Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

repeating the law discriminating
against foreign insurance companies in
the matter OF taxes. fixing their tax at
rs per cent, or the same as the com
panies OF the United States outside of
Iowa pay. In executive session the
senate confirmed the appointment of
l.. G. Kline to succeed himself as
member Of the board of control and
of r. r. McCurdy to succeed J. D.
McGarraugh as custodian of the cap
itol. Senator Hartman voted against
McCurdy.
House.-The Crossley primary cleo
ton bill failed to pass the house We'd
nesday. there being only 4S votes for
it to 81 against. A motion to recon
slider was fled and the bill will be
called up again. The general provi.
sions of the bill are as follows: All
parties shall hold their primaries on
the same day; these primaries are to
be governed by practically the same
rules as govern the general election,
the judges and clerks to be the same;
delegates selected at the primaries
are instructed to vote for the candi.
dates receiving the largest vote in
their respective precincts. All re.
turns are to be made to the county
auditor, who Is to certify them to the
conventions of the respective parties.
Senator Crossley, Representative
Greene and others interested in the
bill are engaged in amending 1t to
some extent and another attempt will
be made to secure its passage. The
biennial election amendment passed
the house Wednesday with only six.
teen votes against it. 1t has already
passed the senate and will now be re.
ferred to the next general assembly.
by which it must be passed before it
can be submitted to the people. 1t
has been properly recorded in the
journal of each house so as to insure
it's constitutionality on this score. The
bill appropriating $37 500 for stock
pavilion at the state fair grounds was
passed.
Des Moines, March 20.-Senate.-
Tho senate passed the Hamann house
bill. with amendments, granting the
right Of eminent domain to interurban
trolley lines, allowing them to use the
highways, applying to them all of the
laws relating to railroad corporations,
but prohibiting them IRON entering
cities as street car lines for purposes
"
may operate within cities as street
passengers, mail and baggage, but II
they haul freight they must use the
streets as railroads and pay abutting
property owners damage, getting in
return perpetual franchises. The
senate concurred in the house amend
MEETS to the bill creating fire and
police commission to superintend
these departments In the city of Des
Moines and the bill now awaits the
signature of the governor to become
a law. The bill to require telephone
companies to file profiles of their lines
and make annual reports to county
auditors and to report to the executive
council instead of the auditor of state,
was defeated.
House.-The house passed the
MolesbeTy bill removing the limit of
bonded Indebtedness which Iowa rail-
road companies may incur. The vote
was IS to 10. The bill has passed the
senate and awaits the signature Of
the governor. Clarke called up H. F.
351, establishing a law regarding ne.
gotiable instruments uniform with the
laws of other states and repeating Sec
lions 3043, 3045, 3049, 1880, 3051. 1852,
1854 and 3O55. He explained the meas
ure at some length, stating that it
had been adopted by number of
foreign countries, by nineteen states
of the union, and that there was a
great necessity for such a law in this
state. The bill he stated was sim
ply codification of the law and deci-
sions on the subject to conform to sim
liar laws in other states. After a
short debate the bill passed. Among
bills passed were the following: Pro
hibiting baseball and football on Sun.
day; placing cat fish on the list of pro-
tected fish; providing that hosting
engineers must have two years exper-
fence before certificates Of compe-
tency are issued to them. The house
adopted by a narrow margin the con-
ference report recommending sub
stitute for the former resolution en-.
dorsing the Hoar bill in restriction of
injunctions, but did not vote on the
resolution itself. The house commit
tee on insurance has voted to recon-
mend for passage the Merriam bill
for the creation of department Of
insurance, separate from the office of
the auditor of state, who has super
intended insurance business IN Iowa.
DEMncRATS MAKE ISSUE