Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-04-14

procreation by those on whom the
operation is performed. An antitoxih
department for cheap antitoxin has
been created.
One thing stands out prominently,
and that Is that at no time has any
measure been passed or defeated on
strictly party vote except the cleo
ton OF United States senator Part
isan legislation, SO far as the two
major parties are concerned, has
been entirely eliminated from the
Thirty.fourth general assembly.
The five big events in the Thirty
fourth general assembly we're namely,
the Dolliver memorial, March 10th.
with Robert G. Cousins as the chief
orator; the lecture by Sylvia Pank-
hurst, the noted English suffragist,
on February I'd; the veto of the Ore
gon plan bill by the governor which
he had read, and the election of
state printer and binder and the cleo
ton of United States senator on
the 9th ballot ON April 18th.
The Insurance Field. ..
In the insurance field very little
| was accomplished. The big bill in this
department was the anti-rebating and
INSTRUMENTATION bill. 1t was claim
ed by the opponents of the bill that
| 1t was 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
| mea Ire before the legislature. Anoth-
| er insurance measure to meet death
| In the house was the automobile liza
bility insurance bill. 1t was killed az
ter 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
| fourth general assembly got hold Of
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-liquor 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 five-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
mSan 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.
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 it's 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
loWa's sanction to a resolution of
the Sixty-first 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, a 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 it's 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 it. 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 so 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.
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