Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-22
GERMANS N PROTEST
ELEVEN THOUSAND IN IOWA OBJ
JEcr TO CHANGES IN LIQUOR
LAWS az LEGISLATURE.
TOO MUCH EXPERIMENTING
WITHOUT FAIR TRIAL
Bill Locking 20 Better Enforcement OF
Food Laws-Edueation Board Has
Power. Creator Than Those Of Con-
troI eoard-Restrictns Postal Card
SaIes-legislative Notes.
Special to Ti,nes-Repub,ican,

Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, Feb. 22.-Nn men the
voice of the people is heard by the
legislature it will be found that the
voice of the Iowa people of German
descent as expressed by and thru the
German-American alliance. is unusual
ly loud and vociferous. Already there
Is in the hands OF members of the leg
islature the petition Of these worthy
citizens Of Iowa, with over 1l,Nol sig
natures, asking In effect that the legis-
lature take no action whatever in ref
erence to the prohibitory laws of the
state and especially opposing the pas
sage Of q resolution in favor OF amend
ing the constitution. The position TAX
en- by these German residents Of Iowa
IS that the laws are already too
stringent and restrictive and that il
would be better to give to the laws as
they now stand a fair try-out than to
be constantly experimenting with new
oneA The major portion Of these petit
lions are from Dubuque, but others
are from Carroll. Grundy. Tama.
Boone. Muscatine. Lyon. Cedar. Chick
aaw and Pottawattauaie counties.
Many thousands of other names will
be sent in II it is deemed necessary to
Onset the movement on the part Of the
prohibition people.
The bill pending in the legislature
for the additions to the food and dairy
department carries with it an increas-
ed appropriation OF about s1o,oo'1 for
the better enforcement Of the laws of
the state. It is provided there shall be
four additional persons in the depart
nent. one in the office and three aeld
dep%es engaged in the dairy work.
All Of the bills relating TO the
changes in salary OF the heads Of the
various state institutions are in the
hands Of the appropriations commit
tees or the committees on compen-
xation Of public officers. None OF them
has been acted upon as yet. The ap-
preparations committees must take
these bills Into account in framing up
the biennial budget, for they all af-
feet the expenses Of the state. Pc
culiarity Of the situation is that while
the state board Of control is not per-
mitted to have anything at all TO say
as to the salaries OF superantendents
Of the fifteen state institutions, the
board Of education is without re-
etr1ctious as the pay that can be given
the heads Of the state educational in
situations.
The killing Of the Whitney bill In
relation to jury fees as a part OF court
costs ends consideration of a small
matter which attracted great deal OF
attention in the house judiciary COM
mittee. The Whitney bill originally
provided that practically all Inc ex-
pense Of the jury should go in as costs
of the case. but it was amended in the
subcommittee so that instead OF
charging up IS for each case the clerk
should charge up So for each case. As
petit jury costs $50 a day this seem
ed like a modest increase to be paid as
a part of the costs of the case. Whit
ney defended it on the ground that the
court costs are piling UP all over the
state and som ething should be done TO
stop leak, even If It was only a little
in that direction. Zeller urged passage
OF the bill but Ripley, Klay and others
denounced the bill and i. was killed
on
The house passed a bill by Camp
4At~S1A|iNN
making up jury lists and providing
that the basis shall be the polling list
at the general election. Twenty-Five
per cent Of the list is taken for the
petit Jury list and 80 per cent addi-
tional from the township III which the
county seat is located for talesmen.
The house at the afternoon session
yesterday passed the Whitney bill pro-
viding, IN substance, that when one
against whom a Judgment has been en-
tered becomes a nonresident Of the
state action may be commenced on the
judgment at once without notice.
The bin framed by Fred Faville
United States attorney for northern
Iowa. introduced by Cunningham pass
ed the house. It changes the Iowa law
as to the sale or keeping for sale Of
Objectionable articles of all kinds. to
conform to the federal law. Mr.. Favile
found That wniIe ne ooiiIt. prosecute
persons for sen ding thru the mails GER
tain postal cards. he could not prose-
cute the sellers Of such cards under the
Iowa law. This bill includes in the
Iowa law or any filthy picture or arti
Gle, which Is wide enough to cover al
most anything.
The Hogan bill in the house to pro-
vide for the selection of a clerk of the
supreme court by the court itself meets
a general demand for some change in
the law In regard to that office. He is
also removable for cause by the court.
The house yesterday afternoon start
ed to the graveyard the bin which is
intended to turn into the county road
funds the tax on automobiles. On a
side motion q spirited debate arose I'M
expected1y. The bill had come to the
house with favorable recommendation
from the highways committee. Moore
moved to send it to the ways and means
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