Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-31


that will even up the districts without
any necessity for new Ones" he said
| while here the other day. It is UNDER
Stood however, that Representative
Hutchins will again present the bill he
favored at the last session for new
districting for members Of congress.
| This can be done at any time.
sss
The bill to establish fwoman's re-
! formatory gives authority to the board
of control to locate the same. 1t pro-
vides that women from 16 to 80 years
of age who are convicted of felonies,
except murder shall be sent to this in
stitution. and also that women con-
| victed of being disorderly persons shall
| so there. The appropriations suggested
include for land $4,000, buildings $780,
600, equipment $4,000. maintenance
first two years $4,000. industries $11,-
600, and repair $4,000.
Representative Bingham. OF En-
met, is greatly in favor of some
steps being taken for county uni
formity Of accounting. He may
| introdume bill for that pur-
pose. The state has provided for uni
| form accounting as to cities and towns.
and il is pointed out that recent events
| show a still greater need for uniform :
itv in the matter of the keeping coun-
~ accounts The Investigations by the
attorney general and in connection
with bridge and other gratis snow ina
in most of the counties of the state
there. IS really very poor bookkeeping
and a great variety of loose business
methods.
! The house committee on railways
| has recommended a bill to fix the our
! den of proof upon the carrier IN case
Of dispute as to the speed or moving
| trains at reasonable rate, ana tnal
! the schedule of the train shall not ce
| accepted as proof that it was moVlns
| at a reasonable rate of speed. Inc Dill
| is suggested by some recent litigation
in the courts wherein this question APP
peared prominently.
| Systematic work on the report OF the
| fax commission is to be commenced at
once by joint sub committee OF the
WAYS and means committees. The
chairman Of the house committee, Mr..
Jacobs. was Yesterday authorized 70
name A committee Of three democrats
and three republicans with himself a
J seventh member, to confer with a IKE
| committee already provided for on the
senate side, to take up and make
thorough study of the tax commission
report and to recommend legislation on
this subject. Whatever may be the
result of this arrangement, the mem
l., a. int
it said Of them that they did not give
the tax question fair consloeratlon.
Chairman Allen Of the senate commit
tee has already done a great dea! OF
work on the subject and says that II
is big topic.
The Audubon county contest case is
under way and ballots are beine
counted. No material changes were
found. The Pottawattamie count!
senatorial contest is hung up because
Of illness of an attorney. The Co.
burn Gillette case will take week
as there are about 1000 ballots tt
count. and the disputed or questionable
ballots are being laid aside for discus:
sion. Of the ballots counted two
changes were found in Plymouth coun-
ty, one of AZ in favor of Gillette ane
one of "a in favor of Coburn.
A house bill providing for penalty
Of 81 for voter who without sufti
cient excuse fails to vote was reported
adversely by one sub committee to tn
house ways and means committee. bu
it was sent to another sub-committe'
for further consideration. as member
are anxious that some legislation o
this kind be enacted.
Mrs r. B. tombstone. of Cedar Rap
ids, chairman of the civic COMMITTEE
of the state federation of women
clubs, addressed a house comnlitte
Yesterday on the subject of the RIM
, bill for authorizing school districts i
maintain public Fairgrounds for chill
dren-
A sub committee in the house wi
recommend as substitute for tn
Scholz bill which makes it compulsor
on the courts to sentence petty offend
, ers to hard labor in Jail, a bill whic
still leaves the matter optional as
such sentence, but directs that wher
=
tiles must provide the labor for sue
convicts and that the families OF IN
, person thus sentenced shall get 81
day from the labor.
Discussion OF bill for bounty o
o crows developed the fact that cro"
q are not regarded as serious menac
in very many of the counties OF IN
state: and further. that If a bounty
10 cents each was offered In som
counties it would be possible for goo
hunter to make big money at certal
: seasons oe the year shooting crows the
are migrating across the state.
Senator Wilson,. of Clinton, has re
introduced his measure to require thu
@ for all bridges there shall first be p1ar
+ and profiles on file with the count
4 auditor, advertisement for bids an
other preliminaries, SO as to insure ge,
q ting the bridge contracts in open con
q petition. In view Of some exposures
= bridge matters it is believed the d
= NAV not have some consideration
10 IS anticipated that lobby will fsl
II the matter on behalf of bridge cor
n tractors but thus far there Is no ev
v dence Of the appearance Of such Todd
:, The house committee on appropris
tons will report to the house In raw
of an expression Of opinion limiting u