Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-08
IOWA LEGISLATIVE GRIND
Saunders Indsterminats sentsnos Bill is
Favorably Reported.
CURB PUT ON CORPORATION POLITICS
BI1I Goes TO Governor Prohibiting
Them from Contributing 10 CAM
paiEn Funds-Primary Bill
introduced.
fFrom a star Correspondent

| Telegram. Saunders indeterminate sem
tence law viii be reported for passage to-
morrow. the senate committee so voting
| this afternoon. The house committee voted
| to recommend the Holmes bill for passage,
| which Is the same thing
The house this afternoon passed the SEN
ate bill prohibiting corporations from CON
tributing to political campaigns.
Grier OF Poweshiek in the house this
| afternoon introduced an anti-pass bill STINT
lar to the Hughes bill in the senate, and
the committee on railroads this afternoon
voted TO recommend It for passage. The
committee also voted to recommend for
passage a substitute for the reciprocal
demurrage bill.
Petitions are being circulated and signed
by nearly every member from the Tenth
district for Representative Nels J. Lee for
assistant United States district attorney for
northern Iowa
No vote was reached this afternoon in the
senate on the Board of Regents bill.
| Board to Examine Nurses.
Another Board of Examiners was ere
ated today when the house passed the
senate bill providing for a Board of Elk
aminers to examine graduate nurses and
! issue licenses to the same. The bill pro-
vides that there shall be no extra expense
| to the state and that the fees must nay
for the administration Of the board some
of the members of which will be members
Of the State Board Of Medical Examiners.
The bill met with opposition, principally
on the part of Miller of Bremen, who
thought It would prohibit many mothers
of the state who make their living by
waiting upon the sick from continuing
their occupation. 1t was asserted by the
sponsors of the bill that there would be
nothing of the kind result.
Insists on Furnishing wives.
In the house today Teter OF Marion in
troduced a bill to punish wives who de-
sert their husbands, the bill providing such
punishment in case the husband is desti-
tute and the wife has money. Teter tried
20 get the wife desertion bill, which passed
Yesterday. so as to provide punishment
or wives, but failing introduced his "hus-
1and desertion'' bill today.
Meredith of Cass introduced bill COM
1eIling street railways to allow all in
erurbans to enter over their tracks, and
there is failure to agree on the com
ensation for such privilege the railroad
tcommission shall fix the compensation
Bills Pass the Senate.
The bill to permit the establishment Of
superior courts at Shenandoah, Perry and
Grlnnell was passed by the senate today
by vote of IS to s, those opposing being
Jones, Burgess, Eckles, Peterson and
Whipple. An attempt was made by War
rem to get it amended so as to include
towns of 5000 which would have made it
apply to twelve or fourteen more cities
The bill making the civil service law as
to police and fine departments apply to
cities Of 10000 or more was passed by the
senate today It was called up by Senator
Saunders of Council Bluffs, which city is
interested in the bill. The bill also puts
the fire chief under the civil service as we'll
as the rest Of the department.
Primary Special Order.
In the. senate today when the primary
election bill wGs reported out for passage
by the elections committee it was made
special order for next Tuesday morning
) and 800 extra copies Of the bill ordered
printed. 1t is the opinion Of many of the
members that 1t will go to the governor
for his signature within ten days.
The bill as perfected and presented to the
Thirty second General assembly provides,
in brief for statewide primary, all state
officers, all judicial officers, mem
bers of congress, legislators. all county
officers; preference for United States sena-
tor; electors for president ana vice presl-
dent; delegates to party political conven-
tions, also party committeeman, all to be
chosen at the primary. The primaries are
to be held on first Tuesday after first Mon
, day in June; all parties at same time and
same voting places.
Hearing Rates.
George H. Crosby was one of the first
witnesses before the railroad commission
} which opened it's hearing on the freight
rate investigation today. The commission
| met yesterday and took up the question,
, that being the date previously announced.
Mr.. Crosby spoke chiefly the live stock
rate and he made the claim that the diff
ference in the present rate and the re-
duction asked by the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers association was so little as to be
: insignificant as applied only to Iowa bust
ness and that the railroad was interested
only as It affected the interstate rates,
Clifford Thorne of Washington, Ia, APP
pears for the cattle men. The hearings will
y continue probably month or more, dur
, ing which time IL is the intention OF the