Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-01
SENATE VOTES TO INDEFINITELY
POSTPONE MEASURE AIMED
At IOWA CITY.
VAN LAW MAKES VIGOROUS
BUT LOSING FIGHT
Bill Attacked as Unfair and Lssisiat.
ing Against One city-vots to POST
pons is Is to 21-clarks Names
Senate Sitting committss-Lobby
Ordered Out Of Senate.
Special to T!mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moiues April 1.-The hvc-1nile-
limit bill came UP in senate today on
special order and almost the entire
forenoon was spent upon 1t. It was
killed by vote OF rs to 21.
Allen, Of Jefferson. moved the adop-
't!on Of the committee report in favor
OF making the bill apply to all the
colleges and universities OF the state
the same as to university. and when
thus amended that bill be killed. He
urged that the committee report be
adopted because the bill is perversion
OF tho law, and the mulct law Is the
best ever devised tor the regulation OF
the liquor traffic.
Van Law Defends.
Van Law declared that the amend
ments proposed were made by the en-
emies Of the bill. He declared that the
state should not authorize saloons in
Iowa City and then spend millions in
building up university there.
Saunders defended the bill because 1t
would tend to surround the boys at the
state university with the best intiu-
ences.
Sammis spoke at length against the
bill. I'VE are hero proposing to do
something never before heard Of" he
said. 1--WE are asked to legislate to de-
prive just one community Of the right
of self government and to deny to the
people OF Iowa City the privileges
which are accorded to others.T
Finally Disposed Of.
In the discussion Van Law said that
even II the bill was amended he would
vote for 1t. and in reply TO question
Sammis said he also would vote for Il
as amended.
+ The first vote was on motion to or
der tho previous question, which car.
ried t2ssto II. Van Law then had ter
minutes in whichsto Gloss the debats
after which the vote was fsae4n 0at TN
commfttse report. rsGsiSttne IS 4 III
fieh, linden niteiy yesstpons6thssbiii. i
Senators Who Opposed.
Those who voted for the killing oi
the bill were: Allen Of Jefferson, Balluf
Chapman. Cowles. Crow. Dewolf, Dun
negan, Fitchpatrick. Garrett. Gates
Hoyt, Legel, McManus. Mates, Par.
shall. Quigley. Ream, Sammis, Savage
Schrup. Sullivan Taylor. Webber, White
and Wilson.
Those opposing the report and there
fore to sustain the bill were Adams
Allen Of Pocahontas, Ames, Balken;a
Chase. Francis, Grltlland, Hammill
Hunter, Jewell Larrabee, McCullough
Malmbers. Neal, Proudfoot, Saunders
Smith OF Mitchell, Smith of Shelby
Spauldng. StuclSlager. and Van Law.
The absentees were Bennett. Brown
Clarkson and McColl. motion &c
reconsider was laid on the table.
All Temperance Bills Killed,
The senate committee on suppres-
sion of intemperance COMPLETED the
task Of burying everything by a meet.
ing at the noon hour. when the commit
Zee reported out everything in its hands
for indefinite postponement. This In
cludes the daylight closing" bill and
the Moore anti-treatlng bill. AS these
VII hardly be reached today. they viii
under the rule OF the sitting committee
not be considered at all by the senate
and the action Of the COMMITTEES 10 ftnaI