Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-09
HOUSE AND SENATE
IN SHARP CLASH
The Bill to Allow Majority Rule
In Waterloo Causes Much
Ill Feeling
HOUSE WANTED TO RECONSIDER
Senate Refused to Return the Bill and
II Will Become Law-courtwrisht's
stratesy-Sonate Reconsiders Kuhn
Pardon caso, But Decides Against
tho Prisoner.
special to Ti,nes-Republican.

Des Moines, April 9.-The house and
senate found themselves in sharp an
tagonism this morning when the house
made the discovery that 1t had unwit-
tingly passed the bill to allow ma :
jority rule in Waterloo as soon as that
city grows large enough. The bill to
give relief to East Waterloo had al
ready passed the senate and the enroll
a motion to reconsider was filed in the
house by Temple. and parliamentary
discussion followed as to whether the
house could reconsider it's vote on the
bill after it had passed the senate. 1t
WAS decided the vote might be recon-
sidered and the house asked the senat te
to return the bill, and this was done.
The senate refused to return the bill
and 1t viii become a law. The house
members were mad and voted unani-
mously to recall the bill. Teachout,
who introduced 1t, declared he did rot
know the bill would affect Waterloo.
pardon case oil Sarah Kuhn three
hours last night, spent nearly as much
time on the case this morning and at
IL o'clock voted on the case. deciding
20 to 26 to not grant the pardon.
80 .
AS the result Of the speech of Sena-
tor Courtright on the bill regarding
drainage OF lake beds in northern Iowa
a boom has been started for him for
governor. Senator Courtright took up
the Jake bed bill and persisted in keep
ing in the bill feature which some
persons In the senate seemed to want
to take out. that of providing that the
lake beds when drained and sold shall
be sold so that the proceeds above the
bare cost of the drainage shall go to
the counties in which they are situated.
Some persons desired that the pay
should all go to the state. The mem
bers of the legislature from the north
ern part of the state who We're strongly
for the lake beds bill came to Court
right in a body after his speech and
suggested to him that his words might
go long way in the direction of maxi
ing him governor. OF the state as he had
shown himself able to take up most
important work and do something for
the people.
1t is learned that considerable opposi-
ton developed at the end to the bill
providing that new companies must
submit their articles Of Incorporation to
commission consisting of the secre-
nf cto 10 no ~ 60,
they could be flied The bill was pre-
pared by Representative Cummings af-
ter consultation with the attorney
general; but 1t was feared that with a
law which virtually authorizes some
body to put a stop to the organization
of companies of questionable character
or not having genuine capital stock.
there would be trouble for some pro-
moters. This w;ls the nearest to any
return to the old question of mergers
of two years ago in which the governor
took such a pronounced stand and in
Cured the enemity Of the promoters.
1t has long been known that the COVER
nor believes a company should not be
chartered on any fictitious valuation
of stock for exploitation of stock. If
the present bill becomes a law it will
go far toward cleaning out of the state
some of the fake concerns.
.
One thing which has, as much as any
other, brought about little slowness
in the finishing up of the work of the
legislature this session, is the fact that
the legislature ms de a new rule to the
effect that all the enrolling of bills shall
be done on typewriters. AS the en-
rolling paper is unusually wide it be-
came necessary to buy typewriters es-
pecially adapted 10 the work, and one
was purchased for each house The en-
rolled bills are therefore typewriter
for the first time In the history OF Iowa;
but it is obviously impossible to call
on the committee clerks and others at
the finish and put score or more at
work enrolling bill 8 so as to hasten the
finish.
While the house passed bin reduc-
ing the number of committee clerks by
one-half and providing that they. shall
be selected in different way and that
they shall all be stenographers, and
while there was some ugly talk on the
DIN WHICH might Iidu 10 tHe Ueilel tIidt
the committee clerks are a worthless
lot, and that their pay Is pure graft
unon the state the fact remains that
great many of the clerks are most ex-
cellent young men and women, that
they work hard and faithfully, that they
are We'll behaved and honest and that
they deserve even better pay than they
get. The trouble $ that good many
are selected who are worthless and who
practically never report for duty or are
unable to do good work. and this puts
double duty on the others 1t Is also
true that there is really much more
to be done by committee clerks than
merely to write the personal letters of
the members, and in very many ways
they contribute to the advancement Of
the work.