Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-19
UPPER HOUSE CERTAIN TO DIG
GRAVE FOR REAcTIoNARY
ROAD BILL
ROW BETWEEN HOUSES
MAY BLOCK OTHER BILLS
Several Measures Pending in Senate
Looking to 6etterment Of Present
Read L:~.-As-..@.. II Hc":- -
Kill All Other LesisIation-Combins
Could Not Be Broken.
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Special to TimeS-Republican
Des Moines, March 19-Now that the
Johnston repeal bill to abolish the
over to the tender mercies of senate
that everybody knows is sure to dig
a grave for it, the only question left to
be discussed is what effect viii the
burial of the bill have on other pend
ing legislation and especially other
highway bills. Will the Johnston bill
be the sticking point in the inevitable
deadlock between the two houses
which has been so apparent to all
close observers for some time? VIII
the repealers insist upon blocking all
good legislation? Can the bitterness
of the fight be carried over to the
senate side?
These are the questions that are
worrying members now. It has been
currently reported that the signed
agreement to stand by the Johnston
bill, as made some time ago. also IL
cluded an agreement to block all o-hec
legislation unless II is passed cie1!
thru. This is now denied. Such an
agreement would be hard to enforce.
So many members have other bills in
which they are interested that the
combine could be broken by little
maneuvering.
Betterment Bills in Senate.
The senate has ready for passage
quite a lot Of very good legislation
looking 10 betterment Of the highway
laws of the state The Foster bin to
10
Of surfaced roads will go thru when
it comes out for adoption. The weed
cutting bill mas already gone to the
house. number of other bills have
been held up to await the action OF
the Johnston bill.
The vote demonstrated just what
had been claimed for the repeal bin by
it's advocates, that they had solid
combination back of it that would
force il thru the house regardless. The
fact that q deal was made TO get votes
Of certain members from the cities did
not change the general situation That
was only an incident by the way
What really was accomplished by
the fight in the house was not the
abolition OF the highway conafni ssioi.,
ibut opportunity was given 1oF, the
paying of of campaign obligations and
the redemption promises made. It viii
be recalled that right at the start II
was admitted the bill could never get
/ to the governor and there was no
thought OF trying to get ii there. The
tight has served its purpose and many
of the members are now insisting that
It be dropped so far as the legislature
| is concerned for any further discus
sion can but serve to hinder good
! legislation.
I Vote on Johnston Bill.
The house voted as follows on the
Johnston bill:
/ Ayes-Anderson of Davis, Anderson
of w;nnebago, Bailey, Ball. Bauman,
| Bronson, Bruce, Buxton. Clark. Coax
! ley. Coast. Cochrane, Craven, erozler'
| Darrah. Doze Egglsston, Freeman,
Griffin. Hadley. Hall, Helming. Her
man. HoIbert, Ingwersen, Jamison,
Johnston Of Humboldt, Johnston OF
Lucas, Kelso, Kimberly, Kopp, Lenock-
err Lueders. McDermid, McFerren,
michael. Miller, Neff, Oldenburg. Peter
sen. Pitt. Rayburn, Rees, Reese. Rich
ards, Roberts, Rogers. Rowles, saw
yer, Schmedika Schaffer, Smith,
SPOTS. Stokes Swenson. Taylor, Tuck
er Turner, Wayman, Wenstrand. VIII
son Of Cherokee. Wilson Of Mahaska'
Wilson Of Mitchell. WHITAKER
Total, Ga.
Noes-Anderson Of Greene, Ander-
son Of Montgomery. Barry, Becker,
Bingham. Brady, Brammer, Durant, Ell
wood. Carton, Gilbert, Gilmore, Gray.
Greene. Hale. Horchem, lessen. Jones
Of Cerro Gordo, Jones OF Dickinson,
Kane, Kepple, Klinker, Lee, Mctar-
lane. Mackie. Moore, Munro, Murray,
nicholson, Nordyke, Purdy. Ring,
Rome. Shortess, Slaught, Steeismith,
Stone. Sullivan, Swain. Thompson,
iyEiedahl. Wilson Of Louisa, Speaker
Atkinson-Total, 43.
Absent-Grason.