Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-23
Both Houses Of Legislature
Flooded With Petitions Ask
ing Vote OH Prohibition
HOUSE PASSES HOTEL BILL
Measure Calling for Safety Appliances
and State Inspection Thru Lower
House - No Commission Plan for
Cities of the Second Glass = Legis-
lative Gossip.

Special to es-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 2S.-The two
houses We're flooded today with peti :
items in favor of tn, resubmission #
the prohibition amendment. Several
thousond names are being added -
IN. list. The to5,i ~ names now N
these petitions, 1t L. Gained, is ever
1900.
Tie house passed the hotel bill p.J-
viding for fire proof construction fire
escapes. otc., and s..s .fo state insp. c
escapes, etc, and for state inspector
of hotels.
Both houses spent the entire fore
noon listening to oratory. In the house
the debate was on the bill to extend
to cities of the second class the right
to vote whether they should adopt the
commission plan of city government.
The bill was finally defeated, AZ to 80.
In the senate discussion was on the
assumptions of-risll bill relating to in
juries to railroad men. The bill was
finally passed almost unanimously
In the senate Gillilland moved to re-
consider the vote by which the senate
on Monday passed the Hammil bill to
forbid sales of liquor to persons having
taken the drink cure, but the motion
was tabled.
Senator Moon introduced new jury
bill which provides that the jury lists
shall be made from all the voters of
the state and the present jury commits
sion shall! attend the drawing of names.
The wax the senate went after the
Mccullough insurance bill on WASH :
ington's birthday indicates that the
senators do not like to ignore holidays.
The bill was one to permit insurance
companies to insure doctors hospitals.
dentists and druggists against loss by
reason of their own incompetency or
carelessness. 1t had come from the In
surancei committee with favorable re-
port After the senators had got thru
with the bill it received Just five voses.
The debate was participated i'm by
Dowell. Van Law, Hammill, Clarkson.
DeArmand and Gillilland The last
named alone stood for the bill 1t was
argued against the bill that it was
against public policy that insurance Of
that kind had been repeatedly declared
to be bad, that the measure was not
wanted by the druggists or doctors but
was brought in by an insurance COM
pany Two of the doctors Of the sea-
ate stated openly that the bill was not
wanted by the doctors.
This is the worst defeat yet admin
istered to any measure and the wonde er
As how it was ever brought to the floor
Of the senate.
The McHenry jury commission bill
has been decently buried by the house
Judiciary committee. The bill sought to
change the method Of selecting a jury
list and placed it in the hands of a
commission to be named by the court.
This commission would make UP the
venire lists and draw the jury panels
from time to time. The objection to the
measure was that 1T gave too much
power to the court, and while in gen.
eral it would be an Improvement over
the present system, it might result in
S~A
tocrat in a very Objectionable way.
The senate passed the Van Law bill
to authorize payment of $4,000 in aid
of the building of a dam at the SOL
diers' home, in the Iowa river. The bill
was not opposed. The plan Us to con-
struct a dam to cost probably $4,000,
for which the state should pay some
thing because of benefits at the proper
ty Of the state.
The visiting committee Is making
the rounds of the institutions but will
be back during part Of the week, then
finish at the time Of the longer vaca-
ton the latter part Of the week.
Another effort Is to be made to eff
feet a change in the name of the state
normal school, A number of the sem
ators believe that if stand had been
taken simply to change the name to
normal college" instead of the
teachers college," it would have been
successful. The bill on final vote had
thirty-two votes. One who voted
against it has changed and moved to
reconsider This is Senator Chapman.
There were also three Of the demo-
Gratis who failed to vote for the bill.
and as Senator DeWolf, who fathered
the bill. is very popular with the DEM
ocrats, it is believed these three can
be won over to support the blu large
ly as a compliment to the senator from
Grundy There was really a good deal
Of feeling stirred up over the bill, be-
cause OF prevalent feeling THAT there
was something back OF 1T more impor-
tant than merely a desire to get
chance at the Carnegie pension fund.
In fact it was practically admitted on
the floor of the senate that the school
can now secure the benefits Of the Car
negie fund by showing that the stand
ard is right The most serious accn-
sation against the bill was that it was