Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Conservative Members of Legis-
lature Believe Passage of All
Bills Would Be Extreme
THREE SLATED FOR BONE YARD
Reciprocal Demurrase, Speed Limit
and Sleeping Car Charges Bills
Doomed to Defeat-Interurban Meas
ures Will be Put Thru and Then
Senate Will Quit.
pecial to Times Republican.

Des Moines, March 30.-Now th'
final reckoning can be made on the
work of the session of legislature sc
far as 1T relates to railrpad legislation
Today the senate committee on rail-
roads reported out all the bills remain
ing in Its hands except few very un-
important ones. The bill to authorize
interurbans to use public highways was
reported for passage. also the bill to
provide for constructing cement nigh
WAYS for automobiles. But these go on
the calendar for indefinite postpone
ment. which means killing:
The reciprocal demurrage bill to pro-
vide penalties for failure to deliver
cars when wanted.
The speed limit bill to penalize the
companies for failure to run live stock
trains as fast as they should after they
are started to market.
The bill to fix charges for sleeper
car service in Iowa.
1t Is stated that in the committee the
friends especially of the demurrase bill
all voted for the reporting out adverse
ly of the bill as the only way to get 1t
to the floor of the senate. They may
demand a roll call and thus demon
strate what ds the sentiment OF the
senators.
There is no concealment Of the fact
that senator's who have great influence
in legislation, some of whom at least
have been classed as radicals. have
given exercise to their sentiment of
honest conservatism and have deliber-
ately decided that to pass all these bills
would be going to a dangerous length.
With the passage of the 2-cent fare bill
and the shorter hours bill and some
others, including. perhaps revision OF
the anti-pass bill, they believe they
have sufficiently fulfilled the promises
they made on which the election last
fall was won. There has been no dis
position to do any harm to the rail-
roads or to require anything unreason-
able from them, and the legislative
leaders have merely indicated that they
believe the limit has been reached for
the present session.
The demurrage bill has not met with
favor in the house, not so much be-
cause of the principle as because sena-
tors were convinced that lit would not
effect a remedy such as that sought.
The same liz true of the train speed
limit bill.
sentence law is to become a law is
agreed to by the conference commit
tees, and both houses will pass it in
this shape and it will go to the gov
ernor for his signature. The confer
ence committee has entirely rewritten
two sections Of the bill, sections and
6, so that they read as follows:
Section 2. Any male who shall be
committed to the penitentiary after the
4th day of July, 1907 Except those con-
victed OF murder, treason, sodomy or
incest), and who at the time of COM
is between the ages of 16
and 80 years, and who has never before
been convicted of felony, shall be
confined in the reformatory; provided,
however, thai persons between the
ages of 16 and 80 years, convicted of
rape robbery, or of breaking and en-
tering a dwelling house in the, night
time, with intent to commit public
offense therein, may, as the particu-
lar circumstance may warrant, in the
discretion of the court, be committed
to either the reformatory at Anamosa
or the peniterltiary at Fort Madison.
Section 6. Whenever there is un-
occupied room at the reformatory, and
the prison at Fort Madison is over
of
its discretion, transfer from the prison
at Fort Madison well behaved and
most promising convicts who are con-
fined for their first offense. The prison
at Fort Madison shall be deemed to be