Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-05
NO LEol&LA1loN NOW POSSIBLE
UNTIL PUT THRU SITTING
MACHINE.
1eUAL DIVISION MADE
As TO FRACTIONAL LINES
May Have Some Bearing on Senatorial
Sieuation-lowa at Last Gets Bulk
feetine Saies Of Merchandise in Bulk
No Utilities Comm ission Probable.
Special to Tim s-Republican.

com mittees are now in full control of
iowa legislation The senatorial mud
die Is responsible for the fact that
new record Is made of having sitting
committees control both houses for full
ten days of the session. but in view of
the condition of the calendars it was
unavoidable These temporary dictat-
ors OF legislation. these committees of
defense, are composed as follows:
Senate-Saunders Mates. Sammis.
Smith Of Shelby, Proudfoot, GARRISON
and Schrup
i House-Jacobs. Crist. Johnson, Hard
ing, Klay Kull and O'Conner.
I A study of these committees shows
mat they have been evenly distributed
Isecttonally and factionaly. For in
Stance, Of the republicans there are
three OF the senate who are voting now
Nor Deemer and two for Kenyon: while
LOT the house committee three are Ken
Son men and two are for Deemer.
This may have some Importance
from the fact that it is an open secret
chat a great deal Of trading has been
Eoing on with regard to bills in REFER
ence to the senatorship. and great
deal more Of such trading is in con-
Temptation.
There is much left of legislation vet
to be considered that may have effect
on the senatorial contest. The LIQUOR
legislatton has now all been got out OF
The way. There was a we'll defined
-,,rnor afloat last week to the effect that
there was a body Of some sixteen DEM
ocrats ready to make any rea sonable
use of their votes in the senatorship
in exchange for votes for the defeat
Of all LIQUOR legislation. 1t has been
known that corporation influences have
also been toying with the senatorial
deadlock. But most Of this is now out
OF the way.
The question Of printer and binder
Is Just now uppermost and 1t is ques-
ton whether the senatorial contest IS
Going 10 interfere with the easy settle
ment Of that question. 1t Is known
that those who are virtual masters OF
the situation have been insisting upon
holding of the election OF binder ana
printer until the last moment In the
hope that 1t might be made use OF IN
the senatorial contest. But the cleo
ton. or at least the balloting, will be
commenced Thursday evening in joint
assembly. and when that is over one
more disturbing element will have been
laid to sleep.
The fight for these two offices is
hardly along factional lines and will be
settled mainly on the personality OF the
men.
At last legislature Of Iowa has
given the state a bulk sales Dill, the
senate late yesterday passing the circuit
bill from the house. The bill PROVIDES
that where a stock Of goods is sold the
seller must furnish the purchaser with
a complete list of all his creditors, and
five days before the sale Is consum-
mated each and every one OF these
creditors must have personal notice OIL
the contemplated exchange OF owner
ship. Unless this is done the sale does
not hold as against the creditors. In
lieu of this the creditors may file
waiver The bill is not nearly as strong
nor as Sraud-proof as some OF the nllls
offered in the past but is regarded as
a most excellent measure IL was
championed by Representative Grout,
of BIackhawk in the house, new but
aggressive member who is making
fine record, and was taken up by Sen
ator DeWoH, Of Grundy, in the senate.
The Miller bill to put out of commits
LS~AAS2
sage, receiving only twenty-five votes
in the house The house, as a consola-
ton, ordered Miller's speech printed in
the journals. also the able reply of Rep
reseutative Dixon.
The senate will not likely pass the
house bill to create and establish a pub
lilo utilities com mis- ion of five men at
$4,000 q year each. The bill is a very
long and complicated one, based large
ly upon the Samnis bill Of two years
ago and this year, but with some modi-
fications suggested by the house COM
mittee on railroads. The commission
would have charge of the railroads, ex-
press lines, telephones, gas, water. cleo
trio and street railway companies, in
fact OF all public service corporations
and be empowered to fix rates and de-
termine the character of service of az
these companies In order to do the
work as outlined in the bill and give
satisfaction an enormous expenditure
of money would De necessary. The SEN
ate, prior to the creation of the sitting
committee had the four bills relating
to public service corporations on the
calendar, without recommendation, but
they all went to the sifters. Inasmuch
Y as senator SammlS tS on the sitting
committee 1t is probable he will bring
out the house bill and insist upon a
discussion Of the same at length before
the week is over. The Francis, Van
Law and Sullivan bills are in the COM
mittee.
The fight over the fraternal con-
gress bill, which eliminated in the
passage of the bill yesterday afternoon
was one OF the f1ercest yet entered up
on. It turned to a discussion of various
matters relating largely to the internal
management Of the Modern woodnen
order, with references to the big lose
sustained in the Charlton bank failure
4 the scramble to control the great funds
az the order and alleged Extravaganza
IN ths use OF the expense funds. Thu
bM undertakes to require that all fra.
fe1ual orders shall gradually chang,
tho1r rates % 40 to come up to tn.
staA1asd set by the national fraterna
con1ruUU ~ 9afe ana SOUND, but the.
aro given sixty years in whicn 20 40 ~
y IN opposition to the bill it wos argues
tlaA this would amount to passing /.
slAw % change the terms OF the CON
,tracfs The bin n being urged ~ tn