Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-27
SHORT SESSION
0F LEGISLATURE
Both Houses, However. Trans
acted Considerable
Business
HOUSE PASSES WRIGHT BILL
HOUSE PASSES WRIGHT BILL
Provides for Suits Against Common
Carrier. on Account of Claims for
Damages to shipments-compuIsory
Education Hill May 30 Amended =
News Of the Assembly.

| News Of the Assembly.
| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. .7.-Both sessions
of the legislature today were brief
The house passed the bill of Wright
to provide for suits against common
carriers on account OF claims for dam
ages to shipments. all suits at one
place, no matter where the damag.
was done Also for $4,000 railroad
maps, for $1,000 for the Benedict home
and for increasing support OF the In.
dustrlal school at Mitchellville.
| The senate passed bill to fix wha
shall vote shares OF stock of corpora :
TONS when the same Is In litigation
or has been pledged or attached. and
the bill to classify state documents
and place them all under control 81
the executive council
The senate school committee re-
ported substitute bill on compulsory
education, providing for sixteen
weeks attendance at the beginning OF
the term and mandatory as to truant
officers In large districts The state
| good roads bill was introduced in the
| senate also.
The coroner's jury investigating the
cause OF the elevator accident in the
state house. is at work today and took
testimony. most OF which tended to
show that the accident was not due
to any defect in the machinery.
The senate today passed resolu-
ton in memory of the late Senator
Saigott. Of Grundy Center. Sena.o:
Eckles and Representative Cummings
introduced bills today to Change the
law regarding pension money dt the
Soldiers Home, when 1t has been for
fetted. so that on good behavior 1t
can be restored after ten months.
What might be called distinguish
ing feature OF the Thrueth general
assembly particularly In the matter OF
the work OF the lobby Is that the
women who are SO prone to hover
about the legislative halls ana TO haunt
the committee rooms, appear to have
turned their faces In direction dif.
ferent from that Of other years. There
Is less talk Of women demanding their
rights and OF equal suffrage and puri-
flying the ballot and more EFFORT to
secure some measures OF reform char
acter relating to the betterment OF
society. the protection oS children AM,
humane education. II was announced
previous to the session that the constl.
tutional amendment for striking the
word male" from the constitution
would again be pressed upon the as
sembly. Il has not yet made Its APP
pearance and II is now Certain that
there is absolutely no natural sen.i-
mert among the members for Its reap.
pearance. But there are many won an
engaged IN work with the legislature
along lines OF practical benefit. Most
conspicuous !s the work for humane
legislation. Already bills have been
passed in one or the other branches
providing for teaching humane princi-
pies in the schoolA and to protect birds
from the depredations OF the cruel
sports. and TO prevent shooting live
birds at gun Tournaments. The efYo-t
to. secure a state humane bureau has
thus far made little headway but the
women are persistent. Then there is the
Juvenile court bill. which contemplates
reform in the method Of dealing with
young offenders IN cities so that thav
shall not be encouraged to crime rather
than prevented from going down. The
bill to forbid employment Of children
IN occupations harmful to them Or tina.
would prevent their growth and deve,-
opnent has been we'll received: and
the women are the strongest support
ers OF this movement. Then there Is
the determination OF the W. c. T. u.
that women's reforn1atory be opened
In accordance with laws already made,
as place OF reformation for n large
class OF women not candidates for the
penitentiary and too old for the indus.
trial school for girls. The women are
also much Interested In the work for
separating the inebriate. from the In
sane and thus putting the inebriatA on
a good footing. Inasmuch as the
women are so deeply interested in all
these matters the usual denonstra.
tioiI III sidSoI VI Il constitutional amend.
ment directed at the word male" has
been deferred until later day.
sss
The house judiciary committee to-
day reported In favor of indefinite
postponement of the Martin bill to
provide for the appointment of special
deputy county treasurers to assist in
the collection OF taxes that have been
withheld 1t was bill intended to ia
cilitate tax ferret work and in part to
take its place. The same committee
recommended for passage bill by Mr..
Lamkin to require that county record
ers shall re-record instruments where
errors have been made in the record
ing and to do this free Of expense:
also bill to make correction in the
law relating to damages done live stock
by dogs.
The wife Of Representative Lowry.
Of Calhoun county. i In San Diego.