Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-03
IOWA SENATE PASSES
PUBLIC SAFETY BILL
Measure Compelling Doors OF
Public Buildings to Swing
Outward Adopted
CRIMINAL CASES TO BE HURRIED
Bill Passes Both Houses Limiting Time
of Appeal to Six Months = Legisla-
ture May Officially Participate in
Reception to Fleet on Its Arrival
Home
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines. Feb. 3.-The house
passed the senate bill limiting the time
for commencing appeals in criminal
cases to six months, and 1t will be-
come law soon The bill will greatly
hasten the cause of justice in GRIM
inal matters.
The senate passed the bill to require
the doors of all public buildings to open
outward. the bill extending the time
for selling off old stocks of paint, and
the bill to protect cities and to pay
for the preliminary expenses in start
ing water works. The Hunter bill to
give cities the right to expend the road
to committee.
Senators Moon and Adams intro
duced a bill to require all telephone
companies to make connections and
have joint rates. Meredith introduced
a bill for Sunday closing as to all
amusements.
A house committee was appointed
on drainage laws, consisting of Still
man, Hacker. Harding, Ripley, Lee,
Mcdonald, Kellogg, Jacobs and Da-
wilson. A resolution by Schee. of
O'Brien, to have Iowa send a commit
tee of citizens, including the governor,
to the reception to the fleet in New
York, and to provide tokens for all
Iowans on the fleet, was at first voted
down, then reconsidered.
Consolidation of departments and
expansion of business is to be the rule
with regard to the minor affairs of
state if legislators can only arrange
the matter to suit them. A first step
In this direction is to be provision for
the location of what will be in effect a
state office building, or as suggested
in the message, an agricultural and
military hall, for the purpose of prop
erly housing all the various subord-
nate departments of the state In this
building would be located the follow
ing:
The agricultural department, includ-
ing the pure food and dairy depart
ment, the veterinary department, the
horticultural department, the head
quarters of stock breeding associations,
the agricultural extension work, the
short course extensions, the farmers S
institutes. and the collection and dis
semination of statistics relating to ag-
riculture.
The military department, or the
headquarters of the national guard,
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The health department, combined
into one by consolidation of the board
of health, the medical examiners, the
osteopaths, the department of under
takers, the pharmacy board, the den
tai board, etc,
The industrial department, including
the collection of labor statistics, fac
tory inspection, enforcement of labor
laws, mine inspection, the geological
survey, etc.
The insurance department and possi-
bly, some others which can not be pro-
perly housed in the storage rooms of
the capitol; possibly, also, the board
Of control with it's varied activities, and
in case of the creation of a state high
way commission and a board to man
age the state educational institutions
these would also go into the business
building.
This is the line of thought of several
bills which have been prepared or are
under way. The present legislature
may go no further than to effect con-
solidation among some of the depart
ments. A plan which meets with much
favor is to consolidate the health bus
iness under one board with the gov
ernor and attorney general members
and one doctor, one dentist and one
pharmacist Another very populor sug-
gestion is to put all labor matters un-
der one head AS for the grouping of
the departments related to agriculture
that may wait for time, but in the
meantime there is disposition to en-
large the work of that department. 1t
is regarded as certain that some form
of readjustment of official duties will
effect a considerable saving to the
state and give better service.
There was not much surprise over
the fact that leading republican
member should prepare and introduce
a. bill for a bank guaranty law. The bill
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the usual form of such laws, as they
have been proposed. Mr.. Darrah lives
in community which has suffered
greatly from the great losses incident
TO the big failure at Charlton, and ne
states that in his section OF the state
there is very great demand for bank
guaranty law or for something that
will meet the constant. danger of the
present system There are also a num-
Der of other republicans in the house
who believe firmly that it is the duty
of this legislature to take a first step
in the direction Of providing for guar
anty OF bank deposits.
There was neither demonstration nor
feeling over the announcement of the
verdict of the committee having N
charge the Mahaska county senatorial