Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
and asked bills and { We never BEEN
defeated yet"


defeated yet
There has been a , = deal of earn
est and honest feel :. manifested In
regard to the bills ing to the ex3
emption from attach = 1t of the wages
of the laboring mer . A strong lobby
has been maintaine : ere during the
winter working for this measure. Olo
of the surprises was in the case of
Representative Temple, who when tha
first bill was before the house. utterly
opposed all bills designed to let down
the bars which protect laboring men;
but when the second bill, regarded By
many as the more damaging of the
two came UP he was found to be for IT.
The experience of Mr.. Teter Of Marie
county, as related by him is in point.
"a few days ago l was in an Office
block in Des Moines,' he said, and
was there invited to go into a certain
office, where i was questioned In re-
gard to the exemption. bill. ! soon
made it known l was not in favor OF
the bill. I was politely informed tn {.
l would have to be seen in regard to
it. | went home two days later and
delegation of business men called IN
me and demanded | should rencrt the
exemption bill. ! found out very
quickly they had come on the orders OF
the man who had talked 10 me in Des
Moines Their sole interest emanated
from the lobby. Friday morning on
the floor of the house, the man who
had first interviewed me--the presi-
dent of the Retail t;rocers' Associa-
ttrr, Yn1ly yA6 SC = nv IA
floor. He insisted should vote for the
bill. I declined to do 50. He thraate,.-
ed me- / asked him if it was his in,en-
ton to cut short .he Political 'areers
OF everyone who would not Cow to
his dictates. He told ne thay had found
1t necessary to get rid OF several i'll
that way and they might have to DO so
In other cases. That is the sort of
pressure hat has been brought 20 bear
in behalf of this bill"
Mr.. Teter, on the floor Of the house,
said he would like to repeat for him
self and make his own the remarks
a month ago of the member from
Woodbury. county in regard TO The.
same subject, that If his political future
depended on support of sucn meas
sure, then TIL with his political
future. But the exemption bill went
thru the house, number having
changed their minds or having had
their minds changed in the past few
weeks 1t Is a measure that 1t still
being hard fought by wage earners.
Speaker Clarke last week visited a
few days with his father and mother
who live In the little town OF Drake
vlle in Appanoose county. Mr..
Clarke says that the town is unique
in that 1t was finished many years ago.
and the people have never thought II
ne cessary to indulge in expansion or
.remodeling. II is just as It was when
he was boy and played in the streets
and contemplated what great man
was the father of General Drake that
he should have founded such a city.
Mr.. Chrke's parents live on farm
near the town where they have lived
many years and as the speaker had not
visited them for long time and he
found himself in need OF little change
from the routine of welding the gaval,
he made the visit. In his absence
Speaker Pro Tenn Cummings presided
over the deliberations Of the house
with entire effectiveness.
s>ss
Governor Cummins has now signed
about sixty bills There are not many
of general state importance. but the
assembly has worked out most Of the
bills that are of a special character.
The legalizing acts are as numerous
as ever.
The road law repeal now looks very
much like a sure so. The house has
expressed itself decidedly in favor of
the amendments in the Chassell bill.
which contemplate giving townships
permission to return to the old sys-
TEN practically, under some restric-
tions. The senate has not considered
it very much, but the sentiment is
strong there for the passage OF the
bill.
"Such a statement embodied in a
report in the indolent and incompetent
senate might be appropriate. but not
in this house." were the expressive
words by which member of the house
a few days ago referred to the south
end of the legislative body.
The bill to make the first judicial
district the same size as the First con-
sressional district passed the house,
but motion to reconsider is pend
ing. Two members, at least, failedsto
grasp the meaning of the bill and said
afterwards they would not have voted
for it. The claim is made that this
is q scheme to get rid Of a democratic
Judge. but this is denied. However, 1t
was only a few years ago that Lee
county asked to be set off in dis
trict by itself. and now asks to get in
with other counties.