Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-09
THIRD SAMMIS BILL
TAKEN UP BY SENATE
Two Bills Aimed at Practice
Of Giving Attorneys Fees
in the Saloon Injunction
Cases Passed Yesterday.
[BY W. H. POWELL

Des MO1neS, March 8.-(SpeclaiJ-
Representative Klay' this morning
defended the Oregon plan bill which
the governor vetoed some time ago.
He made an enthusiastic speech hold
Ing the floor for an hour and half and at
tacking the governors plea of it's be-
ing unconstitutional. The fight is be-
Ing continued this afternoon Rep
resentative Shane introduced bill In
the house making 1t necessary to pub
lish notice before selling or exchang-
ing bonds OF any county or city. Rep
resentative Newell this morning intro
duced joint resolution in the house
calling for the adjournment Of the
legislature at noon March 81. Discus
sion Of the resolution will be held to-
morrow
New House Bills.
Representative Dabney introduced
a bill in the house today providing for
election of district, superior and su-
preme judges in special primaries.
Among the bills introduced in the
house were the following:
BY Miller of Bremer-compelling
religious beneficiary societies be gov
erned as are fraternal beneficiary
societies. b
BY Bauman- compelling the installa-
tion Of telephones In all railway sta
tions.
BY Taylor OF Union admitting sol,
diers' wives to the home at Marshall
town.
BY Taylor the plaintiff
IN a proven fraud in public contests
to recover triple the amount Of dam
ages. a
BY Hunt allowing the rail commits
sion to settle difilculties between roads
and elevators on railway lands.
BY Klay providing for an increase
OF Judges in the supreme court, max
ing the number nine.
BY Felt-providing for the inspection
Of live stock imported In Iowa to pro-
tect the stock Of the state.
Senate Proceedings.
Another city made a Did for the sec
ond State Normal school when Sem
ator Crow introduced bill locating
the institution at Denison.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate were:
BY Chase bringing judges Of courts
under. the primary law provisions.
BY Dunnegan-requirin the state
railway commission to show the river
to river roads on official railway
maps. s-ts
BY Cowles es-compelling cities to pay
special assessments in 80 days.
The Senatorial Vote.
The vote Of the thirty-fifth joint bal
lot for the senatorship was as follows:
Deemer ia
Kenyon "A
Porter (Dem) 52
Absent 4 paired 4 necessary to
elect rs.
Saloon Cases Un, in Senate.
In the senate another verbal battle
was fought this morning over the third
Sammis bill to prohibit attorneys pros
ecuting liquor cases from securing
fees. 4
The senate passed two Sammis bills
Yesterday which operate to take away
the attorney fee of $25 now allowed at
torneys who prosecute actions against
persons for the Illegal sale OF liquor. 4
Senator Sammis and the senator's
who supported the bills declared on the
floor that the object was to knock out
the attorneys who travel all over tue.
state bringing such actions. not IN good
1altn, DuL. merely 70 get tiIe dltoiHeN
fees. They claimed the great majority
of the cases were dismissed upon the
payment Of costs, which includes at.
torney fees. They asserted the passage
Of the bills was move against graft
and toward decency.
Liquor Move.
The opponents of the measure al
legged 1t was wholly move on the part
of the liquor forces to take away ~
law which has been on tire stat'lte
books for a generation. law whic!,
has served to bring to the bar OF ills-
tice many violators Of the liquor laws
It was asserted that the passage Of the
bills was a step backward Of twenty
fve years.
Both measures passed. the first by a
vote Of II to II and the second few
minutes late, without debate, by vote
Of 2s to 13.
The third measure now being con
sidered, is companion bill to the
other two.
Champagne to Advance.
New York. March S.-Advices from
Paris to local wine importers indicate
that an advance OF between IS and $40.
a case on champagne is contemplated