Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-18
Both Majority and Minority
Features Abandoned For
Middle Ground
IS PER CENT TO NOMINATE
Prosressives, standpatte,= and Dem
oerats, All Agree to This - Demo-
Gratis Have Amendments to Other
Sections to offer-No Vote Reached,
as Legislature Held Only Short ses-
sion.
Special to Times-Republ

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 1S.--The senate
took up the primary bill this morning,
the pending question being the adop-
tion of Dunham's amendment making
it a majority instead OF plurality
primary. Gillilland obtained the floor
and read an extended argument against
the primary system as q while, In
which he defended the present system
of making nominations by caucuses
and conventions as the best possible.
The advocates OF the primary are
handicapped by the fact that Senator
Crossley, who is depended on to make
the fight for the primary, is quaran-
tined because of diphtheria in his FAM
lily.
The debate in the senate revealed the
fact that a compromise has already
been made and agreed upon to the ef-
feet that the primary bill viii be
neither majority nor plurality bill,
but 80 per cent bill, requiring that
proportion of the vote to make nomina-
tions. Gillilland offered the comprom-
Use and 1t was accepted by Smith, OF
Mitchell, Dunham and Saunders. Each
one Indicated that he would prefer the
bill to be different, but would accept
the compromise.
McManus, on behalf of the demo-
#crats, stated that they had also agreed
to this. Jamison, of Clark, Bleakley
and Jones spoke against the comprom-
Use and insisted on majority primary.
Dearmand gave notice that on other
matters he had amendments to offer on
behalf of the democrats. The debate
was not finished at noon.
The amendments for the 35- per cent
provision in the primary bill was
adopted by vote of 32 to 10.
On motion of Peterson, the primary
bill was amended to exclude the NOM
ination of judges. The bill was taken
up for adoption section by section at
2:15, when the senate adjourned.
The senate passed unanimously the
bill to appropriate for memorial bust
of Harlan, to he placed in the capitol
at Washington.
The house and senate adjourned for
the afternoon in honor of Colonel Hub
bard, for years postmaster for the state
house, whose funeral was held this af-
ternoon.
The house, under special order, de-
voted the entire morning to legalizirS
acts, passing. among others, one for
Jennie Huegel, to permit her to retain
her position of county superintendent
of Polk county, thru failing to pass the
teachers examination. The house
passed the bill restricting the issuing
of proxies for policy holders meetings
Of life insurance companies.
A bill introduced by Meredith, this
afternoon permitting construction of
automobile railways. is for the pur-
pose of permitting the operation of a
new invention, the work of H. G.
Cue, son of the former lieutenant gov
ernor of Iowa, whereby interurbans
can be built without steel rails or
wooden ties and without trolley wires,
for less than half the cost of con-
stucting ordinary roads.
IoWa's divorce records for the past
twenty years are now to be delved into
in real earnest. Yesterday afternoon
eight divorce experts from Washington
landed in Des Moines. The state has
been divided into districts and the ex-
perts are now beginning the work In
each district. Formerly there were but
two experts in Iowa. Mr.. Swafford,
who was called to Washington a few
weeks ago, returned to Des Moines and
will continue the researches in Polk
county. Incidentally it is to be noted
that Polk county is a district by it,
self, while the remainder of the dis
tricts are divided up in dozen or so
counties each. One of the experts is
William Copley, formerly Of Walnut.
whose wife and child were found dead
at Washington six weeks ago. Copley
was arrested but fully exonerated and
turned loose. Mr.. Copleys district will
have its headquarters at Council
Bluffs.
Senator Crossley and family are
quarantined in their apartments at
Fifteenth and High because of diph-
iberia with which little son is very
ill. The child has been ailing for some
time and has been growing worse till
DR.. Schooler, the surgeon in charge of
the case. performed upon the patient an
operation known as intubation. This Is
the introduction of silver tube into
the windpipe, which in serious cases OF
becomes partially closed
and prevents proper breathing and
ar.fi oio1 q
the boy is in critical condition, 1t IS
thought that the operation will save his
life
According to the now rigid enforce
ment of all health laws. and especially
those governing quarantine, the senator
is shut in with the others and is de-
barred from his senatorial duties at the
capitol. = ''s