Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

Bailey, Buckingham, Garden, Chas-
sell. Christianson Clary Colclo, Cum
mings, Darrah, DeMar Doran, Dow,
Lister. Lowrey, Lundt, McNie. Maben,
Martin. Mates, Meredith. Mott. Olson.
Powers. Pritchard, Robinson, Sankey,
Shaffer. Spaulding, Teter. Weldon
Whiting, Wright and Speaker Clarke.
The Conn Insurance bill which pass
| ed the house will hardly get thru the
senate, as the disposition is TO Kill 1T
off and wait for another legislature.
| The bill is the one recommended by
| the state commissioners of insurance
to forbid the system Of deferred divi-
dends which is regarded as chief
| among the evils of life insurance man
agement.
The house refused to permit Des
Moines newspapers to have so cents
square for publishing the laws and
other official matters. They now get
SO 1-3 cents square. But the house
voted down the same bill to increase
the pay.
The senate yesterday passed the
house bill appropriating $4,000 for a
bust of Samuel j. Kirkwood to be
placed in statuary hall, Washington.
in the capitol building: passed the
bill appropriating $500 to pay former
Adjutant General Byers for collecting
money from the government for the
Spanish American war veterans; lp-
FL, n>,fp ion
work for Ames college; appropriated
$500 for state board OF health lab
oratory at Iowa City; appropriated
sS623S to w. w. Tapley and Phillip
Morgan for valuable coins stolen from
the historical building; appropriated
$500 to L. II. Fenton for injury to his
foot while working at Mt. Pleasant
from an insane patient allowing cake
of ice to fall on his foot
The senate committee on judiciary
has amended the house fire cracker
bill so that it will not go into effect
till January 1. 1907. so as to pra.ect
merchants who have already purchas-
ed their supplies of goods. and further
amended 1t so that nothing but black
powder can be used in explosives for
Fourth of July. The committee has
recommended for passage the house
bill to regulate baby farms of which
there are large number in Des
Moines.
The senate has passed the Turner
bill making the children sent to state
institutions the wards of the state and
giving the state board of control au-
thority to adopt them into homes.
The senate concurred in the house
amendments to the bill to protect birds.
The amendment made the bill SUN
that persons could still engage in the
business of buying and selling birds
from countries outside the state. There
is in this city the Iowa Bird Company,
owned principally by Mr.. Page who
owns the Iowa Seed Company. The
Bird company engages in the purchas-
ing and selling of parrots, canaries
and all other kinds of pet birds and
the bill as first drawn prevented this
company from continuing business leg
ally.
Senator Crossley is debating wheth-
err or not he shall offer a resolution
submitting the question of primary
elections to the people for q constisu-
tional amendment. He is not reai sure
that it can be done and ha ;n't gotten
over his defeat of the othe: day on his
second primary bill The aiscov ary of
the provisions of the bill such chat it
could not go into effect till 1910 is
causing considerable CO nmenl still!
about the senate chamber. The stand
patters profess that they We're ignor-
ant of the fact that ...e bill would
work out in that way but some are
disposed to claim that It was in tile
form of Joker" attached to the bill.
1t can be said positively that not
Cummins man was aware when he
voted against the bill that it had that
provision or he would have used Ii
in an argument against the bill. The
Cummins people in the legislature are
perfectly willing to put off till 1908 the
first use of the primary SO that the
argument cannot be raised that IL Will
assist Governor Cummins in the pres
ent campaign but profess that they see
no reason for delaying the matter fur
Their than that.
Just who will be appointed on. the
insurance investigating commission Is
matter of some speculation, tho 1T is
believed that the president of the SEN
ate has decided on the two to be APP
pointed from that side. 1t will neces-
sarily have to be two members who
hold over and will return at the next
session. This cuts out Molsberry, who
offered the resolution. He is a candi-
date for congress and is not up for re-
election to the senate. 1t will neces-
sarily have to be lawyers, as it is.law
matters largely to be considered. AT
least one from the senate will be law
yer at any rate Senator Warren, who
offered the Warren bill, is. a hold over,
and the other lawyers who are likely
candidates who hold over are: Cross
ley. Durham, Gilliland, Jackson, Jami-
son. Jones, Newberry, Saunders. Stock
ey. These are sure to be members of
the next session. There are other law
yers who will be up for reelection, but
their reelection only will determine
their return. Senator Whipple is one
of these, but it is understood that he
does not want the place anyway. War
rem, Durham and Jamison are three
very likely persons for the position.
The senate yesterday took up the
house bill to permit the calling of min
listers Of various denominations to the
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