Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-13
Recently introduced System AZ
fecting Iowa Supreme Court
Gives Good Satisfaction
THREE TERMS EACH YEAR
Plan is to Divide Each Term Into
Three or Four Periods, Thus Distria-
utins the Cases Evenly Thru tho
Year-FinaI Hearings of First Term
to Be Held in April.
pecial 10 Times Republican:

| Des Moines, Feb. 13-The Iowa SUI
second period of the first term of the
court under the new rules. The court
heard oral arguments on five days OF
| The present week and took under adj
| visement the cases from the districts
| in the eastern and central part OF the
state There will be no other cases
submitted until March S, and then there
will be the final hearings in April. The
court has now gone half way thru the
docket for the January term. The sys-
tenn is reported to be enhnently salts
factory 10 the court and lawyers rs far
as they have gone. The plan IS TO have
three terms each year with three or
four periods On each. thus distributing
the cases evenly thru the year AL
| ready the court has delivered decisions
in quite number OF cases that were
argued to the court the second week
OF January. After the system gets In
to good working order dt is expected
that the court will be atle to decide
within four weeks after submission all
the cases presented save those about
which the court is in doubt or ON which
there is division OF opinion in the
court.
Rehearing Asked.
An application for rehearing in the
case of Chester Tyler. from Jasper
county has been fled by the attorneys.
One ground is that owing to his pow
erty he was unable to employ counsel
and the right to have counsel appear
for him and orally argue the case at
state expense was denied. A really am-
portant question Is involved in the case
that OF the county attorney calling
an assistant to take charge of the grand
jury while investigating the case, and
in this instance, the lawyer called hav-
Ing been, according to the statements
of the defense, practically employed for
some time in prosecuting the case
against defendant Tyler is serving a
life sentence for the murder OF Dr.
Failor at Newton. his purpose being
robbery, and Dr. Failor's watch was
recovered from a coaored woman in
Des Mones to whom Tyler had given II
soon utter the murder.
Visit Institutions.
The plan OF members OF the aegisla-
ture 10 have sub-commdttees go to the |
various state institutions before con-
siderasion OF the appropriation bills,
met the hearty approval OF those who
are in charge OF the various educational
and other institutions. Leaders at the
three colleges have been here the past
ten days and they all expressed them
slves as appreciutive of the fact THAT
Legislators are to visit their respective
institutions The members OF the board
of control were DESTROYS that commits
tees should be sent TO the institutions
under their charge. The two appro-
priations committees were divided into
eighteen subcommittee OF three each
and they have gone to the various In /
stitutions today. The old way was for
larger committees OF the entire general
assembly to go to all these institu-
.ions and 1t was customary for there
to be a recess Of week or more for
this purpose. 1t is expected that very
soon after the return OF the members
of she appropriation committees the
appropriation bills win be perfected, 80
far as they relate to the institutions.
and they will be reported out for action
some time this month.
Iowa Banks.
The summary OF the reports OF the
national banks OF Iowa on the last call
OF the comptroller shows that there
was decrease in deposits OF nearly a
half million dollars and the lawful re-
serves also decreased slightly. The
state auditor made call for state
ment OF the condition OF the state and
savings banks on the same date. This
is not yet complete. but enough has
been shown to Indicate that the reports
will show an aggregate increase of de-
posits in January over November and
the bank reserves are certainly as good
as they were. Generally the banks are
in better condition than they were last
FALL or during the summer. There was
a time when the bank condition was
not very encouraging in Iowa and
good deal OF nervousness was felt by
those familiar with the situation, but
this appears to have all disappeared
and again the banks are on the up
grade One thing which Indicates this
is the fact that there are quite a mum
Der of new banks being formed now.
while during last fail the increase was
entirely stopped for several months.
Kidney complaint kills more people