The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-26
.LEGISLATUREHAS
STRENUOUS WEEK
With Sessions BOTH Morning and A.
ternoon and Committee Meetings e
at Night, Legislators Are Busy
PASS BILL TO AID CHILDREN

peoendent or Neglected Children in
Iowa viii Have Haven OF
Refuge If Bill Passes
DES MONIES, March 24-(special
to the Review)-With sessions Doth
morning and afternoon and commlttee
meetings in the evening the past week
was somewhat strenuous. The intro
duction of bills closed week ago, ex'
cent those fathered by committees.
Thus far there have been 800 bills IN
troduced in the senate and 525 In the
house. The one big bill that every
body has been looking for, that relat.
ing to highway improvement, has not
yet been presented but Will be lntro.
duced within a few days. A numDer
of bills have been passed Dy one
house or the other but completed SER
vice has been recorded upon compar'
atively few.
There were some interesting discus
sions over number Of measures. In
the house the bill to legalize boxing
was defeated as was the one providing
for the killing of dogs not wearing
collars with license tag displayed
thereon. The house refused to concur
In the action of the senate in reducing
the appropriation for the support OF
state agents from $4,000 to $4,000.
This matter will now 60 to confer
ence committee composed of members
from both houses and compromise
will result. Probably $50,OOO will be
agreed upon, The shOt-firers bill was
defeated in the house and IN the SEN
ate the public utilities measure was
withdrawn after it became apparent
that it would be defeated. An appro-
priation of $150,OO0 for permanent
barns for cattle at the state fair
ground and $4,000 for the purchase OF
additional land for the fair grounds
passed the senate with but little op-
position The passage of the Alder
man bill granting $4,000 for a new
building for the industrial home for
girls at Mitchellville passed unani-
mously.
Senator Stoddard's bill establishing
vocational schools for minors engaged
in industry passed the house Wednes-
day without dissenting vote. The
bill provides compulsory. attendance at
:; such schools. ~.
The Brookhart bill increasing. the
allowance to county school superin.
tendents from $3.50 to $500 per year
passed the senate.
s. The bill by Senator Rainbow max
ing it a crime to kill skunks at certain
seasons of the year was passed IN the
senate without opposition. 1t has not
been many years since skunks were
regarded as the hen rOOst's deadliest
enemy but this has been overcome be-
cause of the value of the animal in the
production of choice furs. The Mooty
bill making it crime to catch rabbits
by the use of ferrets passed the house
with but little opposition. Senator
Mitchell of Mahaska county fathered
a bill making it misdemeanor to
ship rabbits out Of the state. The
senator declared that skunks, rae
coons and rabbits are about the only
wild animals left in Iowa and he want
ed what rabbits that are killed to re-
main in the state for food. He urged
that one rabbit would make square
meal for four persons. This will af-
ford much merriment in the senate
but its author took the matter seri-
ous1y. and consented that the enforce
MT of the law be by state agents un-
der the control of the attorney gener-
al, and thus the bill passed. :.
g. The bill providing for the restora-
,tion of the circle to the Australian bal
lot passed and Governor Harding
promptly signed the bill annulling the
nonpartisan judiciary law. ,g... IL
A bill introduced by Representative
Hook and passed by the house gives
cities the right to use any city build
ing or grounds as community centers
and Fairgrounds without first putting
the proposition up to the voters for
sanction. ."
It shall be a misdemeanor to pol.
lutte streams and lakes in Iowa by
dumping refuse of any kind into them
or allowing the oil or carbonOus sub
stances from coal mines to drain into
them, If a bill introduced in the sen.
ate by Reed becomes law.
Horticulturists of the state appeared
before the appropriation committees
at the state house in support of their
request for $4,000 for the annual
state horticultural exposition.
BY unanimous vote the house pass
ed the Weaver bill appropriating $685.
900 for aid to Iowa soldiers arriving
in New York from overseas
Under the provisions of the bill
Iowa will combine efforts with sew
eral other states in a hall Of states
In New York. Iowa headquarters will
be in this building and will be in
charge of a secretary.
When the bill passes the senate
Governor Harding will appoint a com,
mission of three to carry out the pro.
visions Of the bill. One member Will
be the adjutant general and the other
two will be Iowans residing in New
York. The latter two will be named
in cooperation with Jerry Sullivan,
president Of the Iowa society of New
York.
Investigation Under Way
The committee on judiciary sitting
as jury with H. w. Byers, former
attorney general, as prosecuting at.
torney, is hearing the evidence in the
Rathbun pardon case. Judge Ken.
nedy, who has been employed by At.
torney General Havner as a special
investigator in the case, refused to di.
vulge evidence given to- the grand
Z jury at Ida Grove and in order to
.noLo ,x roaafh1o fo ,,co oI1ch faatf.