Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

companies complain TINS t1"le WAS too
long as they lost track . illnesses
and could not ascertain : zeal facts
in connection with the s mt at such
late report. The Wof rom knoWi-
edge We're inserted man might
be unconscious fre' : accident for
thirty days and = now of his in
}a' have We a f fan ' or :, :, ,ther accident. in
juries of whic = ght not disclose
themselves until .fter thirty days.
Whether or not wives, sisters and
sweethearts should be permitted to-
wear the emblems of mems secret or
ders is the topic that is causing quite
a din in the house of representatives
at the present time.
The trouble started when Harding
called UP his bill which provides PEN
atty for any person other than a mem
ber wearing the insignia of an order.
Immediately there was objection to the
word person" as it was urged this
might include women and Representa-
tive Lee of Emmett, believed wife or
sister of a man should be entitled to.
wear his jewelry if she desired. Rep
bill had been drafted by members of
the Ellis lodge and that as most of the
Ellss had wivesS sisters and sweet
hearts, he did not believe they could
have seen any danger in the measure.
He urged no one would be mean enough
to prosecute a woman for such an Of
fense But the member from Emmett
insisted that the law should be made
specific Several amendments We're Of
fered with the final result that the bill
was sent back to the judiciary COM
mittee for further consideration. SO
the question of the rights of wives ana
sweelhearts to wear the lodge emblems
of the men will be fought out in COM
mittee.
Sherffs will continue to have the
power to appoint the bailiffs for the
judges of the district court. The bill
introduced providing that judges might
appoint their own bailiffs was killed
by the house committee The bill orig
mated in Des Moines and was consid-
ered merely a local ,spolitical move
against Sheriff Ben Ness and an at
tempt by the judges to get more polit-
cal patronage. The committee will
also kill the bill raising the salary of
Polk county judges from $500 to So
600.
Senator Larrabee and Senator Moon
are engaged in drafting a bill which
has as its object the fixing of a max
imum telegraph charge in Iowa for
messages under ten words. The exact
provisions of the measure have not
been determined upon, but they are
discussing fixing twenty-five cents as
the maximum amount that can be
charged anywhere in the state for a
message under ten words. Mr.. LARA
bees father Introduced 81 similar meas
ure in the Iowa general assembly over
forty years ago and urged such action
while he was governor of Iowa and
since.
The senate committee on schools has
reported favorably for passage of the
Whipple bill providing for compulsory
education for blind and deaf and dumb
children in the state of Iowa.
The house appropriations committee
yesterday afternoon killed by vote
for indefinite postponement the bill
providing for giving to each county
fair association s100. The county fairs
will receive their donation from the
state as in the past, an amount that
averages SIS.
The house committee on railroads
reported for passage a bill amending
the anti-pass bill by exempting mail
carriers in cities. This bill may go
to the committee on judiciary, but it
is likely it will pass there too, as there
is hardly any objection to mail car
riers in large cities, where they have
to travel long distances receiving free
Transportation from the street car
companies.
Superintendent George Ferrell, Of
Clinton, appeared before the senate
committee on schools yesterday and
spoke on the school bill, favoring most
of the provisions. The senate commit
to subcommittee which will probably
subcommittee.
The senate committee on military
affairs reported for indefinite postpone
ment the mill that passed the house
prohibiting all kinds of sports. and
amusements on Decoration day, The
senate committee voted to kill the
measure 8 to L. An old soldier on the
committee said that it was his opin-
ion that if amusements in the after
noon were abolished it would kill mem
orial day, because people would go to
the country on picnics, whereas they
now stay in town, help observe mem
orial day in the morning and go to
some amusement in the afternoon. He
urged that the afternoon amusement
held them in town and brought them
out to the memorial exercises in the
morning. After the bill passed the
house there was a motion, signed by
three, to reconsider It's action, but this
was never called up. 1t is thought the
house opponents to the bill canvassed
the senate committee and learned its
attitude toward the measure and ac-
cordingly left it's death to be enacted
by their hands.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.