Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
Desperate Efforts on Part of the
Lobby to Keep the Bill
Tied Up
TO BE TAKEN UP NEXT WEEK
Senator crossIey Declares lie Will
Force the Committee to Act Early
in the Week Some Members Of
the House Complaining of the Delay
Legislative News.
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Special to Times Repu bllcan
Des Moines, Feb. 10.-The fate of the
primary elections measure is still the
uppermost topic before the legislators
and the lobby The latter is especial
ly interested. Some effort has been
made to secure a count of noses, but
it has not been satisfactory. Some
members are talking one way and maxi
they are for primaries heart and soul
but not for the bill nor for it as it
will finally come to them. The house
is thus far waiting for the senate to
do something, but unless the senate
acts soon the house will have a chance
to see whether the democrat stand
pat alliance will hold out as planned
by those who made it when the con-
test case was up. Action in the SEN
ate has been somewhat delayed by the
fact that Senator Crossley has been
compelled to be absent on many days
recently. He insists, however, that he
will force the bill before the senate
fairly the coming week. AS the days
go by and he sees more clearly what is
involved in the fight he and others
who favor the measure become more
outspoken.
I'VE will not permit the lobby to
block this thing forever said Senator
Crossley today. 1T is too important a
matter The tactics Of the railroad
H., tT,1n, ,tn cd fNv a
time but not for all time. Unless the
bill is passed at this session of the leg
islature, l shall introduce before the
session. is ended, q resolution submit
ting it to the people for their direct
approval in the form of constitutional
amendment We ought to permit the
people themselves to say what they
want If this legislature refuses to
give the people what they want we
will let the people decide.
There has been some delay because
| have been away, but the bill Will
come out of the committee the coming
week. There will be very few
changes reported by the committee. II
was thought best to change the pro-
visions as to registration in slight
degree. and / understand there is some
real objection to permitting a candi-
date for a state office to file a petition
from voters in fifteen counties. These
objections come from outsiders and
not from members of the committee. In
case the plurality vote is retained
| this provision seems absolutely neces-
| sary to prevent burdening the ticket
| Senator Young. of Calhoun, has in
| troduced a bill increasing the allow
ance of the Boys Industrial school al
EIdora to $11 a month per inmate. and
the school for girls at Mitchellville to
SIS a month per inmate. For some
time the state board Of control has beer
| Informing the Legislature that the in
crease in the cost of the necessities OF
life is making it next to impossible to
live within the limit and give the boys
and girls the things they should have
They have lived within the appropria-
ton by limiting the things furnished
The Young bill provides that when the
attendance at Eldora shall be less thar
500 the auditor shall credit the de-
partment with $1,000, and when the
attendance at Mitchellville shall be
less than zoo the department there
shall be credited with $4,000.
Senator Lambert has introduced a
bill to cut off 500 copies of the reports
of the state officials that were added
to the number to be bound into the
official documents. When the Iowa
Library Commission was created soc