Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-08
SENATE PASSES
HARDING FIRE
MARSHAL BILL
Amendment Adopted Before
Passage Taking Away In
quisitorial Duties; Many
Bills Through Houses.

| Des Moines, April 7.-(Special) -
Representative Harding's bill creating
the Office of state fire marshal and ap
protriating s12,5OO salary and ex
penses, opened up big fight In the
senate this morning. The bill finally
was passed by vote of SO to T.. The
Clarkson amendment, taking away
from the marshal inquisitorial powers,
also being adopted.
! The house adopted a concurrent res
olution by Fletcher of Iowa authoriz.
ing the printing and sale at cost OF
early Iowa session laws.
The bill by Van Law, legalizing di-
vorce DEGREES obtained prior to Jan. l,
1907, where affidavit Of non-residence
was not filed, was passed by the house.
Bills Passed In House.
Among the bills passed by the house
We're the following: 'oa
BY Jacobs, legalizing conveyances OF
real estate prior to 1890 in which a
wife failed to Join.
BY Stire, authorizing the filfng-in the
county recorders office OF tract book
now in office OF secretary Of state and
making such copies presumptive evi-
dence.
BY Whitney, allowing judges to hold
a special session of court to receive
pleas OF guilty.
BY Miller of Bremen, giving the state
food and dairy department power to
weights and measures.
BY Fraley, permitting gas companies
to lay lines in counties.
Among the bills passed in the senate
were the following.
BY Boettger, amending the law CIV
ing cities the power to improve water
fronts, so as to include Davenport.
BY Vanlaw, providing that in COM
mission governed cities, public libra
ries must be governed by board Of
trustees OF five men instead of COM
mission.
Henderson New Printer.
Robert Henderson of Council Bluffs
was elected printer and John Jameson
Of Guthrie county was chosen binder.
Both are located in the Ninth district,
which also is urging the selection OF
Judge H. E. Deemer Of Red Oak for
United States senator
The republicans met in caucus yes
terday afternoon to nominate candi-
dates. 1t was the first caucus in
which the standpatters have partici-
pated. Representative Gerritt Klay
presided. 1t took three ballots to elect
Henderson. S. H. Green of Charlton
was his most formidable opponent.
Jameson was elected on the first bal
lot.
Printer a Newspaper Man.
Henderson was secretary to Con
gressman Walter 1. Smith during sew
eral sessions of congress and was edi-
tor of the Nonpareil at Council Bluffs
during the fight against Cummins, but
he was aligned personally with the
progressives. However, the standpat-
ters supported him for printer.
Jameson is deputy secretary OF
state, and has been strong progress
sive. His principal opponent was ]. l..
Long, who was one of the campaign
managers for Governor Carroll and is
a standpatter.
There are persistent rumors that
Judge Deemer intends to withdraw
now that his district has been honored
by the hestcwal on it of the printer
shin and bindery, and his withdrawal
will precipitate Kenyon victory. The
senatorial vote was unchanged.
Not a voice was raised in the senate
in opposition to the house bill to au-
thorize the authorities of state institrl-
tions to operate on inmats to prevent
The bill now goes to the
governor. 1t is modelled on the Indiana
statute.