Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
TEMPERANCE FORCES IN LEGlS-
LATuRE TO LINE UP FOR
EIGHT LAWS.
TO PASS AMENDMENT
AND RETAIN MuLCT LAW
One Saloon For Every 1000 Population
and No Saloons in Towns Of loco or
Less-Propose to Double Muiet ak
and Require e5 Per Cent on Petitions
For Consent.
snec,a, 70 r,mes-Republican.


Des Moines. Jan. 2o.-The task OF
committee making appears TO nave
been performed for the present session
of the legislature about as well as ever
not everybody satisfied, but nothing
very much out of the way ana most Oh
the members well pleased. The tact IS
becoming well recognized that commit
tee assignments are not as important
as they used to be or as some people
used to think they were.
Both Barry and Brady, rival ca.dl-
dates for speaker, expressed pleasure
over the makeup of the house com
mittees by Speaker Atkinson me
senate committees fairly represent the
bent of that body on most questions
Temperance Program.
It is very evident that nothing the
committees can do in either house will
have very much to do with what Is
finally decided as to temperance legis-
lation. Already the legislature is
flooded with this kind OF legislation
Here is the program of actual legisla-
ton as outlined some time ago by
of the senate:
Pass the prohibitory amendment
up to the people.
DO not repeal the mulct law.
s-Close the saloons at o'clock.
Mo saloons in towns of 1000 or
Double the mulct tax, making it
1920.
7-Severe penalties for private car
riage of liquors.
8-Require 65 per cent on signatures
for consent in cities.
This may be regarded as the temper
ance program reduced to finality.
Some or all Of it will be carried out. 1t
as certain that both houses Will go
squarely on record on every one of
these propositions. The house commit
tees dealing with temperance and
amendment questions are fairly divided
and lean toward the dry side. The
senate committee on suppression of in
temperance has only five distinctly dry
men out of u. The committee on
amendments ts to s. But most of the
members agree that It Is entirely with
the senate itself what will be done. The
house Will vote for almost any kind of
a dry measure; the senate is dry by
small margin on a square vote, and it
is the plan to have every measure come
to the fioor Of the house for vote.
There was an unusual number of
bills introduced on the first day for
bills, due largely to the rivalry to get
In on temperance bills and some Of the
distinctly reform measures.
The decision of President Harding to
divide the judiciary committee is gen.
orally regarded as a wise move. In the
past the judiciary committee has had
too much to do and because of it's bur-
dens has been forced to neglect many
bills. The division of the committee
Contraband Resolution.
Contraband Resolutions.
The resolution before the Legislature
by Senator Hageman, of Bremen,
memorializing congress to get busy and
stop the sending of contraband goods
to European countries, is as follows:
Whereas, the nations of the old
world are now waging the greatest war
OF mankind, causing destruction of
life and property and bringing to the
nations involved ruin and desolation
and untold suffering and misery, and
Whereas, as people, we stand and
strive for the highest ideals of a
christian civilization and now hope and
pray fervently that this massacre of
nations may soon come to an end fol-
lowed by peace universal and everlast-