Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-01

declared the motion to concur lost.
The point of order was raised that the
vote showed no quorum, but the chair
held this to be not necessarily so. thsu
holding that the quorum is a visible one
| or an actual one and not a voting one.
| But a motion to reconsider was filed,
and this leaves that motion hanging In
the air The bill to require that rail-
way companies must file plats with the
county auditors was passed, also bill
to change time of meeting of local
boards of health to November, a bill
Ilegalizing something at taurens and
the Maytag bill to require exits and en-
frances to public buildings SO as to be
safe in case of fire. The Lambert bill to
revise the fish and game laws in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of
the state fish and game association was
passed.
Rev F. w. Russell, of Marshalltown.
was present in the house yesterday af-
ternoon at the opening and offered a
short and sensible prayer.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported aversely on bill to allow a
larger number of guards at the peni-
tentiaries, the number fixed in the bill
being forty-two at Anamosa and forty
Ave at Fort Madison. Members of the
state board of control secured a change
! in the report on consideration. 1t Is
| represented that because of the reduc-
| tion in the number of prisoners the
proportion of guards to prisoners is re-
duced to too small q limit The bill
fixes the minimum as indicated above.
| The conferrees on the interurban
trolley line bill have been named. They
are Representatives Hamann, Temple,
Koontz and Jones. and Senators Court
right, Hazleton, Hubbard and Lambert.
The interurban bill has caused a great
deal Of comment It is said by the
house members that the senate amend
ments would have the effect of stop
ping all interurbans at the city limits,
therefore compelling the interurbans to
make terms with existing roads in the
cities. There is some ground for this
suspicion from the fact that the bill has
been watched carefully by representa-
Itives of street railway lines in Des
Moines Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
| The discussion in the senate discloses
/ that the two houses are far apart on
some features of the bill.
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| The conferrees on the Hoar bill, or
the resolution relating thereto, have not
had a meeting as yet. The matter seems
to have been dropped thru sheer neglect
as nobody cares what is done with the
bill now.
| Senator Winnie, the fair-faced young
senator from Humboldt, occupied the
presidents chair in the senate short
time yesterday and acquitted himself
well. Mr.. Winnie has been duly modest
the entire session, not presuming to
speak on any subject and not until a
few days ago calling up bill and steer
ing it thru. But he has been faithful
worker and as the senate member of
| the committee on enrolled bills has Civ
en- most careful attention to every bit
of the legislation.
| The insurance men are again wor-
ried over the situation at the capt.
tol. The cause of their latest worry
! is the introduction in the senate of
the committee bill to provide for
uniform or standard policy of insur-
ance. When the bill was brought out
! to establish the New York standard
policy as the standard for Iowa the
members of the legislature were over
whelmed with petitions asking a
standard policy of insurance. They
came in one morning to every member
| of the house and for a half hour in
surance petitions were coming from
every desk. But the particular stand
ard policy desired was the one like
that adopted in New York. Now the
senate insurance committee hasa pol
licy bill which covers the entire Iowa
law and carries it out to the letter. 1t
state auditor. The insurance men
have claimed all along publicly that
they do not want any change in the
Iowa law and that the policy they
wish is one that will conform to that
law. Just the same, there is a sus-
picion in the minds of many legislat-
ors that the actual effect of the, adop-
tion of the New York standard policy
law would have been to repeal some
important portions of the Iowa law.
The new bill is not to the liking Of the
insurance men. One of them stated
yesterday that If adopted 1t would ruin
the business, and If is not adopted a
number of the companies doing busi-
ness in the state will be shut out by the
state auditor for noncompliance with
the Iowa law, and therefore the in
surance agents do not know what to
do.
The house calendar contains an i'm
portant bill in relation to the rights of
old soldiers. 1t removes the limit OF
time for the appointment of admins
traitors who may select land for the
benefit of the widow or children. The
present limit is five years. For this
purpose only. If the present bill is
passed the administrators may be ap-
pointed at any time.
One of the most important pieces of
legislation considered lately is the
Payne bill in reference to reports of
county auditors. The bill would re-
quire a complete report of every detail
of the financial transactions of the
counties to be printed in pamphlet
form at the close of each year. The
house inserted clause that it be also
,,nl,I;cbad in tho official papers hIlt