Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-10

authorizing and empowering the rail-
road commission to require joint ser.
vice between telephone companies
! passed the senate. This Is the ''physi.
cal connection" idea, but it includes
forbidding discrimination between per-
sons and places and gives the commits
sion large authority in this matter.
Memorial resolutions will be pre-
pared for the senate in honor of the
| late George D. Perkins, of Sioux City.
who was a member Of the state senate;
also for the late Capt. ]. S. Lothrop
and J. A. Youmans. both Of whom
were members Of the senate and have
died in recent years all representing
Woodbury. county.
The senate never even took the
pains to read the house amendments
, to the "dry" bills but passed them one
after another in formal manner.
There was a short and spirited dis
cussion of the bill of the retrenchment
and reform committee to establish a
cabinet for the governor with heads
of various departments in place of an
executive council. Francis and Allen
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endar but this was refused. Quigley
came to the defense of the state gov
eminent and insisted that we have a
splendid government in Iowa, the best
in the world, and no need of change.
The Brady bill Of the house passed
the senate defining what is switch
ing service" The legislature did this
Y,,-N Thn ~
the legislature said exactly what it
great deal worse than it was. Now
the legislature will try it over again.
Senator whitmore's bill to legalize
the use of a camera in making public
records. which had failed, was recon-
sidered and passed in the senate.
There was objection to the bill as
nothing more than an advertisement
for machine. as there is nothing in
the law to prevent the use Of the
camera machine now.
Bradley, the oratorical Bradley, who
was member from Wapello and often
! amused the last general assembly. was
invited to speak before the house
yesterday and he delivered again his
famous speech commencing with the
Magma charta and coming on down
thru Yorktown to modern times in
eulogy Of the great principles of free
government. He was heartily ap-
plauded for his eloquent addition to
the entertainment of the session.
The "finger print bureau" will not
be established and Iowa will go on,
for the present, making no effort
whatever to keep any record Of per-
sons convicted Of offenses.
The house refused to go the length
Of permitting municipalities to license
garages and livery stables. The senate
passed the bill on the theory that this
was about the only way to regulate
them in the small towns and in many
places they become nuisances.
The bill which has now passed both
houses relating to care Of INDECENT per-
sons afflicted with tuberculosis will
cause some officials to sit up and take
notice In various counties OF the state.
It is now compulsory that these in
digent sick be cared for and it is up
to the counties to make provision for
them. 1t also provides that the state
board of control must approve Of the
plans for the care OF such persons. and
| counties will have to do the work
properly.
The senate passed another big ap-
preparation bill yesterday. This was
the bill to give s350.17o for state insti-
tutions under the board Of control.
This Is mainly contingent funds, re-
pairs, some additional land, and few
small buildings.