Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-09
The bin vas lost ii 10 81.

The bin was lost IL to -.
The chief objection to the bill VA
that It seemed to De one that woult
establish : hard ana fast rule In low,
as to wages that would not be suitable
to labor conditions. and 1t would there
fore be harmful to Iowa industries.
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Changes in the game laws Of tn.
state will interest a good many per.
sons. Some Of them. embodied ir
committee bills Just introduced, are:
Completely closed season for certain
game birds until Oct. l, 1917, instead
Of this year, and to include Hungarian
| partridges and other imported game
birds; trapping season to commence
Dec. l, not Nov. L; lengthen the game
| fish that must be thrown back from
six to eight inches. except as to trout
ten inches and pickerel twelve inches;
the game warden to approve plans for
all fishways; to stop the resident
alien" from getting a gun license for
81 and make him pay $40, the same as
a nonresident; to cut out the words
with gun" from the hunting clause
SO that one must have gun license
FOR hunting without sun; reduce the
number of prairie chickens that may
be taken on any one day to eight and
fifteen quails, and not more than
twenty five of all kinds in one day;
also making it prina facie violation
Of the law to have possession of as
many as sixteen prairie chickens at
one time, instead Of twenty five as
now.
The house committee on appropria-
tions has offered a bill which will
supplement the other laws on contract
labor and put into the code that which
has already been determined upon by
the board of control, the abolition of
all contract labor at the termination
of present labor contracts. This can
be done If the house also passes the
bill which has just passed the senate
including an appropriation item of
$4,000 for buildings for industries at
Anamosa and Fort Madison and $780,.
600 more as a working capital In the
industries to be established. With
this appropriation the board will be
able to so ahead with long deferred
plans and get industries started on
state account or for direct sale or to
make, use of convict labor in outside
industries, especially in road making.
Other legislatures have tackled the
subject but have never provided the
money for doing anything.
An effort will be made to secure
reconsideration in the senate for the
bill yesterday to forbid making false
accusations against a railroad employe.
This is a bill. in fact, to curb the
professional "spotter." The bill was
killed with little consideration.
The Horchem bill for park life in
connection with schools is on senate
calendar for passage with favorable
report. It went thru the house nicely.
1t contemplates that in cities where
there is some progress that the school
district buy tract for summer
school for pupils, where study and
labor in the outdoors can be carried
on. A house bill to authorize purchase
Of Fairgrounds in cities has also been
recommended to the senate.
The house defeated the bill to strike
out the 80 per cent clause in the pri-
out it would have meant that the
candidate who got the most votes
would have been nominated and the
going to the convention" business
would have come to an end.
Senator Chase induced the senate to
indorse his scheme for Withholding
from jury evidence as to whether or
not a person accused Of a crime was
intoxicated at the time of the act COM
planned Of. The argument was that
the plea Of intoxication is made use
Of too much in explanation of offenses
and that it should not be permitted at
all. The question had no relation.
however. to the plea Of insanity, with
which it has been confused, no matter
what may have been the alleged cause
Of the insanity, but only with intoxica-
ton.
The "age Of consent bill" is having
a rocky road thru. It passed the
house and was held up for some time.
then let go to the senate where it is
being held for the sitting committee
hopper.
The house passed the initiative and
referendum resolution for amendments
of the constitution, with 81 votes. That
puts 1t up to, the senate to decide. 1t
was passed two years ago.
CEDAR RAPIDS PASSES 10000.