Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-01
VOTE STANDS % TO 81
senate Passes Bill Which May, II It
Becomes Lew, Prohibit Sunday
Baseball In Iowa, Though That Was
Not First Intention Of Authors-Antl-
Pass Bill Next.

DeS MONIES, FeD. ZS.-(Speclal)
The anti-pass bill was today
made q special order in the SEN
ate for March 8. The senate
passed the "anti-Sunday theatre
bill, three members voting against
1t. It applies to all places Of
amusement to which admission Is
charged and to all athletic exhibit
tions. It is said not to include
parks but to include baseball. The
promoters Of the measure. how
ever are not insistent on the base
ball clause and only want to stop
boxing and wrestling matches.
The Harper bill requiring all
gasoline sold in packages Of be-
tween pint and six gallons to be
sold only in red cans, passed the
senate this morning.
Representative Epperson tried
to obtain reconsid ideration of the
Woman's suffrage resolution in the
house, but was defeated by vote
Of "a to 46.
The Weeks'Equor inspection bill
went to the appropriation commit
tee today.
r.
Des Moines, Feb %. - The Cross
ley state wide primary bill was defeat
ed in the senate late yesterday after
naon bysa vote Of 81 ayes to 29 nays.
Every senator was in his seat and an
swered to roll call, and only one SEN
ator explained his vote. The negative
votes were cast by six democratic sem
ators, three Cumnins men and twenty
standpatters, and the twenty-one af-
firmative votes were cast by two demo-
Gratis and nineteen Cummins men.
1t was thought earlier in the after
noon that the adoption Of the demo-
cratic amendment allowing the minor
lty party an option as to whether to
hold primary or convention would
land the eight democratic votes In fav-
Or Of the bill. Later 1t was learned,
however, that not more than two of
the democrats would vote in the af-
firmative
AS soon as the friends Of the bill
found they could count on only Sena-
tor Lyons and. Senator Stirton Of the
democrats, they practically gave up
the fight and during the afternoon ses-
sion only Senator Crossley spoke for
the measure.
courtrlght crltIcIses the Bill.
Senator Courtright in a two hour
speech criticised nearly every section
of the bill. He finished at 4::30 o'clock.
BY this time the friends Of the meas
ure had given up the fight and made
no opposition to the previous ques-
tion. Senator Crossley closed the de-
bate in favor of the bill and then, on
roll call, 1t went to defeat by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas Brace. Crossley, Dowell
Eck1es, Ericsson, Garst, Hopkins,
Hughes, Kimmel, Kline, Lewis, Lyons,
Maytag, Smith of Mitchell. Stirton,
Turner, Warren, Wilson of Fayette,
Winn. Young of Calhoun, Young of
Washington.-21.
Nays -Bleakly, Brooks, Courtright,
Dunham, Elrick, Gale, Gilliland, Har.
per, Hartshorn, Hasselquist, Hayward,
Hogue, jackson, Jamison, Jones, Lam
bert, Molsberry, Newberry, Saunders,
Smith Of Des Moines, Spaulding, Stoo-
key, Stuckslager, Taylor, Wade Whip
pie, Wilson Of Clinton, Young Of Lee.
20.
Senator Hayward of Davenport ex-
planned his vote, saying while person
ally he favored the measure, yet his
constituents were opposed to it and
he should vote no"
crossIey Serves Notice.
In closing the debate for the bill,
Senator Crossley served notice on the
senate that there would be another