Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-13
ARRANGE HEARING BEFORE GOV.
ERNoR CARROLL TO PLEAD
FOR HIS plsAPPRovAL.
ARGUMENT TO BE MADE
BEFORE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Not Believed Carroll Will Surrender
to Liquor interests. as Law Is Con.
sidered an Excellent one-Amend- :
ments to the Primary Law-RaiI.
ways Complain.


Des Moines, April 13.-Liquor interests
of the state will have.a hearing before
Gov. b. f. Carroll Wednesday on the
Moon law, which passed both houses of
the legislature and is designed to re-
strict saloons to one for each 1000 in
habitants in counties where saloons
are permitted. The liquor interests
want the governor to refuse to sign
the law and thus prevent it becoming
effective. There Is considerable doubt,
however, that the governor will con-
cede to their desires. The Moon bill
provides for a gradual elimination If
saloons in wet counties down to one
for each 1000 people, and in the process
Of this elimination provides for a sur
vival Of the fittest. The law Is so that
no saloon man can be forced to quit his
business now, and no saloon man caa
be eliminated regardless of the number
In city until the proprietor has been
convicted OF violating the mulct law.
When he is convicted, that saloon IS
put out of business and no other per-
NIT can be issued in its place. This
elimination goes on until the pre-
scrlbed number is left, the theory being
that the worst saloons will be cut off
and the better ones survive. Howeye,.
the saloon interests object to the meas
ure and purpose to make final effort
to get it defeated. William Birdsall. OF
Waterloo, will make the argument.
Railroads have asked a hearing be-
fore the governor on the law passed by
the general assembly which attaches to
them a fine of $50 per day for failing
to comply with orders of the railway
commission. The roads want this law
killed, also. The law was passed upon
the complaint of the commissioners.
that railroads had refused to obey
orders of the commission, and in many
instances prolonged delay by merit
less appeals to courts and similar legal
hlibustering. The commission main
tanned to the legislature that it was
useless to give 1t authority to issue or
ders to the railroads unless some pen-
atty for violating those orders was
fixed.
Much interest has been expressed as
to the provisions OF the amendment
to the state primary law providing ro-
tation of names of candidates as II
passed the two houses of the legisla-
ture on the last day of the session.
This bill is designed to equalize what
has hitherto been declared an unfair
discrimination by virtue of a mans
name. Hereafter he whose name begins
with A will have no better position on
the ballot than he whose name begins
with u. There has been much COM
plaint in the past because of the alpha
betical discrimination.
Under the provisions of the new law
it becomes incumbent upon the secre-
tary of state to make a list of the
counties Of the state in order of the
party vote, that is by placing that
county with the highest party vote
first, the one with the next highes,
party vote second and so on thru the
ninety-nine counties.
Then he must, under the law. ar
range the names of candidates fol
state office in alphabetical order and
so place them on the ballot in the first
places the names of those first in the
first county at the foot of their re-
spective lists, making the name thai
was second first. In the third count,
he repeats the operation until the lis
is gone thru and each candidate for ar
office by rotation has his name frs
on the ballot. 1t Is figured that witt
the counties arranged in this manne,
every candidate will be first on abou,
the same number of ballots. For count,
officers the county auditor arrange.
the ballots in the same manner takine
precincts for the unit
Candidates for the three remunera.
tive positions under the new board o.
education are becoming numerous
These positions pay over $4,000 pei
year and ore ACCORDINGLY worth hay.