Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-08
Measure For Redistricting the
State Reported in the
House Today
eREENE's SCHEME is ACCEPTED
Likely That 1t Will be the Cause of
Another Outbreak of Politics in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Chance of Pass
ing Both Houses-Demurrase Bill
Meets With Considerable Favor.
by Ora Williams1
Special to Times Republican.

by Ora Williams1
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March Snow we are
likely to have breaking out of poll
tics In the house of representa- tives, for
the committee on congressional dis
tricts has reported to the floor for pas
districting the entire state. The details
OF this bill have been given before and
the committee made no change In tho
districts, though some consideration
was given to plan to leave Monona in
the Eleventh But the main thing is to
get the bill fairly before tle house for
discussion. 1t means that members Of
the house are at the point Of making
such a shaking up In congressional dis
| tricts that the delegation of standpat-
+. tiers at Washington will be UP in the
air about It.. The bill has been much
discussed and many have analysed It
and found that Ut comes near ITO being
as good a plan for changing all dis
tricts as possible without entirely ig-
noring the congressional delegation.
There are number who believe that Y
stands good chance of going into the
statute books.
/ The house agricultural COMMITTEES
has recommended for passage a senate
hill forbidding the use of adulterated
or impure milk or cream in the max
/ - 6,,tt al. ,Io l>tl trH
provide punishment to creamery men
who misuse the Babcock test for
cream. These are both in the interest
of the Iowa dairy industry.
Representative McAlhster has intro
duced by request bill which provides
that mo person, company. or corpora
| ton who has been convicted, in either
a civil on criminal action of violating
amy OF the provisions of this chapter
! (seetfon 2451 of the code) can again
avail himself of the bar to proceedings
as provided in sections PAS and 2449
for period of two years after the date
/ of such conviction. and no building or
| place which has been declared a nus-
| ance by any court In either civil or
| criminal action can again be used for
the purpose Of receiving, storing, keep
/ ing or selling Intoxicating liquors for a
period of two years after such find
ing"
In the discussion of the Teter resolu-
! ton calling on George Whitmer to eX-
plain his continued absence an effor.
was made To shut off discussion by
| calling attention to the fact that the
journal of the house shows that when
| Whhtmer went home soon after being
seated he was excused indefinitely. The
speaker called attention to the fact
that IL the records SO show they are
wrong, for the chair has not given any
| indefinite leaves of absence for thu
reason that he has no right to do so.
| W'hitmer was in fact absent without
| leave.
The purpose of the Temple amend
ment to the Gilliland resolution is
plainly to have it so arranged that
there will be a committee of investi-
cation appointed that will make a re-
port agreeable to the railroad lobby.
Temple would, of course, claim the
right to place on the committee, and
it would not be hard to secure a COM
mittee in the senate that would do
what the lobby desires.
bill just introduced proposes rails
ing the salary of the custodian of pub
lie buildings to $4,000 year.
The Powers reciprocal demurrage
bill has so far met with the favor of
or in,1lf 49,
house as tos be sent to a special COM
mittee to be improved and to be put
In form for passage. Chairman Pritch-
ard has not yet named the special
committee, but will do so. There were
some suggestions as to amendments
and changes in the bill and it was
thought best to have a committee take
these all under consideration. At any
rate some of the objections to the bill
could be met by a revision of the same
so as to make the parts harmonic
more with each other. The bill will
undoubtedly be reported to the house
for action. and 1T will cause a good
fight on the floor.
The Teter shotfirer bill got thru the
house after hard fight and with
narrow margin of one vote. There was,
as usual, some bitter opposition to the
bill and determination that the bill
should be so changed that the expense
of protecting the miners and the mines
should fall upon the miners and not
the operators, but the house voted down
all such changes The bill is patterned
after the Illinois law 1t is not as
drastic as the federal law for. mining
in territories.
The move to establish state labor
bureaus in the large cities of the state
is not yet dead according to Senator
Hayward. He also says that the man
ufacturers' association of the state is
misled if it thinks that the movement
originated with the labor unions of the
state. 1T was surprise to me that
any such a claim should be made on
the part of the manufacturers assoc
citation" said Senator Hayward today,
in speaking of the matter. "rhe move
ment started with the Associated Char
tiles, Y. NJ. c. A. people and others OF
that class of institutions. The move
ment was more in the line of charity
than anything else. These labor bu-
reaus had to be placed under some state