Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-18
INDEPENDENT BODY TO HANDLE
COMPENSATION REPORT AND
BILLS,
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
HAS RECEIVED REPORT
Senatorial Contest From Woodbury.
County May Be Dismissed - Hunter
Seeks Advice Of Senate Members -
Senator Webber, Tax Ferret Elk.
terminator, After Private Banks.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 1S.-At least three
fourths Of the legislators went home
for the short recess; those who re-
NAMED found work to do and are busy
getting ready for the flood of business
that will come on reconvening. Speaker
Cunningham is engaged with maps
and diagrams and letters of request
fixing up his committees. An inter-
esting question has arisen on a request
or suggestion that he name special
committee to handle the workmen's
compensation report and bills. He may
name special committee. 1t is under
stood that the workihgmen and their
| representatives who are urging TINS
legislation would prefer that the mat
ter be handled by special committees
in each house. Senator Garrison,
chairman of the commission whicn
prepared the report, introduced the
commission bill and it was referred to
the senate judiciary committee, but
this would not preclude it's being sent
either to sub committee or to a spe-
have a special committee probably the
senate would do SO also. The judi
ciary committees have such mass OF
work to attend to that it follows nat
urally that only incidental considera-
/ ton will be given the workmens com-
pensation bills if they are sent there.
Members are saying that the subject
is big enough and difficult enough to
warrant special consideration
Doe Foresees Vital Questions.
Senator Boo, newly transferred from
the north to the south end of the CAPT
tol is one Of those members who wili
not make a rush for the front with an
armful Of bills on which to make rep
utation. He has no bills in hand.
We are going to have before us a
great deal of very important legisla
tion," he said. Il find that the older
1 grow the less am disposed to think
that l am absolutely sure about some
of these big things. Some matters
about which l used to be quite settled
in my mind now have question marks
after them. This workmen's compen-
| sation act is a very important thing
and the blue sky law. which Is very
much needed. but we must be careful
not to put anything In the way of the
development Of our industries. We are.
as the governor says, just at the be-
ginning of a great Industrial develop
ment. We must bear this in mind.
School and road legislation is import
ant. BY the way, as to schools, here
is a point not often referred to, that
our local management of the schools
is the last remnant we have left of the
old New England democratic idea Of
government. Because Of this fact the
people are very reluctant to yield any
thing. System is important and We
must have system that will operate
for good schools But we can afford to
bear in mind that here in Iowa we
have a people fitted for self govern
ment and they are capa BILE of disposing
of these questions in their own way.
| There is something more important
even than a perfect system. And to
some extent this idea Of democratic or
home control Of affairs touches the
road questions. What we do must
therefore be done with the fact kept
/ constantly in mind that the people
want to keep in their own hands, just
/ so far as possible, all power and au-
thority and responsibility"
Puzzled Over Senatorial Contest.
! The senators seem to be in some
doubt as to what they should do in the
matter of the contest from Woodbury.
county. They appointed a contest COM
mittee, which committee is ready to
( proceed to hear the case and deter
mine who was actually elected senator
from that county. The members re-
ceived a letter from Senator Hunter,
who was quite popular with the older
members, intimating he was Of, a mind
to drop the contest unless advised to
| proceed by his friends in the senate.
AS the senate itself will have to sit as
a court of judgment on the case. the
senators feel that it would be improper
for them to say anything about it. Yet
as a matter Of fact they would like to
have the case prosecuted, since there
| is, as some of them believe, a suffi-
cient showing Of irregularity to war
rant an investigation. But of course
they will not do anything unless Sen
ator Hunter comes forward to press
the suit. In the case Of Coburn VS..
Gillett, Ex-Attorney General Byers has
been retained as counsel for the claim
ant and the case will be hard fought.
| In the Kimball vs.. Goodwin case Ex-
Senator Saunders will handle the mat
ter for the claimant which means a
hard fight
After Private Bankers.
Senator John F. Weber, Of Wapello,
who put the tax ferrets out of business
permanently, is now going to put the
private bankers out Of business in
Iowa He has in preparation bill
that will forbid any one doing business