Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
HOUSE AGAINST SENATE
The Two Branches OF the Iowa
Legislature Indulge in Spite
Work.
House Members Charge That
Senators Are Purposely De.
laying Their Bills.
Senate Declared to Be Far Be.
hind the House in Its
Work.
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| this morning set out to punish the SEN
| ate A senate bill was called up by
Stratton for passage and 1T was devel-
ioned that house bill of exactly the
same kind had been sent over to the
senate several weeks ago and no atten-
ton had been given It, Kendall object
ed, to consideration of any more senate
messages until the senate recognizes
the house as having some rights. STRAIT
ton agreed with him and withdreY ms
motion to consider the senate message.
It was asserted the senate was far be-
hind the house in it's work, that house
bills were piling up in the committees
Of the senate and it would be well to
ignore the senate until it does some
thing. This sentiment was roundly
applauded. The house voted to recall
the message to the senate transmitting
the resolution to adjourn April 3, and
the senate on receiving notice OF this
immediately sent the resolution back
without action.
The house passed concurrent resi-
olution inviting the board OF controi 10
appear before Joint session In rela-
| tion to appropriations. The senate this
Imorning passed the following bills: To
provide for jury lists in 1905 in case the
biennial elections amendment passes;
Ito cede the rights over ground for post
| offices: to legalize acts of water works
trustees appointed by district courts
to authorize purchase of the bridge at
l.Clinton; two bills amending the laws IN
regard to the use of gasoline lamps.
The house passed the Clinton bridge
| bill, q bill to make 1T a misdemeanor to
destroy library property. and concurred
lin the amendments to the sheriffs SAL
larry hill to provide for fishway at the
Bonaparte dam; and the bill to permit
water works companies to execute
bonds for Improvements. Both houses
ladjonrned until Monday morning.
The Representatives from Marshall
county say that there is nothing In the
report in Des Moines paper that they
have prepared bills to prevent the old
soldiers from voting in Marshall coun-
L ty, that they know Of no movement
Hooking to the introduction of such
bills, nor have they any knowledge Of
any such bills being offered by any
body. There was some comment In the
Legislature on the state of affairs at
Marshalltown because of the dominat
ling influence of the Soldiers Home
vote, but no thought has been given
to any bill to change the status
sss
The first of the hearings on the new
railway assessment bill was given last
evening before the house ways and
means committee. The only speaker
was Mr.. Baldwin of the Burlington,
who is an expert in such matters. He
went over the ground carefully and
made answer to some of the statements
paper and other discussions of the sub
ject. He contended that the bill is in
tended to be q plain stocks and bonds
/ bill and is so framed that its authors
at least believe it will have the effect
of placing the assessment on the mar
ket value Of stocks and bonds. some-
thing done with no other class of prop
erty. He asked who 1t was that was
asking for this bill, and declared that
so far as he had been able to find out
lit was not the wish of either the gov
ernor or the lieutenant governor that
such law should be placed on the
statute books. He had heard the dis
cussion in the senate. and Healey, one
| of the authors, had refused to defend
| the bill, while Porter, another of the
sub committee, declared that this bill
would accomplish nothing. The hear-
ling will be continued from day to day.
The mental attitude of the members of
the committee on ways and means, so
far as 1T has been disclosed, is one of
inquiry as to the bill and not of set
convictions, for the committee was not
such bill reported favorably. The
discussion in the house committee
promises to be quite as interesting as
that in the senate end. No one has any
notion as yet as to what will be done
with the bill in committee or on the
| floor of the house.
| Among the committee recommends
tions placed before the legislature this
morning were the following: A bill for
| an inebriate ward at the state hospit-
ais; bills appropriating for monuments
at Vicksburg park and Lookout noun
tain: bill to make 1t a misdemeanor
for a minor or habitual drunkard to
buy liquor, and bills for appropriations
for the Benedict home, the rescue home
and a similar institution at Sioux
City.
The judiciary committee of the house
| is considering the board of managers
bill. 1t is regarded as morally certain
that this bill will not get out of the
committee with a favorable report
Great pressure is being brought on the
committee to kill the measure Yester-
day President MacLean, Professor j. J..
Mcconnell of Cedar Rapids, Alonzo
Abernethy of Usage. and Representa-
tive Wise appeared before the commit
tee to oppose the measure. 1t is also
pretty certain that in the end the mill
age tax bills will be passed by the legis-
lature for all three institutions.
The committee on representative dis
tricts has changed the ratio mentioned
in the bill. BY so doing they cut out
Des Moines county from having two