Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
Adjournment DAIE
AGAIN PUT OFF.
LEGISLATURE WILL FINISH
WORK OF SESSION SOME TIME
NEXT WEEK.
SENATE DUMPS LARGE
GRiST OF BILLS ON HOUSE
Total Of Twenty Seven Sent to Rep
resentatives in One Day-Bills Passed
by Dozens Without Being Read-Ap.
parentIy Only Way Of Doing Bush
ness in Closing Days Of Sessions.

Special to es-Republican
Des Moines, April 13.-The senate
baked when it came to passing a bill
of thirty typewriter pages without even
reading the same. A fine record for
bill passing was made on Monday. Fiji
teen bills had been passed before noon
and twenty-one in the afternoon when
the Arney bill to rewrite the law as
to sales of stocks of goods was
reached. 1t was a long one and the
senate voted not to consider it en-
crossed. hence not to have it read, and
it was left in the air. 1t was regarded
as rather too heavy work for so late
in the season and will not be passed.
The bill is part of plan for uniform
laws of that kind in many states. The
senate, however, passed number OF
unusually important bills on Monday,
some of them with scant consider
alton.
The most important bill. in many
respects, of the entire session, was fin
ished by the senate Monday. This was
the bill by Commissioner English to
give the insurance department the au-
thority to regulate fire insurance rates.
The bill followed the lines laid down by
the insurance commissioners conven-
ton in New York last winter, the re-
suit Of of an exhaustive investigation.
The plan has been tried partially in
Kansas and some other states. But
this is the first bill to pass as the d.
rect result of the New York conven-
ton. When Mr.. English prepared it
he hoped for little more than to Sc
cure wholesome discussion at this time
and hardly expected to get it thru. It
is the most drastic change in regard
to fire insurance made for many years
and virtually establishes the principle
of state control and regulation Of fire
insurance rates and business 1t is now
ready for the governor.
The senate passed without discussion
the Wilson bill to change the date Of
the primary from June to the third
Monday in August. The bill has yet
to run the gauntlet Of the house. This
is the first important change in re-
gard to the primary that has passed
either house. There had been very lit
tie consideration Of the subject.
The Gillette bill to authorize IL
censes for game farms was passed
by the senate. It provides that the
game department may issue such Ii
censes after which the farmers OPP
Grating under these licenses are pro-
tected from the penalties Of the law as
to possession of game birds, killing Of
same and other things. The plan is
to have a number Of game farms
started where wild birds will be reared
for sale.
Two bills on the tobacco habit were
passed by the senate, both senate bills.
The Hagemann bill forbids sale of to-
bacco to any school pupil and the Tay-
lor bill changes from cigarets to
tobacco the prohibition as to use by
minors. 1t was found that instead of
smoking cigarets the minors took to
the pipe Now it Is proposed to stop
the use of tobacco and II cigarets con-
tain any tobacco they also will be for
hidden.
The Barry bill, from the house, ex-
empting municipal, county and school
bonds from taxation passed the senate.
AS an outgrowth Of certain prosecu-
tons under the Iowa antitrust law
wherein it was found impossible to Sc
cure conviction Of anybody thru lack
Of responsibility, the senate passed a
bill to apply the injunction process to
violations of the antitrust laws and to
prohibit combinations in restraint OF
trade.
+! A rewriting Of the law as to sterili-
cation Of inmates Of certain state In
situations was passed by the senate
This applies the law only to the insane
and mentally defective and under re-
stricttons.
The senate has passed the house bill
requiring the street car companies to
supply toilet rooms for employees.
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| The bill giving cities and towns the
right to regulate jitneys was amended
so that a city shall not have the right
| to completely shut the jitneys of any
street where there are street cars.
The intent, as explained by Farr who
offered the amendment, was that the
jitneys be encouraged not only for city
business but for interurban. business.
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The senate failed to pass a bill
wanted by Mason City for the raising
Eof salaries of mayor and councilmen
there. It had passed the house but
| had small support in the senate.
| The Crist bill giving equity courts
very largo authority over service and