Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
Agreement on Main Points OF
Moroccan Controversy Is
Not Likely
DETERMlN ED
FRANCE
Germany Not Inclined to Accept the
French View of Special Interest and
Special Recognition in the Moroccan
country-Conferenc Soon to Ad-
journ.
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Des Moines. Feb 10.-Insurance men
who are in possession of clear con-
sciences on the management of their
companies are advancing the idea that
| if there is an investigation of insur-
/! ance companies other than that
made already by the the aud
itor of state 1t should be by
several legislative committees instead
of one commission. For instance they
| say that If there is appointed one COM
mittee for each company in the state
the investigation would not last more
than six weeks and the entire subject
would then be completed and the COM
panies could commence work again.
This plan is advanced on the theory
that a commission to examine into all
the companies would be employed the
greater part of one year and that dur
ing all that time the insurance could
do no business because the public
mind would be unsettled by the public
hearings and insurance business would
be at IA standstill till the end was
reached. This plan was first advanced
by Hon Walt Butler of the new COM
pany organized last November 1T
would take two years to make up the
loss in business of the year of inves-
tigation, said Mr.. Butler today, 'and
al the end OF that time the companies
would only be where they are now. IL
the legislature investigates II should
appoint a committee for each COM
pany.s The investigation could then all
be concluded in six weeks at the most
and the loss would not be so great and
further the companies could then begin
business win renewed energy and pos
sibly with some benefit from the inves-
legations in the education of the public
on the matter of life insurance. The
various committees could then meet
and compare notes and make up their
recommendations inside of another
month and the whole matter would be
concluded. ! doubt if the legislature,
which is composed of reasonable men
are going to tear up the insurance
business in the state for whole year
and keep things unsettled. So far as
our company is concerned it is young
company, having been started only last
November and it would take not more
than thirty minutes to investigate us"
An important change is contem-
plated in the law relating to the sale
of intoxicating liquors to certain per-
sons, by a bill introduced by Mr.. Peet,
which proposes to amend Section 24O3
of the code as it appears i'm the sup
t,,;l. -, ,n,.in Of
ter the word Intoxicated" in the sew
enth line of said section, inserting
comma, and adding "or any person VINO
has taken any of the so-called cures
for drunkenness, or who, because OF
his habit of becoming intoxicated. is
unable himself to procure intoxicating
liquors as a beverage, or whose Wlle,
husband, parent. child, brother, sister,
or guardian, has served written notice
on any saloonkeeper or druggist forbld-
ding the sale of Intoxicating liquors
to such person." and also by adding at
the end Of said Section 2403 the follow
|.ing-"and anyone violating any of the
provisions of this section shall also be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor."
Mr.. Conn, the quiet member from
Butler county, is going to put an end
to school disturbances, and he has
introduced bill which would add this
drastic section to the code:
Every person over the age of Ia
years, whether pupil or other person,
who shall wilfully molest or disturb
any public school while the same is in
session, or while the pupils are as
sembled in the building or on the
grounds, and subject to the authority
of the teacher thereof, or who shall
wilfully interfere with, or interrupt
the order, management, or govern
ment, of such public school by acts of
violence, boisterous conduct. threat
enine or Drofane and scurrilous IAN
guaga, or by wilful violation of the
rules and regulations of such school,
shall upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by fine not exceeding 800 or by
Imprisonment in the county jail not
more than thirty days
The agricultural committee of the
house will report on Monday in favor
of the passage of the Powers bill to
establish a twine making plant at the
state penitentiary at Anamosa for the
making OIL plnueF tWlHe, anu ''Sh 'iis.e
the bill go to the appropriations COM
mittee to consider the appropriation
necessary The scheme contemplates
establishment of somewhat expen-
sive plant at the penltentiary. but the
farmer members are decidedly in favor
of having the state go into the work
of smashing at least one monopolist1c
trust.
The appropriations committees have
been figuring on the sum of approprla-
tions to be made during the session.
It is found that the total of the sums
asked for in various interests Is run
ming up to near the three million mark.
and the legislature has nomMally but