The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
A LIVELY CLASH
IN THE SENATE
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COMES OVER EFFORT TO CREATE
SITTING COMMITTEE.
CROW VOTES VS. CROW BOUNTY
The Establishment Of Separate In.
surance Department is Provided
in Bill That Has Just Been
introduced in Senate.

Des Moines, April Effort to pro.
wide a sitting committee at once caus-
ed keen and lively clash In the SEN
ate yesterday afternoon, which result
ed in a call of the senate returnable
this morning at 10 o'cloch to vote on
the motion 10 reconsider the vote by
which the senate adopted the motion
to establish the committee at once.
The Savage motion for an inne-
diate committee was called up. AS
substitute Senator Larrabee offered
motion that sitting committee be
provided the last week of the session.
When the final showdown came 1t de-
veloped there were 90 for the Savage
resolution and 10 for the Larrabee
resolution. Then Senator Cowles
moved that the motion by which the
Savage resolution was adopted be re.
considered and that this motion be
laid on the table. This was an effort
to mail down" the proposition so 1t
would require two thirds vote to
again consider it, 49,.
Opponents moved to adjourn and
kept juggling the time until "call of
the house" could be circulated. This
was signed by fourteen members and
was filed. Sargeants at arms were
ordered to bring In missing members.
After they had searched the building
in vain 1t was agreed to make the call
returnable at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Savage resolution provides that
the sitting committee shall have
charge of all bills excepting appro-
priations and shall report for passage
no bill reported for indefinite post
ponement by the regular committee.
Among other elements in the opposi-
ton is the dry" element, which fears
this would spell the death knell to the
daylight closing" "prohibitory amend
ment" and other similar measures.
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The senate has passed the bill re-
quiring train operators to bulletin
late trains ~..
A bit of humor was injected In the
senate yesterday when there was prac.
tically q unanimous vote on a bill to
pay a bounty for killing crows. SEN
ator Crow voted against the measure
and provoked applause.
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Provision for the establishment OF
a separate insurance department is
made in a bill that has just been in
ltroduced In the senate of the Iowa
Legislature. Those favoring it point
out that while Iowa Is third in the
states regarding amount of business
done, II is one of the few not having
a department. The securities held by
the Auditor of State from insurance
companies now amount to over 49,.
600, 900, and 1t Is expected during the
coming year the capacity of the vault
will be exhausted for holding them.
The work Is said to take up a great
deal of the auditors forces time and
lis enough to warrant the establish
ment of department A separate
banking department has also been
suggested but no bill has been intro
duced in that respect.
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The house this morning passed a
Substitute for the Shankland widows
Ipension law in the form of bill CIV
ling district judges the power to appro-
PIRATE 50 3, week from the general
fund to widows without other means
of support.
The blue sky bill passed by the
house was made special order in the
senate this morning and will be de-
bated at length. Then will follow the
fight over the appointment of sitting
committee.