Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-27
HOUSE PASSES
M0LSBERRY BILL
The Merger Measure Removing
Railway Debt /. Limit
Adopted.
cuMMiNs MAY vEro II
cuMMiNs MAY vETo 1T
Strong Pressure on the Governor to
Have Him XIII the Measure
Senate Passes Hamann
Eleetrlc Railway Bill.

Des Moines Ia, March 1.-The house
has passed the Mo,sberry merger bill
to remove the limit of Indebtedness
from railway corporations, by 81 to IL.
This Is the bin designed to allow the
Burlington Railway company to issue
bonds to take up the stocks of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
1t the government wins in the suit be-
gun at st. Paul against the Northern
Securities company.
Strong efforts are being made to have
the governor Veto the bill, and 1t Is
rumored there is a possibility of his
doing so. Nothing definite could be
learned today. the governor having in
dulged no discussion of it thus far. The
bill has passed by an Overwhelmingly vote
and it is generally thought there is no
danger of veto.
The house passed the bill for a law
on negotiable Instruments uniform
with the laws of other states. Eight
cen states have already adopted this
measure.
ISy Go to As the house refused to adopt
the report of the conference commit
tee in favor of u modified Endorsement
of the Hoar bill against injunctions in
case of strikes.
The house defeated the Warren bill
revising the law as to an Anamosa in
dustrial reformatory for women and
killed the amendments to utilize the
abandoned building of the Knoxville
institution for the blind for the Wonl-
ans reformatory.
The Warren bin. creating depart
ment of Insurance. WAS reported fa-
vorably by the house appropriations
committee.
The HIamann interurban bill. grant
Ing electric interurban lines nearly the
same rights as steam railways, passed
the senate Highways can be used
With the consent of three-fourths OF
the abutting property owners. Inter
urbans reaching into cities and used
for commercial purposes must secure
the consent of three fourths of the
property owners abutting on streets
where the lines run and pay damages
Incurred by these property owners
The senate devoted most of the ses-
sion to considering II bill TO change the
scale of sheriffs' salaries, without reach
ing a vote
Confer on Appropriations
Governor Cummins and Chairman Garst
of the senate appropriation committee
held n long conference yesterday alter
noon and another today. during which
they discussed the appropriations 1t is
rumorcd this afternoon that Il new meth-
cd OF bringing out the appropriation bills
may he adopted as a result. III has been
customary since the board of control was
established to pass one omnibus measure
vita all the extraordinary appropriations
for the board institutions. The omnibus
bill this session carries $131,0oO. This abb
serbs all the money in sight for eStraor-
binary purposes, but there arc hundreds
of thousands OF other extraordinary de-
mands which must be met by increasing
the levy or mourning debt. on both. The
governor wants to he very certain that
Che greatest possible care is exercised and
10 this end the board of control omnibus
bill may be divided into q number of sep
urato measures so that he may veto some
specific items. If n single bill should pass
with the entire list ii would have to be
voted or approved as II whole. The appro-
l,ri:ition seekers arc worried over the
situation. All the leaders agree that Il
3-mill levy must he made instead of the
2.6 mills now in force and that even with
this increase there Will be a deficit.