Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
.ON[ COSSON BILL
PASSED By SENATE
Measure Empowering Courts to
Remove Negligent officers
Gets Big Vote
ONE IMPORTANT AMENDMENT
Action Must First Be Begun by Con-
certed Action Of Ten ctizens-House
Devotes an Hour to Quarrelins With
State Board Of Health-commssion
Bill Considered.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 5.-The senate
passed, after the two days .debate, the
Cosson bill to provide way for re-
moval by courts of officers who will
fully refuse or neglect to enforce the
law. The bill was amended to require
the names of ten citizens to commence
action. The vote on the bill was "a to
13. The house put in an hour today
quarreling with an alleged interview
in a local newspaper in which Secre-
tary Thomas, of the state board Of
health, was quoted as disputing some
of the statements made by house mem
bers in previous personal attack
upon him. Miller, Moore, Jewell and
others took occasion as matter of
PERSONAL privilege to denounce Secre-
tary Thomas and to denounce the
printed statements credited to him as
false.
Representative Hacker secured rec
ommendation of the bill to apply the
commission plan of government for
cities of the second class. and then
offered amendments to make it apply
only to cities of over 1000 population.
The bill was made a special order for
day next week.
Undoubtedly there will be afternoon
sessions of one or both branches OF
the legislature the coming week. The
fast is that the senate Is far ahead OF
the house, and the work has piled ZIP
on the house in a manner to cause
some alarm. Yesterday there was an
unusually large number of committee
meetings and some important hearings.
Within few days some of the more
important measures will get out and
be considered, and If they are to be
considered fully there must be time
for the work.
The most interesting hearing Of the
day was one by the two committees on
public health on the bills having for
their purpose the killing off of the ad-
vertising of doctors. About forty OF
the business managers and advertising
men of the state, representing most
of the daily papers and many OF the
weeklies, appeared to explain why this
bill is not in the public interest. 1t
is confidently believed that the show
ing made is such that the bill will not
be passed.
A hearing was given by the appfo-
priations committee of the house on
several measures yesterday afternoon.
One was the proposed appropriation
asked for by the farmers Of the state
for new amphitheater at the state
fair ground. Another was that for an
appropriation to aid in disseminating
information regarding the dairy bus
mess Of the state Still another was on
the travelling library appropriation.
The committee made no report. The
senate appropriations committee re-
ported favorably on the bill to appro-
pirate for the removal Of the remains
of Governor Briggs.
The railroads committee of the sen
ate reported favorably today on the
bill to grant an interurban line .ie
right of way thru the grounds of .ha
school for the deaf at Council Bluffs.
The committee had hearing on tho
bill from the house to fine railroads
for not obeying orders of the railroad
commission. The house railroad COM
mittee had hearing on the bill to take
out of the law the permission to charge
10 cents extra for paying fare on q
train