Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-20

hurst, the noted English suffragis,,
on February I'd; the veto Of the Ore
gon plan bill by the governor which
he had read, and the e!ec;ion of Q
state printer and binder and the cleo
ton OF a United States senator ON
the eth ballot on April 1i,h.
The Insurance FieIa.
In the insurance field very little
was accomplished. The big bill In this
department was the anti,rebating and
anti-discrimination bill II was claim
ed by the opponents OF the bill that
It was a vicious measure intended to
repeal In part the Blanchard law. It
aroused much heated debate but was
finally killed In the house. The bill
was the most important insurance
measure before the legislature Anoth-
er insurance measure to meet death
In the house was the automobile liza
bility insurance bill. It was killed az
ter a heated debate. The most i'm
portant insurance bill passed was the
fire marshal bill. This bill has been
before several preceding legislatures.
but never passed until the Thirty
-
1t. 1t has been signed by the govern
or. 1t will tend to lower FIRE risks
In Iowa, In the opinion of competent
insurance men.
Anti-Liquor Legislation.
Anti-iquor legislation received
some hard knocks. The daylight sa-
loon bill was killed, as were several
other bills. The house killed a liquor
bill which provided that general con.
sents to sell liquors should be OBJ
tanned by secret ballot instead OF by
petition. The ive-mile limit bill was
also killed. This liquor bill attracted
more attention than any other anti
liquor bill. except, possibly, consti-
tutional prohibition.
One other important bill passed
was that creating commerce coun-
sci for the railroad commission. This
means much to the shipping interests
OF Iowa. The bulk sales bill also
passed, as did the uniform bill OF
lading act. These are important to
shippers and merchants alike and
mean much for the development of
the state. improvements were made
to the state antitrust law which will
be material in preventing monopol-
les from getting tighter hold on
the state. ~
Law enforcement. IA
A radical move was made in law
enforcement measures. This was the
bill giving to the county attorneys
the power, with the consent of the
district Judge to return indictments
while the grand Jury is on a vaca.
ton. This is an unusual power and
when not abused will. in the opinion
Of its friends, do much to mitigate
the cry against the slowness of
American justice.
Constitutional Propositions.
Four constitutional propositions, In
volving either an amendment to the
federal or the state constitution,
came before the legislature. Three
were killed and one passed. The one
to pass was resolution giving
Iowa's sanction to a resolution of
the Sixty-frst congress proposing to
amend the federal constitution so as
to provide for national income tax
law. Three other propositions fell by
the wayside. Two of these are bien-
NAL visitors, the woman suffrage
proposition and constitutional pro-
hibition. Both brought out lively
fights, and both received their death
blow. The senate acted as execu-
toner for this legislature. The fourth
of the quartet of constitutional pro-
positions was the initiative and ref.
erendum, q proposition to submit to
the people for ratification all bills
passed by the legislature, and to
have the people initiate legislation
of a state character. They were
Utopian dreams which were badly
shattered when the legislature finish
ed grilling them.
One of the big events of the sess-
ion was the veto by Governor Car.
roll of the Oregon plan bill for elect
ing United States senators. The SEN
atorial fight and its resulting dead
lock has brought primary legislation
to the fore. Both HOUSES passed the
Oregon plan bill, but Governor Car
roll departing from the presidents
set by governors of other states, at.
tackled the constitutionality of the
measure and vetoed 1t. The house,
where the bill originated, failed to
pass the bill over the veto by the
narrow margin of three votes. Pri
mary election day was changed from
Tuesday to Monday. An effort to
have the judges OF the supreme, dis
trict and superior courts nominated
at the June primaries failed. The
amendment to the primary law 80 as
to provide for future vacancies In
the states representation In both
branches of congress is tied up at
this writing with little hope of pass.
age. A special primary to fill the
senatorial vacancy met an early \
death.