Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-30
INSURANCE COMPANIES
ARE PLANNING A FIGHT
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ported this morning in favor of leaving
the incumbent in his seat. The in
cumbent is Kendall, Democrat, while
the contestant was Robb, Republican.
The vote of the committee was three
to two in favor of permitting the
Democrat to retain his seat, Ward Will
son voting with the Democrats for the
report. The question at issue was the
condition of the ballots with regard to
recount The majority report holds
that the ballots having been exposed
to the public in a local contest could
not be regarded as having been so
kept as to insure their being just as
voted. Therefor, there will be no re-
count If the house sustains this view
of the matter it may have a material
effect on the three other contests
where similar questions have been
raised
Fight on Cooperative Creameries.
Following close upon the decision Of
the Interstate Commerce commission
refusing to interfere in the fight be-
tween the cooperative creameries
and the concertrator companies, Sena-
tor Cosson today introduced into the
senate a bill recommended in the
governors message. and Endorsed by
the state daily department to prevent
determinations in prices paid for but
ter fat in Iowa in the interest Of the
concentrator creamery companies. 1t
is made unlawful for any company en-
gagged in buying milk, cream or butter
fat, to create a. monopoly or destroy a
SGompetitor by purchasing cream or
bEtterfat at higher rate or price in
one section than is paid by the same
company in another section under ex-
actly similar conditions. In short, the
business of killing off the small and
cooperative creameries by paying
high prices for time is to be stopped
If 1t is possible to do so. Companies
violating this law will be heavily
fined and under some circumstances
their charters will be revoked.
Senator Peterson has practically
completed preparation of bill to
eliminate without putting the circle
back on the official ballot the trouble
which has arisen from the marking of
votes for president and vice president.
He is also at work on bill to perfect
the primary law as to many Of the
details and especially to get rid Of the
alphabetical advantage of the present
arrangement of names thereon.
The senate judiciary committee to-
day reported back favorably the bill
to completely remodel the law as to
the duties of county attorney A
complete substitute was adopted
which retains most of the features OF
the original bill 1t defines the duties
of county attorney and provides he
must prosecute all cases. 1t greatly
enlarges his duties and powers and re-
sponsibilities.
The house judiciary committee
killed off the bill by Finlayson to pun
ish persons for remarrying within a
year in violation of the Iowa law. 1t is
explained, however, that new bill
will be prepared which will get at the
matter in different way The trou-
BILE now is that persons go outside the
state and remarry, but when they re-
turn to Iowa no court has purisdic-
ton. Now it is the plan to provide
for punishment of persons living to-
gether as husband and wife within the
state within one year after divorce,
so that it will not be the marriage but
the living together that is crime and
this will give the courts Jurisdiction
Ora Williams.