Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-02-14
NEW IOWA BILLS
BY LEGISLATURE
House and Senate Have Passed q
Number OF Important Bills
During Past Week.
WOMEN CAN BECOME
MEBERS LEGISLATURE
The Tax Administration Question
is Big Problem and Receiy-
ing Plenty Attention Now.

VI ndulsOn mas GOIuhCIcd the Pio~
ceedings 80 that committee action
snail follow only after the fullest
opportunity TO talk and to investi-
gate.
II Is quite necessary that the tax
administration question be settled
first, for the reason that all the
suggested bills assume as a basis,
that there are to be a state assess
ment board, and 80 county assessors.
If that plaL Is turned down all other
specific recommendations of the COM
mittee must be very materially re-
yised. These are, In the order In
which they are to be considered by the
ways and meas committee: A state
budgeting board bill; a city bud
getting board bill; a statewide gaso-
line tax bill, and a statewide amuse-
ment tax bill.
A boom for Judge w. S. Kenyon
for president was begun and ended
In the house last week. II was
pending for three days. On Wednes-
day Rep. Blake Of Fayette introduces
resolution proposing to ind0rse
Kenyon for the Republican nomina-
ton in 1924, and on Friday Blake
withdrew bis resolution, at Kenyon's
request. One Iowa daily, the Mar
fhartown T.mes-Republican, herald
ed the resolution as "fool move
by Kenyon's friends, in 36.point
type on It's front page. Nevertheless,
there is considerable reason to be-
lieve that the incident Is not dis
pleasing to Kenyon, despite his
statement In a telegram to Blake that
he was "irrevocably out of politics
There was another judge once who
was irrevocably out Of politics
Mr.. Charles Evans Hughes Of New
York. 1t Il a safe bet that Kenyoa
would follow the illus.rious pre-.
cedent set BY Hughes III 1916, If tbs
national convention next year Should
urge him to take off the judicia
ermine and don the campaigneri
PRINCE Albert.
Kenyon's name win continue Il
occur in presidential talk so Ions
as the political grounds well continue
that washed Pinchot, Brookhart
Shipstead and others into office. |
the group Of thought that thos
persons represent could dictate th
next Republican nomination, tn
nominee might very likely be Ken
yon. Brookhart's telegram to Ken
Won Immediately after The Noyembe
election in which he predicted tia
the same force that had electe
Brookhart would send Kenyon 10 th
White House, was more than
merely spontaneous outburst. ker
yon Is perhaps the one man whoI
the present "plogreasives' could "
tie On. In a personal letter to thl
writer. a Washington corresponder
of long experience and uncommo
good judgment, said few week
ago:
"My own opinion is Kenyon
about the only man the radicals az
progressives might unite on All u
others are too much this way
that way to please"
The senate committee on depar
mental affairs is quite reliably r
ported to have one important sta
department consolidation near
ready TO recommend. This is like
to be reported TO the legislature,
a committee bill, some time ne
week. II concerns the state depar
ment Of agriculture, and allied ba
eaus.
Details Of the tentative plan q
lacking, because committeeman a
keeping still about what goes IN
the star.chamher committee 100
But one hint has been dropped "a
seems significant. This i that :
committee Is trying TO shape y
state department Of agriculture n
would be quite similar 10 the p'
sen. Minnesota plan,
n Minnesota the department
agriculture Is one Of the main ~
islou- az state afraivs. It, direct
has supervision Of the state "a
state work IN behalf of faim a.
mails. weather and crop services s'a
ala 10 agricultural work and ~
marketing services, Managemeny
the state fair Il only division W,
n a department OF much Wis
scope,
~ splte that Tie adoption 81 ~
man would seem 70 sptonun'
then some members 81 the press
Iowa fair board are Fepor'el 20 \
or the Minnesota plan, and 70 y
inlorsed Il a priWaple 70 lhe T"
a,e committee, " the eomna"'e'