Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-08

members have been changing thelr
minds repeatedly. and it was said by
one of the lobbyists that it appeared
as if the last one to see the members
got them. The bill has been jostled back
and forth great deal.
The elevator in which the state house
accident happened has been changed
so that there is wooden grating over
the rear door. and because of this the
members who have committee rooms in
the gallery floor have to climb a wind
ing stairway to reach the rooms. There
is some complaint on this account. The
elevator has been run every day since
the accident The closing of the rear
door was thought by some to be nec-
essary to make the elevator safe, but 1T
prevents its use save in the lower part
of the building and many of the MEM
bers have doubts as to the, necessity for
any change.
Adjutant General Byers. of the na-
tional guard. has set the date for an
other interesting scrap in the Fifty
fourth regiment. The election has been
called for March II, for the election
of colonel and major. to I'LL vacan-
cies which will occur the first of May.
The commissions of Colonel Caughlin
and Major Dunlop. It is learned that
Colonel Caughlin, who lives in Ottum-
wa. will he a candidate to succeed
himself as head of the regiment. There
is some opposition due to the fact that
he has not devoted very much of his
recent time to regimental matters and
Lieutenant Colonel Bishop has been
entered in the race for colonel. Major
Dunlop is candidate to succeed him.
self and Captain Howell of Iowa City.
will oppose him and possibly there will
be others.
The pure food bill which was prepar-
ed by the agricultural department has
already been modified to meet the OBJ
jections that were made to the bill by
the jobbers and manufacturers who
have appeared in large numbers to try
to kill the bill The members of the
committees believe they have made
notifications that will still preserve
the value of the bill and yet not make
the law Objectionable as to hinder any
proper business now carried on in the
state. A much stronger show of OPP
position to the bill in general wds
made by the manufacturers than any
one supposed would be possible. AMI
this even from the manufacturers who
are doing business in Iowa.
The bills which are before the legis-
Iature having for their purpose the
of% ~, lf of n n
notes, are being strongly opposed. The
bills would provide that where note
is given for insurance in stock com
pany, the collection of the note IN
court must be by suit in the county
where the maker lives and not in the
county where the insurance company
is located. The evil OF the present sys-
TEN was shown some years ago When u
went broke In Des MOinsS
having out large number OF these
small notes scattered all over the state
and all payable in Des Moines They
were sold for a song and a shark got
hold Of them. He sued In a Des Moines
justice court. The maker OF note who
owed less than $25 would find 1t much
to his advantage to pay rather than to
send to Des Moines and fight the case.
If he resisted the case was dropped.
Most of them paid UP, though not leg
ally liable on them after the failure.
James A. Davis, formerly of Keokuk.
appeared as a lobbyist against the
bills.
Mr.. jacobson, the member from Win
neshiek, for the first time addressed
the house when his bill to change the
method of changing names of persons
in Iowa came up. Mr.. jacobson is
farmer but was for many years a Nor
wegian Lutheran minister. He shovel
in few words the great necessity for
changing names, especially among the
Scandinavians, and pointed out the diff
ficulties under the present law. which
are SO great that few secure q legal
change of name. There is movement
in most of the northwestern states to
have this reform effected.
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