Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-22
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FIVE FlNANcIERs GIVEN PLACES
ON RETRENcHMENr CON-
MlTTEE.
WILL HAVE MUCH TO DO
DURING ASSEMBLY SESSION
Sill Presented Calling For Commission
Of Five Citizens ito Investigate Tor
srens System Of Land Titles-Pro'
.posaI to Take Profit Out Of Wolf
Rearing to Collect Bounty.
ecial to Times-Reuppblican.

Special to Times Reuppblican.
Des Moines, Jan. 22-The committee
on retrenchment and reform Of the
Thirty sixth general assembly is now
complete. The democratic members
are Representative Kane. OF Dubuque
and Miller, of Bremen, and Senators
voorhees,, of Cass. and Schrup, OF Du-
buque.
The committee as finally made up
has on 1t Ave bankers, who certainly
ought to know all about how to make
every dollar go the furthest possible;
two editors, who are of course skilled
in the art Of getting on with the least
possible expense: and three lawyers,
who may be presumed to be long on
advice.
The committee will have something
to do during the session aside from
consideration and report on certain
bills for changing the form OF govern
ment Even yesterday the committee
narrowly escaped having referred to 1t
the bill to provide extra help around
the legislative halls during the session.
1t has already had referred to 1t a res
olution to authorize issue OF codes to
the active newspaper reporters engaged
in reporting the proceedings. 1t will
have a chance to save two or three
dollars right here If SO disposed. There
will be a number of bills relating to
consolidation of departments that may
be referred to the committee, tho 1t has
not been the custom in the past to re-
fer bills to this committee, as 1t is strict
~ joint committee. The membership
OF the committee is regarded as most
excellent
The Judiciary committees of the leg
islature will recommend that the in
dex to the code supplement. as under
preparation at the present time, be
printed separately from the supplement.
The supplement and index will cost so
cents more to the lawyers Of the state
than was planned for the supplement
alone. This will be pleasing to the
lawyers of the state. All there is to
the supplement discussion is that the
code commission. composed of mem
hers OF the legislature. only one OF
whom lives in Des Moines, decided that
a real index be made, one that would
be really worth while, and the COM
mission get its force to work to have
1T nlado. It has taken more time than
expected. But it will be an index to
the supplement- and the code, the first
and only real index ever made, and it
will be SO that for all future time the
index can be followed and be built up
on and added to and be maintained as
a perfect index. 1t is therefore to be
expected the present legislature will
order the binding of the index in a sep
arate volume and this Is to be done as
soon as the index can be completed,
which will be soon.
Senator F1eck introduced a bill for
commission Of five citizens to inyesti-
gate the Torrens system OF land titles
and report to the next legislature on
constitutional amendments and laws
to carry same into effect. The bill
follows an address by o. P. Myers, of
Newton, on the subject before the state
lar association last summer. Law
yers and others have devoted some time
to a study Of the system and say they
are not clear that the system is just
what is wanted, but that some modi-
fication of it is desirable to clear up
the land title business and get rid of
the expensive methods now In force. 1t
is possible some committee of the leg
islature will undertake TO work out
measure to be passed at this session
providing for the SYSTEM
go
W. o. Payne, Of Nevada, has sug-
gested to the members of the elections
committees of the legislature that
desirable amendment to the Iowa law
on presidential preference at the pri-
mary be to eliminate the plan to have
such preference expressed as to
candidate for vice president. It is not
at all likely that there will be formed
any general public sentiment in favor
Of any one candidate for vice president,
or even that there will be any candi-
date willing to seek an Endorsement
in this way; and anyway /. certainly
is quite enough to have q preference
expressed by the voters of each party
for the head Of the ticket. No possible
good can come from an attempt to Sc
cure an expression Of opinion as to
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