Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

berry bill, and embraces the features
of both the resolution introduced ear
ly in the present session of the legis-
lature by Senator Molsbcrry of Co
lumbus Junction and the bill intro,
duced by Senator Warren, and known
as senate file No. 10. The bill is prac.
tically what has heretofore been in.
dictated in these letters and gives the
commission fright to go to the bottom
of things, investigate any and all COM
panies, summon and swear witnesses
and take testimony on any question
deemed advisable. 1t passed the sem
ate after a short debate. with only
two dissenting votes, and went
through the house with but one vote
recorded against it. The commission
will begin work soon after the final
adjournment of the present session of
the legislature and will make its re-
port not later than the LIST of Decem-
Der of this year, the report to be
printed and submitted to the thirty
third general assembly, which will
meet early in January, 1907.
The report will contain the findings
of the commission relative to the pol
icy and practices of the various com
panies, will contain recommendation
regarding revision of the laws and
also recommendations regarding uni
form policy or policies of life insur-
ance which may thereafter be sold in
Iowa.
The adoption of the law for the an.
pointment of this commission has had
the effect of side-tracking several
bills which were before the senate
tending to reform certain practices
of the companies at present. Most
important among these is the Conn
bill, providing that companies must
make annual accountings of dividends
to policyholders. This bill was pre-.
pared by State Auditor Carroll. 1t
| was reported out in the house, but
received no consideration in the sen.
ate, because of the pending inyestiea.
| ton.
SCUdlC NUS tTlTUdEv-6tII.
Thursday of last week primary cleo
| tion law agitation received its quietus
in the senate, when the new Crossley
bill, providing for county primaries.
on an optional basis, was defeated
"a for it to l6 against. The stand.
patters in the senate all voted for the
bill and the Cummins men, or pro-
gressives, were opposed. Preceding
the killing of this bill in the senate,
tthe house had slaughtered the Elem
niken statewide primary for the NOM
nation of all officers. including Unit
ed States senators, and also substl-
tute bill by Hart for county nominal
lions only. The former was a plural
ity and the latter a majority nominal
ton measure. The obliteration of the
Crossley bill in the senate completed
a record of five primary bills put to
'death in open session of the present
assembly, not to say anything of four
or five others which did not get be-
You'd the doors of the room wherein
the committees on elections consid-
cred them. The honors for killing
these bills are divided about evenly
between the so-called standpat and
progressive factions of the Republican
party. the former standing for a pri-
mary law which would not 90 above
county and legislative Offices in its
scope, and requiring majority of
votes to nominate any candidate, and
the latter raising the scope to take in
every office up to United States sen.
ator and allowing a plurality vote to
nominate.
| Board of Control Bill Killed.
The board of regents bill for state
educational institutions, which passed
the senate by vote of rs to IS, was
defeated in the house after two
days debate, receiving but 3S votes
to "a against it. 1t is claimed that
lobbying on the part of officers of the
state college of agriculture and me.
chanic arts at Ames had much to do
with the death of the bill in the house
and that fractional differences in the
Republican party also played consid.
cradle of role in the matter
Indeterminate Sentence Bill Defeated.
The Saunders indeterminate sen.
tence bill, a measure which has been
before the legislature in one form or
another for several sessions was de.
feated in the senate, receiving but is
votes to % against it. The result on
the passage of the bill was keen
disappointment to Senator Saunders,
who had, with Representatives Tenn.
pie and Jones, put in much time the
past two years, as commission ap.
pointed for that purpose, in investi.
cation of the workings of the indeter.
inmate sentence law in other states
and who labored heroically to crowd
the measure through the senate.
GEORGE GALLARNO.