Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-16
CIRCLE STAYS OFF
OFFICIAL BALLOTS
Test Vote in Iowa Senate When
Peterson Bill Is Up For
Passage
PRESIDENTIAL NAMES oil
Peterson Measure Removes From Bal
lots Names of Candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President-Passed by
Close vote-BiIIs Passed Increasing
Aid to County Fairs.
Special to Times Republican.

| Des Moines, Feb. 16.--The senate
/ spent the forenoon in spirited discus
sion of the Peterson bill for simplify
ing the law and presenting future con-
tests by removing the names of can
didates for president and vice presi-
dent from the ballot. The fight on
the bill was led by those who are
planning for contest in favor OF go
ing back to the system of having a
/, circle on the ballot. Among those
who favored the Peterson bill were
Smith and Van Law.
| The fight against the bill was led
| by Adams, Savage, Saunders and Nc
Cullough. Francis offered an amend
ment permitting the president and vice
president to remain on the ballot and
to permit voters to make squares in
from, of their names and marking
therein. The amendment was de-
clared out of order. The bill was
passed by vote of 80 to IA. those
voting against the bill being Adams,
Allen of Van Buren,, Bennett, Brown.
! F'itchpatrick, Francis, Hoyt. McCul-
1ough, Nichols, Proudfoot. Saunders,
Savage. Seeley and Stuckslager.
The vote on this bin is taken to in
dictate positively that the circle will
not be restored to ballots.
The contest committee Of the house
finished counting the Buchanan coun-
ty vote and found Stoddard repubi-
can. and in fact twenty majority over
Springer, democrat, instead of two, as
shown by the canvass Of votes. The
report viii, be unanimous.
1sfle> senate also passed the follow
ing:
To authorize schools and churches
to vote tax aid for hospitals and H.
braries.
To permit fire levy of mills and
in cities of 10000 population mills.
To admit dependent fathers to SOL
diers' home.
To increase state aid to county fairs.
Increasing the pay of jurors.
To punish for. getting out of Jail
without breaking.
To provide a direct Inheritance tax
The house laid on the table the In
man resolution calling for joint COM
mittee to investigate quarantine scam
dals and the board of health A bill
was introduced for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the purchase of additional
ground at the capitol and 100000 for
office buildings near the capitol.
The house passed bills to authorize
the payment for surveys for water
works and to amend the law on motor
cycles
The contest committee in the Marion
county case decided that Crozier, dem
ocrat, will retain his seat with four or
five larger majority over Teeter than
had been reported by the board Of
canvassers.
VanLaw secured the amendment to
the house bill with regard to tax levy
for fire purposes, permitting. cities OF
10000 population or over to levy as
much as 5 mills so that they can main
tain a paid department.
Everyone voted that the ceremonies
of the unveiling Of the General Weaver
portrait were as delightful as any pub
lie event held in the hall of the house.
OF course the center of attraction was
Bryan. He gave the keynote to the
event.
1--WE have passed the day." he said,
"when they behead the reformer: they
may defeat him but they let him live.
The world lis growing better"
And he referred feelingly to the
had
gathered to do honor to General
Weaver and to the fact that here were
political friends and political foes of
long standing General Weaver him
self, later spoke of the fact that the
event was strictly non-partisan and
that was to him the most delightful
feature of it.
Here was Father Nugent, a. long time
personal and political friend Of General
Weaver. and Major Lacey, long time
personal friend but political opponent.
They met together. In the audience was
r. H. Gillette, whose name was SO long
linked with that Of Weaver in politics
and in Journalism. There were Carroll,
and Clarke both of whom grew up
down in the Hairy Nation" one IN
Soap creek and the other on Salt
creek not far from where Weaver made
his start in life. The wife of Ex-Gov-
ernor Larrabee was an interested lis
tener In the reception which followed
all joined to grasp the hand of General
Weaver and to greet his wife.
No one feature Of the event called
forth more spontaneous applause than
when Mr.. Bryan referred to the part
Weaver had had in laying the founda-
ton for the movement for election OF
u. S. senators by vote Of the pepole
themselves. He spoke of the fact that
Weaver introduced the first resolution
to that end in congress and
he did it ten years before it ever passed
congress: yet now five congresses nave
indorsed the idea and we have today
the first president-elect who before his
h