Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-06
HOUSE PASSES SENATE BILL
FoRBlDDiNG BEER MANuFAc.
TuRERs TO RETAIL.
SITTING COMMITTEE
SPRINGS A SURPRISE
Large Grist of Measures Put Thru
Both House and senate-corporation
Stocks in Outside Companies to Be
Exempted From Taxation-Gypsum
Interests Oppose Inspection.
Special to Times Republican.

ReDuDIiCAn.
Des Moines. April 6.-The senate
today passed a bin to put the gyp-
sum mines under the control of the
state mine inspector. the same as coai
mines. Much opposition developed
and representatives of the gypsum In
terests at Fort Dodge sought to have
1t defeated
The surprise of the morning was
the report of the house sitting COM
mittee favorable to the passage thru
the house of the Bennett bill from the
senate, forbidding breweres owning
saloons in Iowa, and this bill was TAX
en- up and passed. The house also
passed the Seeley bill exempting
from assessment corporation stocks In
companies outside of iowa.
The senate passed bill to permit
towns of 1000 to make street i'm
provements the same as cities; a bill
permitting boards of supervisors to
pay for surety bonds for county off,
GERS; bill forbidding an attorney
to act as surety on bond given in
court; a bill authorizing the nom
partisan nomination Of candidates
for city office, and a bill to give the
new board of education control over
the millage taxes and colleges. The
bill to give the board of education
control over the state library and
other departments was withdrawn
The senate passed the Sammis bill
to appropriate $1,000 for commission
of four to investigate and report on
utilities bill.
The extent to which the house takes
stock in the hue and cry for reor-
ganization of the boards and COM
missions of the state, was shown yes
terday afternoon when a bill was
brought up which had escaped general
attention. 1t was a bill to reorganiZe
the pharmacy commission by legislat-
ing the former appointees cut of Of
flee and putting in one high salaried
commissioner with assistants. Its pas
sage would solve the pharmacy COM
mission question at least for the pres
ent for 1t would Immediately result in
the board. The bill was not discussed,
but on the vote it received twenty
four votes to fifty-one against.
Publication of rumor that John
Cownie is to be removed from the
board of control and that a lawyer
Senator Hammill-is to take his
place, caused good deal of excite
ment in the Hobbies yesterday, and a
great many protests came to the state
house. AS for Senator Hammill he is
a splendid man, personally popular
and not word could be said against
him: but the protests come from the
farming and business interests be-
cause of the plan to place two lawyers
on the board and leave off the only
member who is a practical farmer and
who is skilled in handling the large
contracting and business and buying
matters of the board.
The senate yesterday afternoon In
definitely postponed the Van Law bill
to make the county the unit instead
of the city in the matter of consent for
saloon petitions. Senator Van Law
argued that the county is the unit of
law enforcement and should also be
the unit in the matter of giving con-
sent.
The reason for the intense desire of
some persons to have senate sitting
committee became apparent the mo-
ment the house sent over the bill to
give the state special and expert coun-
sci in railroad rate matters. A fight
was precipitated to take that bill to
the railroad committee, which is fixed
to kill all such legislation. and without
a sitting committee the railroads COM
| mittee will have to take a responsible
ity. The senate has the matter before
| it in another form, however, and the
| bill may be passed. For some reason
there Is intense desire that the bill
shall be killed.
i the nand OF the grain companies
was shown when the senate came tc
consider house amendments to the bill
! to forbid discrimination in buying
cream, grain and poultry. 1t has beer
discovered that the bill would put 6
stop TO the very common methods OF
the line elevators in the crushing ou
Tornado Sea!