Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-17

EXEMPTION BILL is DISCUSSED
The Report on Making Binding Twine
at the Pententiary Received With
No Further Action Upon it-several
Minor Measures Are Passed in the
Senate.
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Des Moines. March 17.-The house
today made another attempt to flnish
up the ST. Louis exposition appropri-
alton bill and after discussion con-
Cured in th.. senate amendments by a
vote of S6 to 0. Then 1t was discovered
that the bill had not been read first
and second time and the whole thing
, should be gone over again and 1t was
reconsidered and laid over.
The house received the report today
in favor OF making binding twine at
the peniten,iary without approviding
slider the vote by which the bill to
enlarge the first judicial district was
passed. The house had the $40 exemp-
tion bill under consideration at ad-
journment.
The senate today passed. bills to re-
ldmburse the teachers at the deaf school
bill to reimburse the board of veter-
inarians.
The compulsory education bill was
passed today providing for sixteen
weeks school attendance. commencing
at the beginning of the school year and
the bill to give the dairy commissioners
one deputy and two assistants was
passed.
Senator vfhipple is father OF Bill
(which was reported for passage to the
senate today which extends the pro-
visions of the insurance law which re-
lates to the state auditor approving in
surance policies to the life insurance
business and adds the governor and
attorney general to form a commission
with the auditor of state to pass on
the form of all life insurance policies
written in the state. The state has
had more or less scandal in connection
with this matter and 1t lis understood
companies will make no objection to
the plan.
The bill to repeal the road law is
again hung Zip. 1t is a bill which has
aroused great deal of opposition and
some very strong support. But the
fact is that some of the support has
been of kind not very useful. 1t IS
from members who believe that the
present road law ought not to be touch
ed but who have been bonlbarded with
petitions from their constituents for re-
peal and are under obligation to vote
for repeal The bill came up yesterday
and was debftted. But 1t was not per-
fected as yet. To save the measure Mr..
Chassell had it ordered engrossed, and
lin the meantime an effort will be made
to rustic up the votes for the bill.
An invitation has been extended the
legislators to go in "a body to Iowa
City to visit the State University. The
Invitation came from the Commercial
Club of Iowa City. When the univers-
ity people were here a few days ago,
this was suggested, and now the in
vitation has been formally extended,
and it is believed the legislators Will
go.
The bill to provide for sale Of tn =
lake beds has met with strong opposi-
ton, and it is doubtful if any measure
disposng of this troublesome ques-
ton can be got thru. A bill drawn
by Jacob Sims, Of Council Bluffs. 70
provide for the disposal OF land along
the border rivers of the state, is re-
ceived with much more favor, as it will
enable some competent authority to
keep pace with the vagaries of the
Missouri river.
One of the most pathetic of the many
cases coming; to the attention of the
state legislature for consideration in
the way Of 8. pardon is that of Henry
Hall, or Frank Hall. of Pottawattamle
county. Hall has served in the peni-
Tertiary many years for the killing of
a man in Council Bluffs. He was an
old man when convicted. He is now
S4 years old He is Inflicted with u
cancer on his neck. which appeared
about a year ago. He claims that the
barber at Anamosa cut his neck and the
cancer started from this, and the bar
Der says he i,ut into a wart and start
ed it. But 1t is a genuine malignant
cancer. lie PRISON pHySlS4dHS iCaiAS
the man carnot live long. He is be-
ing treated with the X-Ray machine
and this has effected partial healing
of the canceIous growth. But the old
man wants out. He was stage driver
in New England back in the '40s, AMI
came out to Chicago before 1850 and
did stage driving for the old Western
Stage Company, afterwards driving
into Iowa out of Galena He moved on
westward with the frontier and finally
came back to Council Bluffs. There IS
no claim on his part of innocence;. but
he desires 10 go outside the prison
walls to die. An assistant deputy
warden offers to give him home and
Father Coffin will take him. If neces-
sary, to Willowedge. Warden Hunter
states that the old man is uncomplaln-
ing and resigned. that he does the
little work assigned him each day and