instruction
was returned to a vote of the peo-
pie.
sun Resubmission o. KID.
The suffrage amendment , was
again approved by the legislature
and ordered re-submitted to a vote
of the people. Senator Kimball Sc
cured the passage of a resolution in
the senate to submit the suffrage
question to a referendum to the
women before the suffrage resolu-
ton itself was permitted to pass.
Then the referendum got tangled up
in the house sitting committee and
was killed
Another important measure is the
authority given the governor and
the attorney general to call upon all
peace officers in the state to go any,
where in the state for law enforce
ment. This, in effect, makes a state
constabulary of the peace officer con-
tingent and permits release of mill
tia from strike duty. The bill also
carries an appropriation of $4,000
for law enforcement work.
Taxation by Budget. /
The Weaver bill also is important,
in that it establishes the budget sys-
TEN for levying taxes and cuts out
the big leaks in taxpayers money
that marked the mileage levy sys-
TEN. The primary ballot was short
ened by eliminating the names of
presidential electors. Supervisors
were permitted to give financial aid
to county farm improvement associa-
tions. Jurors hereafter will be Sc
lected under the jury commission sys-
tenn, which is scheduled to improve
the class of jurors. The pay of jurors
was increased from $3.50 to SO day
and district judges $500 year. A
children's hospital costing $150,000
was authorized at Iowa City. A vital
statistics and child welfare bureaus
were established. Closed seasons for
the coming five years on quail and
prairie chickens were also proclaim
ed.
Several hundred veterans of the
Vicksburg campaign in 81 will go
to Vicksburg next October as guests
of the state to attend reunion.
Kimbal Bill Dies.
A number of important bills were
killed. Kimball's bill to return the
nomination of all state officers eX-
cept governor to the state convention
was killed in the house sitting COM
mittee after passing the senate. The
Chase injunction bill to prohibit
courts from issuing injunctions to
stop strikes was likewise killed.
The house killed the $150,000 ap-
preparation for fighting tuberculosis
in stock The repeal Of the capitol
extension tax was refused and the
proposal to build a new temple of
justice on capitol extension was
turned down also. The measure that
would have put telephone companies
iunder the supervision of theGailroad
commission met death after passing
the house.
Governor Harding's request for an
appropriation to check rail valua-
lions was turned down. The gov
ernor's entire legislative program, in
fact, was refused by the assembly.
The legislature adopted his sugges-
Ition for seventy-day session, but
fell down because of continual fight
ing