The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-03-21
LOBBYING IS TO
Be 0UTLAWED
Bill to Exclude From Senate and
House Chambers All Lobbyists Not
Specifically Invited to Enter.
NEW SPEED BILL INTRODUCED

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NEW SPEED BILL INTRODUCED
More Than 500 Bills Introduced In the
House and An Equal Number Reg
istered in the Senate.
DIES MONIES, March 17-With high
way legislation restrained because of
the failure to get any Of the measures
through, both houses have been busy
the past week clearing the calendar
of an accumulation of bills. Rowley' s
bill to place the marking of teachers
examination papers and the issuing OF
certificates back into the hands of the
county superintendent was defeated,
receiving only 20 votes.
The anti-suffragists had hearing
Il before the joint meeting of the COM
mittees from both houses and the
measure will soon be up for considera-
ton. The modification of the Sunday
observance enactment is still unsettled
as far as committee action is concern.
ed. The teachers pension, bill, the
creation of another Judge of the su-
preme court, new buildings on capitol
extension grounds for several state
departments, an appropriation of $685.
600 to be used in law enforcement,
bills pertaining to insurance, the Tor
rens land registration system and
various and sundry other prominent
measures are still pending after hav-
ing been passed upon by committees.
Over 500 bills have been introduced
in the house and nearly as many in
z the senate. The matter of a revision
OF the code is no nearer solution
than it was when first urged by the
governor A suggestion has found its
way into bill which provides that
three district judges shall sit as code
revision commission and that the work
of these judges in their several dis
tricts shall be taken care of by judges
in districts where the work is light.
Lieutenant Governor Moore has let 1t
he known that he is in favor of the ap-
pointment of sitting committees. He
believes that both houses should get
down to business and pass upon all
measures rather than commit hun
dreds of bills to the whims and pre-
JUDGES of a half dozen men in either
house. ... I'D, 49,
Pay for Reckless Shooting.
GiltnaS OF /. 4Monr0e. j. county Ia back
\ Ola bill that proposes to divert one
half of the hunters license fee and
have it deposited in the treasury of
the county from which secured, to be
used to reimburse farmers who lose
valuable cows, calves, pigs, chickens
and geese each year because of hunt
ers' poor craftsmanship.
Crime to Print the Flag.
Some years ago law was passed
by the Iowa General Assembly making
it a crime to use the flag in any kind
of an advertisement, and further pro-
viding that nothing could be printed
upon the flag nor could the flag be
reproduced upon any article of mer-
chandise. The law was patterned after
the Nebraska law, only the latter ex-
empts newspapers from the operations
of the law 1t has been decided by
high legal authority that newspaper
is an article of merchandise and there
fore it is illegal to run the cut OF a
flag at the head of the editorial col
umns. In order to obviate the diff.
Guilty, Shaft Of Clinton has introduced
bill in the house and Fosket and
Greene in the senate. exempting news
papers and certain articles OF iewelry,
stationery and the like from the oper-
alton of the law.
May Oil Streets and Alleys.
The BroXam bill provides that
towns and cities may'oil streets and
alleys upon petition of property own
ers, and the cost thereof may be taxed
to such petitioners. The signing of
the petition carries consent for taxa
tion. "8i. .....'..o.,
" Lobbying to be OutIawed.
During the excitement over the
highway bills, Woodwork Clum of
Davenport, secretary of the Greater
Iowa association. was endeavoring to
line up some recreant supporters Of
the Elwood bill, when Speaker Pitt
espied him. He was ordered to desist,
but soon forgot the injunction where
upon the sergeant at arms was in
structed to escort him from he house
chamber. Scott of Appanoose was
presented at his desk with a note
signed by four, out of delegation of
fifteen farmers who had come all the
way to interview him. The note asked
him to call in the cloak room, but in
stead he sent the note to the speaker
as evidence that lobbyists were trying
to get in their work. The delegation
of farmers was publicly rebuked by
the speaker. These and similar inci7
dents induced Senator Kingsland to-
introduce a bill providing that all lob
byists must register their names and
itemize the measures for which they
are '"plugging' with the secretary of
state. = He would also exclude from
the psenate and house chambers all
lobbyists not specifically invited to the
house to enter. Rogers of Carroll
proposes in bill that it shall be I'M
lawful for any state official, commits
sioner or deputy to influence legisla-
tion punishable by fine and by eX-
pulsion from office.
Model Headlight on Autoes
The house passed the model head
light DINNER law advocated by the
American Automobile association. If
the same bill passes the senate and is
signed by the governor headlights in
Iowa will not be permitted legally to
cut the darkness higher than AZ inches
above the road for Is feet in front of