Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-19
Legislature Begins to Kill Of
Mary Measures Preparatory
to Adjournment
WAREHOUSE BILL AMONG THEM
A Hall Dozen Jury Measures, County
Acco ynts Bill and Others Recon-
mend.d for Legislative Junk Heap
Governor Signs Firecracker Bill
The Next Speaker.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 1S.-The house
cry bill in its hands with the eXcep-
ton of three or, four, none of which
are of very great Importance. Five bills
providing for new methods of selecting
jury lists were reported with the rec
concentration that they be killed, and
along with them the Kelley bill put
ting justices OF the peace in cities of
20, 600 or over on a salary basis, and
the bill providing that when the de-
fendan. in divorce case does not ap-
pear the testimony shall be preserved,
a bill providing for a uniform system
of county accounts, and bill relating
to the compensation of special attor-
neys appointed by the court to defend
criminals. The most important bill to
be killed was warehouse bill pro-
viding that a warehouse receipt shall
be negotiable paper such as is in
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was drawn by committee of the Ma
tional Bar Association and recommend
ed by the National Bankers Associa-
ton and the National Warehouse Assoc
citation. Ranking with this is the bill
to provide for uniform system aof
county accounts.
The bills reported by the committee
for passage are bill relating to the
powers of boards of supervisors, four
bills relating to court procedure such
as fixing the time Of appeal in criminal
cases and filing abstracts, fire escape
bill, bill providing that articles OF
Incorporation must be submitted to the
attorney general for his approval,
hill by sstuckslager relating to heating
plants, the Bruce pedd1ers license bill.
a bill by Lee restricting the admission
to the bar and the senate bulk sales
bill
The Cedar Rapids superior court bill
was reported out without recommends
ton.
act about the only important bill re-
naming with the committee. This is
bill that provides that after a work
man notifies an employer that the ma
chinery with which he works or the
place where he works is dangerous. he
may still remain at work without him
self assuming the risk.
The house committee on public
health has. reported for passage the
Clarke bill which prohibits physicians
soliciting business by agents or circu-
lars The bill is rather a drastic meas
ure that is introduced for the relief Of
certain sections of the state from the
professional canvassers. In the nor
them part Of the state especially it Is
claimed that agents for quack doctors
canvass thoroughly every summer Sc
cure notes in advance for treatment
and fail in the treatment but cash the
notes.
Another evidence that this session
of the legislature is drawing to its close
is the agitation Of the question of
speaker of the next house. Among the
members who expect to return for the
next session the question is being dis
cussed and as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned at this time there are four can
didates on whom sentiment is center
ing. It can hardly be said that there
are active candidates for the honor at
this time, but the discussion among
members is ¢ered upon them.
These are Moore of Linn, Lee of EN-
met, Hacker of Webster and Harding
of woodbury..
B. All four are now in the house for
their first terms. Speaker Kendall, it
is rather expected will not return to
the house next session, and Isl much
more likely to be representing a dis
trict in the house of representatives of
congress. OF, the twenty-nine members
Of this legislature who We're members
at the last session few if any will be
back for the session of 1909, and any
way the choice is likely to fall on one
Of the members who Is a new member
at this term. There are a large num-
Der Of very bright and able young
members of this session. They have
peen given as important positions as a
first term would warrant, and their
ability is being demonstrated at each
session.
Hacker and Lee are perhaps the
choice Of the more radical progressives,
and Harding the candidate Of the
standpatters, while Moore occupies a
position of being acceptable to both and
not radically either. While tt selec-
ton of a speaker is nearly two years
distant, it is not quite possible that
Moore will develop into very strong
candidate for the honor IL he Is re-
elected to the house.
The house committee on insurance
acted favorably on the senate substi-
tute for the bill requiring that certain
insurance companies shall have a cap
ital stock of not less than 100000 paid
up in cash and making other restric-
tons on the organization Of new COM
panies This leaves but two bills in
the hands OF the house insurance COM
nittee TO be acted upon the Kelley bill
regulating the investment of fraternal
companies in home offices and the
Clary bill amending the law relating to
what Is known as Chapter companies
Both have been considered and will be
acted upon by the committee within a
few days.
Governor Cummins last evening
signed the Offil firecracker bill. 1t is
entirely probable that but for the fact