Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-03

ton. so that one may remove from one
ward to another or from part of the
county to another on the day OF electlon
and be registered anew. After 1T was
finally passed some one suggested lnal
it contained great possibilities for those
who employ the methods OF colonlAa-
ton in cities. After the poll is made
and it is discovered that one ward mas
more votes than needed and another
is short a shift can easily be made III
the floating population and the judges
of the election are powerless to prevent.
So the motion was filed to reconsider
and this feature of the bill will receive
some attention.
The valued policy bill got lost in the
shuttle 1t was introduced somewhat
late by Senator Brighton OF jefferson
county. one day when he attended a
session of the senate by accident. 1t
created breeze among those Interested
and for a few days there was some lob
bying to get rid t. Then Brighton
lost interest in the bill, and 1t Will prob
ably not be heard from again. The in
surance men are very anxious to have
it come out the floor and be beaten,
but Ii will probably not be brought up.
The senator from Jefferson is making
record Of non attendance. The journals
show that he has been present at
twelve sessions He is occasionally geell
on the streets of Des Mofnes at odd
hours and in various places, but he is
not giving any attention to the senate,
and has not been in his seat for several
weeks. Some Of his friends feel appre-
hensfon for him and say that they be-
| lieve he is mentally unbalanced. NO
such case has ever been known in the
senate.
The Frudden bill for a board of exam
iners for stationery engineers has
passed the house. This bill was intro
duced early and was No. the house
files, 1t provides that II shall be un-
| lawful for any one to have charge of
or operate steam boiler or engine.
except locomotive boilers and engines,
and boilers under the jurisdiction of the
| United States, and boilers used for
heating agricultural purposes where
the pressure does not exceed twenty
pounds per square inch, unless he shall
procure a license. To get this license
he must apply to the district examiner
and undergo an examination and pay
fee of So. The licenses run for one year
and the fee for renewal is the same.
Licenses are graded according to class
! es, the first class being unlimited horse
power licenses the second not exceed
ing 150-horse power third 50-horse
power. and fourth special licenses.
There shall be a chief examiner at ST.
500 year and six district examiners at
$1,000 year. Penalties are fixed for
violation. etc. The bill has been urged
by machinists and some labor orgauiZa-
/ tions.
The house took up the pardon mat
1 ters yesterday afternoon in different
order from the senate and reached the
Elkins case late. Pardons were recon-
mended for Joe McCrary of Mills coun>
lty, John Rallew of Webster county.
William Young of Woodbury. county,
Otto Often of Pocahontas, and George
Stanley of Story. In the Young case
the vote was unanimous. The Sheriff of
Woodbury. county guarantees to see
that he gets honorable employment
when released and will stand good for
him. The Stanley case was hard
| fought, as many of the people of Story
county are opposed to the pardon.
The senate at night session last
4 night gave consideration first to the bill
to give the county attorneys the right
to name their own deputies. This bill
as 1t passed the house provided that the
counties shall pay the salaries of all
/ the deputies, but that the county attor-
neys and not the boards of supervisors
shall select these deputies. The COM
plant against the general law is that
the county attorneys have no control
over their deputies. But the senate
stood by the boards Of supervisors and
defeated the bill.
! The senators gave extended consid-
Grafton to the bill which provides that
when premium note insurance compa-
nies have failed the assignee or receiver
must commence his actions to recover
on the premium notes in the counties
where the makers of the notes live. 1t
was pointed out in the discussion that
II a premium note company is COM
tpelled to make it's collections in the
various counties where it does business
lit will have to go out of business. But
what is sought in the legislation con-
sidered is protection for note makers
when the notes fall into the hands Of
lspeculators after the failure of the
company. After several amendments
to the bill and much fruitless discussion
4 the bill was passed, 81 to l.