Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-18
REFUSAL TO ADOPT SUBSTITUTE
MEASURE INDICATES
SENTIMENT.
WILL NOT GET PAST
SENATE OR GOVERNOR
Long MINDED Debate Not Intended to
Make Votes But to Make Records
For Aspiring PoIitieians-Amend.
mont Tackled on Affecting Auto Ii.
eense Funds in Order to Catch Votes.
ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 49, The house
had its big talkfest over "the Johns
ton bill' yesterday afternoon ana
demonstrated what everybody sus-
pected-that the repealers have just
about enough votes to pass the bill
which would. if it ever got past the
senate and governor abolish the state
highway commission.
There was nothing either exciting, new
or startling in the afternoon debate.
Nearly everybody having had anything
TO do with trying to start good roads
making in the state was duly and
properly trounced. The commission
was made the target of attack for all
those who We're for the Johnston bill.
Everything that could be raked up over
the bill was produced and doled out.
On the other hand there was much
of reiteration of well-known facts re-
garding the change which has taken
place in regard to the highway situa-
ton under guidance of the commission.
The debate was not intended to af
feet the vote but rather to give OPP
pol luu4lS lOl Tic Ills VI NIS"S
about everything connected with the
road laws. In the end the substitute
bill offered was voted down IS to A.,
which showed that unless something
happens the votes necessary for pass
age have been secured. Three were
absent but no one is for repeal.
Much Joekeyine.
Just at the close of the debate last
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given of the straits to which the re-
pealers have been driven in securing
the necessary votes to pass it. They
had induced Bronson to offer an
amendment which was adopted, caus
ing to be returned to the counties and
to the cities whence it came, the auto
mobile license money.
Then Elwood built a fine fire under
the repealers. He showed by statistics
that this meant for instance, that Of
the $4,000 distributed to rural coun-
ties from Polk county last year all but
10 per cent would remain in Polk
county. that the $4,000 distributed
from three other large counties would
be taken away from the rural counties,
etc. In short. it was quickly demon
strared this was an amendment that
"OulU l6lp lue GILES d. li1c SApciiSS "a
the country. Presto. just as the de-
mand was made to proceed to ballot on
the Johnston bill, the repealers realized
their mistake and had the vote re-
considered on the theory that Bronson
had offered the wrong amendment
which had been given him. 1t meant
simply that the repealers had blund-
cred badly and wanted chance to
back out.
At this juncture adjournment was
taken.
That left the bill as pending and I'M
finished business to be taken up on re-
assembling this morning, when an
amendment will be offered sha. prob
ably will be sufficient to hold all the
votes needed for passage thru the
house Of the bill.
How They Voted.
The vote in the house on the motion
| to substitute the Ring bill for the
Johnston bill on highway commission
was as below. The affirmative vote
shows opposition to the Johnston high
way commission repeal and support OF
the present highway laws:
Ayes-Anderson, Of Montgomery
Anderson. Of Greene; Anderson. OF
| WinnebagO; Barry, Becker, Bingham
Brady, Brammer, Darrah, Durant, Ell
wood, Freeman Carten, Gilbert, Gil
more, Kane, Gray. Greene, Hale, Jen-
sen, Jones, of Cerro Gordo; Jones OF
Dickinson: Kepple Klinker. Lee. Nc
Farlane, Mackie, Moore, Munro, Muir
ray, Nef. Nicholson, Nordyke, Purdy
Ring. Rome. Shortess, Slaught, Stokes
Stone, Sullivan, Swain, Taylor, Thomp-
son. Wenstrand. Wigdahl, Wilson, OF
Louisa; Atkinson-47.
Nays-Anderson, of Davis; Bailey
Ball, Bauman, Bronson. Bruce, Bux-
ton. Clark, Coakley, Cochrane, Crozier
Craven, Doze. Eggleston, Griffin, Had
ley, Hail. Helming. Herman, Helbert
Horchem. 1ngwersen, Jamison, Johns
ton, of Humboldt: Johnston, of Lucas;
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