Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-12
GOVERNOR CARROLL NAMES HE'D.
RICK MAN FOR PLACE HELD
BY T. e. M'cURDY.
LEE PRIMARY BILL
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Two Measures Amending Election Law
Will Now Go to conference-senate
Debates Hotel Safety Biil-Uncertain
as to Fate Of Resubmission ResoIu-
+ion

received this morning from Governor
Carroll the appointment of w. A.
Young, of Hedrick, Keokuk county, to
be custodian of the capital, to succeed
T. e. McCurdy, and referred the ap-
pointment to a committee to investi-
gate and report next Tuesday.
Abbie Abbott Appointed.
Governor Carroll has appointed Alb
bic S. Abbott, of Cedar Rapids, to be
member OF the board of educational
examiners, to succeed Miss Roberts. OF
Ames.
The house passed the Lee primary
bill, and this. with the Peterson bill,
,l. win probably go to a conference com
The senate spent the day on the
hotel bill and did not finish.
It is by no means certain that pro-
hibition for the constitution is disposed
of for the present session Of the Iowa
legislature. The vote In support of the
regularity VI IdNlIS lh0 ASt'cAosACAA o
to the committee on constitutional
amendments was surprisingly large
"a to s. This is taken to indicate that
the senate expects the committee to be
in no haste about putting it up to the
senate toivote on the question. Those
who know say that the committee is
conservative and cautious. The fact
that Senator Proudfoot, who repre-
sents the w. c. T. U. forces of The
state on the floor of the senate, made
a hard fight to keep it away from the
proper committee, would indicate that
he believes the committee is opposed
to injecting prohibition into the politics
of the state He insisted upon his right
to have the resolution referred to the
committee on suppression of intem-
perance, and this regardless of what
the chair might deem proper and
against the opposition Of the senate 1t
self President Clarke was ready to
assume full responsibility for sending
the resolution to the committee on con-
stitutional amendments and would
have done SO but for the objection of
Proodfoot. The various requests and
motions raised direct issue and the
lieutenant governor took the view that
under the rules it then became nee
essary for the, senate itself to decide,
and that neither the chair nor any
senator who might assume to take
charge of a house bill had the right 20
dictate to the senate. He further made
it plain that reference to e. commit
tee never takeS-any bill out of control
of the senate, as the senate can recall
it or direct a report at any time. How
ever, Senator Proudfoot felt very much
hurt over the fact that he was not per-
mitted to say what should be done
with the resolution, and he raised tie
point afterwards that the resolution
had been sent to one committee while
many of tile petitions for the amend
ment had been sent to another. AS a
matter of fact President Clarke, on the
opening of the session, in anticipation
of lust such situation, had COM
menced to send the amendment petit
tions to the committee on constltu-
tional amendments, and continued to do
so until senators had asked that some
of them go to the otler committee. So
the petitions are in fact in the hands of
two committees. Senator Proudfoot is
the only senator who is really pressing
the prohibition amendment very hard.
Governor Carroll made an effort to in
duce him to let up in his zeal for the
but to no avail; but the
vote of yesterday indicates that when
the matter comes up for final decision
the senate will defeat prohibition.
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The senate has on it's calendar for
disposal the Saunders bill to authorize
cities to create pension fund for fire
men. A commission is created consist
ing of the fire chief, city treasurer and
city solicitor to have charge Of the
a mill tax and payment of dues by the
firemen The firemen pay $5 fee for
and annually per cent of
their salary. On being permanently dis
abled a fireman is pensioned on half
pay and in case Of death dependent
relatives are provided for out of the
fund. This is for paid departments
only, and is a step long desired by fire
men in the state.
J. w. Bopp, of Fayette county, for
merly best known of the newspaper
men reporting Iowa legislatures, has
been visiting several days among old
members. "The most noticeable thing
1 observe about the senate" he said, lis
the disappearance of the old men. The
senators are younger class of men
than they used to be- There are very
few men here past middle life whereas
formerly the older men alone were sent
into the senate" Mr.. Bopp has plan
for adding to the quality of the senate
by making ex-governors ex-efficio SEN
ators for life so lo- as they remain
residents of the state and hold no other
office, and to make the ex-auditor, eS-
superintendent and ex-secretary of
state senators for one term only after
retirement from office.
Senator Allen got the school COM
mittee together the other day to see II
there was any chance of an agreement
upon anything in the way of legisla-
tion for the revision of the school laws.
He found that not more than two or
three of the senators on the committee
would be able to agree upon anything