Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
IOWA HOUSE FOR !.
RATE LEGISLATION
The Weeks Resolution Asking
Iowa Delegation to Take
Action Is Adopted
TEMPLE REFUSED TO VOTE
The Senate Sends 1t to the Committee
on Federal Relations Where 1t Will
Remain For Some Time-The Case
of Doorkeeper Wheeler Bobs Up
Again to Bother Gale.
TEMPLE REFUSED TO VOTE
speela, to Ttmes-Republican.

this morning Weeks called up his reso-
luton to voice the sentiment of Iowa
In the matter of legislation in congress
to give greater power to the interstate
commerce commission and supporting
the policy advocated by Roosevelt. He
explained that it was merely to urge
that in national affairs we have the
same policy as in Iowa. The resolution
passed with eighty-five votes for and
none against.
Temple, who aspires to be. United
States attorney in the south half of the
state, was in his seat, and refused to
vote, and Buckingham, Of Buena Vista,
did the same thing. In the senate the
resolution was sent to the committee on
federal relations, where it will remain
some time.
The house smothered the Lundt res
olution to require lobbyists to report to
the governor and make known their
business by sending it to committee on
federal relations, with instructions to
report to the next legislature.
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Doorkeeper Wheeler, who had gone
home and sent his resignation because
of criticism of his published communi-
cation to the Rockwell Phonograph, to-
day telegraphed Representative STAN
berry his withdrawal of the resignation.
Senator Gale is angry over the with
drawal and desires action taken against
Wheeler.
A bill that every small town in the
state will be interested in is the bill in
troduced by Newberry relative to in
iuries received on sidewalks covered
with snow and ice The bill in brief
provides that if it is shown that side
walk was in good condition previous to
an injury and that the fact that the
walk was covered with snow and ice
was the chief cause of the injury sus-
tanned and not due to the condition of
the walk itself primarily there can be
no damages collected from the town.
The idea is that in many of the small
Ter cities and towns of the state the
town cannot afford to keep the walks
and streets free from snow and ice.
Frequently a street and walk will be in
perfect condition and some one will
slip on the ice and receive an injury
and get judgment that will be serious
for a small town or city. The bin is
patterned after Massachusetts law.
Senator Dunham has introduced a
bill which provides for uniform pol
icy in fire insurance. The bill carries
a form of policy and the bill is drawn
on the lines of the New York bill but
made to conform to the Iowa code.
Senator Durham declares that vast
majority of the people who carry fire
insurance are unacquainted with the
fire insurance laws. The companies
taking advantage of this fact draw
their policies on any lines they desire
and disregard the laws. He has gone
through the Iowa laws and drafted a
fire insurance policy that will conform
to the law and proposes that every poll
icy written shall be in that wording
so as to guarantee the people of their
rights under the law.
A feature of the new child labor
bill is a clause that gives the state Ia
bor commissioner or any person right
to force an employer to furnish a GER
tificate of the age and schooling of any
child of which there is question
raised. The law provides that for all
16 or under the employer must keep on
hand certificates of age and attendance
on school but further if the labor COM
missioner is in doubt as to the truth
fulness of the claims that any are over
16 he can demand a certificate for such
child also.
If the bill by Senator Stookey passes
it will be unlawful for waiter in the
restaurant or the porter on the car to
accept a qbribe or tip for his services.
1t would be as effective as the similar
law in Missouri.
Senator Young of Lee desires bill
to make the road hard for professional
gamblers. He would provide that
where a person had lost money i'm q
gambling place he can recover and
have a lien on the property for such
recovery. That would make some
property owners in cities look a Sec
ond time.
Where corporations are organized un-
der iowa law and choose to do busi-
ness outside the state and their Of
ficers cannot readily be reached. it is
found Impossible to get service on
them in court actions. Mr.. Langan
OF Clinton, has prepared a bill to rem
edy this. He would provide that where
CORPORATIONS are so organized and the
officers are not easily reached, SER
vice may be had on the secretary of
state in whose office the articles of in
corporation are recorded. In the case
of foreign insurance corporations it is
now provided that notice may be serv-
| ed on the auditor of state.
The military committee Of the house