Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-05
SENDS MEASURE TO GIVE At
ToRNEY GENERAL HELP TO
HOSTILE COMMITTEE.
ANTI-cIeARET BILL
PASSED BY UPPER HOUSE
Provides Penalty for Smoking by Boys
Under 81 Years = Hospitals Which
Discriminate Against Doctors May
Have to Pay Taxes - Legislative
Proceedings.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, April 8. = The house
precipitated the fight for a commerce
counsel again by taking up and pass
ing the Meredith bill providing that
the attorney general shall have the
right to name his assistant chosen to
care for the suits regarding transport
tation matters. The bill went to the
senate and Saunders and Gillilland OBJ
jected to it going on the calendar So
1t was sent to the railroad committee,
which is known to be hostile.
The house passed bill to take
from hospitals the exemption from
taxation where 1t is shown there has
been discrimination against any school
Of medicine.
The senate passed a bill forbidding
smoking cigarets by any one under 21
years. also bill forbidding judges and
clerks of election placing their names
on jury lists; a bill to provide pun
ishment for violation of the pure food
law; a bill increasing the poor tax
levy to 2 mills; a bill for state
drainage and waterways commission
appointed by governor; bill permit
ting town marshal to act as truant
officer, and a bill increasing the salary
of the secretary of the board of health
to $500.
A Sitting committee in the house was
named as follows: White. Lee. Moore
Sullivan, Harding, Koontz and Nc
/ Donald.
The final report of the capitol COM
mission will probably be ordered
printed. AS is now we'll understood q
whole lot of detective work is being
done by. somebody about the state Of
fees and in following up state Of.
ficials who are compelled to travel ant
the most strenuous efforts are being
made to uncover something in regard
to nearly every office or board or COM
mission for criticism. Some time age
i when the detectives got around to the
work Of the late capitol commission
+ they thought they had struck rich
lead. They started the story that the
report had been stolen, that no copy
was to be found, that the commits
sion had not printed its report or that
the governor had suppressed 1t. Ex-
Senator Funk got wind of what was
doing and came to the city. He at once
located the report filed in the gov
ernor's office where 1t should be, and
he pointed out that the law did not
authorize its publication. The probers
have had access to the report and have
not found anything but that which is
just right. That no future detective
bureau may have a chance for sug.
gesting scandal Senator Smith has
started a resolution to order the print
ing of the report
If President Clarke. of the senate, Is
permitted to have his way there will
be no sitting committee In the senate
He cleared the house calendars twice
as presiding officer, and If the senate
is diligent today there will not be more
than three or four numbers on the
senate calendar tonight. But Senator
Saunders Is desperately determined
there shall be sitting committee, ant
he tried very hard to get it thru Sat
urday. Its only purpose could be tc
bury some bills or measures and MOI
permit them to come to light at all
Just what it Is that causes the feal
is not well known, but evidently there
is something which the railroads fea1
and would like to get rid of. The house
is in such condition that it ought te
have a sitting committee of able mer
If 1t Is to get thru at all.