Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-02-12
ACTIVITIES Of THE
STATE LEGISLATURE
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young Rathbun, who was convicted OF
the heinous crime in that county sew
eral months ago, continues rife. Ere
this letter is published it may be the
governor will have filed his explana-
ton of the pardon granted. and with
it some news regarding the case that
will make quite a stir. To close
friends he has stated that he is ready
to send in all the explanation the
members of the legislature may want.
He may have erred in granting the
pardon, but he did it on the records
in the case and because of certain Of
fetal recommendations for clemency
that he believed called for the pardon
that was granted.
The 'sBlue Laws" Up Again.
Representative Hook, of DEBORAH
Winnishiek county, has bill in the
House that repeats the ancient Sun
day or "blue Iaws"ao the state, which
were made in the time of ferry boats
and toll roads. He seeks to prohibit
the operation of dance and pool halls,
horse races, ball games or other
places or forms of amusement on Sun
day where admission fee is charged
While the bill is much more sane and
ing and causing trouble whenever it is
attempted to enforce it, still there is
likelihood that the Hook bill will "get
the hook" for the subcommittee of
the judiciar committee having the
bill in charge has recommended its in
definite postponement That is equiv
alent to assigning it to the cemetery,
in the judgment of many of the men,
bers who hesitate to approach this
Sunday laws proposition in any form.
The Kimball primary bill to change
the existing primary law so that all
candidates below the rank of lieuten-
ant-governor shall be left off from the
state ticket and these candidates be
nominated at the regular state con-
ventiOn, got on the floor of the Senate
Thursday morning. The bill was i'm
mediately assaulted fore and aft with
amendments, one of which was to
place the names of the candidates for
state railroad commissioner on the
primary ballot along with the names
of candidates for President, United
States senator, governor and lieuten-
ant-governor. This amendment was
strongly voted down. However, there
being doubt as to the effect Of other
amendments that were accepted the
bill was on motion postponed for con-
sideration till next Tuesday morning
when all the politicians are invited
to the picnic.
Senator Schaffter of Wright county
is sponsor for bill to raise the sal
aries Of all county auditors, treasur-
ers, clerks, recorders and sheriffs.
The salaries of the first three are to
be arranged on a sliding scale: $500
in counties less than 10000 to $500
~ 4 etias ovr-s5Qoor 6heriAf AeEir
NTH u&1ameB mfninhn7 andL hs2ch
So 900 in counties, more than $4,000
|(yt6 1850 aayeat 1sxtra Where no resi-
dence is provided.
Stock Sales Attract Attention.
L Army horse and mule sales and
pure bred cattle sales here near the
capitol city attract large number Of
buyers from every quarter. The
fourth horse and mule sale at the ar
my remopnt station at Cspp Dodge
hook place on Tnesfsy, tFeRf
ary II. The first sales whore hs
cream of the animals on hand were
offered are said to have resulted in
very fine prices-mules going as high
as 500 span. Later bids were
around $500 and lower, and car load
lots were offered at the same prices.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday big
sale of polled Herefords was held at
the state fair grounds, with animals
and buyers here from thousands of
miles around The highest priced
cow sold at the sale brought over
$500 and the sale average on Tues
day was above $11O0 for the COWS, and
nearly $1,000 for the bulls.
Worlds Auto Show Next.
THE Tenth Annual Motor Show is
to be held in Des Moines the week of
February II to %, and they have Sc
cured some acres of the new Ford
building here for the exhibits which
they claim will be from all over the
world, and will specialize in tractors
and trucks. Anybody visiting or liv-
ing for any length of time in Des
Moines would hope they might spe-
cialize in exhibits of cars that are
noiseless, cut-outless, smokeless The
capitol city is the. noisiest, dirtiest
and most dangerous from the motor
nuisance that world travellers have
any recollection Of
A Week of Conventions.
The capitol city has been crowded
with visitors this week, and hotel ac-
commodations are down to hall cots
generally, owing to the lack of hotel
facilities just at this time when two
new ones are being built and the old
Slavery is gone The first of the week.
the clothiers of the state held large
convention. Overlapping with their
convention came the State Bottlers'
Association, and overlapping this
again comes the Iowa Press Associa-
ton, bringing from three to four hun
dred newspaper people to the city. At
the same time the state fair board
has been holding meeting with many
outsiders present, going over matters
relative to the next state fair.
A prominent official now in Des