Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-11

bill is another of the Newberry bills
OF great Importance. 1t requires moi
only the name of the maker or i'm
porter of the twine but the length pei
pound to be on every ball of the
goods. +
Temperance Legislation.
In the matter of temperance legis
lation most OF it appears as defeated
A bill to eliminate the bum element
at the inebiriate hospital Is regarded
as important. A bill to prevent sale
of liquor nearer than one mile of the
army post at Des Mcines was passed
The express G. o. D. bills were killed
also the state marshal bill, the bill te
provide for removal Of delinquent
county attorneys, the anti-treatins
BILL manufacturers bill and the bill re
curing notice before consent petit
ton is circulated The threatened in
PRODUCTION Of resolution looking tc
constitutional prohibition failed Of
naturalization. though members de
clare that it is a coming issue ant
must be met at an early day.
Corporation Laws.
The legislation relating to corpora
lions has been important. The bill te
forbid corporations giving to po1itica
committees or participating. as cor
porations in political matters, and for
bidding any candidate or any political
committee from accepting any contri
button of any kind from corporation
or from anyone acting for corpora
r,;I 10 icrr
funds available in some quarters
There has been honest fear on the
part of many persons that this law is
so framed that it will be danger anc
that blackmail and injustice will re
suit, but Senator Peterson is confident
this will not be true. The bill requir
ing corporations to make/a annua
report is also of great Importance
Still more important, however, is tho
bill which requires that before char
ter can be issued the attorney genera
of the state must pass upon the form
of the articles Of Incorporation am
any evidence that the corporation !:
not just what it appears to be may re
suit in denying the right of incorpora
ton. This is a matter long desired
by state officers who have been made
to realize the Iowa incorporation law!
are very weak.
Insurance Reform.
Insurance reform has not had Al
easy time of it, The insurance com
| mission divided on the really importan
matters. The uniform policy bill. re
lating to fire Insurance is the most val
liable of the bills passed 1t establishe
standard policy in Iowa and wipe
out great deal of legislation and still
more in the way Of orders and deci
sions as to fire policies. The revision
of the law as to mutuals was mucl
needed. The requirement that fra
4 ternals hereafter organized shall q
! the outset go upon the fraternal cor
gress rates is recognized as putting a.
end to the organization of fraternal
in Iowa. The old ones may continu
ct whatever rate they chose. Require
ment that insurance companies mus
pay out money only on vouchers recos
nizes one evil. A general bill to pre-
hibit misreprese by or in behal
of insurance companies has been duh
| bed bill to compel all life insuranc
4 agents to be truthful The defeat O
the insurance department bill was e1
4 pected after it became general
known that the insurance companie
i were taking an undue interest in hay
l ing this removal made at once.
caused suspicion to say the least. TIL
other insurance bill received scant q
tention. In general it would seem tina
the minority Of the commission fare
10 ~ ~
i Railroad Bills.
4 The railroad bills which were COY
4 sidered were of far more importanc
to the shipping and travelling publ
and the railroads than any simila
bills before any legislature for year
Some of them we're passed; some E
them were defeated; others were bu
), ed appropriately. On the whole tn
: general assembly acted conservative
on the railroad bills. The bill whic
+ was hardest pushed of the entir
, bunch was the demurrage bill an
, this was defeated because the leade
+ felt that it was radical bill, that
was fraught with danger. that 1t pr
. baby would not accomplish what til
> shippers desired, and that anyway til
!, Legislature had done enough witho,
! it. The train speed bill was in exact
. the same position and it was buried
committee. The sleeping car RAJ
bill is another of the same kind. TT
bill which attracted most attentic
$ was that which provided for the
: cent fare. This was passed early d
t spite that the representatives of Il
j. railroad begged hare for its defes
/ EThe joint rate bill, empowering IL
J, railroad commission to establish joi
$ rates. is regarded by many as tt
9 most valuable of all. The bill givir
$ the railroad commission authority
" fix express rates and to extend the
J. work in fixing freight rates and
e broaden their work in many ways, is
j. far reaching one. TIL bill limiting Il
# consecutive hours of labor in railroa
gNis in line with national legislation al
IS it forbids an employe from being ovt
4 worked.
eI The passage of the joint resoluti
< locking to election Of United Stat
d sena tors by direct vote of the peoE
n caused no discussion because t
el whole matter had been thrashed G
n. at the previous session when the c
20 was made for the national convent