Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
LEGISLATORS TAKE
FIVE Days REST
Adjomns Today Until March
5, Closing Session Being
Uninteresting
HOUSE rAvoRs CONVENTION
Joint Resolution Calling Constitutional
Convention Now Thru Both Houses
-Anti.Lobby Bill Favorably Re-
ported-severaI Minor Measures
Passed by House and Senate.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 2S.-The legislature,
in accordance with previous agree
ment, adjourned today for five days,
and owing to the fact that many mem
bers had gone home, the attendance
was small, and only small measures
were taken up
The senate received the report of the
i committee on cities and towns, on the
bill to make the board Of fire and
police commissioners apply to cities of
25, 600, and the bill was discussed, but
owing to the small attendance, it was
laid over.
The senate passed bill to regulate
the employment OF Offices bill to en-
able libraries to make collections of
historical material. and also a bill to
punish for immoral acts.
Without debate the house passed the
senate joint resolution memorializing
congress to call a constitutional con-
vention in order that the people may
vote direct on United States senators.
Fox, Moore, Offill and Swan voted
against 1t.
|. The Peterson bill prohibiting cor
porations from contributing to political
campaigns, on the house calendar as a
special order this morning, went to the
foot Of the calendar because Of the
small attendance.
The house judiciary committee, at a
meeting this morning. voted to rec
commend for passage Sullivan's anti
lobby bill and the bill increasing the
compensation of county attorneys.
The house passed the bin permitting
fire insurance companies the same priv
|ilege for investment of funds now
granted life insurance companies.
The bill introduced by Paul, in the
house, prohibits giving anything of
value by candidate to influence votes;
limits candidates to specific sums for
expense Of campaigns only, state of
f1cers being limited to $3.50, county Of
ficers to $500 and legislators to 500,
and provides that proof of violation
shall make the election void.
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A bill to narrow the roads has been
introduced by Koontz of johnson coun-
ty. The present road law provides
that roads shall not be over sixty-six
feet wide nor less than 40 feet wide.
Koontzs bill provides that these limi-
tations shall be maintained in ordinary
cases but that the supervisors may es-
tablish consent roads not less than
thirty feet wide. His idea is that many
side roads need not be more than thirty
feet wide and Furthermore consent to
open road OF that width can be had
where consent to open a road of forty
feet can not be had.
Protests against the pure drug bill
are increasing the revenue of the tele-
graph companies. They came in by the
dozens yesterday. Practically every
member OF the house received a tele-
gram from some druggist protesting
against the passage of the substitute
measure that has been reported out by
withstanding the protests there is every
likelihood that the bill will be looked
upon with favor by the house. It will
not, however, be likely that it will be
acted upon by the house till after the
recess adjournment.
Meredith, Weeks and Hambleton have
signed the minority report of the ju-
dietary committee favoring the passage
of the anti-Sunday theater bill
The senate bill to punish wife de-
serters that passed the senate and was
killed in the house judiciary committee
but later revived, is on the house cal
endar for special order for March at
1880, which will be the next day af-
ter the house convenes after adjourn
ment.
The house yesterday afternoon
passed the bill permitting railroads to
carry pupils, students and instructors
Ames & College road nude rates that
were low, especially for the students
who were about all that ever Travelled
on Lnelr line. Wnen Lne Newton q
Northwestern bought the line they
were confronted with situation in
which If they continued the low rates
on the Ames & College line they were
liable to be forced to make the same
rates to everyone over their entire line.
It was found that other railroads were
in the same position so the bill Of yes.
terday was enacted tho it was op-
posed by a number.
The woman's suffrage amendrnA"t
was put to rest in the house commit
tee on constitutional amendments by a
vote OF to s. The rest Of the ballot
surprised even the members of the
committee A secret ballot was taken
that the members might not be called
to task by their suffragists friends, but
1t was generally believed the amend
ment would be allowed TO reach the
floor of the house for its biennial dis
cussion and defeat.