Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-22
Resolution Defeated in the Up
per House By a Close Vote,
26 to II
REFoRmAroRy BILL PASSED
Measure to Establish Indeterminate
Sentence and Other Prison Reforms
Goe. Thru With Only Two oppos-
ine votes-Primary Bill Now Up to
Governor, House Having Passed L..
Special to Times Republican.

| Des Moines, March 22.-Severa
hundred women thronged the senate
today to listen to discussion OF the
woman suffrage resolution, which was
presented by Gale, Jamison of Page
and Jamison, of Clarke and was op-
posed by Gillilland. The resolution
| was defeated 81 to &c.
The senate passed the bill to estao-
blish the intermediate sentence and re-
| formatory, by vote of As to z.
'-s.
The house passed the senate bill IL
censing pedders, the house resolution
providing for commission TO examine
tax questions, the house bill providing
for revoking the licenses of quack doc
tors.
Pierce introduced bill in the mouse
providing for referendum.
The Iowa League of Municipalitles
bill. passed by the senate, was made a
special order in the house for Mon
day.
When the senate concurs in the
house amendments to the primary Dill
TODAY the measure will go 10 the gov
ernor for his signature, and will become
law. for the house yesterday passed
II by a vote Of "a for to 1S against.
large number of formal amend
ments for correction of construction
we're added by the house, but'the sem
ate bill. as passed last Tuesday, is the
measure which the house indorsed, so
that friends of the legislation last night
were confident that primary election
pledges made to the people during the
last campaign are as good as redeemed.
Is OF the eighteen house members who
voted against the legislation, five We're
republicans-Greenw of Mills. Nc
Allister of Linn. Dunn of Jackson, Dye
Of Pottawattamie and Webster OF
Muscatine. The other thirteen were
democrats twenty democrats voting for
the measure. tho Chairman Miller, OF
the state committee, said he, at least,
did SO solely because the platform
pledged it, and not because he was for
the legislation.
No attempt was made in the house
to change the 35 per cent provision
adopted by the senate. No one sug-
gested an, amendment to this propo-
sition.
The bill remains intact in this re-
spect. and in the two other important
particulars-the test of party fealty
and the elimination of the judges from
its operation. Efforts to cut out party
fealty were made repeatedly and de-
feated An attempt to restore the
Judges to the bill was fruitless
Chairman Miller of the democratic
committee made a futile effort to get
the United States senatorial preference
vote stricken from the law. direct
and an indirect attempt to make 1t
possible for a party not to hold pri-
mary-to make the act optional-were
made but without effect
The proposition to appropriate Sl,5Oo
of the states money to pay the salary
of Legislative agent who would speno
his time looking up information for tins
benefit of the members Of the legisla-
ture is dead for this session. 1t was
fathered by Cottrell of Plymouth, who
had an idea that little money spent
by the state in getting information on
subjects of legislation would be money
much better spent than in hiring lot
of pretty lady committee clerks to
adorn the walls Of the house and SEN
ate chambers during the sessions and
take a few dictations during the recess
es. Many other states have tried the
mirably. 1t is argued that while attend
mirably. 1t is argued that will attend
ing the sessions of the two houses and
the committee meetings members do
not have much time left to inform
themselves of the facts relating to the
hundred and one legislative PROPOSE
tions that arise in the form of bills and
small appropriation for an employe
for that purpose would help material
ly. Representative Cottrell expects to
he back for the next session and will
then reintroduce his bill.