Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-03
D)R APPELLATE COURT
Temple Introduces a Bill Pro-
viding for a Court With
Three Judges
THE RAILROAD LEGISLATION
THE RAILROAD LEGISLATION
The Usual LARGE Number of Bills In
troduced, But Not Many of Them
Will Be MISUNDERSTANDING Bill
Presented Today-Letss for Trustee
at Ames.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. 3.--The Legislative
S ssion today was confaed to the in
PRODUCTION of bills and presenting pc
Ititions. The appellate court bill was
introduced BY Temple. providing for a
separate court for portion of the
cases going to the supreme court, To
lliave three judg9s.
The bd!l prepared by the drainage
association which met at Ames was
presented by Wright. 1, provides for
an entire new statute on drainage and
provides for bon t:ug districts for
ditohes. Bills for state consumption
hospitals We're introiuced. one to be at
Fort Dodge and the other at a place
TO be selected Senator Dunham intro
duced the juvenile court bill and Call
ierwood the bill to require private
banks 10 submit 10 examination. \
memorial was presented to be present
cd 10 congress asking for an increase
in the pay OF rzpr,sl mail carriers. but it
was not acted on.
Petitions to have a state reforn,a.ory
for women established at Knoxville
and for the re-estalbMsfm mt of the In
dustrial home for the blind there were
presented. Se,na tor Saunders introduced
bill TO increase the time OF punish
meni for assault to commit murder. 50
La sentence OF thirty years could be
made. A large petition from Vinton
was presented. asking for u state law
fosrbidding Sunday baseball
The usual thing in the way of pro-
prosed railroad legislation Is at hand
in the state legislature. A dozen bills
nave been introduced and are befoee
the proper committees. There is much
planned and little will be done. The
house committee on railroads and COM
merce held a meeting and the chair
man, Mr.. Wise, of Black Hawk county.
laid before the committee the bills that
have been presented and are ready for
action. The attendance at the COM
mittee meeting was large and there was
much interest manifested. Represen-
tatives of the railroad companies ap-
peared before the committee to ask
for hearing. Among these was
Judge ]. c Cook ard delegation of
the Milwaukee railroad company en-
ployes from Marion: James C. Davis.
of the Northwestern. and j. G. Brady,
of the Rock Island Judge Cook was
spokesman for the railroad people and
he addressed the committee suggest
ing that the committee give open and
public hearings on all the bills, and that
persons interested for and against the
measures be invited to attend and to
state their Views. This policy has
been pursued in the past with the en-
tire satisfaction to all Interested. He
would deprecate any secret meetings
on these bills of such general public
interest and would have the widest
publicity given to all proceedings. The
committee voted to not take up any of
the bills this week. but to begin public
hearings as suggested next Tuesday.
1t is learned that representatives of the
tiSN dlOt companies ttl'i Vi lIe SloCh
shippers association and of the rail-
roads and farm interests will all ask to
be heard on some of the several bills
before the legislature. The bills that
We're printed and before the commits
tee were the following:
The DeLano bill TO forbid discrir-
nations as between stock shippers,
and to place the railroad companies
under the strictest regulation as to
the transportation of livestock, fur
nishing fast trains and cabooses and
free passes for the shippers. etc. The
bill imposes heavy fines for any In
fraction of the law and puts the rail-
road company on the defensive at all
times. 1t Is regarded as the most
drastic measure of the kind ever pro-
posed. and as 1t WAS drawn by care
ful lawyer ii is one not easy to attack
on technical grounds. 1t is stated that
Mr.. DeLano has back of him the stock
formed an organization to secure some
legislation along the lines suggested.
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The Hanna bill for free transporta-
tion for stock shippers. This bill does
not so as far as the DeLano bill and re-
fers to the one subject of passes for
stoclmen.
The Stanberry bill to require that
companies shall grant to any
one elevator sites on the right of way
The demand for this comes from the in
dependent elevator men. who complain
that they are not given privileges equal
20 those of the line companies and that
1t frequently happens that they are
forced ou; of business by reason of the
determinations of the railroad com-
panies in granting elevator sites. The
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