Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-22
Iowa Legislators Observe Wash
ington's Birthday By Interest
ing Program Of Addresses
ATTACK STATE HEALTH BOARD
Gill to Create District Sanitary Con-
ventions Brings Out Opposition to
the Board-senate Makes 2-cent
Fare Bill a Special Order For Next
Tuesday-WiII Be Passed.
snec,a, 10 Times-Republican.

Special TO Times-R Republican
Des Moines, Feb. 90. Sickness
among the legislators who are mem
bers OF the legislative double male
quartet, necessitated leaving that num-
ber off the program today in opserV-
ance of Washingtons birthday. The
ioint session opened at IL o'clock, with
President Garst of the senate. IN the
chair. After prayer by Representative
Inman. of Floyd, a preacher member OIL
the house. addresses were delivered in
order by Representative Swift, OF Shei-
by, Senator Crossley, of Madison, Rep
resentative Van Mouten, of Taylor. and
Harding OF Woodbury.; Seators GILL;
land. OF Mills, and DeWolf of Grundy
Following the regular program, other
members were called upon, and the
program closed with the singing OF
"America."
In the discussion of the bill provid-
ing for district sanitary conventions
and for increasing the salary of mem
bers OF the state board of health, an at
tack was made on the state board by
Miller, of Bremen, who claimed the
board should be abolished. The avowed
purpose of the bill is to conduct cam
paigns of education thruout the state
on sanitation. Miller doubted the abil-
ity Of the board TO educate the public.
and referred to an experience in his
tvs i,,t va hna rI rod fhts
disease contagious and took away n
physicians license because he refused
to maintain a quarantine on the case.
The discussion was interrupted by the
Washington's birthday exercises, with
CT reaching avote on the bill.
Hume introduced bin requiring
Frailroads to notify the railroad CONF
Nmission and the governor Immediately 5
in case of railroad accidents. Sulli-
van Of Polk, presented an anti smoke
NUISANCE bill; Schultz a bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for the purpose of gather
ing information relating to municipal
governments, to be paid on order of the
executive, council; Sparkle bill re-
quiring rear vestibules on street cars
to be enclosed on all sides and heated.
= = T.
The senate today set next Tuesday at
p. m. for special order for consider
alton of the 2-cent fare bill. 1t is
Learned that there will be no argu-
ment on the floor of the senate in OPP
position to the bill, and that 1t is likely
to pass the senate unanimously.
Senator Gale introduced a woman
suffrage resolution. The Gilliland bill
| to authorize the building of shelters
opposite depots on double track rail-
roads was passed; also the bill by
whipple extending the time for mer-
chants to get rid of their old stock of
canned corn and peas; also the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the purchase
of land at the Mount Pleasant hospi-
| tai.
Among bills introduced was one by
Smith, Of Des Moines, requiring abb
stracters to give bonds; by Stucksla-
ger, relating to steam pipes; by Dun
ham. to provide a commission for re-
vising the school laws, and by Dun
ham, to exempt farmers telephone
companies from Incorporation fees.