Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-06
1H[ SWAMP LAND BILL
Iowa Senate Refuses to Act
Hastily on Resolution to
Approve.
Senate Will Go to Knoxville..A
Number OF New Bills
Offered.
Contest Case From Dubuque in
Mixed up Condition..Lee-
islative Proceedings.
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Des Moines, Feb 6.-The senate this
morning refused to act hastily on the
resolution to approve the bill in regard
Ito swamp land settlements, the commit
tee on Judiciary presenting a supsu-
Itute for the house resolution, not so
radical in tone, which substitute was
referred to the committee on federal
relations.
The senate decided to agree to date
for going to Knoxville tho there was
much opposition to taking the trip at
all. The house heard Congressman Hull
make few remarks, on invitation
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| Bills were introduced today in the
senate. Hopkins, changing the time OF
making settlement between the auditor
and treasurer; Hopkins. appropriatins
s37, 900 for a stock pavilion at the falr
/ grounds; Hayward, fixing interest on
school warrants at per cent; Harri-
man, that the rule of common law
lshould apply to surface waters ana
drainage; Emmert, to recognize lneul-
Teal certificates issued in other states;
Fitchpatrick, for a bill to give the col
llege at Ames a one-fifth mill permanent
| building tax: Arthaud, making 30 per
Icent of wages an exemption. In the
| house bills were introduced: Blake
more, additional judge of the Third dis
! trict: jerks. giving the school for the
Ideaf S22 per capita per month Tor sup
port and teachers fund; Langan, ap-
preparation OF $500 for monuments on
| 7 lookout mountain; Langan, to require
THAT insurance arbitrators shall De
named from the county in which the
tloss occurs; Powers, for compulsory
education: Wright. establishing fe-
male reformatory at Knoxville.
The senate judiciary committee re-
| ported a bill to legalize land transfers
where the husband signs wires lame
under power of attorney.
-. Issili to employ Lothrop to collect
the Iowa war claims was taken up in
the senate and referred to the commit
tee on ways and means. A resolution
| in regard to the death of Former Sena-
Itor p. NJ Sutton of Marshall county.
was adopted III tlc sociiheN' >@AoN's'N~AA -
spoke of his life and services.
| IF the contest committee having In
| charge the contest from Dubuque coun-
| ty should ever call for the ballots from
Dubuque county to be recounted and
should make inquiry as to how the ball
lots have been kept and safeguarded,
the proceedings would go no further. It
lis learned from Dubuque that the
democrats in their haste and anxiety to
make a recount have bundled up the
ballots in sacks and have piled them UP
| 10 be ready to fetch to Des Moines. IL
is also learned that the boxes have been
kept where they were accessible to the
| public and persons who usually fre-
uuent county office. and are therefore
not to be considered the ballots which
were cast Their integrity has been
destroyed in many ways and the COM
mittee could not consider them at all.
The contest committee now has under
consideration the question of the suff1-
cheney and explicitness of the contest
notice. In the Bruce Emmert case the
counting of the ballots which We're not
questioned is now almost over, and the
very soon.
The Meservey anti-tax ferret bin
came up today and went on the house
calendar with favorable markings. The
bill provides as follows: No action.
proceeding or assessment shall be
brought made or levied for the recov-
cry of taxes alleged to be due on per-
sonal property omitted not listed. with
held or overlooked unless brought
within the calendar year in which said
property shall be assessed. This act
shall be retroactive and apply to all
cases in which taxes have not been
actually paid before the passage of this
act"
The Stratton bill reducing the inter-
est rate on county warrants from to
per cent went on the house calendar to-
day approved by the judiciary COM
mittee. The Sweeley bill to make it a
nisdemeanor to tamper with the tracks
of electric railways was also reported
favorably The Willett bill to permit
indictments during vacation by coun
ty attorney was reported for postpone
lnent on account of constitutional OBJ
jections.
Among the petitions in the hands of
the appropriations committee is one
from members of the order of Odd Fell
lows at Fort Dodge protesting against
the legislature granting the use of the
state capitol for any use other than to
transact public business. This indi-
Gates plainly that there is a division of
sentiment among the Odd Fellows in
regard to the proposal of the Des
Moines Odd Fellows to secure the state
capitol for the place of meeting of the
sovereign grand lodge of the order this
year. In order to secure the sovereign
grand lodge the Iowa delegation to the
last meeting practically made pledge
that the state capitol would be used for
the place of meeting. 1t is claimed this
has been done in other states. A bill is
to be presented to the legislature
granting the authority for this-some-
thing that has never been done in the
history of the capitol. But as mat
ter OF fact the capitol building is poorly |
equipped for secret society meetings
and there are other halls in Des Moines !