Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-25

| Judge Utterback, Of the Des Moines
police court appeared with others be-
| fore a committee of the house yester'
| day to advocate the adoption OF bill
| to create municipal court in cities
like pcs Moines, tie same to take Ovel
a large part Of the business of the po'
| lice court and of the justice courts. The
! chief advantage to the court would be
| that the state would pay the salary o
! ne judge and he would get the sans
| compensation as a district judge. Thi!
| would give the court greater dignity
! ar(, standing than the present petty
| courts. Two justices of the peace trou
| Dcs ,Moines appeared and opposed tht
| Measure.
| Advocacy OF the bills to regulate Tx
{ loan shark business was made yester-
! day before q senate committee by anC
or behalf Of the railroad employees. alst
| by Mr.. Wkitmer, Of Sioux City, rep.
resentins Il semi-pubic loan agency.
Mrs. Simon Cassidy. wife Of the mil
lionaire banker of this city. and Mrs
Earle s. Culums, who engages in heal
ing, according to her card. got chance
at the sed2te senators yesterday 2no
told them off hand why they think
that women do not want the right &c
! vote, ought not to have the right &c
vote and it would be wrong to put the
matter up to the male voters to decide
Their argument was along the line
I, that the proper place FOR women is IN
the home, that women should devote
| themselves to making the home per-
feet that the laws of nature all tend
to format ton of groups or home circles
and that it is in accord%with the divine
plan to separate animate life into the
sexes and that each should keep its
tplace Mrs Cullums likened the SUI
fragettes to those plants which have
been imperfectly developed and have
not borne fruit Mrs. Cassidy declared
there is a very large body of women
banded together in many of the states
to work quietly against the suffrage
and she resented the imputation which
has been made that the liquor interests
are back of the opposition to suffrage
for women. novelty at this commit
tee hearing was that it was opened
with prayer.
The bill relating to the commits
sion form for smaller cities as 1t
passed the senate provides for salaries
as follows: From 1000 population to
$4,000, salary of 500 for mayor for
each thousand Of population or frac-
ton, and four-fifths as much for each
councilman: UP to $4,000 population
$500 for mayor and four-fifths as
much for councilrien: up to 10000 81.
500 for mayor. and $500 for each
councilman; UP to $4,000 $4,000 70,
mayor and $4,000 for each councilman;
over 10000, salaries of $4,000 and SO.
600. Some of the smaller cities felt
that the salaries fixed are too high and
others that they are too low. The com
mittee worked out compromise.
1t is understood that the joint sub
committee OF the ways and means
committees has virtually agreed to
leave the matter of the assessment OF
moneys and credits in Iowa RICH,
where it is and there will be no
change. There is a bill before the leg
islature to effect change and to place
the assessment and taxation of moneys
and credits in Iowa on the same basis
as the assessor ent of bank stock, bear
ing an 80 per cent assessment and tax
ing the local taxes. The farmers or
the committee at first felt there should
be some change in the law as &C
moneys and credits, but have reached
the conclusion that it IS as nearly fail
as can we'll be made now.
The Blackford bill to put the state
fair or state board of agriculture deet
into politics is on the house calendar
The subcommittee which handled the
bill had public hearing on the mat
ter and recommended to the full! com
mittee that the bill be indefinitely
postponed; but the full committee de-
cided upon recommending passage
without giving hearing. The effect
of the bill which provides for election
Of members of the board by districts
would be, so it is declared, to make
the state fair become very soon the
football of politics
= hearing is being arranged for the
bill to provide Iowa with system ol
collecting ard recording vital statistics
DR.. Watkins, who drew the bill ant
who is q representative Of the nationa
| bureau of vital statistics, is here tt
appear before the committee and eX.
plain the workings of such systems
elsewhere and to urge that Iowa nov
take some steps toward securing in
formation as to births and deaths.
The Townsend bill prohibiting sun
day baseball was recommended for in
definite postponement by the house
committee on police regulations yes
terday afternoon. 1t is understood tha
a minority report will also be filed BY
members of the committee.
The same committee reported GU
for passage the Burt bill providing
state censor to pass on moving picture
films. The bill was amended so as II
cut out stereopticon views from cen
socship and the salary provision raiset
to $500 per year.
TANTLINGER GOING ABROAD.
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