Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-06
Plan to Place Insurance Orders
Rates on National Congress
Basis Approved
PRIMARY BILL is AGREED TO
Follows the crossley Plan of Party
Declaration and tho Peterson Plan of
canvassina votes-No Organized
Opposition and Bill Will PASCAL
weston Plan Given a Hearing.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Mar. 6.-The senate, at
Ter two hours discussion, today passed
by a vote of 81 to II. the frtrternal
Insurance bill requiring fraternals to
adopt' the national fraternal congress
rates. An amendment was offered to
place the fraternals on old line life
basis, but did not receive a vote.
The house passed the wife desertion
bill from the senate with but two neg
ative votes.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, March 6.-The primary
election bill was completed by the
sub committee today and went into
the hands of the general committees of
house and senate having this in charge.
and it is expected that before night
these committees will have given their
approval of the same SO that tomor-
row the substitute bill will go before
the legislature. On their return home
from the recess the members of the
sub committee indicated that they We're
quite ready to finish up and few
minor matters were agreed upon quick
!ly 1t Is stated by members that at
no time has there been any serious diff
ficulty over any matter and that while
there have been differences among the
members they lfave not been such as
to endanger satisfactory report.
The bill follows the Crossley plan of
party declaration and the Peterson
plan Of canvassing the vote by super
visors includes presidential electors,
but not delegates to the national con-
vention and is, of course. state
wide plurality primary. Practically
every feature of the bill has been made
public in recent letters.
There has been no original opposi-
tion to the bill, Tho in fact some of the
standpat members have indicated that
they would like to organize in a way
to effect it's defeat. The vote for the
i bill will not be unanimous, but there
lis little doubt it will carry in both
houses.
| The Galveston plan had a hearing
before committees yesterday afternoon.
Attorney Earle, Lafe Young, Jerry Sui
livan, Frank Herriott, Major Macken-
zie, Rev. Mr.. Cathell and others spoke.
! There was a great flow of eloquence.
About fifty outsiders were present.
! A ho1 Of hodOnS which
Indicated they were opposed to the
Galveston or commission plan. These
were mainly laboring men and plain
business men. The delegation for the
bill was composed of representatives
of the commercial club desiring a
change in government in Des Moines.
The chief address for the bill was by
Mr.. Earle, and that against it by
Frank Herriott. 1t was a long and in
teresting joint debate; but the thing
which some of the legislators said was
made most conspicuous was that the
people of Des Moines are, very much
divided on the subject and not able to
agree among themselves on what sort
of reform they wanted.
Representatives of the railroads.
headed by Attorney James c. Davis
with lawyers from Chicago and the
east, appeared before Governor Cum
minis and spent the afternoon with
him. They said it was friendly visit
Thru the keyhole it was learned that
they are concerned over the joint rate
bill and other measures which they feel
sure will come to the governor for his
signature at an early date, and they
desired to present him their views.
They have discovered that it doesn't
do much good to go before legislative
pressure to bear on the governor.
NEW GARNlsHMENT POINT.