Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-15
Draft Of H;gh,Dny Bill Completed

clare what shall constitute . train
crew. The opposition will show up on
Tuesday next and make fight. The
McColl bill to declare the strength OF
a headlight will not be SO strongly
fought This will be discussed Thurs
day. as we'll as the bill to make. the
Milwaukee company widen its narrow
guage line to Cascade.
The teachers annuity bill was dis
cussed very fully yesterday in commit
tee. Among those who spoke for it were
Governor Garst, DR.. Adele Fuchs,
Des Moines; Superintendent James H..
Harris, Dubuque; Superintendent j. J..
Mcconnell. Cedar Rapids; and Prin-
cipal Maurice Kicker, Des Moines.
Arguments for the bill included a
showing that twenty states have
adopted some form Of pension legis-
lation, that teachers are leaving Iowa
because Iowa is backward in this re-
gard, that following the pension sys-
tenn for police and firemen the next
thing ought to be teachers, that it
would be an encouragement to persons
to remain in the profession, and that
it is but simple justice to the teach
ers of the state that this fund be es
tablished and provision be made for
the care of them in old age.
Bills are in preparation for some
slight revision Of the law as to factory
insp and the duty Of the inspect
ors of the state labor department as
to examination Of factories and places
where many persons are employed.
When the law was enacted there was
so much prejudice against it that there
was not given to the factory inspectors
any right Of initiative in the matter Of
going into factories, but they could go
made. Practically this rule is not fol-
made. Practically this rule is not fol-
lowed; but the plan is to change the
law and give the state labor depart
Ipent Very much larger power and
rights so that the work Of inspection
may go On unhindered.
In support of the bill to change the
method of arriving at the desires of
any community with regard to the
leg5,liZing of saloons, Nj. II. II. Sawyer
makes the contention before members
Of the legislature. that as a matter Of
fact greater progress has been made in
extending dry" territory in states
where the decision is by secret ballot
than in Iowa where the petition meth
Cd is in vogue. In the past five or six
years there mas been - great gain for
the drys in Nebraska, Illinois and
other states under a system which con-
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four-tltths Of the state has been made
dry it has all been under the voting
system and not by petition. Il do not
believe" says Mr.. Sawyer. that there
are a half dozen counties in the state
where by any possibility the people
would vote to continue saloons If they
had a chance to express themselves a.
an election"
The Iowa supreme court is threat
ened with reversal by the Legislature
on one point. The court decided las,
! fall that the state auditor is right ii
that he held that Insurance Of auto
mobile owners agains: loss by damages
done by them when operating thetl
own vehicles was form OF insurance
| contrary TO public policy and not con
templated in the statutes Of Iowa Bill:
are before the legislature to speciftcal'
! " allow that kind Of insurance or in
IDENTITY in Iowa.
The report OF the contest committee
On the Pottawattamie county contes
! for senator was unanimOu US, the demo
| cratic members Of the committee agree
| ing with the republicans, that there
| was no doubt whatever Of the lnten
| of the voters of the county to eiec'
| Glen kimball. Thus il is that eaci
and every one Ct the contests wa:
| settled on it's merits and without any
| show of partisan feeling and to thu
| satisfaction OF everybody. hlmbal
| started in on the recount short forty
! five, votes and came out seveaty-thret
| ahead.
The Sheean bill TO permit giving ire'
railroad passes TO attorneys ana ooc
f, tors provides for two Of each In eacl
| county as approved by the railroad
| commission.
| The state fair appropriation propose!
$4,000 to complete the machlner!
building, $4,000 for a cattle barn, $40,
600 for sheep barn; for lana $''oVo
! and for sanitation, $1,000.