The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-16
SUPREME COURT ].
TO FILL DEFECTS
Public Utilities Commission Bill Be-
ing Threshed by Senate To-day.
side SHOWS OUT OF BUSINESS
Tax Ferret Bill Comes up Tomorrow
Nearly 600 Bills Have Been In
troduced so Far in Session,
q While Only Six Passed.

of Dubuque county, requiring regis
for passage. H.. .N..-.....
The bill by Representative Bruce,
of Floyd county, for the disposition
of funds required as license of timer
ant druggists, was recommended for
passage.
The fight on the O'Connor Primary
Bill will be taken up in the senate
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. If
the adoption of the amendment to the
bill compells the return of the meas
ure to the house it is said that it will
be possible for the democrats to
kill the whole thing.
Representative O'Connor's food
and dairy bill was recommended for
amendment and referred to the ap-
preparations committee.
Technicalities "Don't Co."
The Supreme Court of Iowa will
no longer dispose of cases on tech
nical grounds, if bill introduced
this morning by Representative Mil
ton, of Cedar county, receives favor
able considerable The new meas.
ure states that the court shall de.
termine cases upon merits alone,
that il there be defects in the re-
cord or otherwise the supreme court
shall supply needful corrections and
not dismiss any case until suffi-
cient time for correction has been
given.
There is still hope for the man
who wants his friends to buy him a
drink. The Moore anti-treat bill
was today placed at the foot OF the
calendar at the request of Mr.. Moore
himself.
Representative Charles w. Miller,
of Bremen county, introduced a bill
making federal antitrust laws apply
to the state of Iowa.
The Turner's Protest.
Almost every Turner society In
Iowa has filed petitions with the leg
islature in protest against the pass
age of the daylight saloon bill, the
fve-mile saloon bill and other "dras'
tic anti-saloon legislation"
Protest comes from all parts OF
the state against the proposed estab'
lishment of a state commission for
the handling of the good roads prob
lem. Some of the protests are ol
sarcastic nature, saying that thell
own township officers are as capable
of caring for their roads as any sci
of commissioners the state might ap
point.
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 13.--Speclal:
The Public Utilities Commission Dill
| is to be threshed out on the floor OF
the senate for this morning 1t was
reported favorable for passage by the
lcommitteo on corporations. despite
the strenuous opposition made to II
at two open committee hearings by
the Iowa League of municipalities
Those who have fought against the
bill declared after the committee hear
| ing that it was dead.
well, they will find 1T the livell
est corpse they ever tackled said
Senator Sammis, the author, when
told of these remarks.
True to his prediction it seems stu
TO be alive for it came up on the hoor
of the senate today in its original
form, unmarried by amendment. II
will arouse a debate that will proba
bly, be as extensive and as earnest as
that one that has attended consider
alton of the Oregon bill. 1t Is one
of the most important measures be
fore the assembly. 1t provides, in
brief, that the present railway com
mission shall be converted. into pub
lie utilities commission by increasing
the membership to five and giving the
commission control over all public
utility corporations in the state.
No More Freaks.
Freaks will be no longer displayed
in Iowa, it seems very certain, for
the senate committee on judiciary this
morning reported favorable for pass
age the House bill by StOddard that
prohibits exhibition in the state OF
deformed, idiotic or abnormal per.
sons. This bill put the circus side
show with its bearded lady, the WON
an with the fish tail, the two-headed
man and other freaks out of business
For Loss Of Wife. 81. 81.
| The Clarkson bill permitting a hus'
band to recover damages for the loss
of his wife's affections in case she
is killed was also reported favorable
for passage this morning. Hereto.
fore the law has not permitted hus.
bands to sue for the loss of their
wives.
Tax Ferret Bill Up.
The bill providing adjustment OF
the present tax ferret law will come
up for consideration in the senate to.
morrow. This measure has passed
| the house and in the senate commit
! tee awakened considerable opposition
from present tax ferrets. 1t is pre-.
dicted by many II will pass the sen.
ate by good margin,
Six Hundred Bills.
Nearly 600 bills have already been
introduced in the two houses of the
Legislature. The governor has signed
about six. Unless the legislature
does some heroic work the next month