Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-09
FAVOR CALLING
Of CONVENTION
Lewis Resolution on Election
Of United States Senators
Favorably Reported
PLAN ADJOURNMENT APRIL
Resolution to That Effect Offered in
the Senate Today-eiIliIand ResoIu-
tion Not Yet Printed in Journal
Action Taken With Reference to
Terms Of State Officers.
Special to Times Republican.
[By Ora williamsl

lBy Ora WilliamSJ
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 9.-When the
senate adjourned at noon yesterday it
had under consideration the commit
tee substitute for the Hughes anti
pass bill. which was taken up at 10: 30
Lon special order. The consideration
Iof the bill was continued again to-
day being taken up Immediately after
the routine business of the morning.
The matter under consideration when
the senate adjourned yesterday and
which was taken up on the opening
today was whether or not to strike out
section four of the bill and in the opin-
ion of many OF the senators including
senator Gilliland Of Mills. who has
taken strong stand in favor of the
bill and who introduced the amend
1nent 70 strike out section four, the
question strikes at the very vitals of
the bill Section one of the commits
tee substitute prohibits giving passes
TO or the taking or requesting of passes
py city, county, district or state Of
hcials including judges and members
OF the general assembly, or to any dele
gate to political convention to use in
attending such convention or return
therefrom, or to any member OF any po-
htical committee or employe thereof or
to any candidate for a city, county.
district or state office, or to jurors in
state or federal courts, any free pass
ticket or other privilege at rates less
than charged the public" Section four
provides that the law shall not apply to
persons who are bona flde employees
OF steam or interurban railways tray
cling over the lines OF road on which
they are employed nor to newspaper
owners or employees travelling on trans
portation received in exchange for adj
vertfsing.
1t is the contention of Gilliland, Dow
ell. Garst and others that this section
four takes all the life out of the bill
and permits legislators II acting as at
torneys Of railroads or legislators who
are newspaper men to travel on free
transportation. They claim that the
entire section should be eliminated and
that IL a person wishes to hold any
public office he should resign his en-
ployment with railroad or in other
words that he must choose between
a public office and working for a rail-
road.
Senator Turner offered an amend
ment to section four providing that
county, district and state officials
should not be exempt from the law even
though employees of roads, bat allowing
all other public officers II railroad em-
ployes to ride on passes. Gilliland ac-
cepted this as substitute for MS
amendment, but afterward on the floor
stated that he was not sure but hes had
been hasty in doing so. Senator Turn
er's amendment adds after the words
Exchange transportatl-:.s. III section
four. the words: 'eXcapt when sucn
EMPLOYEES are candidates for or incum-
bents of county, district or state of
fees or delegates to political conven-
tions"
Senator Hughes on opening 4he dis
cussion Of the bill secured an amen1-
ment by adding section from his orig
inal bill providing that no employe OF
a railroad can be exempt from TESTIFY
ing under the law but cannot be con-
yicted on such testimony. BY ms
amendment the following is added as
section six of the committee substitute
and section six is renumbered sectloh
seven: mo person and no agent OF
officer of any corporation wltnln tne
purview of this act shall be prlVlieseo
from testifying in relation TO anytalhe
herein prohibited; and no person nav
ing so testified shall be liable to any
prosecution or punishment for any OF
fense concerning which he was required
to give his testimony OF produce any
documentary evidence"
Tho Substitute.
The substitute bill as reported from
the committee is as follows:
"Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful TOT
any steam railway or interurpan rall-
way company doing business Wluh'h
the state, or any officer, agent OF rep
resentatiye thereof. to issue, give or OF
fer to any city, county, district or state
officer. including judges and members
of the general assembly, or to any del
egate to a political convention to use IN
attending SUCH COuNCtlItoAA ~
therefrom, or to any memper oL any
political committee or employe Thereon
or to any candidate for city, county,
district or state Office, or to jurors III
state or federal courts, any free pass
ticket or other privilege at rates less
than charged the public.
"Section g. No city, county, dlstrlct
or state officer, and no delegate 10 q
county, district or state political con-
vention, and no candidate for county
district or state office. and no member
of any political committee or any en-
ploye thereof, and no juror IN stale or
federal courts, shall request or use any
such free pass. ticket or priviiege'
sold or conferred at less rate than
the rate charged the public, over any
steam railroad or interurban railroad.
Section 8. The holding Of q notAr-