Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-11
NUMBER OF BILLS IN.
TRoDUcaD At PRESENT SEES
SION OF LEGISLATURE.
NO ADJOURNMENT PROBABLE
UNTIL END OF WEEK
Many Bills Pending That Must Be
Disposed Of Complications Might
Arise Should Adjournment be Fixed
For Wednesday-Disposi of Inn
portant Matters.
Special 20 Times Republican.

Des Moines. April 1.-THE legislat-
ure has broken the record in regard to
one thing, at least. and that is in re-
gard to the number of bills introduced.
The number is about 1.10O, with 100
more in the house than in the senate,
but Of course a large majority OF these
are duplicates.
Never before has a legislature waited
until within one day of the time tenta-
lively selected for adjourn mont before
making final decision whether to ad-
journ on that date. Some weeks ago
April - was suggested al the time for
quitting. One house fixed 10 O'Clock
and the other fixed o'clock-hence no
asreem e1.t. But the matter must be de-
cided today or in all probability the
session will last for several days long
err
Quite number of the members fig
ure it out that the session must last
at least until Saturday of this week
The only way adjournment can be
taken tomorrow will be to simply
dump everything and pass the appro-
priations bills then adjourn. That is
not very safe thing to do, for there is
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passed on deliberativel by the two
houses.
1t is readily seen that in case it Is
agreed that adjournment sine die is
fixed for p. m. Wednesday, and no
senator Is elected prior TO that time,
some complications may arise. The de-
termination of some members to have
! it out to a finish on the senatorship
would be simply irTesi stable. But TO
turn the clock back In the joint assem-
bly, and undertake TO fight out the ssn-
atorship would mean an all afternoon
session and should the joint assembly
go beyond the hour of adjournment in
fact it is a question whether the result
would have any legal standing.
Some Of the Late Actions.
| Both houses have passed bill to
give to the officers and employees at
the Knoxville institution police power
SO as to enable them to better control
the inebr1ates.
| The fines Of bootleggers have been
increased by action Of both houses.
| The senate did not like the way the
house proposed to fix up the senatorial
districts by shifting nearly everything
about and turning things topsy turvey.
The senate committee has agreed that
the districts might as we'll be left Just
| as they are.
Hereafter jury lists will be based on
the polling lists of the counties rather
than on the census figures and a SMELL
er number of names will be reported to
the county authorities from which to
secure the grand jurors.
The Wilson bill to apply the Cosscn
law to all county officers finally got
around to a condition where it was
passed as referring only to members
OF boards of supervisors. That is where
it was intended to hit in the first place.
as 1t is known that an effort IS to be
made to break up the bridge and road
graft.
The bill to punish by fine, per-
sons who fail TO make the doors Of
public buildings open outwardly has
now passed both houses. Unless there
is a change on the doors OF the state
house somebody Is going to be hailed
into court
The senate refused to agree with the
house in the mater Of the appropria-
ton for encouragement of cattle rails
Ing. The house took the bill for dairy
industry and spliced it with a bill for
encouragement Of the beel cattle In
dustry and spliced it with a bill for
giving $4,000 for the two things. The
industry.
The bill has now passed both houses
which will give the Iowa Manufacture
ers' Association the right to own and
register an official trademark for goods
made in Iowa
The bill to give courts the right to
parole a prisoner under certain condi-
tons after being sentenced has passed
both houses. It applies only to first Of
| tenders.
The bill Iegalizing the use of the CO.
| insurance rider on policies Of insur-
ance has passed both houses.
| An important bill slipped thru the
senate late yesterday which requires
that al scaffolding where workmen are
engaged in building houses or bridges
| shall be made safe and it defines some
of the safeguards which must be used.
! The most important part is that it
makes the contractor responsible.
The failure Of the Cowles' bill to in
demnify a milknaan of Burlington with
s1,2oo ably closes case which has
caused the state authorities a great
deal of trouble. The milkman had
herd of tuberculous cattle and after
! lney were placed IN quarantine Dy the
state veterinarian he employed some
other veterinarian and later sold a
large part of the herd without letting
the state authorities know about 1t. He
wanted pay for the trouble.
Clinton to Entertain Abstinence Union.
Special to Times
Clinton, April 11.-Local committees
Of the Temperance societies are making