Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-03-21
IOWA RAILROAD
BILLS near GOAL
Committee Reports Three
Highly Important Measures
for Passage.
AIDS THE COMMISSION
authority Given to Permit the Backing
UP of Recommendations With
Suits Before Interstate Com
nerce Body.

Des Moines. Ia, March 19.-~The.
house passed the Hambleton anti-tip-
ping bill and gun license bill, and the
senate bill amending the code in re-
IingS.
The senate set for special order. fol-
lowing the primary bill, the pure seed
and stock food bill. and the bills to
transfer work from the office of auditor
of state to follow this; also the bill to
IreorganiZe the municipalities of Iowa
for Wednesday morning, and the state
marshal bin to follow.
The senate passed a bill to amend
the law as to reports of banks; Il bill
TO amend the law in regard to the sec
rotary OF the executive council; bill
to declare the discharge of smoke into
the air as {, nuisance. and the bill to
permit amy city or town to appeal to the
courts from an assessment deemed too
low
The senate held special executive
session OH demand of Gilliland to try
To find out how the facts in regard to
the executive session of the day before
We're got by the newspaper men.
The committee was not ready to re-
port OH the McCurdy appointment
Des Moines. Ia. March 16.-The first
round in the cleaning up by the railroad
committee of the house was made yes
terday when the joint freight rate bill,
the bill giving the railroad commission
power to prosecute interstate discrim
nations against Iowa before the Inter
state Commerce commission, and the
! bill giving the commission authority
/ over express companies, We're reported
for passage. All three of the bills are.
important, and now that the house has
passed the 2-cent fare. reciprocal de-
nurrage and anti-pass bills these three
are perhaps the most important bills
| left to act upon.
When the committee acted upoE
these it also acted in favor Of the
FIugum bill requiring railroads to kill
the weeds along their tracks, and the
Weeks bucketshop bill and killed the
Teter bill requiring railroads to fur
nish information to telephone eN-
changes as to whether or not trains are
ON time, and several other minor meas
| ures. lit is expected that by today or
Monday the committee will have acted
on all the remaining bills in its hands.
Commission Given Power.
One of the handicaps on the Iowa
railroad commission has been the fact
that il could do nothing i'm relation to
Interstate rates 1T could recommend
to railroad, but its recommendation
had no more force or effect than any
body else's recommendation. If it finds
] Iowa is Disseminated against in the
future on Interstate rates, if the bill
which has been recommended for pass
age becomes a law it can institute suit
before the Interstate Commerce COM
mission i'm the name of the state of
Iowa and the attorney general must
prosecute the suit. 1T is believed that
the bill will have no difficulty in pass
4 ing both houses at this session.
The bill appropriating money to place
a statue of Senator Harlan in the hall
of fame at Washington has been made
u special order in the house for Monday
at 10 O'Clock.
DR. Elliott. in the house, has intro
duced I; bill making it u punishable
offense to distribute samples of medi-
cine on doorsteps, where children can
get hold of them.