Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30

for the purpose of preserving the rec
ords of the old soldiers in printed
volume that can he had by the gen
eral public In fact II = soldiers
themselves defeated thu s position at
the last session. Poll : played some
part in it. There we s .ose who did
not wish to make ano = job under the
ad1utant general. : year there is
the same bill prov : for the adju-
tant generals of Z TO prepare and
publish a roster Z is estimated oy
some that this : ,st 100000 or s4o.-
600 Weeks of : .rie mas introduced
bill providins the judges OF lhe
district court to appoint commission
in each county to prepare a HIST or all
the old soldiers who enlisted from that
county and file them for record with
the county recorder This would cost
quite as much as the other and pos
sibly more. but each county would pay
for it's own and position of several
days' employment will be furnished
commission of three old soldiers In
ach county. The lists will then be
available and the state later. couio' IL
it desires. publish these lists at very
small expense IN one Noion's
Senator Smith introduced today
Joint resolution memoralizlng congress
to call a constitutional convention ioi
the revision Of the United States con
stitution. The memorial Is In the FORM
proposed by the recent convention IN
Des Moines upon that subject, ana as
desired by the governor. The conVeh-
ton. If called. would be for generai
revision of the constitution in what
ever manner may be desired
Jackson introduced bill making 1t
possible for the county treasurer 10
! bring an ordinary suit for the collection
Of DELINQUENT taxes; also bill to make
half of the earnings of divorced person
subject to Judgment in connection with
divorce.
Young introduced bill changing the
law as to the disposal of dead bodles.
Stookey submitted a bill amending the
law as to receiving deposits In insolv-
ent banks
The house spent an hour wrangling
over committee clerks, and especially
to an effort to have son OF Colonel
Raymond, of Hampton. placed on the
roll after the examining committee
had reported him incompetent. me
house finally refused to accept Ray
mond.
In behalf of the committee clerks,
a bouquet OF roses was given to Chair
man White of the committee which ex-
amined the clerks. McAlister offered
a resolution against the desecration Of
the flag in the restaurant being fitted
up In the state capital The following
bills were introduced: By Sullivan to
reimburs for the purchase Of land for
the state fair
BY Hanson, requiring trains to stop
on signals.
| It will be necessary to increase the
pay of the deputy and assistants IN
the department of dairying and pure
! food bill by Senator Newherry pro-
poses that the deputy and two assist
! ants shall receive $1,000 year. The
other deputies in the state service get
! this sum, and it is entirely too low
even for them, and few of them have
| any harder work or greater response
bilities than these men who have
| charge oe the dairy and pure food busi-
ness. In fact, it has been the expert
ence that no sooner does Iowa develop
good men in these places than they are
offered much higher pay elsewhere and
60 One of the force now working
| for Iowa at $1,000 year is offered ST.
0C0. A former assistant in the depart
merit is now getting $4,000 a year.
| $50
| That the interest in the 2-cent fare
bill is not superficial or confined to
the newspapers denominated as rip
pers," is shown by the fact that Sena-
tor Stuckslager presented in the senate
petition in favor of the 2-cent fare
bill signed by over 400 citizens Of the
town. of Mt Vernon. Similar petitions
are being presented almost every day,
on the attitude Of the members toward
this measure of reform.
Perhaps the largest and most impor-
tant measure that the judiciary COM
mittees will have to handle this session
is the question Of amending the law
so that the jury system will be less
subject to corruption Following the
question of taxation of mortgages the
jury question will be the first taken UP
by the house judiciary committee.
Some little delay will be occasioned
by the decision to wait until the SUI
preme court acts on the Polk county
case now before it and which will be
advanced and heard the first week in
February. Since the Polk county situ-
alton arose lawyers have disclosed that
the objections to the present jury sys-
tenn are quite common over the state
and there is a disposition everywhere
to have the method changed. Chair
man Weeks of the Judiciary committee
of the house yesterday introduced a
bill providing that the judges of elec-
ton shall, as each man votes, determ-
inc his qualifications to act as a juror
If he is qualified his name shall be
written on slip of paper and dropped
in a sealed box, and from this box the
jury panels and talesmen shall be
drawn.
PRAYER OPENS COURT