Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-02
HOUSE CHAG[S MIND
Attempts to Reconsider the Lar.
rabee Bill and Gets Into Par.
liamentary Jangle.
Motion to Reconsider the Vote
Carried. Taken Up by the
Senate.
Right to Send 1t Back to the
House Observation-Disclosures
Case Up.

morninp made manifest it's change OF
mind in regard to the Larrabee bill for
the publication of the reports OF the
proceedings of the executive council. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed was filed by Wilson
and seconded in writing by Messrs.
Hurn, Cummings, Furry, Fields, Car
den, Greeley Dunham, Temple, Clarke,
Donahue and twelve others. The mo-
ton was taken up at once and recon
sideration was by viva voce vote and In
the same way the senate was requested
to send back the message by which 1T
was transmitted to that body. A ques-
ton arose as to whether the passage OF
the bill could be reconsldered without q
roll call, but the speaker held 1T could,
ard If the senate passes the bill and
sends it back he will not recognize 1t
as passed. The matter was brought up
send the bill back. The point of order
was raised and sustained that it could
not be considered at the morning hour.
The bill. therefore, remained with the
senate. Inasmuch as the bill had al
ready been taken up in the senate some
senators hold they have no right to
permit the house to take the bill back.
The house will defeat the bill If 1t gets
control of 1t again.
The senate considered the Wesley Ell
kins pardon case, chairman Whipple of
the pardons committee speaking for the
pardon and relating the story of the
crime and its surroundings Senator
Bishop. of Clayton county, created a
sensation by displaying the heavy club
with which the boy murdered his par
ents and giving a graphic account of
the manner in which the murder was
committed. He pleaded long and elo-
quently to the senate not to release
Elkins and pictured the boy as dem
on, dangerous to be allowed at large.
The case was not finished at noon.
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81 The honse passed the Sweeley bill to
give cities the power to regulate tele-
phones and fix rates; the Meservy bill
fixing the time of holding school board
meetings in September; the bill to give
the state board of health power to To-
cate pesthouses; a bill to require ex-
animation Of engineers; and a bill to
protecting levies.
The house took up pardons matters
this afternoon and the first case de-
cided was that of Otto Often, of Po-
cahontas, the resolution for parole
passing, 43 to 3S. s
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The Larrabee bill came as a complete
surprise in the house. 1t is now plain
what is in the air The whole thing has
been a reed upon In advance. The bill
as introduced and rushed thru the
house before anybody knew what was
happening is the sixth section of the
bill which passed the senate and was
prepared by the senate subcommittee
This provides that a complete record
of the executive council shall be kept
at the time of making the assessments
1t refers to proposing motions, making
roll calls and recording the votes gof
members, and the publication in the
Des Moines newspapers of all this rec
ord. The declaration that the bill was
desired by Gov. Cummfns carried 1t
thru without question. Late in the
afternoon of yesterday it reached the
senate and Garst moved to take it up.
This was done. Lewis moved to amend
assessment bill Moffit clipped out an
other section of the old bill and offered
it. Junl1in got his shears and added an
other section and in short time the
entire bill was proposed. In this con-
dition it was left as unfinished busi
ness, the amendments being merely
proposed and not acted upon. The SEN
ate was busy with the governors veto
at the time. There We're but few visi-
tors in the house and nothing had led
to supposition that the bill was con-
sidered. The veto message was easily
disposed of and it is evident now that
those who might have voted not to sus-
tain the veto simply refused to do any
thing. AS has been stated before the
veto was final and and absolute as to
the original Molsberry bill. The new
Molsberry bill, which is in effect a COM
promise measure, is on the calendar to
await the action of the senate later on.
1t may not be reached until the sitting
committee gets to work, and as Pres
ident Herriott has the appointment OF
the sitting committee it is not at all
certain that the bill will get out at all.
1t is understood that some of the
friends of the governor are trying to
find out in advance whether or not he
would veto the bill. If they can make
a favorable report the bill will be
passed. But the governor has taken
the dignified position at all times that
he will not attempt to influence egis-
lation in any way nor indicate what his
purposes are until he gives it out Off
cially. 1t is doubtful if the governor
will take hand in the case.
The printing committee of the house
took issue with the senate on the bill
which was designed to cut off the
printing bulletins by the state geologi-
cal society. The bill went thru the SEN
ate because of the publication of the
bulletin on grasses which cost such a
large amount of money. Members say
they Go not know anything about that
particular bulletin but have had more
calls for it than for any bulletin and 1t
is probably good thing. But the house
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