The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
AIfGlSLATURE LETTER
Des Moines, April 5, 1919.


committee' stage of operations, and
those who still have bills for acts
they wish passed stand about one
chance in seven Of getting. them act
ed upon favorably. A sitting com
mittee is the Inst resort Of the legls-
lature before moving back to their
homes. The sitting committee sorts
in a more or less perfunctory way
What is good, bad and Indifferent
among the many bills turned over
to it. lets out onto the floor some of
the bills and fills the waste basket
with the rest-and many MEMBER
fond dream Of immortality IN the
way of latest law, creations subsldes
Sitting committees in operation next
Tuesday, April 8.
Adjournment is now looked for
ward to within two weeks. In tact,
the house adjournment resolution
sets the date of adjournment at
April 18th, in which the senate may
concur, and then both houses will
midnight of that date.
many, the ,Kimball bill for the cree
ton of law library and supreme
court building was passed by the
senate last week and it carries $7oO,-
1000 for the purpose OF erecting q
magnificent structure on the capitol
grounds to house the state supreme
court and the law library, both OF
siderable room in the big state
house. 1t is regarded necessary to
relieve the pressure for more room
in the big building. and to make the
law library safe The house had
killed a similar bill a week before N \
which million dollars was asked
for the same purpose. Now 1t IS
pass and the new building be pro-
vided within two years.
Road Law Passed House.
The house of representatives on
Wednesday passed the big road bill
and incidentally showed what 1t
could do in the way of speeding up
on bill propositions when necessary.
The bill came on for consideration
Wednesday forenoon, was attacked
by enemies and amended by friends.
But neither enemies nor trlends
stopped it very long. The discussion
was good natured and earnest, with
every purpose to make it good hlli
and a real road law when it did
pass. An amendment by Slossonl
permitting counties to gravel instead
of pave the roads with the special
funds provided was adopted and an.
other amendment, by Edison of
Buena Vista provides for referen-
dunn vote of the people OF any county
as to whether the county shall take
advantage of the provisions of the
The final vote on the good roads
bill was aye sc, no Al.
Those who voted for the bill in
the final vote were:
man, Boies, Brown, Clark, Davidson,
Dean, Durbin, Edson Flenniken,
CARRIER of Floyd. Gilmore, Griffin,
Hanna, Hansen, Harrington, Hague
Holloway, Ingersoll King, Klaus
Knickerbocker, Lake, Larson OF
Cedar, LIE Valley, Lockin, McGhee
Mantz, Mayne, Mead, Messer, Miles
Miller Of Boone, Miller Of DUBUQUE
Moen, Moore. N I},;3.aa on Morg an
Perkins, Peters, Powers. Price
Quick, Santee, Saylor, Scott O
Marshall, Slaught, Slosson, i Smith
Sorlien, Stone, Stuart, Temple, Va,
! Camp, Walrath, Weaver, Wester
welt. Wichman, Wormley, Speaker
McFarlane.
! Those who voted against the bill
We're:
Allyn, Anderson, Bradley; Coax
ley, Edgington, Epps, Finch, Find
| lay of Webster, Finley of Henry
Francis, CARRIER of Decatur, Giltner
Gunderson. Hook, Justice, Kellogg
kepple, Kern, Krouse, Langfitt; Lar;
son of Montgomery, Long, Miller OF
Lucas, Mills. Nef Newton oertel
Appanoose, Springer, Sterling, Suth.
erland, Ulstead. Vance. Wander
PIoeg, Wallace, Wilson, Windett and
| Young.
1t will be noted that all members
Of the house voted except Williams
of PottaWattamie county, who was
i'll and thus absent.
Up in Senate Next Week.
We are advised that the road bill
will not come up in the senate TIL
next Wednesday, the 9Th. There is
are informed, unless RADICALLY
amended, hut heretofore the senate
has been the good roads end OF the
legislature always, and unless per
soral differences which have come
UP in the senate during this session
enter into the matter this road bill
will pass and become a. law
| It is claimed by friends of. the
road bill that it is the best road law
ever passed in any state. This il
Speaker MCFarlane's opinion, as
we'll as Representative Santee,s and
many others who know every line OF
it.
Must Teach in English.
| The Dean bill, requiring that all
instruction in public and private
schools in Iowa must be in the Eng.
lish language hereafter, passed the
senate Thursday, and the bill will
become a law Permission is con
veyed in the law, however, that in.
struction in foreign languages may
be taught in such schools, but as
regular course of study and not as
means of instruction, while religious
instruction may be given pupils as
such. German language schools II
Iowa are of course the cause for the
passage Of the act, and severe pen
alties are provided for violation Of
the law.
New state banks may not hereaf
ter be started in any town in Iowa
without the consent of the state sup
Ierintendent of banking, according tt
the bill that passed the senate las1
week and got through the house
this week Tuesday. That is, the
banking superintendent may investi
gate the field and the Requirements
of any community in which new
bank is proposed and if he deems i
inadyiSable for a new bank to be