Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
THE NEWS In IOWA
NEW PRIMARY Law
Senator Crcssiey Introduces Ccn'-
prehensive Measure. @

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Senator crcssiey Introduces a Conn
prehensive Measure. @
Des Moines, Jan Ex-senator Cross
lev of Madison has introduced Dill
providing for the nomination OF OIL
ficers and the election Of delegates 70
political conventions by primary
election. All political parties are 70
participate in this election, Whlcn Is
to be held the first Friday in June OF
each year The voting places and
Judges and clerks of election are 70
be the same as for the regular cleo
ton, held in November. Where regis
tration is required the primary eiec-
ton day is to constitute day o. req
istration. Tickets for the election are
to be prepared by the county auditor
and the names of all candidates are
"a he filed with him at least ten days
before the primary election day. Ii
the candidates are to be voted on IN
more than one county they are to ne
fled with the secretary OF state ana
he is to transmit them to the county
auditors All of the ballots for all pc
Iitical parties are to be voted In the
same ballot box and in counting they
are to be separated but after the count
lie completed they are to be replaced
in the box The returns for the diff
ferent parties are to be sealed and re
turned to the county auditor the same
as in general elections. the county
auditor is to certify them to the chalr-
man of the county central committees
of the different parties. At the con-
ventions these returns are to be re-
viewed and the candidates receiving
the highest number of votes are to be
declared the nominees of the party.
In case of a tie the matter is to be de-
termined by lot. Delegates to the
county convention are also to be voted
on at the primaries. Candidates for
nomination to state Offices are to pay
to the secretary of state upon the nj
ing of their names, the sum OF SlUo,
candidates for district Offices the sum
Of $40 for each county, and ii to be.
voted for in only one county they are
to pay SO to the county auditor. me
county is to bear all the expenses OF
the primary election. No party having
cast less than 2 per cent OF the total
vote is to be allowed to participate
in the primary election and no party
having cast 10 per cent of the vote is
to be allowed to place its nominees
on the election ballot by petition.
INSURANCE LAW INVALID.
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Curative Act of the 28th Assembly OF
No Effect.
Des Moines, Jan. 23.-Judge Prouty
stated to counsel yesterday that ne
would declare unconstitutional the cur
alive insurance law, passed by the
last Iowa state legislature, which pro-
vides that the amount due on policies
and shares of the stock shall be con-
sidered as debts of the insurance cor
porations and deducted from the assess
ment, and which was passed as
remedial act to the former law that
made double assessments and taxation
against insurance companies possible.
The decision, which viii be handed
down in few days, will be the first
of it's kind in the state, being test OF
the insurance law of the Twenty-eight
general assembly. and an appeal Will
be taken TO the supreIEec~ court to get
the higher courts ruling on this qnes-
ton Of taxation Of insurance companies
and insurance policy and share hold
ers.
The decision will effect about S.
600, 900 worth of insurance moneys and
credits of individual share and policy
holders in Des MONIES alone. to say
nothing of the great moneyed interests
throughout the state that will be Ell
fected, the decision therefore being
one OF the most important of the past
two years The decision will be hand
ed down in the cases brought by the
HaWkeye Insurance company OF Des
Moines against the board OF super
yisors and the board OF review OF the
city council, which cases were consol-
idated and tried to Judge Prouty.
The decision will leave the insurance
companies of the state no better of
than they were before the last 1egis-
lature passed the curative act, as I'M
der Judge Prouty's decision the insur-
ance companies must still pay their
state taxes and the shareholders, who
form the company, must pay the taxes
on the individual accounts held by
them as members of the company. 1t
Is probable that another effort will be
made by the present legislature now
in session to grant relief to the insur-
ance companies of the state and
straighten out the taxation muddle.
CHARLES THOMAS SET FREE.
De3 Moines, Jan. 22.-Charles
Thomas, charged with the murder OF
MaDeI Scofield, was discharged by
Justice Duncan upon the conclusion
of the presentation of the states tes-
timony When Judge Spurrier an
nounced that the state had made it's
case and rested, William McHenry,
for the defendant, fled a motion to
dismiss. The motion was as follows:
"Now comes the defendant, Charles
Thomas. and moves the court, the
state having rested, for dismissal