Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-03
IOWA SENATE CHAF[S
UNDER DICTATORSHIP
SITTING COMMITTEES POWER
OVER LEoisLArIoN FOUND
ABSOLUTE.
HOUSE TAKES STEPS
FOR SIMILAR COMMITTEE
Lower Branch of Assembly Follows
Senate Load and Orders Lobbyists
From FIoor-Houss Votes to Give
More Power to State Board of Health
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first step toward organizing a sitting
committee to clear the calendar, to-
day. a resolution being introduced by
Harding for. a committee Of seven 70
have absolute authority tc decide wnat
bills shall be considered first. 1t could
not be voted upon until tomorrow. and
in the meantime the house went to
work on the calendar with just 15O
bills reported from committees and not
acted on. "-t
Rebellion in Senate.
The senate sitting committee took all
bills on the senate side and reported
out three minor ones for action. I'm
mediately a aspirited controversy took
place over what the committee was
to do. Senators for the first time dis
covered that the sitting committee Is
to be the absolute dictator of all leg
islation from this time on, and some
Of them resented it.
Francis moved to compel the COM
mittee to print a calendar each day.
Van Law wanted the Saturday calen-
dar finished first. Gillilland said he
would not have voted for the commit
tee If he had known how sweeping
were it's provisions. The members OF
the committee retorted that there
might as well be no committee at all II
its hands were to be tied in any way.
and the COMMITTEES finally won out and
was left without any instructions.
House Gusts Lobbyists.
The house followed the example OF
the senate and ordered the floor clear
ed of the lobbyists under the rules.
Moro Power For Health Board.
The Iowa house OF representatives
today passed the bill by Smith. of De-
catur. giving the state board Of health
tho powerto summon witnesses and to
compel the Introduction Of books at
hearings before Il; also bill provid-
ing that druggists need not label bot
ties containing prescriptions in which
morphine and other poisons are used
in such a way to show they are pre-
scribed.
Bad Bill Turned Down.
The first bill taken up on report OF
the senate sitting committee was one
to permit savings banks to invest in
mortgages in states adjoining Iowa,
and this started the big controversy. 1t
was declared 10 10 d Jill u ctCOuIA%so
the banks to send their money out Of
Iowa and that the solo reason it is de-
sired Is that interest rates are higher
elsewhere. The bill failed Of passing,
21 to %.
House Passes Several Bills.
The house passed the following bills:
The senate bill to relieve druggists
from the necessity Of putting labels as
to alcohol on packages Of medicine on
prescription.
The house bill increasing the pay OF
shorthand reporters.
The house bill raising the salary Of
attorney general to $4,000 and assist
ant to s2,5oO.
The house defeated a bill from the
senate to require hog hight partition
fences between pastures; also bill
to permit publishing city official mat
ters in newspapers Of foreign Ian
guages.
For Teachers Pensions.
The senate passed bill for teach
ers' retirement fund and commission
to distribute annuities to teachers: also
the bill to permit railroads to make
switching charges for distance OF ten
miles.
County Fight Headed on.
The house passed the bin to head
off a county seat fight In O'Brien coun-
ty by requiring two-t thirds Of the vot-
ers to sign a petition before an cleo
ton Is called.