Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
WOMEN WIN A VICTORY
Senate Adopts Resolution for
Constitutional Amendment
Allowing Them to Vote.
Proposition Wins by a Vote Of
% to l6. With Little
Debate.
Bruce.Emmert Contest Settled in
Bruce's $ Favor. Today's Lesis.
lative Doings.

time in the history OF the senate reso-
Tuition for a constitutional amendment
allowing women to vote passed that
body this morning by the following
vote:
Ayes = Alexander, Allyn, Arthaud,
Blanchard, Brooks, Classen, Court
wright, Craig, Crossley, Dowell, Fitch :
patrick, Griswold, Harper, Hartman.
Hartshorn, Healy. Hogue. Hopkins,
Hubbard, Lewis, Lister, Mardis, Porter,
Smith of Mitchell, Spaulding, Town
send, Trewin and Winne-2S.
Nays-Bachman Ball. Bishop. Craw-
ford Hayward, Hazleton. Lambert, Ly-
ons, Maytag. Moffitt. Smith of Des
Moines, Tallman, Whipple, Wilson,
Young of Lee and Young Of Washing
ton-16.
Absent-Brighton Emmert. Garst,
Hobart, Junkin and Molsberry-6.
The senate defeated the days OF grace
bill and passed one providing for ap-
peals from the insanity boards. Healey
asked reconsideration of the vote by
which the reformatory bill was passed
and pending a discussion of this the
shnate adjourned. Crossley tried to pre-
l'sent the report of the committee on
the Bruce Emmert contest, but could
not get the floor. The report of the
committee OH the Bruce Emmert con-
| test seats Bruce by Is votes and En-
inert went home giving 1t up.
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The house today spent its entire time
ron the resolution to indorse the Hoar
bill on strike injunctions. Dunham
i.moved an amendment which struck out
all essential parts and expressed conf
dence in the congressional delegation.
Speeches for the bill We're made by
Sweeley, Kendall and Kerr, and against
1t by Temple and Lyman. Durham de-
Tended his amendment which was adop-
ted 62 to % and as amended was pass
ed 40 to 40 This practically destroyed
| the effect of the resolution.
The report of the coal mine commits
sion was made today, recommending
Unemployment of examiners of shots
where blasting is done in mines and
keeping mines clean and damp; also
that miners be forbidden to fill blast
| hole the second time and required to
use only sand soil or clay for tamping.
| There is understood to be opposition
to the proposal to materially change
the game laws of the state. For in
stance Senator Healey received and
/ presented a largely signed petition from
| Rockwell City on the subject which
kcontained the protests of the signers
against the proposed game law and
gave the following as reasons and
their views on what should be done:
I'VE consider our present laws in re-
gard to spring shooting and traffic in
game amply sufficient, and ask that no
4 change be made.
/ For the purpose of raising revenue to
protect anne and fish we recommend
the passage of a law requiring each
! hunter to pay license of 81 a year, no
license to be issued to persons under IA
years of age.
/ I'VE object to any law being passed
prohibiting shooting of live pigeons at
the trap"
Along with much unimportant matter
| the house committees today reported
several interesting things The Powers
bill in regard to benetiting schools was
emasculated. 1t was changed SO as to
make it optional with the boards to
abandon small schools when the fall be-
low a certain standard, instead of COM
pulsory. That feature which provided
for a payment of $50 year to schools
of a certain high standard was taken
out and referred to a subcommittee to
form separate bill. The bill to per-
nit election of supervisors by the Whole
county was changed so as to require a
petition of one-fourth of the voters to
! have this done or have an election to
| provide that it shall be done, and the
order will stand but five years when
| adopted. The railroad committee re-
| ported the demise of the Jones bill to
require railroad companies to pay twice
month The bill making it misde-
meanor to jump off train was ap-
proved. The insurance committee re-
ported the killing of the bill exempting
policies of insurance from executions
and two bills to permit life insurance
companies to invest funds in states
where they do no business. A bill to
permit plate glass insurance by Iowa
companies was approved. The Hub
bard bill to make taxes on property in
the hands of q receiver preferred
claim was approved by the house ways
| and means committee.
The house judiciary committee is
gaining quite Il reputation for work
Under the able management of Mr.
Clarke it is disposing of bills faster than
the house can possibly consider them
Yesterday afternoon it disposed of thir-
teen measures at one sitting. The bill
placing the age limit at the womens re-
formatory at 26 was reported for pas
sage. The bill to prevent fraud in the
sale of entire stocks of goods by pro-
viding for five notices to creditors was
recommended. The bill to reimburse
persons who paid the collateral inheri-
tance taxes before the law was fully in
terpreted and paid 1t wrongfully was
recommended for passage. The Cowles
bill to license auctioneers who come
from other states, introduced last Fri
day, was killed because 1t was believed
to be unconstitutional. The bill to al
i low Des Moines to use it's waterworks
! fund for library purposes was passed
The bill to prevent litigation on ac-