Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-15
KILL NARSHALS BILL
A. c. Rankin Bitterly Disap-
pointed at the Action of
the Committee
ONLY FOUR VOTES FOR BILL
Promoter of the Measure Declares tho
Only Thing Left for the Temperance
People of Iowa to Do is to Go Into
Politics-vote In Committee Sur
prise-The News Of the Legislature.
ONLY FOUR VOTES FOR BILL
[By Ora williams.l

I Icy ora WllllamS.l
Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Feb. 15-"rhere is
nothing left but for the temperance
people of Iowa to go into politics." So
said A. c. Rankin last evening.
The senate committee on suppression
OF intemperance, by vote of to had
decided against reporting for favorable
action on the state marshal bill. 1t
went to it's slaughter today.
Mr.. Rankin made no concealment of
his bitter disappointment. He has been
a conspicuous figure during the ses-
sion, as he was two years ago, the
chief advocate of the plan for having
a state marshal system for the en-
I forcement of the prohibition laws of
the state.
Il have been telling the temperance
| people of the state" he said, that
| they could get hearing before the
| general assembly of Iowa, and that
| they would get hearing when they
present a measure that is meritorious
| We have been at work four years or
ganizing and preparing to secure this
| reform. Over 200 cities and towns
have been organized and are back of
this movement. We have spent time
and money in getting ready for the
measure. The state is thoroughly or
ganiZed. And today we discover that
this legislature is unwilling even that
we should have hearing on the floor
| no
| We are shut out.
| What of the future? 1 am done
with this plan," and he brought his
| fist down with a bang on a senatorial
desk
There is nothing left for the tenn
perance people but to go into politics.
They can do as they did in Ohio. There
they knocked out seventy-one mem
bers of the legislature and the govern
or before they got thru with it, The
issue is purely political.
why should they have refused us
hearing?" he suggested. Not per-
son appeared before this committee
to oppose the state marshal bill 1t
has the approval and support of the
temperance people. Even the saloon
keepers did not oppose it. A good
many of the better class of saloon
keepers signed the petition. Yet we
are denied a hearing"
The vote in the committee came as
a surprise, as it was generally believed
the bill would come out on the floor for
discussion. The chief objection, sug-
gested by some senators was the
enormous cost of the marshal system.
Discovery that there was a joker
cleverly concealed in bill introduced
a few days ago by Mr.. Cobb, of Tay-
lor county, has brought a number of
telephone men to the legislature post
haste. The bill is worded in the most
general terms, but in short it means
that all telephone systems will have
to connect with all others, and this was
pointed out in this correspondence at
the time. 1t appears that this is not
wanted either by the monopoly sys-
tens or the larger and better indepen-
dents, but that it was measure for
the benefit of the small systems scat
tered over the state, so that they could
force connections with the better
systems.
The house Judiciary committee had
killing time yesterday, and killed
off a senate bill to give jurors beds
where they have to stay out over night,
bill to make town marshals truant
officers bill to forbid use of liquors
in political campaigning. bill to en-
large the scope of written evidence
that might go to a jury, bill to copy
right the supreme decisions, a bill to
punish for melting felony. bill to
require bonds for park commissioners
where they serve without pay, also two
bills relating to collection of fines.
The osteopaths will have to make
another try. Their bill to create a |
state board Of examiners to certificate
osteopaths was killed off in the house
committee on public health.
The house today received favorable
report on the bill which has passed
the senate authorizing acceptance of
the Gait bequest by the state college.
The house committee on insurance
today reported a bill to change the law
in the matter Of publishing insurance
statements. Heretofore the companies |
have designated how and when they
shall be published. Under this bill the /
state auditor shall have the statements |
published and uniform fee of Sc will |
be charged for each one. The same
committee also reported a substitute
bill permitting stock companies to in
sure horses and registered cattle.
The senate committee on railroads !
has referred to a subcommittee thu
Hughes and Turner anti-rass bills
with instructions to report {: measure
20 the committee. Netwi hstandins
the unfavorahle appearance of the
committee Senator Hughes is very
hopeful that the committee will report
a measure to the senate ard he be-
ieves the tendency now is toward his
measure to prohibit state officials and
delegates to political conventions AMI
officers of political parties only from
riding on passes or at less than the
regular fare. Senator Hughes is of the
opinion that the railroads will not SER
iously oppose his bill for the reason
that they are anxious to kill the pri-
mary election bin and do not feel that
it Will be good policy to oppose both.
The senate judiciary committee has
to subcommittee both the
Iilliland bill prohibiting divorced per-