Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-24
TWELVE BILLS PASSED
The Iowa Senate Puts Thru a
Dozen Measures Of Minor
Import.
Lively Debate on the Hoar Bill
Expected in the
House.
Some Change in Method Of Se-
curing Consent to Operate
Saloons Talked.

minor Importance were passed IN the
senate this morning, including the bill
to make the law on malicious mischlef
apply to electric railway apparatus, a
| bill to relieve the state treasurer from
liability for refund of fees claimed, the
bill to recognize certificates from
boards of medical examiners in other
states, the bill to change the law of in
heritance so that person causing the
death of another shall not have in
heritance rights, the bill to take OF the
| limit on fees for interpretations, ana
| the bill to raise the salary of the ply
sician at Fort Madison penitentiary to
$75 a month.
The house did little work this after
noon. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Joseph Smith. head of the Mormon
church in Iowa. a company of jubilee
singers gave an impromptu entertain
| ment in the house. The report on the
| concurrent resolution to endorse the
| Hoar anti-injunction bill was adopted,
! the committee making unanimous fa-
vorable report after three meetings.
| There are lively anticipations or
4 what will happen when the resolution
/ to request Iowa's delegation at WASH
lfnpton TO support the Hoar bill comes
iup in the house. The committee on
federal relations will recommend the
bill for indefinite postponement. rms
| Is Just what was done in the senate, but
| the senate, which is more radical than
tthe house, insisted on turning down the
committee report and considering the
resolution. In the house there is to be
minority report from the committee,
4 two democrats on the committee seek
ing to make 1T partisan matter and to
gain some advantage thereby. But this
Will bring the matter squarely before
4 the house for action and the members
will have to show right where they
stand. The resolution is asked by the
t Order of Railway Trainmen. 1t is the
i9 liy thing that the railway men are
! asking for themselves alone, tho OF
course they are favoring some of the
other measures. They desire that the
resolution shall be considered on its
merits without any regard to politics or
past or future troubles. Senator Hea-
Ily gave the keynote In the senate when
| ne declared that II was proposal that
every lawyer should support because 1t
would clear the judiciary of a stigma
placed there by the United States
| judges in their arbitrary actions. The
labor element of the state IS for the
resolution and they are watching the
proceedings closely.
| One thing that is causing great deal
| of annoyance to the appropriations
! committee is the demand from some
sources that all of the proposed appro-
! priations for the purchase of land at
! the various state institutions shall be
4 cut out in order that there may be more
money to use elsewhere. But the MEM
bers of the state board of control, and
Especially Mr. Cownie. have SO inn
pressed the members of the committee
with the fact that the purchase of land
at this time would be economy in the
llong run that the committees are in
clined toward buying all the land asked
Il for by the board. Thus far the appro-
priations committee of the house has
| rot reduced the items for the purchase
of land at the state institutions 1t will
not be done unless it is demonstrated
to be absolutely necessary.
1t is expected that bill will be in
troduced soon to change the law in re-
gard to having consent given to the le-
galiZation of saloons. 1t will provide for
elections instead of signatures TO a list.
The persons desiring the election will
have to pay the expense thereof and
arrange all the preliminaries But 1T Is
claimed that consent petitions are too
difficult to get and the courts have con-
strued so many matters that it is not
we'll understood now what one should
do or how these petitions should be got
out. The election idea is favored by a
number. One thing which has encour-
aged this is the recent decision of the
supreme court in which it was held
that the names signed to the petitions
must be the identical names which are
to be found on the poll books. If the
man who signs the petition doesn't
sign his name in identically the same
way that some clerk at election time
happens to have recorded the name on
the election DOCKS, then no evidence
can be brought in to establish the iden-
tity of the man or his connection with
the name. 1t is claimed that because of
this extremely strict construction of
the law it is rendered almost impossi-
BILE to make the consent lists right. To
obviate this some legislation will be
asked and the first is in relation to
having elections instead of petitions.
The bill to allow railroad companies
to make discriminating rates on coal
and other products used in manufac-
lures. which has been reported favora-
bly, in the house, is strictly Des
Moines measure and was introduced at
the suggestion of the Des Moines Com
mercial Exchange The Polk county
members are not pushing it. The Com
nercial Exchange people have prom
ised to appear before the senate COM
mittee and explain the measure. but
have not done SO yet. 1t is claimed tissat
the fact that rates are made for the
river points works an injustice to the
central Iowa cities and 1t Is necessary
tn give the railroad companies the right
to deviate from the established local
rates If manufactures are to be encour-
aged In the state.