Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-04
Reconsiders Vote BY Which 1t
Was Passed and Rejects SEN
ate Amendments
WILL NOW GO TO CONFERENCE
House Thinks it Grant. Too Many
Passes-Governor Announces Mem
bership Of New Board Of Pardons-
House Votes in Favor Of an lnvss.
tiqation Of Harvester Trust.
Special to Times Republican.

lDeS MOII1GS, ADIil iiN'i9 e''Ns
by not adjourning till next week tpere
would be plenty Of time to send the
anti-pass bill to conference commit
tee. the house. today reconsidered It's
vote of yesterday concurring in the
senate amendments and voted a re-
f,lsal to concur, only nineteen voting
for concurrence V The house objects
to allowing two doctors and two law
yers for each railroad in each county
to ride on passes.
The senate passed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for work on the his
torical building and $4,000 for new
boilers and repairs on the state house;
also the bill increasing the pay Of dep
uties in the state offices to s1,S00 .
year.
A strong effort is being made to IN
duce the appropriations, committees TO
be more liberal with regard to appro-
priations for the colleges and the sup
port allowance for the university. 1t
is expected a similar increase will be
made for the state college at Ames.
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The house passed the resolution by
Miller directing the attorney general 10
make investigation of the Internationa!
Harvester Company, and passed the
bill by Moore, providing for commits
sion to visit the educational tnstitu-
tions just before the next session and
report on appropriations. The mouse
passed the bill creating a state board
Of osteopathy examiners, and passed
the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor to
minors and drunkards.
1t is understood that the contest for
state fish and game warden has mar
rowed down to two persons-the pres
ent efficient incumbent, George A.
Lincoln, of Cedar Rapids, and G. r..
Hinshaw. of Okoboji who has long
had charge of the work in that part, Of
the state. The appointment is due! at
any time.
The whiting bill to place upon the
railroads the burden of proof in the
matter of failure to furnish cars when
wanted has become a law, also the
Whiting bill to require the weighing
of coal and other carload freight at
terminal points. The Allen bill, which
is virtually the Hogue bill Of three
years ago, to remove the qualification
in the statute requiring the furnish
ing of cars, is in the hands of the sift-
ing committee. This Is all that is left
to give worry to the railroad men.
With the Whiting bill adopted, the Al
len bill would fit in nicely, but it is
not likely to be passed without some
change.
The senate rather reluctantly ac-
cepted a slight increase in the pay of
the state labor commissioner. tho the
compensation is still far from being
equal to that of similar positions in
other states. The fact that the pres
ent occupant of the position has long
been identified with labor unions, and
is high in standing with the locomo-
tive engineers, operated against the
increase The bill to make the in
crease was by Senator Jackson, of
Woodbury..
Senator Durham got thru the senate
one of the bills making changes in the
various departments at the state
house, but the second was lost. The
one passed related 10 notaries public,
but the bankers solidly opposed plac-
ing the banking department in charge
of the state treasurer. The other of
the Dunham transfer bills, relating to
municipal accounting, will probably
not be adopted. All of the bill had re-
lation to rearrangement of>the depart
ments more in conformity with COM
mon sense and proIrriety.
Governor Cummins today appointed
w. H. Berry of Indianola, P. A. Smith
of Scranton and DR.. j. NJ Emmert of
Atlantic, as members of the pardon
and parole board.
Mr.. Berry formerly was state sem
ator from the Warren Clarke district
and is lawyer of high standing at
the Iowa bar. Mr.. Smith is editor OF
the Scranton Journal, an old soldier
and former member of the house of
representatives from Greene county
DR.. Emmert formerly represented the
Cass- Shelby district in the state SEN
ate.
1t is interesting to know that DR..
Emmert, three years ago, secured the
passage of a refornatory law similar
10 the Saunders Holmes bin, by the
senate. but afterwards on reconsider
alton adjournment intervened and 1t
was not taken up again.
Messrs Berry and Smith are the re-
publican members of the new board.
DR.. Emmert is a democrat He was
candidate for senator against James
E. Bruce. who WAS elected recently.
The law requires nom partisan board
sucn as that which controls the state
institutions.