Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-21
To Pass Primary Bill Substan-
TALLY as Formulated and
Passed by the Senate
ADOPTS PURE STOCK FOOD BILL
Also the Bill Permitting Cities to
Adopt tho Galveston Plan Of City
Government = Biii Calling for Re-
oodi6eation of Iowa School Laws is
Killed.
;pecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. March 21-The primary
election law was called up at 2 o'clock
this afternoon In the house There is
no mistaking but the house has votes
enough to make a plurality measure of
the bill, but feeling that the bill Is
the best that can be gotten thru
the senate is likely to bring about the
| passage of the senate bill in the house
without change. 1t was expected when
the bill was called up that amendments
would be made to make it plurality
measure or to cut down the per cent to
perhaps 25,, but the plan Of the friends
of the measure when the house con-
vened was to pass the senate bill with
out single amendment.
The house passed the Hacker bill
! providing articles of incorporation
must have the approval OF the attor-'
ney general and executive council be-
fore beinfi filed, and ten other bills Of
minor Importance.
The house appropriations committee
made a report killing the bill to recodi-
| fly the school laws. The house also
passed the senate amendment to the
juvenile court law.
The senate passed the pure stock
food bill and spent the morning on the
Galveston plan bill, which was passed
this afternoon.
Senate file AZ has been amended by
the house committee on insurance SO
that every stock insurance company in
the state must by Jan. l, 1910, have
capital stock of at least 500, 900 and
at least $4,000 must be paid up in
cash. ss epts
To better protect the farmers of
northern Iowa where quack grass is
said to be taking the farms in spots,
bill was passed by the house yester-
day compelling the railroads to kill
all the weeds along their right of-way
and including quack grass and bur-
dock and cookie burrs among the weeds
that must be kept killed.
BY the provisions Of bill passed
by the house yesterday cities of 5000
population or over can build hospitals
and support the same by a tax levy
hereafter.
The railroads committee Of the sem
ate reported fine batch of work for
the senate today. This includes the
Joint rate bill, the track scales bill, the
train speed BILL the fence bill and the
express company bill. The joint rate
= f0 ha nos
by the house and it places the fixing of
joint rates under the railroad commits
sion with sufficient leeway 80 that
communities and different interests
may be cared for The train speed
bill is slightly changed from what 1t
was in the house. The bill to place
express companies under regulation as
to rates appears to be satisfactory to
everyone.
The bill to establish and maintain
four agricultural high schools in the
state came to the senate from commit
tee without recommendations The
ways and means committee was even
ly divided. The advocates Of the plan
will make a hard fight for the bill on
the floor. and especially from Red Oak
and Mount Pleasant there will come
much pressure for the bill.
The senate ways and means commit
tee has killed off the two taxation OF
mortgage bills, one of which would
have made it possible for mortgages
to escape taxation entirely. AS
substitute the committee approved the
bill to establish a commission to make
an investigation into the subject and
report at the next legislature.
Senator De Wolf of Grundy county
announced in the senate yesterday that
he proposed to offer resolution for the |
creation of a municipal code commits
sion to investigate the laws relating
to city government, and report to the
legislature of 1909 scheme of laws
to meet the crying demand for reforms
in municipal affairs and their admin
istration.
Senator James H. Trewiri was at the
head of such commission only few |
years ago, and made various recon- |
mendations, which We're accorded the