Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
FOUR MEASURES
1O Be PRESSED
Legislative Committees Will
Soon Report Important Bills
For Passage
PRIMARY MEASURE THIS WEEK
Both Houses Working in Harmony to
Expedite Business-RaiIroad Com
mit.ee Hopeful of Getting Favorable
Report on Two Cent Fars Bill -
Road Laws Not Satisfactory.

Special to Tlmes-Repubtlcan.
! Des Moines, Jan. 30.--Within a week
according to present plans and inten-
TONS four committees will be ready to
report four important bills If not more.
Tho the idea has been hooted at there
is no denying but a large number OF
members of the legislature have the
idea that the business can all be COM
pleted ready for adjournment by the
middle OF March. Older heads look wise
and say it is impossible but at the
same time they are proposing to ex-
pedite business as rapidly as possible.
Four OF the leading committees OF
both house and senate have determin-
ed to- press forward important meas
ures. The elections committees of the
two houses will meet together and II
possible decide upon the basis OF the
primary election law. They will then
work with the idea of getting bills re-
ported on the floors Of both houses as
soon as possible. The committees will
endeavor to work in harmony and have
the bills as nearly elike AS possible
and after they pass both houses there
will be little left for conference COM
mittee to arrange. Neither house will
walt on the other as the house did on
the senate at the last session. either for
the primary law or any other measure.
The railroad committees believe there
will be little difficulty in getting two
cent fare bill reported out. A Joint
meeting Of the agricultural committees
will be held with the view to hurrying
the pure stock food bill and the insur-
ance committees have decided to ad-
vance drst . number of the insurance
measures on which it is believed there
will be substantial agreement. With
these out OF the way the deferred divi-
dend bills, insurance department bill
and other like measures can be given
more time.
The hog house which the swine
breeders say is OF greater importance
to the state than an executive mansion
is to be no small affair. II the legisla-
ture appropriated the money the build
ing as planned will cover three acres
of land and will be the largest build
ing in the state of Iowa. Notwithstand-
ing its size it will cost but $4,000. For
several state fairs the swine breeders
have offered to enter several hundred
head of hogs more than there is space
for. Now they are in earnest and will
be chagrined II the legislature fails
to erect the pavfliOn
Legislators are saying that the King
road drag bill passed at the last ses-
sion has shown itself but a partial
success and that from the wide tire bill
they see no. results whatever. The
King road drag they pronounce a sue
cess as a means Of improving the roads
and wherever it is used the roads are
very much better, but the law enacted
the last. session paying the farmers
for working the roads in that way has
been successful in getting only part Of
the roads worked. Representative Of
fill declares that in Jasper county the
roads are quite generally worked in
that manner and that there is mar
Improvement. Representative Teter of
Marion says he never hears of the King
road drag in Marion. All agree that
there are no wide tired wagons as a
result Of the bill of last session. There
is at this session the same demand as
at the last session for a change in the
manner Of working the roads. The
members from such counties as Mar
ion, which IL cut UP by rivers and
streams, are insistent that there never
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present law ana that the roads are
growing worse each year. Representa-
tive Teter went before the committee
on roads and highways in the house
yesterday and tried to show the COM
n1ittee the necessity for change in the
law and urged them to report out his
bill.
West Grand avenue people in Des
Noines will no longer suffer if a bill
introduced by Sullivan of Polk becomes
law. Major s. II. NJ Byers and 9TH
err elite residents of West Grand ave-
nue. objected to the unearthly boots Of
the engines as they came into town.
The boots were signals for the wives
and sweethearts of the men notifying
them OF the arrival of the engineer at
the end of the run. Sullivan's bill
gives city council the authority to con-
troll signals at crossings and all whist
ling and ringing of bells.
Senator Jameson, Of Page county,
is in dead earnest in striking at the
|C. o. d. express liquor business. He
declares that this evil is far greater
thai. 4haf, OF the salnnns them selves