Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-25
Defeated But Not Discouraged,
They Prepare For Another
Campaign
WOULD FORCE A PATTY ISSUE
Possible Effort to Induce Republicans
to Make 1t a Party Measure - Fate
Of Various Railway Bills Is Uncer-
ta,n-I'sculiar Situation Develops
Over Tornado Association Bill.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Ntoines, March 25.-Defeated but
not discouraged. the equal suffragists
| Of the state are looking about for
new plan of campaign for getting thru
their resolution to submit to the peo-
Pile the question, Of amending the con-
stitutiol.l so -as to allow the women TO
vote. The resolution failed in the SEN
ate last week by five votes. The wofn-
en- claim that had all the members Of
the senate who promised to vote for
the measure voted as they promised the
resolution would have carried. But
even IL 1t had carried it would have
been necessary to get the house to act
| favorahly on 1t and then get both house
| and senate to act favorably two years
later. THE law provides that before the
constitution can be amended a resolu-
ton submitting the question to the peo-
pie must pass both houses Of two sue
hcessive legislatures. 1t has never passed
both houses and one legislature but
once, and that was many years ago.
Believing that the methods which
| for twenty years or more have failed
to get the desired result are proving
a little slow the women are looking for
other 1.lans OF campaign and it is
barely possible that an effort may be
made 10 get the republican party to
make 81. party measure. History is
referred to to prove that the party that
enfrantlhises voters is the one to gain
by such enfranchisement. The efforts
of some other states this winter before
the legislatures are being made along
that Lille. 1t is pointed out that Wyo-
ming las ever given the republican
ticket d majority because when the
state was admitted to the union 1t was
by the republican party, as party
measure the republicans all voting in
favor and the democrats against. It is
further pointed out that the negroes
thru sentiment. ever remain faithful to
the republican party which enfran-
chised them and that in states where
women have been given the franchise
by party they have voted with that
party.
Something OF this line OF argument
Is being thought OF as a means OF In
teresting the republicans of the state
to take up the proposition. 1t is ex-
pected that some time today or tomor-
row q bill will be introduced giving
women In Iowa the right to vote for
presidential electors, such a measure
not needing constitutional amend
ment.
Senator Allen, of Pocahontas. has
introduced bill that Is SO simple 1t
might easily be taken for an unim-
portant measure. yet it would probably
be of some Importance if it should be
passed. 1t provides merely that in sec
ton 211s OF the code where it says
that every railway corporation shall,
when within its power to do so'' and
upon reasonable notice, ETC., furnish
suitable cars
Il don't know Just how or when that
clause when within It's power to do
so got into the CODE said Senator
Allen, but Its purpose and effect are
plain. If 1t had never been put into
the code we would not now be having
the trouble about securing cars 1t
repealed the law as to common car
riers ard their obligation to the public;
hence it can be said and said truthful
ly that we have been giving legal pro-
lection to railroads in Iowa for their
policy Of falling and refusing to fur
nish cars. Just take it out of the
code and Wen do better"
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The railroad committee OF the SEN
ate is the body that has the demurrage
bill, the anti-pass bin, the train speed
bill. the time limit bill, the joint rate
bill and a lot of others. The joint rate
bill viii be reported at an early data.
Just what will DO done with the 9TH
ers is uncertain. The representatives
of the railroads have been making a
fine fight for defeat Of these bills But
some time this week 1t will be known
what the committee will do.
A peculiar situation was developed
when the committee had under con-
sideration a bill to limit the expenses
OF hail and tornado. insurance asso-
Citations. The bill would prevent any
OFFICER getting over $4,000 a year In.
salary ana corresponding Dement'S on a
commission basis. A glib-tongued
lawyer from northern Iowa town adj
dressed the committee with much We
hemence and denounced the bill as a
foul plot Of the state auditor to wreak
personal revenge on him. He said he
was lawyer with big practice, a
banker, real estate owner and worth
half million dollars and he did not
think the state should limit his earn
ing capacity with the hail company
which he managed as an incident. In
response to questions me admitted that
the losses paid by his company last
year were something less than $4,000.
1t was also shown the committee that
this one lobbyist who devotes only
IA small part OF his time to insurance,
drew salary Of $4,000 from his COM
pany and his wife draws $4,000. The
committee therefore took his plea for
the down-trodden insurance man with
a little grain Of allowance.
BANK BUILDING CONTRACT LET