Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-26
ACCIDENT CAUSED
Adjournment
Both Houses of Iowa Legislature
Adjourn Until 10 O'Clock
Saturday
STATE MARSHAL BILL DEAD
STATE MARSHAL BILL DEAD
Now Evident That Rankin's Scheme
for state con.tabulary viii Never
&c. Out Of Committee - Another
Plan 20 Accomplish Same Purpose
Being Formulated Into . eill.

Plan 20 accomplish odm0 eurpOSe
| Being Formulated Into eill.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 2s.-The Legislative
sessions were cut short today by the
elevator accident and when news Of
the same reached the chappDers. both
houses Immediately adjourned until
Saturday at 10 O'Clock.
The house passed without further
discussion. the bill to punish chicken
Thieves by two years In the peniten-
Itiary. The Cheney resolution endors-
ing the repeal OF the bankruptcy law
was being taken up when the house
adjourned.
The senate passed the bin to forbid
shooting live pigeons in gun tourna-
ments. The resolution was passed by
the senate providing for Joint commit
tee to investigate voting machines and
report on the practicability Of their
adoption in iowa.
Senator Bleakley introduced a bill
TO provide for the director Of marriage
reform and Instructor to privide for
publication OF books Of instruction for
no k4nAArd In nafrfnnnv
After q canvass OF the members Of
the legislature with reference TO the
bill to establish o state constabulary
for the especial work OF enforcing the
lprohibitory liquor law. It has become
evident even to the advocates OF that
measure that II cannot be passed. II
! Is doubtful if the bill gets out on the
floor Of the house for the members
OF the committee are not well im-
pressed with III practical workings. A
lc. Rankin. the author. has been haunt
| Ing the Hobbies Tor weeks and has but
tonholed every member Of the house,
and delegation After delegation has
been brought to the committee rooms
10 plSdl 1VE LIE IlG1SuIc, UuL IL Will
not become q law. What might be
called an alternative measure having
similar purpose but accomplishing re-
suits in an entirely different manner.
has been prepared for the consideration
OF the legislature. This Is bill 20
provide that any peace officer OF the
state or county attorney or other per-
son charged by law with the duty ef
enforcement OF law may be sunmari,y
and finally removed from office by
the state executive council OF the state
on evidence OF willful neglect or avoid
ancA OF duty. On the filing OF sworn
charges of i've reputable residents OF
the state any such peace officer may
be summoned before the council. when
he must Be given abundant opportun-
ity for d hearing IN refutAtion of the
charges, but II there are any found to
be we'll based, he IL removed, and In
such case the state executive council
shall have right to appoint some per-
son TO hll the Office thus made vacant.
The moral effect 81 such q law if, pre-
venting hagrant disregard OF the
sworn duty OF an officer would be con-
siderable. and its friends believe II
WOuIU IiOI oAtVA O0 bSN(o6dly " lIlSOAC
the law once its provisions became
II was to be enforced.
"An illustration Of where such a
law would be valuable" said a, legis-
tor. was offered a few years ago. A
sheriff had started for the penitentiary
with prisoner. He changed care at
Cedar Rapids and had some time to
wait. After time the police OF ce-
dat Rapids found the prisoner wander.
Ing about the streets and they asksl
him what ne was doing. Tn prison-
er on the way TO the penitentiary,'
he said. and. hic. i've lost the sheriff
They locked him up and notified by
phone the people at his home that he
was there and stock crazy. They
'phoned back TO hold him. but that It
was the sheriff who had gone wrong.
Then the sheriff showed up at home
and reported that his prisoner had
made his escape They told him that
the prisoner was in Cedar Rapids
looking for him. OF course suit was
brought to oust him. but before the
courts got thru the sheriff had been
out Of Office a year. With such a
law as the one Just proposed the sher-
If would have been summarlly re-
moved. The bill is not aimed partic-
ulariy at the prohibitory law. but as a
measure to affect constables. police
men. sheriffs. deputies. county attor-
neys and all others who refuse or fail
to perform their duty
The house committee on banks list.
ened to strong protest from private
bankers on the bill to have private
banks report and stand inspection AMI
voted to to indefinitely postpone
consideration of the same. 1t Is Inn
probable the bill will receive any fur
ther consideration.
The appropriation committee Of the
house has recommended the appro-
priation OF $4,000 for the League OF
Municipalities" in Iowa. to carry on
the work being done by that society.
1t is by no means certain, however.
that the appropriation for this pur-
pose win pass as there u some oppo.