The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-23

the constitution and Lincoln's s. Get
tysburg address in the language Pf
their original production.
Good Desk Forces e tSs d Big H fories i
almost as important in each house
as the inauguration Of the governor.
IfWhen Arch w. McFarlane of Water
loo. was ELECTED &c speaker pesaan @ Of R me
mond, chief clerk, it was conceded
by ali that the house had the best
McFarlane's election was made I'M
animous on motion of Douglas Rog-
ers of Carroll county, minority lead
er, and there was never any OPPOSE
ton to Chief Clerk Ramsey, who is
Recognized and trusted and admired
has been in those of the past two or
! three sessions. With Mr.. Ramsey at
the desk are two men in the Ameri-
can army uniform, while over in the
senate Capt. Thos. Waters, now
with the army in France, was elect
ed secretary. with A. G. Gustatson
Also at the desk in the senate stand
and Lieut.. Gerald E. Miller in the
Senator Wallace H. .Arney re-
! tains wonderful popularity in the
president protein of that body.
Senator Arney is an able assistant
for Lieut.. Gov. Moore and both have
the entire confidence of the men,
| bers.
| New Laws Suggested.
The insurance laws will rb get rs some
of the insurance regulation law two
| years ago left the state without any
rate law whatever, and the result OF
| free range has been manifest In the
past year
A new automobile license law is
among the essential acts that should
be passed by this legislature; One
| will be introduced to change the sys-
tenn of paying auto licenses and let
each county treasurer collect the
same as other taxes, issuing num-
bers from his office.
To revise the Code of Iowa will be
another problem.
Some members say that Attorney,
General Havner's state agents Will
get bumped at this session by refus-
al to appropriate the money used to
keep them going. By the way, State
Agent Criss of Sac City, has been
relieved of his office and R. c. Saun-
ders of Manila, appointed as a regu-
lar state agent in his place:
| ways been feminist the non-partis-
an judiciary law, and last session
and the one before that some at
tempts were made to repeal it: This
time it will go. Senator Price OF
Monroe county, will get it's hide II
he can, and he is some getter: 9th
ers will go after the rest OF the PR pr.
mary laws with a view to amending
the same, and keeping consider
able part of the machinery in opera
ton. but this nOn-partisan judiciary
is to go entirely it is said, and dis
trct and supreme court judges will.
If it is accomplished, be nominated
hereafter by caucuses, conventions
tenn that maintained before B; |.
Salinger fixed up this plan OF taking
the judges out of politics and get
ting elected under it.
And another thing might be fore
casted nOw-Out of the war in Eu-
rope may come female sunra a e Il IN !
Iowa. Even Cove Goyer9 nor nj aar Same
reasons and with the same argu-
ments used by President Wilson,
when he says that if we are to
teach democracy to the nations
across the water we must first nave
it here at home.
People who have been SO persist
s saa io 10 b at snd the 20 ot%ey
thing in the past year or more. with
statesmen Offering them wonderful
gilt-edged securities in exchange for
their Liberty Bonds (and sometimes
parting with them) will be glad to
learn that Senator Holdogel of Rock,
we'll City, has started on, bill that
if passed will stop a lot of that
worthless stocks can be sold to PEG,
pie the agent may get 80, 40 SO OF
any other per cent commission FOL
selling it. The senator's proposed
new law will limit them to five pei
cent or thereabouts, thus making II
| less of an object for any man to
argue, lie or bamboOZle investors
out of their money.
The First Act Passed.
There is usually more or less rush
| for the honor of presenting the first
"Bill for an Act" in either house OF
senate. This time the honor goes
to Hon. Douglas Rogers of Carroll
Ed H. Smith of\Madison county, in
senate. Senator Smith struck one
with his bill to repeal that part OF
the law which permits boards OF
supervisors to publish the county
board proceedings in papers OF for'
eign language. 1t is predicted the
bill will soon become a law, as il
strikes mainly against the use OF
| German papers for printing legal OF
official notices.
! House File No. l, by Rogers, went
through Tuesday afternoon, with q
unanimous vote, the rush being to
repeal the existing statute PROVIDING
for stated pay for the senate and
house employees and will permit
fixing the salaries by joint resolu'
Prohibition Amendment Ratified.
Racing across the rotunda from
the senate chamber to the house
side of the capitol senate clerk
laid the national prohibitory amend;
ment in front of Chief Clerk Ram
sey on Wednesday morning bearina
the O. k. of the upper house without
the changing of dot nor an l., I
took just So minutes by the clock
to get the ratification measure
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