Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-26
After Long Debate Bill to Take
Insurance Supervision From
Auditor Carries
HOUSE VOTES GALVESTON PLAN
RiIl to Permit Larger Cities to Change
Plan of Government Passes! After
Recall Amendment Is Adopted-sen-
ate Vote. $4,000 for Swine Pavilion
at State Fair.
snecial to Times s-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 96.-The senate
ma ssed the bill TO create an insurance
department. with salary of $3,oo0
wear The debate occupied all forenoon
Jamison of Clarke, Whipple. Bleakly,
Dowel Dewolf, Sanderson and Gillil-
land speaking for the bill and Dunha",
Smith of Mitchell, Bruce and Young IN
opposition The debate largely nln5eo
sabout the fact that the insurance inter-
.ests are opposed to the present STATE
auditor and that all the petitions .oI
the hill have come from insurance
companies and their agents and none
from the people or policy holders. Inc
vote was 20 TO IL
The senate passed the bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for swine pavilion at the
state fair.
The house today began consideration
of the Galveston plan bill, reading II
section by section to permit the oHer-
ing of amendments. All amendments
were voted down, including two to limit
the bill to cities Of $4,000 and 75.OOO.
The original bill provides that a spe-
cial election for the recall of pubic
official and the election Of his success
or can be ordered on the petition OF
twenty per cent Of the voters. Moore
offered an amendment increasing the
per cent to thirty five, which was de-
feated. Doran, Of Boone, offered an
amendment increasing the per cent TO
twenty-five, which was passed Ihe
reading of the bill by section was com
[pleted soon after the, house reconyened
after dinner.
The Galveston plan bill passed the
house, S4 to 9. with none but lmma-
terial amendments.
Doran of Boone introduced a resolu-
ton in the house calling the attention
of the senate to the fact that 1t mas
had the Doran stock train speed limit
bill for over forty days, without action
and protesting against the delay. II
went over till tomorrow under the
rules.
The senate and house have appointed
as conferees on the primary bill Cross
lev, Dunham Peterson. Wilson, Darrah,
Lee Holmes and Mcdonald.
A resolution was Introduced by Jack
son for the committee to investigate
the necessity for the repeal Of the
teachers certificate iawl
The bill providing for uniform sys-
TEN of county accounts which the
house judiciary committee In the hrst
instance acted upon adversely, has been
reported for passage. The house COM
mittee acted favorably on both the
house and senate bills and both are on
the calendar for action.
The house not Only treated the old
soldiers right yesterday but broke an
unbreakable rule to do so. The house
PASSED the soldiers roster bill, and al
lowed the bill to be read the second
and third time the same day, breaking
a rule for which NO exception is pro-
vided.
Reports of committees made yester-
day and today provide for killing the
bill making an appropriation for the
benefit of the Corn Growers assocla,
tion: for the passage of the bill to
manufacture binder twine at the peni-
teritiary. for the passage OF the senate
pure stock food bill for the passage OF
the bill providing that the length of
ball of binder twine be stamped on
the outside; for the passage OF, the
warehouse bill for the passage of the
bill relating to the terms of county Of
ficials.
Representative Moore has introduced
a bill in the house providing that
within ten days after the election in
November, 1908, the governor shall ap-
point from the mambers-e elect and hold
over members of the legislature, two
from the senate and three from the
house, which members as a committee
must visit the three educational insti-
tutions. remaining at least six days at
each institution, and report to the leg
isature the needs of the institutions.
For several sessions while a member
of the house, Frudden Of Dubuque got
a bill thru the house to tax insurance
companies only on their Iowa business.
The bill was always killed In the sem
ate. This year as a senator he got the
bill thru the senate and 1t slipped thru
the house. but was discovered and
motion filed to reconsider. Yesterday
the house voted to reconsider and or
dered the bill recalled from the senate,
and a fight will be made against 1t in
the house. The bill is one that applies
with some force to the Dubuque Fire
and Marine. a large insurance COM
pany. whose business is mostly out
side Of the state. 1t is understood the
company contemplates moving from
the state if the bill fails to pass be-
cause of the load OF taxes on it.
The house yesterday passed, practi-
cally without amendment, the city
government bill endorsed by the Iowa