Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-10
FINAL PASSAGE Of
ANIEPASS DRAMATIC
Bill Before the Legislature Dur
ing the Entire Session of
Past Winter
EVERY PHASE WAS CONSIDERED
The Doctors and Lawyers the Big
Bone Of contention-AII Fell in Limo
When it Became Sure the Measure
Would Pass - Governor cummins
Presents Gavel to Speaker Kendall.
s,nec,a, to Times es-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, April 10.-The final
massage OF the anti-pass bill was a
somewhat dramatic event In the his
tory of the state. The bill was brought
TO the attention of the legislature IN
The address of the governor at the OPP
nning and il had been before members
for consideration during all the ses-
sion. Every phase of anti-pass legls-
lation had been considered. AS q mat
ter of fact those who in other years
had been making the fight for anti
mass legislation had been complaining
that the tendency was to be too radicai
in the measure and many members
wanted to go too far. Finally the bill
was fixed up. That which offended
some was the fact that there was not IN
the bill that discrimination which they
had desired in favor of doctors and
lawyers. This was what had caused
the trouble all thru But the bill passed
the house and in the senate came up
for debate. Some favored the principle
but were against this bill. Others
thought that the lack of a discriminate
ing clause was clearly q discrimina-
ton. Others said that there could be
no reason why a railroad should be
permitted to pay for its legal services
with free passes any more than IL
should be permitted to pay for Its ad-
vertising or Its ice and coal in the
same way. And SO the fight
went on Those who wanted the
bill were determined and they were
resourceful. A first roll call failed to
pass the bill because OF a large number
of absences Provision was made for
reconsideration and then the fight
began. In the afternoon one by one the
recruits were brought in and in due
time it was ascertained that the votes
were present to pass the bill, and 1t
was done. OF course when the bill was
certain to pass everybody fell In line
for the bill and it was carried unani-
Credit for the passage of the
bill in the house was due to Speaker
Kendall, to Lee and Jones and Stillman
and Grier and Arriey and a few 9TH
ers. In the house the fight for the bill
was made by Allen, Turner, Smith Of
Mitchell Maytag, Whipple and Lam
bert Whether the bill will be re-
garded as satisfactory or not it's pass
the session. There was general agree
tory.
A number Of notable speeches were
delivered in the closing hours of the
legislative session. The best OF these,
perhaps, was that of Governor Cum
minis in presenting a gavel to Speaker
Kendall, in which he referred so eff
fectually to the splendid work of the
session. OF course the eloquent
speaker responded in kind. Not less
notable was the speech of President
Garst on accepting a gavel from the
senate, in which he spoke Of the en-
inent fairness of the members and re-
viewed, in a way, his fourteen years Of
service in the chamber He said that
he believed he had none but friends
those with whom he has served
in that time. The speech giving the
gavel and chair came from De Armand
on behalf of the minority and there
were speeches by Stirton Turner, Gillil-
land, Smith, all in the asem vein. In fact
it was day for felicitation, for general
of the fact that here in the
assembly partisanship had been laid
aside and factionalism was forgot.
Then there were songs and other things
to while away the time and the day
was spent in attending to the details
necessary.
Flowers, lemons, gavels, books,
chairs, pictures cabbage heads. good
will and good -by-these were passed
around in the house yesterday, the clos
ing day of the session. 1t was "com-
mencement time" enacted over again.
There was the same feeling of relief
that it is all over mingled with the
same touch of pathos at saying good
by. There were laughter and tears.
Speaker Kendall was the recipient Of
the greater amount of attention during
the entire session and, when speech
after speech in his honor were being
made, his feelings overcame him and
once. as tears welled to his eyes, he
was scarcely able to respond.