Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
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draws It from the governed. where 4
belongs.
Therefore be it resolved. by the
| Taxpayers Alliance Of Boone county,
Iowa. that the attention Of the peo-
pie be directed to the Thirty-sixth
general assembly of Iowa to the end
| that the committees contemplated as
sault upon the sovereign right of the
| people to govern themselves shall be
checked and that the state may con-
! tinue to maintain representative
form of government as the constitu-
ton of the United States provides"
| 1t would seem from this that there
is likely to be some division OF senti-
ment in the legislature as to what
ought to be done to set better laws
and have them better enforced.
Legislative Notes.
Two Of the Des Moines publishing
houses notified the legislature that
they will not give official publication
to the laws of the state unless the rate
is raised 1t is now the legal rate for
all public printing. The legislatures
have, in recent years, fallen into the
habit of adding a publication clause
10 practically every oin passed, tho
this seems to be wholly unnecessary.
The bills do not have 70 be printed In
daily paper or in a newspaper in
Des Moines
A bill by Chase provides that In
toNication. as bearing on the question
of intent shall not be shown in the
courts OF this state, either as defen-
sive matter or for the purpose of
mitiSation and the trial court shall so
instruct in every proper case"
The Taylor bill to ~equire lights on
buggies and other similar vehicles
while on the highways 1t night re-
quires the display of at least two
lighted lamps one on the front and one
on the rear for signal purposes, and
heavy wagons shall display at least
one light which can he seen front or
rear.
\ bill to pay the fare OF the rail-
road commissioners instead # requir-
ing the railroad companies 70 furnish
them transportation free IS fathered by
Cady Chase. The thought is that the
holding OF The passes is -onething that
renders less likely an Unbiased atti-
tude towards the railroads,
\ bill by Senator Crist requires that
all telephone companies shall make
physical connection with others at
junction points and gives 10 the rail-
road commission the duty of prescrib
ing rates and attending 10 other de-
tails. II passed Il means that when
YOU go into q telephone bopth TO make
connections over q second line you
have a right To demand connections
without explanations.
Senator Kimhal is at work on
bill 70 direct that in any city of the
state where two or more trunk lines
OF railroads enter. the railroads shall
be required to construct ard maintain
a suitable union depo-. The details Of
ordering same are TO be left with the
railroad commission. II its the case
OF Council Bluffs demanding thar the
railroad companies entering that city
shall unite in q union station.
The joint resolution on extra help"
virtually admits the main point in the
message Of the govArnor. ss TO the
supera bundance Of helpers IN the ieris-
iatures OF the past, by reducing from
forty one 10 thirty the humber Of ad-
ditionaI employees provided for. The
house gets one more doo-keeper than
the house caucus had provided. There
is an additional helper in he state law
library on the legislative reference
work. There is also provision for
dooraeeper's page in each house. But
reductions elsewhere maze a saving 81
eleven employees which means about
s.. 00o for the session.