Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-02
SHARP DEBATE IN
|H[ HOUSE TODAY
Bill to Permit New Trials in
Criminal Cases Causes
Spirited Discussion
SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE
House Passes Measure to Require Re-
porting of Divorces to Boards of
HeaIth-EckIes Takes Part in Move-
mont to Authorize the Insurance of
cattle-LesisIative News.
'pecial to Times-R Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb 2.-The senate in
house bill to permit new trials in GRIM
inal cases where new evidence is dis
covered. Dowell chairman on the ju-
dietary committee, recommended that
the bill be defeated. Garst defended
the bill and declared it had merit. Sew
eral lawyers intimated they would
support the bill with a minority report
and Try to effect passage and it was
sent back to the committee for fur
lher hearings.
In the discussion on the bill to per-
NIT of insurance of horses Eckles led
in a movement to have the bill include
cattle as Iowa has more valuable cat
tie than horses and it was sent back
to the committee. The senate passed
the bill to permit larger number Of
park commissioners.
The house today passed bills to re-
quire reporting of divorces to the
board of health, to print larger number
of proceedings of teachers associa-
tieA to appropriate for placing names
of orphans on the monument at Ce-
dar Falls, to appropriate for emergen-
cy at Eldora and to punish for So
liciting immoral acts; also joint res-
olution for an amendment to permit of
drainage laws.
Among new bills was one to give ex-
Adjutant Byers $500 for collecting
Iowa's war claims, a bill to permit
to increase the salary of the superin-
tendent at Mitchellville, to provide for
millage tax for the normal school, TO
sell abandoned river channels and. to
eliminate the circle and party name
on the official ballots in cities.
The bill by the representative from
Marion county for an appropriation Of
$500 for a monument to the
memory of the late Cover
nor William M. Stone. provides that
the sum shall be expended under the
direction of the local G. A. r. post at
Knoxville 1t will be recalled that the
governor died few years ago long
after retirement from active life, and
the fact is that he died in poverty and
his relatives have not been able to
erect for him a monument suitable to
mark the resting place Of one of Iowa's
war governors The bill was accom-
panied by memorial from the G. A.
r. post at Knoxville.
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One of the members Of the house
from northern Iowa received letter
from a constituent requesting him to
have sent a Des Moines saily news
paper that gives good account of the
proceeding of the legislature, provided
such paper is published which does
member was forced reluctantly to
write his constituent that he was
seeking the unattainable.
Members of the general assembly
who have had the delightful expert
ence of season at the Iowa lakes are
considering the advisability of a law
to compel the equipment-o of the vessels
on these lakes with life preservers. 1t
| is said that some of these vessels car
| nv several hundred passengers at a
| time. on excursion days, and that very
few of them have any provision what
| ever for preservation of life. There is
| no law to require the use OF life pre-
servers in Iowa. If this continues the
fear is that some day Iowa will have
marine horror of great magnitude, for
| it would be possible to sink one OF
these ships in the middle of lake
with great loss Of life.
The Offil automobile bill is dead. 1t
died in committee Mr.. Offil explained
| the necessity for the bill. He told how
last summer an automobile frightened
drove of cattle he was driving along
the highway and the animals scattered
to the fields. The owners of the corn
came on him for damages. He pro-
tested that it was the fault of the
automobile fiend. A compromise was
effected on the basis that Mr.. Offl
should come here and get through this
amendment to the law. requiring that
an automobile should be stopped when
meeting animals and the driver should
get out and stand beside the machine
Mr. Offil will have to seek some other
ground for a settlement at home.
The bill to permit the use of the
split log drag on roads in Iowa was re-
ported for passage to the house today.
The bill to require the use of wide
tires on highways was also recon-
mended. The bill to raise the county
tax levy. or to permit it being raised
from to 2 mills. was sent to sub
committee consisting of Cohurn,
Weeks and Davie
Hazins Court is Adjourned.
Annapolis, Md, Feb. 2.-The court