Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-10

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 10.-The house
started in this morning for a long dis.
cussion on the prohihljtqo5f 81 enthusiastic
i present to applaud the speak
., hoth sides. The forenoon Was
-. i, oratory and dilatory tactlcs
pa1luN offered an amendmeht "ii0i
,;rect.s tne next legislature, before IL
passes on the resolution, to appropfl-
ate money with which to bay tbs
breweries and compensate those VINO
are now legally engaged in the llquor
traffic. This was defeated, % to 70.
Harding offered an amendment to
strike out Of the resolution the refer
ence to members of the legislature
elected at the next general electloh'
claiming these words to be useless ana
that they might endanger the amend
ment. This was adopted, so to So. fh
effort to close debate was defeated ana
then the resolution came up for dis
cussion on it's merits.
In the senate the Whipple blu 1or
the board OF control FOR colleges was
debated all forenoon.
| There was slim chance OF shelving
| the Meredith prohibition amendment
resolution once it was brought falrly
before the house. The fight to send 1t
to a committee was carefully planned
by first bringing out the apparent
grammatical errors and complications
in the resolution. 1t was pointed out
| thai where the resolution refers to the
next general assembly words are used
which, tho exactly like those used in
| the former constitutional amendment,
seem to be redundant. The controversy
at no time turned upon the merits OF
a. prohibitory amendment to the con-
stitution as a means of lessening the
evil of the drink habit, but entirely
upon minor matters. Messrs. Harding
and Sullivan attacked the measure
from all directions and finally the mo-
ton to send to the committee OF law
yers to havel the amendment put INTO
proper shape came UP. Here was the
first test of strength, and opponents
of the reference proposal mustered 90
votes. which was taken by everyone TO
indicate that this is the minimum OF
strength for the resolution, as some
voted for reference who will in the emo
vote for adoption. There is the usual
speculation as to what the senate VIII
do with the resolution. There are two
committees it may go to. The commit
tee on suppression of intemperance is
composed of Senators Cosson, Mates
Smith of Mitchell, Nichols, Larrabee
Francis, Hoyt Bennett Chapman
Gates. Adams, Taylor, Ream. Not more
than four of this committee could be
certainly counted as for the amend
ment. 1t might be sent by President
Clarke to the committee on consritu-
tional amendments consisting OF sen
ators Burgess, Clark, Gillilland, May
tag, Saunders, Bennett, Gates, Dear
mand, Foley, McManus, Ream. FMS
committee is in about the same condl-
ton as the other one. There has beer
some speculation as to whether ffes-
ident Clarke is for or against the reso-
tuition. Speaker Feeley showed all thru
that he is strongly opposed to 1t anc
has used his position to fight the pass
age of the measure. 1t is certain tha'
Clarke will not do this, but he will not
be found among those seeking to force
it to the front, in fact he is sufflcleh'
of a politician to see that it would be
lust as we'll to permit the resolution
to remain quiet until such time as g
suitable sitting committee Will take
hold of the matter.
Osetopaths were victorious before
the nubiic health committee of the low
er house of the Iowa legislature
After DR.. Still of Des Moines, and
DR.. Thompson of the faculty OF the
Still College of Oseopathy, had defend
ed their school of healing and answered
criticism directed against them by DR.
E. E. Munger of Spencer, the commit
tee went into executive session and by
a. vote of seven to five decided that
osteopaths should be permitted 1c
practice in the proposed county hos
pitfalls.