Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-11
Measure Differing Somewhat
From. the Holmes Bill May
Complicate the Situation
FOR BOARD OF THREE MEMBERS
Salaries of Parole Board Not to Ex-
coed $1,000 Per Year Each-Reform-
atory Features May Be Cut Out =
Watching Iowa's Efforts to Secure a
Statewide Primary Law.
acial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. Feb. 11.--Some time this
up the indeterminate sentence bill In
troduced in the house by Holmes anc
which Saunders will shortly introduce
in the senate. 1t is also understood
that another bill of the same nature
will be introduced in both houses soon
The vital difference between the bill
by Holmes and the one that Is reported
will be introduced is that the Holmes
bill provides that the Anamosa peni-
Tertiary shall be made into reforma-
tory while the other does. not.
There are other important differ
ences in the measures relating to the
indeterminate sentence law and the
4 board of parole. The Holmes bill
which is the result of some very care
full study on the part of its author, pro-
1 vides that from after July 4. 1907
courts in fixing sentence for felonies
shall not fix the term of the sentence
but where the sentence is for more than
one act the court can designate That
the sentence for one act shall not be-
| gin till the expiration of the sentence
for the other. The bill provides that
the board of parole cannot make the
sentence shorter than the minimum
fixed by law nor longer than the max
imum. Thus when sentence is pro-
nounced for more than one offense the
court by specifying that the sentence
for one offense, shall begin at the ex-
/ piration of the other the minimum sem
tence to be served as well as the max
imum will be greater than other
wise
The bill provides for the appointment
| of a board of parole of three persons,
not more, than two OF them shall come
| from the same political party and one
| of whom shall be an attorney. This
| board shall have the authority to APP
point a secretary. The salary of the
members of the board is limited to $40
a day and not to exceed $1,000 a year
and the salary of the secretary to 49,
600 year. 1t is provided that at the
Anamosa institution, which shall be
transformed into reformatory, USE
full trades shall be taught.
The other bill which it is reported
+
/ a reformatory but provides for an in
4 parole. gs
Statesmen Of half dozen different
Estates are watching with keen interest
what is being done in Iowa with ref
I erence to perfecting primary legisla-
ton. few days ago an Idaho state
/ senator who formerly lived in Iowa
| wrote for copies of the primary bills
and stated that they have commenced
work there to secure a good primary
law. One Of the Utah state senators
| in like manner has asked for all the
bills pending. Governor Pardee, of
California, even since his retirement
4 from the executive office, is manifest
ing great interest in the matter and he
1 has been in correspondence with Sena-
| tor Crossley in regard to the work be-
/ ing done in Iowa. State officers in
some of the eastern states have also
asked for copies Of the Iowa bills; and
| is known that in good many states
the work Of the Iowa legislature is be-
| ing watched with view to securing
guides as to what ought to be done.
\
A new bill to provide punishment for
| cruelty to animals has been introduced
| by DeArmand, the senator from Scott.
| The punishment is Jail sentence or
| a fine or both, and che prohibition is
stated as follows: IF any person tor
| ture, torment, deprive of necessary
| sustenance, mutilate, over-drive, over
| load, drive when overloaded, cruelty
beat or cruelty kill any animal or I'M
necessarily fail to provide the same
with proper food, drink shelter or pro-
! lection from the weather, or drive or
work the same when unfit for labor, or
! cruelty abandon the same, or carry the
same or cause the same to be cruelty
carried on any vehicle or otherwise, or
shall commit any other act or omis-
sion by which unjnstifiable pain, dis
tress, suffering or death is caused or
permitted to any animal or animals,
whether the acts or omissions herein
contemplated be committed either ma
| liciously, wilfully or negligently, and
! if any person shall knowingly permit
such act or omission or shall cause or
procure the same to be done, he shall!
be Imprisoned" etc. There is also
provision for killing of diseased ami
mails in a proper way and forbidding
the sale of such.
Des Moines, Feb. S.-The house COM
alittee on railroads this morning re-
sorted a committee bill for passage
fixing the maximum passenger rates at
2 cents for class "a" roads, 21a cents
for class ..B" roads and cents for
class &C" roads. The bill designates
+ class a. roads as those whose net
1 earnings are $4,000 mile or more,
/! class "B" roads as those making from
| $4,000 to $4,000, and class &c" those
earnings less than $4,000 per mile. The
| committee was excused during a great
| er part of the morning hour and the
| house remained in recess for some time
waiting for the report, which was made
at 1890. The bill was made special
order for Tuesday morning next and
| was ordered printed in the journal.
The senate passed today the bill
providing for state licensing and in
| spection of baby farms, with practical,
| ly no amendment from the bill intro
duced by Dowell
Both senate and house passed con-
current resolution for joint session
Tuesday afternoon at O'clock and ex-
tending an invitation to W. ]. Bryan