Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-15
IRY|NC 70 RECALL
ANIFGRAF1 BILL
MEASURE HAS EFFECT NOT IN
TENDED BY AUTHOR OR
LEGISLATURE.
WOULD PREVENT BANKERS
LOANiNG TO CONTRACTORS
Another Whitney Bill With Objection
able Features to Stay in Pocket Of
Sitting commtte-Text Book Lobby
Makes Great Winnins-crime to
Steal Chickens in Daytime.
Special TO Tines Republican.

Special 10 Times- Republican.
Des Moines. April 1.-THE senate is
having trouble with two Whitney bills
The aggressive member from Wood
! bury county started early a movement
10 effect reformation Of nearly every
thing in sight. He landed with some
OF these bills and others quickly Went
to defeat. Finally he pushed thru the
house two bills relating 10 paving re-
forms. 1t was proposed in one OF them
10 eliminate graft BY forbidding the
customary practice Of contractors
pooling and in the other it was pro-
posed that the use OF patented pro-
cesses De ,abooed with view 20
breaking up monopoly. The senate
passed the bill which undertakes 10
stop the pooling. An effort is being
made TO get it back from the COVER
nor. and If that cant be done he Will
be asked 10 veto it. Senators now de-
clare that as the bill passed ii would
make it a crime for a banker 10 lend
money 10 a paving contractor and il
would make il impossible for a con-
tractor 70 receive any financial favors
from anybody. Il would therefore shut
out any but the wealthiest contractors
from bidding This was not intended,
OF course, but that view having ap-
2eared those who favored it are now
sorry The other bill has been caught
before It got so far and the assertion
is made that in the form il passed
the house It would forbid the buying
OF a barrel OF cement on which there
was d label or copyrighted trade mark.
and in similar manner hedges about
the paving business so that contrac
tors would De in great danger trying
10 dodge the law and do business. The
senate will therefore leave this bill in
the capacious pockets of the chairman
OF the sitting committee.
When the bill 70 inflict penalties for
newspaper publishers for printing a6-
vertisernents which contain u1isstate-
merits or Instrumentation or exaggera-
,ion came up in the senate il was killed
by the vigorous talks of Senator Tay-
Tor. the preacher editor of Brming-
ham. and Senator Neal. who at ODD
times has acted as sub for sundry
editors at Washington. They both as
serted the bill would be a hard blow
at the country newspapers. Tester-
day they received letters from many
OF the leading big advertisers Of Des
Moines asking them 10 back UP and
permit the bill 10 pass They will
probably not do SO. There was no af-
firrnat!ve showing made for the bill
IN the senate and while the two or
three advertising merchants in the
senate said they had no objections 20
thu bill they would not urge il before
the senate
a number Of petitions have been re-
ce;yed against the terminal tax bill.
They come from taxpayers in the rural
districts who believe that the adop-
ton Of a bill 10 separately tax the
railroads in the cities will reduce their
revenue from railroad taxation.
The text book lobby made grea,
winning in the senate yesterday. The
lobbyists appeared in force and fairly
! overwhelmed the senate when the sf-
( fort was made by Chase 10 get the
Craig uniformity text book bill before
I the senate in regular way. Chase
made the bold assertion on the floor
| OF the senate and 4 vas not questioned
that the only fight against the dill vas
/ made By the largest Of the book COM
/ panies interested in the matter in
Iowa. He denounced with unmea sured
terms tie method @"h!ci1 had been re-
sorted 10 for killing the bill. and asked
! that the bill be given a chance 20
come u a vote But it's opponents held
/ il in the sitting committee. or rather
/ decreed II should 60 there after hav
/ ing once been unanimously reported
I to the senate
| The senate finally refused to recon
slider and revive the Miller antitrust
! bill which mad been recommended for
! Indefinite postponernent. The objec-
ton raised to the bill was that there
+, was an unnecessary appropriation at
tached 70 it. and that other bills have