Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-08

would forbid church passing the hat
or a sewing circle asking for contri-
buttons without first securing a IL
cense: in fact. the bill was all too
sweeping in character. Because of this
fact the senate went slow on it's pas
sage and sent it to committee.
The Heald bill passed the senate yes
terGay to virtually fix thirty years as
the extreme limit of a sentence in Iowa
for any crime. and to have il deter
mined that in all cases where life
sentence has been or may be imposed
thirty years less good time shall be the
limit If this bill becomes a law it will
Immediately release dozen or more
lifers from prison. 1t would give the
Rainshargers release in a few years
without parole. II would effectually
end the decree of the parole board that
no lifer ought ever to be given any
hope of release. For a prisoner who
proved a good prisoner it would mean
release in about eighteen or nineteen
years. The average length of incarcer-
alton of a lifer is very much less than
that.
Roth houses have now passed the
Halgrims bill to require placing on
package foodstuffs the net weight or
the contents. At present i, is the law
that If the net weight is stated il must
be correct. Under the new law it is
compulsory that the net weight shall!
so on all packages. A few years ago
the cracker makers and breakfast food
people were making high war on ali
such legislation but lately they have
withdrawn from the fight and are ac-
cepting legislation OF this kind.
4 very important change as 10 the
statistical work of the state bureau Of
labor is made in the Sullivan bill which
passed yesterday. in that it abolishes
what is known as the statutory blank"
and gives the labor commissioner the
authority to prepare a blank. Years
ago when the bureau was established
there was such fear of it that hardly
any authority was given the commits
siorer and il was put into the cade eX-
act!y what questions he might ask OF
an employer OF labor as 70 wages.
hours OF labor and ether conditions.
Now this old statutory blank is found
20 be practically worthless and it is in
tended that the commissioner shat!
prepare such blank as may best suit
the occasion. The bill also requires
that reports shall i5= made % thc cG3I-
missioner OF all serious accidents.
Senator Smiths bill has passed the
senate 10 give every old soldier and
widow of q soldier the full benefit OF
the soldier exemption law. In case
there is not enough of the homestead
for the exemption then the beneficiary
NAV designate what other property
shall be used for the exemption. In
this way there shall be full exemp-
ZION.
The bill to permit voting for presi-
dent and vice president rather than
TO vote for candidates for presidential
elector has passed the senate. 1t pro-
vides that the names Of the candidates
for president and vice president shall
go on the ballot and the names Of cleo
tors be off and square shall be placed
in front of each pair Of candidates.
The state Of Iowa will not spend any
money at the San Francisco exposition,
if the appropriation committee has its
l.
s175.G00 for an Io-a building at the
exposition was recommended by the
senate committee on appropriations for
indefinite postponement, and il is pref
ty hard 10 get over such recon-
nendation on the floor Of the senate.
The senate today received favor
able report on the bill for an arbitra-
tom and Cancellation board, which yes
terday passed the house.
Senator Au2es is going TO make
very strong effort TO induce the senate
to pass the klay joint resolution which
passed the house which contemplstes
an amendment to the constitution
which will permit Of the separate tax
alton of railroads and similar property
apart from local taxation, the state to
get all the taxes and thus to get rid OF
the state tax on general property. The
resolution IS going 10 meet with con-
siderable opposition.