Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — ANTI-GERMAN BILL ADOPTED [ARTICLE]

ANTI-GERMAN BILL ADOPTED

House Approves Senate Meas- . ure After Hot Debate. GOVERNOR MAKES ADDRESS lowa's Executive Makes Patriotic Speech Before the House of Representatives—Highway Bill ini Senate Again. ——. 1 i Indianapolis, Feb. 14.—After nmnjn days of tumult fn Indiana over tha question of uprooting the German lau•guage in the schools the house of representatives, tinder suspended rules, passed two bills, one striking out tht» obnoxious amendment of 18G9, which* provided compulsory German teaching on petition and the other providing) “that *ll Inst i act lon In the subject*! provided by law or prescribed by tho state board of education in the mentary schools of the state, which are subject to the provisions of the state school attendance, shall be conducted In the English language." Various Interpretations of this latter bill already are heard and it Im deemed probable today that when tho bill comes to the senate charges will be made by senate members that tho bill does not -strike German teaching from parochial anti ' private schools. Persons close to the state board of education said that neither the state board of education nor the law prescribe what shall be taught In private or parochial schools. William L. Harding, governor of lowa, made a patriotic address before the house of representatives. Governor Harding, who was one of the principal speakers at the Eleventh district conference of Rotary clubs last night, was Introduced by Governor Goodrich, ipid was extended a vote of thank* when he concluded his address. Th** lowa governor urged that the United States "Is u nation, not un uayluw." The all-time council and city health commission bill was reported to tin* house and the majority rejiort, recommending Indefinite postponement, was adopted. Several measures were introduced.

A bill which will allow referendum* on any subject to be voted on a general election was Introduced In the senate by Senator Alldredge. The bill binds members of the legislature to consider the vote; mid permits referendums on petition of 10 per cent of the voters of the ‘“ate. Senator Negly % reduced a resolution, demanding that congress Investignte the discharge and payment of conscientious objectors on orders of Secretary of War Bakes. The resolution was referred to the committee on federal relations after Senator Vah Auken took Jhe floor against the resolution, declaring it was on insult to the federal* government. Senator Alldredge introduced a resolution asking congress to pass a daylight-saving law, effective this summer. Senator Duffey reintroduced the Goodrich highway commission bill with the revenue sections eliminated. Senator Bowers Introduced a bill. Axing the/ salaries' of officials of secondclass cities, as follows: Mayor sd,<KMi ami city controller $4,000, Senator Van Auken presented a bill defining anarchism and providing punishment for such practices. A bill proposing an Incffase of from $d to $lO it day as legislators’ salaries was intro* duced by Senator Nejdl.