Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-23
CLAIM is MADE THAT SEVERAL
MINISTER'S WILL TAKE PART
OPPOSITION SHOWING.
DELEGATION FROM IOWA
WILL INVADE xAPITOL
Monster Showing Planned by oppon-
cnts Of Resubmisson Thursday Att
ernoon-chapIain Cole Delivers SEN
ate Prayer and Almost Creates SEN
sation-AII Utilities Bills Referred.
ecial to Times Republican.

Des Moines, March 23--Rev. Jesse
Cole. chaplain of the soldiers home,
delivered the prayer in the senate this
morning and came near causing Il sem
sation by his fervent appeal to the sem
ators to vote for prohibition and to
stand for temperance.
The senate amended the bill for the
protection of game and passed it In the
form of a bill to make a completely
closed season for both quail and prairie
chickens until Jan. ], 1914. The senate
also passed the Seely bill to make
shares of stock of foreign corporations
non -assessabe in Iowa and the bill to
permit giving a bounty on groundhogs.
The senate had tilt over the various
utilities bills and finally sent all to the
railroad committee, with instructions
to report Thursday.
The house rejected the report OF the
pharamacy committee favoring post
ponement of the senate bill requiring
that druggists permit blanks shall be
furnished by the county auditor, and
this bill will be passed.
A big demonstration in opposition to
the prohbitory amendment is being
arranged before the senate committee
on constitutional amendments for
Thursday afternoon. 1t is expected
there will be delegations here from
nearly all the larger cities of the state,
and among them will be representative
business and professional men in all
lines and also q number of ministers
we'll recognized as leaders In their
communities Father 'Nugent, of this
city, will probably be among the
speakers and there will be a number of
ministers of other denominations. The
committee on amendments has asked
that others be heard, so that the COM
mittee may get fair idea of what the
sentiment of the people is aside from
those who are directly interested In
the agitation
The Seeley bill relating to the nom
assessment of shares Of stock In cor
porations of other states grows out or
a. condition which has developed at
Mount Pleasant. The big machinery
company which, was located there
moved over into Illinois, but large
amount of the stock was still held IN
Iowa. Mrs. Beckwith was one of the
largest shareholders and she has re-
Gently moved out of Iowa because, it
IS claimed, the property is taxed IN
Illinois, and to tax it again In Iowa
is a double responsibility. But the bill
would also exempt from assessment as
moneys and credits all railroad stocks
and similar property held by Iowa
people where the corporation is not
under the Iowa law.
The Fitchpatrick bill to require an
nual reports from all corporations or
ganized under the Iowa law or legally
entitled to do business here, is set TOR
a special order tomorrow and it is
sure to provoke a fight, for the attor-
news with corporation clients are load
ed for a sharp attack. The bill re-
ouires a fee of from 50 to $25 year
along with the annual report and this
if is estimated would bring probably
100000 a year to the state treasury.
But the chief benefit would he that
the state would then have a record OF
the corporations that are alive ana
doing business and would be able to
weed out the dead ones. Inc caro- IN
dex in the office of the secretary OF
state contains names of about lb,Ooo
corporations that have been at one
time or another organized under Iowa
law. Perhaps half have gone out of
business, but nobody knows. Under the
proposed law a corporation failing to
make report would be put out of COM
mission at once.
The Wilson bill which has passed
the senate will, if it becomes a law, be
a step in the direction of cutting OF
the bridge graft which is alleged to be
prevalent in Iowa. Senator Wilson
stated in presenting the bill that an
average of $3,000,000 worth OF bridge
work is done in Iowa each year prac-
tically without any restriction what
ever. the whole matter being in the
hands of supervisors to be disposed OF
at their will. Under the bill which has
passed the senate and is now in the
house plans and specifications will
have to be filed, and a record be Kept
of bids and contracts and there VIII
be such inspection of bridge work as
to assure that the plans are followed
before the money is paid. Many of
The. senators regard this as one of the
most important of the many reform
measures.
Certain bills came before the bank
ing committees of the legislature this
week from the office of the state du-
ditor proposing a condition of the
laws as to banking The bills were
introduced in the house as committee