Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-12
THE LAWYERS ACCUSED
Spirited Debate on the Bill Per.
mitting Banks to Become
Administrators.
Garst Accuses Lawyers OF Desire
to Throttle the Measure..Is
Recommitted.
Two Bills Passed in the Senate
and One in the
House.
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Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Feb. ia spirited de-
bate was INDUCED in this morning In
the senate over the bill to permit banks
to become administrators and eNecu-
tors. The committee on banks had re-
ported favorably and Garst wanted the
bill acted on at once, but Junidn moved
| to refer to the judiciary committee.
| Garst accused the lawyers of q desire to
| throttle the bill and kill 1t in their COM
Emittee, and declared that the lawyers of
| the state were opposed to the measure
because of fear that 1t would take
business out of their hands. Healey
opposed the bill two years ago and now
and declared that he would not consent
| to place estates and matters of guar
danships in the hands of an impersonal
corporation, and in the course of his re-
marks attacked the loan and trust COM
| panies severely. Sharp words were In
| dulged in as to how the bill was killed
| two years ago. but the record showed 1t
| had failed on the final vote on the last
day. The bill was sent to the committee
on judiciary, So to 10.
! A bill to require that divorce petitions
shall remain on file ten days before the
| term of court was passed; also the dow
| er interest bill and the bill to provide
for notice to heirs where an adminis-
| traitor has personal claim against the
estate.
The resolution to give each county
a representative was made special
order for tomorrow and the biennial
elections resolution for Friday morning.
So
The only bill passed in the house
this morning was one to raise the age
| limit at the Mitchellville reform school.
Both houses adopted resolution in
viting the pioneer lawmakers to attend
the sessions. Resolutions referring to
President Lincoln in view of this being
his birthday were introduced by Kerr,
who made fine speech on Lincoln.
which was ordered put into the house
record.
New bills were introduced: BY
Hughes, permitting county clerks to
bind out children on application of the
overseer: Barker. to refund collateral
inheritance taxes where overpaid; Lam
gan of Clinton, to prevent competition
of contract labor with free labor;
Koontz, to place rural trolley lines un-
der the general railroad law; Hay
ward. to provide for voting on all pub
lie franchises and letting them to the
highest bidders therefor; Arthaud, to
legalize all deeds and mortgages even
tho acknowledgements We're defective;
Emmert. to consolidate voting precincts
where voting machines are used; Garst
to provide for the assessment of freight
lines the same as express companies
The Sweeley telephone measure is
coming up in day or two in an i'm
proved form and 1T will meet with
greater favor. The bill as at present
prepared follows the lines of the law
in regard to express companies and
gives the railroad commissioners pow
er to fix rates, prescribe maximum
reasonable rates. to direct when and
where connections between different
companies shall be made, etc. If the
bill becomes a law it will please tele-
phone companies in the same category
as other business depending on
public franchises. The other features
of the first Sweeley bill will be embod-
led in other bills. The real objection
to the bill as first prepared was that
it placed too much authority in the
hands of town and city officials.
The appropriation committees of
the two houses have arranged for
joint meeting this afternoon to listen
to the friends of the appropriation for
Iowa monuments at Vicksburg. The |
commission has asked for $150000 but
it is doubtful if as much can be Sc
cured from this legislature. But the
soldiers will be heard on the subject
today.
A big batch of bills came back to
the house this morning from COM |
mittees, indicating that the work done
in the afternoon of yesterday was
great in amount, even If unimportant. |
The game bill was reported dead. |
This was the Greene bill to close the |
game season so as to cut off spring
shooting. An effort was made to have
this bill held over until after the meet
ing here this week, but Chairman
Cruikshank was desirous of having 1t |
killed right away, and 1t was so or
dered The bill to remove the limit /
on fling fees for corporation was fav-
ored. Dunham's compulsory education |
bill, which is the State Teachers asso- |
citation bill, was favored. The bill to |
require that liquor sale orders shall |
be signed in ink and shall be issued |
by the county auditor to druggists |
went on the calendar for passage. |
The bill to make counties pay for
quarantines is favored. The |
bill for an inebriate hospital was re-
ported back from the public health
committee without recommendation.
The bill to remove the circle from the
secret ballot received the same treat
ment because the elections committee
was evenly dividede. A bill to reduce
the fee for itinerant doctors from $3.50
to $3.50 was killed Wise's bill to re-
Quire milk inspection in cities of over
5000 was approved. A bin to take
from certain mayors the authority
over criminal cases was approved.
The recorders fee bill was killed.