Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-02
House Calendar Pretty Well
Cleaned Up, But Senate
Has Much to Do
THE PUBLICITY BILL BURIED
Measure to Require Corporations to
Make Annual Reports to the secre-
tary Of State Not Likely to be Acted
upon-senator Dowe'' to Stand for
Reelection.
Special to rimes-Republlcan


Des Moines, April 2.-The senate
Saturday refused to adjourn till thus
afternoon on the theory that by dill
gent endeavor 1t might be possible 10
reach final adjournment by Thursday
of this week While the house calen-
dar is well cleaned up the senate call
endar is badly burdened. There were
about 100 bills still on the senate call
endar when that body adjourned Sat
urday noon.
There is a proposition on foot with
the Spanish American war soldiers
who hold their national reunion III
this city this summer to get President
Roosevelt to attend. He will be in
vited by the regular committee but It
is proposed to use the weight OF a leg
islative invitation to induce him TO
come. Senator Turner is a veteran of
the Philippine wars and the matter mas
been placed in his hands to get res
olution reported from the military COM
mittee inviting the president to attend.
The matter will come up this week IL
is expected. There was some lncllna-
ton to look the matter up to see IN just
what form the matter should De
presented, whether in JOINT res
olution or concurrent resolu-
ton or whether to direct the governor
to extend the invitation before pre-
senting the matter to the committee.
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Among the bills left on the calendar
in the senate and house for considera-
ton this week and which because OF
the lateness of the day are liable 10
be lost in the shuttle, are the Ericsson
bill on corporations which gives the
secretary Of state authority to compel
them to report annually; the bill by
Young of Calhoun defining vaccination
as scaritication "a bill by the ways
and means committee of the senate
regulating the manner of keeping ac-
counts by county auditors with state
institutions; the child labor bill; the
bill prohibiting Sunday theaters ana
base ball; bill permitting the organ,
ization of hospital boards in the cities
Of 1880 population or over; the blli
permitting women to vote for presi.
Dental electors, the Molsberry Dill
permitting the names of candidates
for Judge nominated by more than one
party to go on the ballot under the
head of each party making the NOM
ination thus insuring a non-partisana
judiciary: the Hart house bill permits
ting erection of electric wires for COM
yeying power in the county along the
4. D;xyh1 hill
encouraging the planting of forest
and fruit trees; the Dowell senate bill
permitting cities to regulate the smoke
nuisance; bin providing for banks to
increase their capital stock, there be-
ing now no such law though there is
law permitting them to decrease
their capital stock; the Garst bill per-
hitting the holding Of district farmers
Institutes; the house and senate bills
prohibiting the use of certain poisons
in embalming fluids; the bill requiring
mine operators to furnish the shot
f1rers and examiners; the bill requiring
the holder OF mortgage to pay the
taxes on it; the bill amending the
law as to the sale of abandoned river
channels; the Offiil fire cracker bill;
bill regulating baby farms; the house
bill on compensation of county attor-
neys. These are not all of the bills
that must be considered or else die on
the calendar in the closing days of the
session, but are some of the more inn
portant, though not including the an
ti-pass bill which is again UP to the
house.
Senator Dowell will be a candidate
for reelection to the senate, though
he has not yet filed his affidavit with
the county auditor. The last day 70"
fling is April 10, or twenty days be-
fore the primary election day There
will be opposition to Representative
Teachout, in the person of John B
Sullivan, brother of Jerry Sullivan,
late democratic candidate for COVER
nor There is some disposition on the
part Of some Polk county people to
think that there should be at least one
lawyer in the house from this county.
It Is understood that Representative
Jepson is thinking seriously of being
candidate for speaker Of the house
NJ tho nert session yrovided ha lie re-