The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-19

the negligence OF the secretary G
state. % Both houses will vote favor
ably upon the resolution and then
must pass the next general ASSEMBLE
before a vote can be taken upon it b.
the people.
Pardon by the Governor Safeguards
The Ida Grove pardon case prompt
ed Representative Rogers of Carol
to prepare a bill to prevent a repet1
ton of the affair in the future. The
bill passed the house unanimously ant
it is believed will have clear sailing
in the senate. The law provides tina
latter conviction of a felony no par
ldon shall be granted by the governor
until he shall have presented the mat
ter to and obtained the advice of thu
board of parole thereon, but he may
commute a death sentence to -impris
onment in the penitentiary for lite.
Before presenting the matter to the
board of parole for its action where
the sentence is death or Imprisonment
for life, he shall cause a notice con.
Itanining the reasons assigned for
granting the pardon to be published
in two newspapers of general circu-
lation one of which shall be publish
ed at the capital and the other in the
county where the conviction was had,
and once each week for four success
i've weeks, the last publication to be
at least twenty days prior to the SEES
sion of the board of parole to which
the matter shall be presented.
Travel at State Expense Limited
The senate committee on depart
mental affairs presented a bill de-
signed to prevent those holding state
office claiming residence elsewhere
! than in the place where they spend
| expense money from the state.
Under the present laws which grant
railroad fare and expense money to
various state officials it is possible for
,, officials living outside of Des Moines
but spending most of their time here
| to take advantage of the expense
money feature, Chairman Holdoegel,
chairman of the committee, says.
The law defines the places of resi-
dence to be at such place where the
greater portion of an officials time is
spent. .-
Red Book From Allen
The senate will take another whack
at Secretary w. S. Allen. Senator
Evans of Butler county will introduce
bill to transfer the publication of
the Iowa Official Register, known as
the Red Book, from the office of the
secretary of state to that of the docu-
ment editor.
The Red Book is said to have been
one of Secretary Aliens best political
s~tv fnI
broadcast throughout the state and
the majority of recipients believed
that it was gift from the secretary
rather than the state. .,
Open Season for Quail and Prairie
Chickens -.
Senator Price of the Monroe Marion
district, has introduced bill provid-
ing for a repeal of the law passed two
years ago which established a five
year period in which neither quail nor
prairie chicken can be slaughtered.
There is said to be considerable senti-
ment in both branches of the assembly
favoring the repeal. The state game
Warden's department has lost around
$4,000 a year since the closed season
was provided because $4,000 sports
men do not take out license as they
did when it was legal to shoot quail
and chickens. !. Members of the assem-
bly, from northern Iowa contend that
chickens do not breed in that section
but they come down from the north
in large numbers in the winter sea-
son to feed in the corn fields. 1t is le-
gal to shoot them in Minnesota and
the Dakotas but Iowa people are de-
prived of the privilege.
Daylight Saving Law Not Popular
A resolution memoralizing con-
gress to repeal the act was offered by
Senator Ratcliff and it carried by a
vote of 80 to 10. Senator Ratcliff de-
clared that the daylight savings law
worked a hardship on the farmers in
asmuch as the fields were too wet in
the early morning hours to do the
necessary work to advantage whereas
at six o'clock in the afternoon, when
all of the farm help insisted on quit
ting there was yet at least good hour
which should be spent in the fields. He
said farmers could not regulate their
work with their help so well under the
new law as under the old.
Opponents of the repeal declared
LIldL me IledSuEc udu proven Ol~ Iii
mense benefit to great many people
in the cities and towns by giving them
an extra hour of daylight in which to
work about their homes in the evening.
When the resolution was messaged
over to the house it was passed with
but little opposition. Congress may
not convene in extra session in time
| to be of much service to the farmers
teven though the matter is given fav-
orable consideration.
Auto Repairers incompetent
Anybody may declare himself to be
an expert in repairing and adjusting
automobiles whether or not he dhas
Iany preparation or qualification for
such work. Having this feature of the
case in mind Senator Stephenson of
Ringgold introduced bill making it
unlawful for auto repairmen or auto
mechanics to pursue their trade in
Iowa without license from the state.
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