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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
3
A political summary notes a disclosed plot while a key bill is saved. Soldiers and home support figures are mentioned alongside a primary bill delay affecting the legislative agenda and public debate.
In Des Moines, a clash over veteran monument funding shows Democrats attacking the commissions and Governor Cummins. The legislature faces a two step dispute over costs and a separate push for minority stock representation in insurance boards.
A note indicates the veteran issue will be discussed further, with attention to its implications and a potential form of action to be considered at a forthcoming session.
The measure to ban Sunday amusements including theaters and baseball was defeated by the house committee on judiciary after hearing petitions mainly from small towns. Des Moines ministers urged its passage but opposing interests said the bill was not a reform and would not achieve its aims. The committee voted it down.
A C Rankin wins Senate committee support for a measure to appoint state marshals to enforce prohibition in counties with lax local sentiment. The marshal bill mirrors previous versions and will be debated after the recess, though passage in either house is seen as unlikely.
The senate appropriations committee reported the education consolidation bill for passage as Senator Whipple was ill and President McLean signaled reduced opposition from the State University. Ames residents and farmers fear harm to the agricultural college, potentially defeating the measure next week.
A hearing on creating district agricultural and manual training high schools for farm youth drew strong backing. Judge Deemer and others urged the bill, noting other states have begun similar programs and Iowa lags behind. The joint agriculture and appropriations committees heard for about ninety minutes in the senate chamber.
A change in policy delays insurance legislation and shifts duties away from the auditor. Proposals to absorb the banking department into the treasurer and other offices into the secretary of state would leave the auditor mainly with state accounts and core auditing tasks.
Doctors and pharmacists clash over labeling proposals. Ladies Home Journal bills demand full formula disclosure, while Newberry measures seek to align with federal rules by labeling entire formulas. Opposition comes from patent medicine makers and jobbers as a bitter fight unfolds. The Teachers section notes the Harvey bill to boost state aid for institutes, setting at least 200 dollars per county and one dollar per teacher position, up from fifty dollars.
A hastily approved measure requires publication of notice of intent to circulate a saloon consent petition. The bill cites amendments and burdens that appeared during its passage.
In New York District Attorney Jerome defied Justice Fitzgerald by refusing to submit authorities on a cross examination issue. The dispute centered on whether the DA could broaden questions beyond direct examination. Defense gains, while Jerome asserts Thaw is insane.
Assemblyman W. H. Falvey of Marinette, missing to relatives and friends, is at the Sacred Heart sanatorium in Milwaukee receiving medical treatment. Officials say his condition is not dangerous but he will likely stay for about a week more.
James R. Garfield took the oath of office as secretary of the interior at 9 45 o clock in the morning. George B. Cortelyou succeeds Leslie M. Shaw as secretary of the treasury and George von J. Meyer, late ambassador to Russia, succeeds Cortelyou as postmaster general.
A partial district notice from Story County Iowa mentions a case or filing in District Court involving C M Sorrr and unrelated court terms. The legible pieces indicate official action, but key details such as dates, parties, and outcomes are missing.
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