Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-11
SUPPORTERS OF MEASURE FAIL
TO HAVE BILL SENT TO TEN
PERANcE COMMITTEE.
WILL PASS If GETS
TO FLOOR OF SENATE
Resolution is Finally Referred to Con-
stitutional Amendment Committee
Senate Kills All Chances of Woman
Suffrage Bill at This session-Lesis-
Iative News.
;ecial to Times Republican.

SEGclal TO JlN1eS~ RepupllCdlI.
Des Moines, March 11.--At noon to-
day the house message regarding the
prohibition amendment was taken up
in the senate Proudfoot asked unan-
imous consent to have it sent to the
committee on suppression OF ihtemper-
ance and insisted that as the senator
in charge of the bill he had a right to
designate what committee it shall go
to- A motion was made by DeWolf and
Mates to have it sent to the committee
on constitutional amendment, and they
insisted this was the proper commit
tee.
President Clarke held that Proudfoot
did not have the right to designate the
committee, since it is house bill, and
that the senate itself would have to de-
eide what committee should get 1t.
Proudfoot then moved that the resolu-
ton go to the committee on suppress
sion of intemperance. This was de-
feated and the resolution was sent to
the constitutional amendment commit
tee "a to s.
Opponents of resubmission admit
that if the resolution comes out on the
floor of the senate it will be adopted.
If the senators should vote according
to their personal sentiments they would
defeat the resolution by several votes,
but petitions that have poured into the
senate convince the majority that the
districts they represent demand dry
laws.
The committee on suppression of In
temperance is favorable to the resolu-
ton.
The senate passed the bill to provide
for rotation of names of candidates on
the primary ballot; also the bill to au-
thorize the use of the drag cn high
ways. then defeated the bill 10 grant
limited suffrage to women by O. vote OF
So to- IL. Following this the joint reso-
luton for a Constitutional amendment
granting. full suffrage to women was
defeated,s37 to II.
The vote Of the resubmission resolu-
ton in the house was as follows:
Ayes-Allred, Anderson, Arney, Bau-
man, Beans, Beebe, Beery. Boe, Bon
well, Bowman, Burt, Cooper, Cousins,
drummer. Crozier, Cunningham. Dab
ney, Dalby, Darrah, Davidson, Dawson,
Derrough, Dewell, Dewey, Dewitt,
Drury, Elliott, Felt, Fem, Finlayson,
Fox, FULTON, Goodykoontz, Grier, Hack
Ter. Hanson, Hickenlooper, Holmes,
Huffaker, Hunter, Ide, Inman, Jacobs,
Jewell, Johnson, Jones, kellogg, klay,
Larrabee,. Lee McCleary Meredith,
Moore of Wapello, Penn, Perkins
Reaney, Ripley, Schee, Sheldon, Smith,
Stillman, Stoddard, Swan, Thompson,
welden, White, Wilson, Zeller--6S.
NAYS - Balluff, Bascom, Boettger,
Boomgaarden, Byerly, Calkins, Cassa-
DIV. Corrie, Dodds, Dye, Ellis, Etter,
Fourt, Fulliam, Harding, Harvey, Ken
dali. Kull, Mcdonald, Marston, Miller
of Bremen, Miller of Dubuque. Moore
of Linn, Newell, O'Connor, Reitz, Rlt-
ter, sankey, Schroeder, Schultz, Sulll-
van. Swift, Tegeler, filden, Ward,
Wolfe, Mr.. speaker-37.
Absent Brandes, Koontz.
There is now very little doubt in the
minds of any of the members that the
hoard of education bill will become
law and that after July next single
hoard OF nine members will have full
control over the three state educational
institutions. The Whipple bill passed
the senate by vote of 80 to g., after
an all day discussion Those who voteo
against it were Allen of Pocahontas,
Gilliland, Moon, Nichols,
Van Law, White, Whiting and Wilson.
A part of the debate was upon the
amendments offered by Allen ana De
Wolf. the first being a substitute Whlch
provided merely a visiting committee
to visit all three institutions and the
other being to cut out the finance COM
mittee. Senator Whipple presented the
matter very clearly and impresslvely
and after the vote was taken indlcatea
that his bill had more votes than ne
had expected. The unexpectedly large
vote in the senate will have large m
fuence in the house so that 1T is prac-
tically certain now that the bill will go
thru "A number Of the older members
of the house who were opposed to the
bill in the past are now openly Tor II.
President Seerley Of the normal coll
lege was an interested listener in the
senate during the days debate. He has
taken no part in the controversy and
states frankly that he is Indifferent to
the bill.
The house committee on judiciary
gave a final hearing Wednesday after
noon to the friends of the bill forbid
ding Sunday amusements and Sunday
baseball. A number of persons ap-
peared to speak against the bill, espe-
cially with reference to the outdoor
sports and pleasures. After the hear
ing the committee voted to report the
bill for indefinite postponement, which
was done today and the bill will be
heard Of no more The senate commit
tee has not acted as yet and probably
will not in view of the action Of the
house committee.
The house appropriations commit
tee called before it members of the
state board of control to demand an
explanation of the action Of the board
in maintaining printing plant at Ell
dora and another at Anamosa. At both