Inaugural Address of Governor Harding of Iowa
William L. Harding, newly sworn Iowa governor, outlines a conservative program to reduce new laws, curb government expansion, and push for strict law enforcement and road funding reform. He urges preparedness, critiques federal aid for highways, and calls for economy, simpler laws, and restrained taxation through a compact, decisive legislature.
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Witliam L. Harding
Sioux City
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Thirty-seventh General Assembly
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Congress
Legislative Assembly
Five Minutes With a Soldier Son Remembered by a Mother
A mother in grief prays to see her son, a soldier, again for five minutes. An angel offers a choice across a lifetime, asking which memory she would choose. She weighs moments from boyhood to adulthood, finally desiring the warmth of his infant innocence at her breast. The tale ends with the poignant image of a child’s apology and the garden’s dirt and tears.
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Lucas
Clarke's Message Urges Radical Change and New State Buildings
Governor Clarke delivers the longest Iowa legislature message urging radical changes to the primary law, calls for a new capitol building, better roads, and a reformed budget process. He cites 1916 tax rolls, outlines revenue vs expenditure, and endorses reducing legislative bodies, appointive railroad oversight, a state medical library department, and a stronger judiciary through primary reform.
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State Auditor
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Board of Parole
Capitol
Executive Council
House of Representatives
Senate
State Library
Department of Insurance
United States
Neo Lown
Law
Primonary
Iowa
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