Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-21
Had Many Sincere Supporters
in the Senate and Received
Eighteen Votes
RAILROAD ATTORNEYS work
May b. Depended On to Protect In
ter..ts Of Their Employes-Erieson's
Annual Report Bill Dehorned by It's
Enen,ies--Governo cunmins vstoss
a Minor Bill.
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lspirited in the senate, and there was q
show of sincerity which Indicated that
the senators generally desired to get at
what they believed to be the best In
terests Of the state, Senator Durham
made good fight for the measure, but
he knew before the day arrived that
bill. He made the record, and the sem
lators had to 30 on record, probably
Esonle 'uf them rather urtwiliingly, for
1.-THE bill, touches a. matter which has
Igot into politics III some placessdn the
Estate When the vote was ANNOUNCED
| the persistent worker for the bill. Mr..
A. G. Rankin. buttoned up his long
coat and started out again on two
year cainpaiagn for the bill. There Is
no doubt that II will reappear and that
a great deal OF work will be done for
the bill. in the next year or two
Senator Durham on behalf OF the
| mesure, recited the familiar facts hav-
| ing relation to the violation of the
| liquor laws and the inability OF local
officials to cope with the violators and
explained the workings Of the BILL In
his concluding speech he gave note
of warning, calling attention to the
fact that the petitions were ignored,
but that the Tina has come for the leg
islature to do something or the people
would take the matter into their own
hands and insist that action be taken
that would give them relief. Senator
Bleakley's words were in the same
vein.
Senator DeArmand, OF Scott .sounty,
voiced the opposition. He called espec--
ial attention to the cost OF the measure
and the fact that with Its army OF mar
shals and deputies and provisions for
enforcement the bill might cost the
state upwards of $15o'O00 every two
years. This would come out Of the
treasures of the counties where the
law Is observed, and where saloon IL
censes are collected, and be used else
where. 1t would cost his county $21 900
a year. Senators Moon and Warren
also spoke against the bill.
! On the vote qua eighteen voted for
the bill, as follows: ALLEN, Bleakley,
Burgess Clark, Durham, Ericsson, Gale
Gillilland, Jameson Of Page, Kimmel,
Kline, McKlveen, Nichols, Peterson,
Seeley, Stuckslager, Turner, whiting.
The bill had been twice reported to
the senate, and it was supported by
rouny petitions.
There Is nothing like committee Of
attorneys for taking out of a bill its
life, and Judiciary committee may
be depended on to protect the interests
OF d large number of corporations
which engage occasionally in the en-
ployment Of good attorneys. The
Ericsson bill to add to the revenues of
the state by requiring an annual re-
port, accompanied by fee, from every
corporation for profit in the state or
authorized to do business in the state,
came to the senate for consideration
with favorable report from the com
| mittee on corporations. After its con-
sideration was commenced, Jamison OF
Clarke protested because the bill did
not seem to be perfect in some parts
and had It sent to the judiciary COM
| mittee That committee has complete
| ly dehorned the bill. The bill was sent
| to the committee to perfect, but the
committee brings back an entirely new
bill, providing only for reports and
| Furnishing with $25 fine in case of
failure to report. The original bill re-
| quired a fee. and these fees, it is ESTE
mated would have aggregated nearly
a quarter million dollars year to the
good Of the state treasury. They
would be scattered among upwards OF
$4,000 corporations, a majority hav-
| ing headquarters In other states, so
| that no burden would fall heavily on
! any one But the Judiciary committee
has cut all this out and for all prac-
! tical purposes the bill might rs well
| be sent to the Junk heap.
| Insurance interests have virtually
given notice In the senate that they
are prepared to block much legisla-
| ton unless they are able to get some
Of the bills thru that are very much
| desired by the insurance combine. An
innocent bill to get the matter Of APP
pointing notaries punched In one Of
| ice. with some other similar bills, was
I taken from the calendar and put over
| until next week. on suggestion OF the
/, chairman of the insurance commits
sion, so that the Insurance commission
bill can be considered first. The vote
for the postponement, however, was
only 26, which would indicate that the
| insurance lobby has done very effective
| work this winter in the interests OF
the big eastern companies and that
| the bill which the companies desire to
get thru will not have easy sailing.
| Governor Cummins has given the
| maleontents another chance to get a
whack at him because he is willing to
| do his duty no matter who is hit. He
vetoed the bill to change the Office of
document librarian from exclusive con-
| troll of the secretary OF state so that 1t
would be statutory. The bill made no
change in salary, but 1t would have the
eeffct Of making the man In charge OF
| public documents Independent of the
state official who appoints him. 1nas-
much as only few years ago this
| whole matter was revised and the law
was fixed up Just to suit the persons
interested and as such law would
disarrange all the previous legislation
affecting the distribution and handling
of state documents the governor vetoed
the BILL But the present occupant Of
! the position is James H. Wilson, mem