Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-16
Minority Party in the Senate
Will Not Introduce a Pri-
mary Measure
HOLD BALANCE OF POWER.
The Democratic Delegation, However,,
Is Said to be Divided in Opinion On
the Primary Bill-Game Wardens
Hunters License Bill Submitted
Legislative News.
by Ora Williams.l
Special to Times-Republicar.

Special to Times-RepublicaE
Des Moines Feb. Ex-senator Lam
bert believes that there will be no DEM
ocratic primary bill offered. He stated
today that he had heard of no such a
move, that he had not contemplated in
Producing any such a measure himself
and had heard of no other democrat
having such an idea. He was quite
the senate though there might be in
| the house. 1t is generally recognized
now that the democrats in both houses
| If voting together on the measure hold
the balance of power but no concerted
plan to work together can be discov-
cred. In fact the democratic delega-
ton is diviued on the measure and cam
not be counted in body either for or
against the measure. The fact is not
| generally known, but M. j. Wade and
Jerry Sullivan are each in favor of the
| primary election law and have given
| their promise to use their influence with
the democratic members for the meas
ure.
| Senator Kimmel has introduced the
| bill recommended by Game Warden
Lincoln requiring a license of hunters
of 81 each. The bill provides that
every person hunting inside the state
except persons hunting on their own
lands shall be required to carry a Ii
cense. This license is issued only to
| persons over 16 years old, or, if under
| 16, with the consent of the parents,
and the license is issued by the clerk
of the district court on the payment
of fee of $110. The 81 goes to the
state treasury and the 10 cents goes
| to the district clerk for issuing the Ii
cense. All appropriations for the Of
flee of fish and game warden must be
paid from the fund created by the pay
ment of this license till the fund is eX-
hausted.
Senator Durham has introduced a
bill requiring sheriffs to record the
sales of all real estate sold at sher-
| ifs sale. There is law now requir-
| ing the keeping of sale record book"
but it seems the law does not make it
plain that it is the duty of the sheriff
| to keep the record. Hence it often
happens that there is a break in the
| title to piece of land necessitating
| considerable expense to clear the title
because of the fact that some sheriff
has allowed the papers to lay about
| the office till lost without recording
the facts of the sale.
The senate killed the Gilliland bill to
change the manner electing the di-
rectors of. the state department of
agriculture so as to elect each director
by the vote of the delegates from that
congressional district. The bill got as
spirited a debate as any measure that
has been before the senate at this ses-
sion and the directors of the DEPART
ment were continually referred to by
Senator Gilliland as silk stocking"
fellows designing to perpetuate them
selves in office.
At present the delegates from the
county institutes of the state meet in
the annual state convention and elect
eleven directors one for each congress
sional district. Senator Gilliland pro-
posed that there be one director for
each congressional district but that the
directors be not elected by all the del
egates from all the counties meeting
together but by the delegates from
each congressional district meeting
separately and voting only on the di-
rector from that district. Senator Gill
liland claimed that the chief requisite
of director now was that he wear silk
stockings and be a congenial fellow.
Senator Brooks, farmer, defended the
present system and asserted that when
Senator Gilliland claimed to be far
mer he meant merely that he was en-
gagged in farming the farmer. He de-
clared that every advocate of the pro-
posed change with the exception Of
Gilliland was a person who had been a
director and was defeated for re-elec-
ton under. the present system, thus
disproving that the directors were per-
petual.
The first vote on the bill was 81 for
and 10 against Being bill to pass a
vote of 26 was necessary. Before the
announcement Of the vote Senator Gill
liland changed his vote so as to vote
against the bill, with the purpose 1t
is presumed, to move later for re-
consideration.
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