Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-30
Interpretation Placed on Anti
Pass Bill in Nebraska Doesn't
Apply to Iowa
50 THINKS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Such a Ruling Would Open Wide the
Doors to Railroads Attorney Poll
tioans-Des Moines Develops
Questionable Method of Enforcing
Collections of Unpaid Bills.
Special to Times Republican.

| Des Moines, April SO.-While Attor-
ney General Byers has not beer asked
for a formal opinion on the question Of
| issuing trip passes under the anti-pass
law, and has not given any formal
opinion, he has not hesitated in talking
| to his friends to let it be known that
| he considers trip passes entirely for
! hidden. The attorney general of Me-
| hraska was quoted few days since as
giving expression to the opinion that
railroads, under the anti pass law en-
acted by Nebraska, which is very SINH
lar 10 the Iowa law, could issue single
| trip passes to almost anyone, tho the
| law forbids annual passes.
| Attorney General Byers believes that
under the Iowa law this would be en-
/ t,rely Illegal, aud that it would be
! clearly in evasion of the law which for
! bids passes. The idea OF some Is that
the anti-pass law by forpidding the is
suance of passes to attorneys unless
| they devote all their time to q. rail-
/ road would permit of the issuance of a
pass 20 an attorney or doctor for one
trip on, the theory that on that trip,
and for that trip, he was devoting all
| his time to the railroad. If such We're
allowed it would of course open the
door 10 widespread abuses and in times
of political campaigns the railroads
could easily find work for every lawyer
of the state who wanted to sell his po-
lirical influence. They could send law
yers here and there over the state os-
ltensibly on legal business, but in real
lily on politics.
A Des Moines attorney is
studying over the question Of wheth-
er it is legal or illegal to issue a dun
for the collection of an ordinary bill in
the, form OF a state subpoena whether
lit is legal to issue dun for the col
Election of an account under the forged
Livery Of 9. state paper. A Dies Moines
collection agency has sent out a dun in
that form. The paper Is printed In the
form of the regular state paper. 1t is
headed Subpoena Forthwith" With
all the form and appearance of a legal
paper issued by order of court it thea
says: BY virtue of warrant of sub
poena You are hereby directed to APP
pear before (here appears tae name of
the collection agency forthwith, duly
commissioned attorneys for the plain
tiff, at their office, (place and date,
with hour, follow, or make payment
of - dollars, due and payable
from you to plaintiff above named. And
this YOU shall in no wise omit, under
penalty of the cost of an action in court
against you. and If claim and costs are
not fully paid, you and your estate Will
suffer in consequence" There is some
question whether or not the paper
does not infringe on the postal regn-
lations.
The state OF Iowa is looking for a
first class artist in clay. 1t has a
good job for sculptor who can model
likeness Of a man that will satisfy
the critical tastes of corn-fed con-
stituency. The legislature made an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the modelling
of a figure of the late Senator James
Harlan to be placed in statuary hall
in Washington. Selection of the artist
for this work will not be an easy
task. Miss Nellie v. Walker, formerly.
OF Appanocse county, is in the city
and has conferred with the executive
council in regard to undertaking the
work. Miss Walker is an artist of high
standing. She Is one Of the instructors
at the art institute, Chicago, and her.
work has been seen in many Of the
best exhibitions of the country. It is
recalled that at the time of the fire.
in the state house three years ago
Miss Walker had telnporized q studio
in the attic over the senate cham
Der and was there engaged in making
a bust of Governor Cumn,ins. If Miss.
Walker is gwen the contract for the
Harlan statue It will be, to the credit
of Iowa that both Of her representa-
tons in the hall Of fame are by Iowa.
artists. Not until this month did the,
state close the contract for the Kirk
wood statue, which is to be the work.
OF Winnie Ream Hoxfe, the state having
made an appropriation for the casting
In bronze. The contract calls for the
free gift to the state Of the model and
the state to pay for the casting. This.
bronze is to be eight feet high.
The governor has not yet signed the
bill to change the rule in regard to adj.
missions to the inebriate asylum at
Knoxville. IF sign that bill and it is
interpreted strictly to the letter by the
courts, there will never be another
man sent to the Knoxville institution
he said recently,Slin discussing it. ''The
bill provides that q man shall not be
sent there unless he is in all respects
of good moral character save as to his
drug or liquor mania. 1t is very SELL
dom indeed that AMMAN gets to the
point of having need for such an insti-
tuition whose moral fibre has not been
broken down in 4 respect to, matters
other than drink The bill 10 unfortun
ate in its wording"
AS a matter of fact reliance must
be placed on the courts to interpret
the law SO that it will not completely
M ha rierip a f.t The hill