Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-28
REPRESENTATIVE +. e. SHORTESS
PROPOSES GOVERNOR
SHALL APPOINT.
BILL PLANS NATIONAL
SYSTEM FOR STATE
Would Give Governor Power to APP
point, Subject to Confirmation by
Senate, Judges to Serve Six Years
Secretary Allen Files New Report
on Amendments.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO TlmeS-RepIpncaN-
Des Moines, Jan. 2S.-RepresentatiV G
Shortess. of Tama county, introduced
today joint resolution For an amend
ment to the state constitution which
provides as follows:
The judges Of the supreme court
shall be appointed by the governor Of
the state without reference 10 political
affination. and confirmed BY the SEN
ate in each odd numbered year, and
shall hold their court al SUCH time
and place as the general assembly may
prescribe The term II each judge OF
the supreme court shall De six years
and until his successor shall have been
appointed and qualified. The judges
OF the supreme court shall be inelisi-
BILE TO any other office IN the state dur
Ing the term for which chsy snall nave
been appointed"
Mr.. Shortess provides also that as
to the district judges they are to De
selected in the manner prescribed by
the general assembly so tllac they VIII
be either elective or sppcinttye, &C
cording 10 the best Judgment OF the
people Mr.. Shortess has given the
matter a great deal Of attention and
believes that the time has come to
provide for appointive members of the
supreme court, as in many other states
and especially in Canada where the en-
tire bench is held in highes- esteem.
Secretary Of State Allen sent to the
senate TO-DAY the certificate OF his Of
ice showing the publication OF the va
rious and sundry constitutional
amendments proposed at the last ses-
sion, in newspapers in different dis
tricts of the state. This publication
Is necessary before a second legtsla-
ture can pass upon the amendments.
The certificates were prepared sep
arately as to each amendment, as there
is desire 10 act on each one separate
from all others. If there should be
found flaw in the record as TO pub
'ication as to one it would not injure
report today Will be the signal for fur
Their action on the woman suffrage
and other amendments approved a.
the last session Of the legislature.
The temperance committee of the
senate has solved all question now by
throwing open it's doors for the re-
porters so that all possible publicity
will be given to everythins that Is said
or done in the open. There is a food
of bills affecting the liquor traffic and
more are on the way. The house chair
man vows that he Will make the house
vote on the proposal for the repeal OF
the mulct law.
a bill receiving much consideration
is one by Perkins which authorizes
and requires commitment by q court
of children who are crippled or de-
formed. or who have ailments which
should have hospital care, 70 the hos
pital in connection with the state uni
versity ct Iowa City The intent is TO
provide way for the poor children %
the state TO receive the best medical
and surgical treatment even tho their
parents or guardians can not afford H..
The actual expers es are to be paid
by the state but there viii he 10 fees
TO the physicians az the hospital The
cases will be handled by the faculty
members free. The law is ike one in
operation in Michigan. Where IL has re-
suited in from twenty-five - fifty chill
dren in the hospital all the time Thou
sands Of cases are either cured or in :
proved and the economic value If the
system is plainly evident in reducing
the number OF those who would other
wise become public charges.
Schemes for shortening the session
by hard and fast rules for time Of re-
porting billy, or time for consideration
of bills. or for publicity # committee
work-in part-or for making a record
of what is done By each one in COM
mittee, are abundant. IN a few days
the rules committees IF both houses
will formulate the rules. The chance
Is great that while there will be in
jected into the rules some Of the new
tangled notions there will he NOTHING
in the rules so tight but tha- II can be
overcome quite easily. The common
consent" and courtesy propositions
are sufficient to let almost anything