Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-20
FiFTY-sEvEN MEMBERS or. IOWA
ASSEMBLY FATHERED NOT A
SINGLE MEASURE.
THIRTY ONE OTHERS WHO
PRESENTED ONE BILL EACH
Some Of the Recognized Leaders Among
Those Who Failed to Become Spon-
May Veto Measure Calling For Re-
vision of Insurance Laws,
Special TO Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 2o.-Fifry seven
OF the members OF the Thirty fourth
general assembly left clean scores be-
hind them; that is, they do not appear
upon the records as responsible direct
~ for any one of the 20 bills and joint
resolutions that were put into the ses-
sion laws.
Then there are thirty-one others who
didn't do any worse than to be the re-
sponsole fathers OF one bill each which
finally passed thru the hands of the
governor.
There were twenty nine Others
whose names are attached to just two
bills each that became laws
This leaves forry-one to stand re-
sponsible for the bulk Of the bills that
have become laws.
One who would hardly be suspected
OF it has his name attached to the
largest number of the bills that were
passed This was DR.. Bennett OF Tay-
lor county, quiet senator who did a
great deal Of work without making
much fuss about it. Senator Bennett
was responsible for eight bills and one
joint resolution that will go into the
book.
Next to him stands Senator Clark
son and Representative Harding
whose names are attached to seven
each. Along with them are the follow
ing with six each. namely: Baliuf,
Boettger, Mates. and Sullivan Those
who scored with i've each were Allen
OF Jefferson. Ames. Cowles, Francis,
Goodykoontz. Moore, and Whitney.
In the group OF four each were
Adams, Bruce, Campbell Of Ida, Fraley.
GrouI HammilI. Neal. Ripley, Saun-
osrs. Shankland, Smith Of Mitchell.
Some Leaders lad No Bills.
II will surprise many TO learn that
such excellent legislators as the Lar
rabees, johnson. Kiay. Schee and
cousins do not stand on the records
as esponsible for a single bill that
passed. 1t will also cause surprise
that men like Allen Of Pocs hortas,
Chase, Crist, Dixon. kirkpatrick, Hun
ter, koontz, Jewell, Kulp. Lounsbery,
Prouo1oot, Schrup, Savage. Stuck
slayer and Wilson are credited on the
DOCKS with one or two bills each They
are all excellent legislators, pu, their
o'A1SAe--.e as AcS -S-aiOfS can not De
measured by the number OF bills they
had passed.
As q matter OF fact, n the case of
some OF those who had the highest
number of biEs passed, nomiaally, it
was case Of substitution in the 9th
e. house OF an entirely new bill. but
on the record the original bin for which
substitution was made carries the
number and name. a goodiy number
Of the bills passed wers committee
bills
May Veto Insurance Bill.
1t Is not beyond possibility that at
least one OF the big bills Of the session
just closed may be vetoed yet, not be-
cause Of any complaint as to its con-
stiturionality but because of the fact
that in the haste Of the session il was
50 badly worded that it IS doubtful If
1t can be fairly applied to the code
This is the bill for general revision
OF the Insurance laws Of the state In
the btll was embodied a great many
minor changes in the insurance laws
found TO be desirable in order TO make
the laws clearer, but no cha nze Of any
Importance to the public. But in the
making of the bill there was some
amending on the floor and the general
substitution OF one bill for another and
the references do not fit in with the
law. The governor has not get signed
this bill. He has not yet signed the
big Garrison mine revision law nor
the Gilliiland bill for revision of the
collateral Inheritance tax law