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Iowa Legislature Debates Public Service Commission Plan
Des Moines dispatch reports lawmakers working on a five member Public Service Commission with three railroad seats and two gubernatorial picks, plus a $3500 annual salary for each. The bill empowers the commission to regulate railroads gas electric and telegraph services and requires annual reports. Also notes on Miller’s critique of the state board of health and various bills on insurance, woman suffrage, and agricultural education.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Riday O
Abraham Lincoln
Lafe Young
Representative Holmes
Hughes
New York
House
Young
Des Moines Women's Club
Dean Nagel
Public Service Commission
Senate
White
Story
Grier
Poweshiek
Larrabee
Webster
Miller
Health Board
Charles W. Miller
Bremer County
Waverly Democrat
Board of Health
Doctor's Trust
Representative Miller
Chariton
Board
Hussia
State Board
Thomas
Charivon
Charion
Insurance Department
Dowell
Auditor of State
Frodden
Dubuque
Smith
Mitchell
Bruce
Cass
Jamieson
Page
Meredith
Newberry
Clayton County
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
State Normal School
State Board of Education
State Board of Educational Examiners
State College of Agriculture
Ames
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Assembly
Reaney
Mahaska
Hambleton
Kendall
Clinton
L. F. Springer
Buchanan County
B. F. Stoddard
George Gallarno