Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-04
WARREN IS R[DOK[D
The House Resents His Unseen.
ly Clamor to Secure the
Normal School.
Resolution to Limit st Louis
Fair Appropriation Is Refer.
red to Committee.
Number Of Important Bills and
Resolutions Introduced..
Legislative Gossip.
Special to Times-R Republican

| Special to Times Republican.
! Des Moines, Feb. 4.-The house this
morning administered severe rebuke
to Warren, of Marion county, who is
pushing the bill for normal school at
/ Knoxville, by unanimously referring his
resolution limiting the appropriation
for the st. Louis exposition to the ap-
propriations committee. The resolu-
!. ton fixes the outside limit of an appro-
priation at 100000. and this for the
reason that SO much is needed by edu-
Icational and other state institutions.
| Barkley tried to have it amended by re-
dueing the limit TO $4,000, but the
house would not have it and the resolu-
ton was referred without debate
The two houses met in joint conven-
| ton this afternoon and elected the
trustees and regents of educational IN
stitutions as reelected in join caucus
| last week.
1 The house passed bill to legaize the
loan of money to the Des Moines Water
! Works Company.
The senate passed the Blanchard biil
4 to reduce the rate of interest on county
warrants from 10 per cent. The SEN
ate also passed the Lister bill to make
lit unnecessary for a debtor to answer
before any court outside of the county
In which he lives. Senators Courtright
| and Garst both introduced bills TO per-
init mutual insurance companies to en-
gage in plate glass insurance. Garst in
/ troduced an amendment to the law on
mutual companies which would confine
| these companies to a strictly mutual
/ business and revise their method Of
making assessments to prevent doing
old lire business under the guise of as
sessment insurance. Junkin introduced
a bill providing that In an action for re-
covery on personal property loss 1T
shall only be necessary to prove the
value of the property and the fact OF
havirg given written notice to the COM
/ eeny y ,1s;. loss. Hubbard introduced
a bib . authorize railroad companies
of Iowa to transact business in other
states and purchase stocks and bonds
of railroads in other states.
In the house a bill was introduced for
an Appropriation for the Vicksburg mon
Euments. $15OO00; Clarinda asylum. $685.
500: for a historical building. $15OOOO;
/ forbidding the wearing of society badg-
! es by persons not member; providing
1 for condemnation of land for United
States rifle range near Des Moines;
! complete code for the construction of
| drainage bitches, and q bill to require
exact weight to be stamped on flour and
meal sacks.
| There is no mistaking the meaning of
the members of the senate ways and
means committee as indicated in the
action of that committee yesterday af-
ternoon. The committee is going to
take up the question of revising the
laws relating to railroad assessments.
The subject was brought up in the COM
mittee by Senator Healey He called
attention to the fact that Governor
Cummins in his inaugural address had
made special mention of the need OF
new legislation in regard to railroad
| assessments or in some way provision
| for disposing of the vexed question OF
railroad taxation. He referred also TO
| the speech of Lieutenant Governor
Herriott on taking the chair IN the SEN
ate, in which he declared that he had
made up the committees with a view to
such legislation. He also referred to
the republican platforms and the fact
that the legislature stands pledged to
consideration of this subject. He sug-
gested a subcommittee to make an in
lyestigation and report to the whole
lcommittee "A bill or bills that would
meet the demands of the people fo:'
legislation on the subject. The COM
mittee was named consisting of Sena-
tors Junl1in, Healey, Lewis and Porter.
The attitude of Healey and Junkin is
we'll known. They have advocated
changes in the law and are known TO be
for some legislation that will remedy
the alleged defects IN the present law
Senator Porter is disposed to follow
them in this. Senator Lewis is new
member with much legislative expert
ence and he has already demonstrated
that he is an aggressive man, but his
views on this subject are not pro-
nounced 1t is considered certain that
the committee will give the matter i'm
mediate attention and at no late date
bring in one or more bills on the sub
iect which are sure to develop an inter-
esting controversy.
The insurance bill introduced by Sen
ator Hayward, of Scott county, VIII be
pushed hard 1t will be favored by all
the insurance companies from other
states doing business here, and Will be
fought by the Iowa companies IL pro-
vides for repeal of the discriminating
tax on insurance companies. 1t would
place the foreign companies on the
same basis as the domestic companies
and leave them practically free to do
whatever business they please with HIT
tie or no contribution to the public
treasury The situation in Davenport is
unique. After the fire which swept over
the manufacturing district last year
one of the largest fires of the year-a
number of the companies withdrew en-
tirely from Davenport. The bill is
backed up by petition signed by about
forty firms and corporations, reading
as follows:
Owe the undersigned fire insurance
agents, property owners and insurers of