Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-25
INCREASE MEMBERSHIP
Iowa House Passes Resolution
toProvide for Representative
From Every County.
Membership Under the 1900 Cen.
sus Would Be lO8...Supreme
Court Bill.
Blanchard Attacks the Measure
Vieorously..Popular Election
of Senators Favored.
Special to Times-Republican.

to-day voted to increase its membership
to los and to thus provide for rep
resentative from each and every county
| of the state. A resolution for con-
stitutional amendment to that effect
effect was carried 67 to 6, the demo-
Gratis alone opposing it. The resolu-
ton calling on congress to start a
movement for the election of senators
by popular vote was also passed by the
house.
An appropriation of $1,000 a year was
given the Iowa Poultry Association.
The bill for state insurance depart
ment was sent to the committee, also
| a bill for loan and trust companies.
The senate spent most of the day de-
batting the bill to reorganize the su-
preme court and make the salary S6,ooo
| a gyear. Blanchard ridiculed the Dill
and said 1t meant nothing but an effort
| I'd get more money from the treasury,
| but the bill was defended by Trewin,
! Haselton, Healey and other@ The orig
| inal Cummings bill has been offered as
substitute for the bill which was
| passed by the house.
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| II the two branches keep up the pace
| set yesterday they will soon finish the
business in hand for the session. The
house late in the forenoon passed the
| Calderwood bill to give to farmers in
stitutes a representative each In the
| state agricultural convention, but to do
| so they must make reports the same as
| fair associations This will increase
the membership in the agricultural
convention by about 60 and will bring
| in more real farmers and make the pro-
portion of professional fair managers
and horsemen correspond1ngly less.
The house passed the Cummings Dill
| which provides that where dead ami
mails are removed from a city they
shall not be fed to food animals. The
Secor bill to increase the allowance to
/ tie State horticultural Society from
S2,500 to $4,000 was passed. 1t also pro-
| lyides that the reports shall be bound in
cloth and makes some other changes IN
the law, The senate in the afternoon
passed bill to rectify supposed err
ror in the water works law for the ben
| eft of Muscatine. The Junkin bill to
provide that where loss occurs on
personal property the only thing neces-
sary to get the insurance shall be to file
notice with proof of loss and value
of the loss.
| The house passed a bill yesterday to
correct queer mistake in the laws
This is bill to provide that persons
convicted of murder or treason shall
not be admitted to bail. The code does
not read just right now. 1t provides
that where one is accused of treason he
shall not be allowed bail. This is OBJ
viously not what was intended.
There will be another conference on
the resolution to indorse the Hoar bill
in congress. The report of the con-
ferees has been rejected by the house.
On the part of the house q new COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Clarke,
Hawk and Graft has been appointed
and the senate will also appoint confer
rees. Another resolution will be pre-
pared tho it is hard to see how any
better compromise than the one report
ed could be made. In fact, 1t is known
that the compromise resolution which
was reported by the conferrees was
prepared by Governor Cummins at the
instance of the men who are here lob
bying for the resolution and have been
at work for many weeks to get 1t thru.
But for some reason the house is op-
posed to the resolution or any resolu-
ton that looks Endorsement Of the prin-
ciple in the Hoar-G -Grosevenor bill.
Gen. Byers is quite hopeful of getting
thru the senate the bill to build a state
arsenal on the states ground near the
capitol The house last evening passed
the bill which appropriated 100000 for
this purpose on condition that it shall
come out of the refund of money rom
the government on the war expense.
Gen. Byers is willing to have this pro-
viso inserted, and he believes that the
money will be secured from the United
States this year. The senate has ap-
proved the bill in this form and mem
bers are favorably inclined toward it.
1t will be Wednesday evening that
the state board of control will appear
before the legislature to submit to
quiz" on the needs of the various state
institutions. The change was made be-
cause so many of the members desired
to attend a play at one of the local
theaters in Des Moines Tuesday eve
ming.
The bill which was introduced yes
terday at the instance of the state au-
ditor, which was prepared by the at
torney general. will, if it becomes
law. save many dollars to Iowa suckers
who have penchant for small specu-
lation. 1t hits at all those concerns
which make big promises of town lots.
diamonds or cash, to be delivered after
certain monthly payments have been
made. These schemes generally prom
Use that the fellows who join late are
the ones who will pay for all the bene-
fits to the early subscribers, and all
the subscribers are classed as early. It
provides that all such concerns, and
they are generally partnerships or in
diyiduals not Incorporated, shall come
under the building and loan laws. They
shall submit their plans to the auditor
and shall not do business unless he ap-
a.