Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-21
Provides For Extra Help
and Fixes Compensation
of Employees.
LATE PRIMARY DATE
PROPOSED IN HOUSE
Bill introduced Providing For Election
in September Instead Of June
Much oratory in House Over Reso-
luton to Require Time to Investi-
gate Appropriation Bii-Efforts to
Curb Divorce Evil.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 21.-President
Harding today announced the appoint
ment of Senator Schrup and Voorhes
to be members of the retrenchment and
reform committee on behalf of the
democrats.
The senate passed its first bill, one
to employ the extra help and fix the
pay of the same.
The report Of the extra help" COM
mittee was adopted in the senate by
a vote of "a to I. 1t provides for the
employment of twentynine persons
around the state house in addition to
the regular force. Last session there
We're forty one persons on the payroll.
To Curb Bank Loans.
Senator Crist introduced a bill de-
signed to prevent wrecking of banks
by officers loaning money 10 them
selves, particularly private institu-
tions. The bill repeals a section of
the banking laws which gives authori--
ty to directors of banks to pass reso-
lutions loaning money to officers. Sem
ator Crist asserts that many failures
are due to the fact that officers are
loaned money.
Proposals to investigate the Torrers
system of land registration, change the
holding of primary, elections TO the
third Monday in August. to permit
state banks and savings banks to SUBJ
scribe for stocks in the federal re-
serve bank, to authorize cities OF tho
first class and cities under the COM
mission form to issue bonds for the
purchase of water works, were among
the bills introduced.
Nineteen Bills in House.
Nineteen bills were introduced IN
the house this morning. Proposals 10
| inspect private sanatoriuns, to in
crease the number of custodial farms,
| to permit the city Of Des Moines TO
buy the water system, to change the
date Of primaries from June to sep
tember, and to prevent the granting OF
divorces by default, were among them.
Bauman, of Van Buren,, is the author
of the bill to set the Iowa primary on
the later date The bill to inspect
hospitals, reform schools, houses of de-
tention, converts, sectarian seminaries
schools or institutions, was introduced
by Rayburn, of Poweshiek. 1t confers
the inspection power on boards OF
supervisors and on special inspectors
appointed by any county judge on petl-
ton Of twenty residents of the county
where the institution is located.
The bill to permit the buying of the
Des Moines water works, provides ior
the issuance of bonds at 8 per cent
interest.
Would Curb Divorces.
Rogers. of Carroll, would prohibit the
granting of divorces by default, and
would require the county attorney TO
appear for the defendant when not
present, and would make 1t impossiple
for persons to get divorce When IL
would appear that they were IN col
lusion.
The house battled before the intro
duction Of bills over resolution to re-
uuire appropriation bills to be re-
ported out of committees in time 10
Law on the table of the house five days
before their adoption. Ball. of Jeifer-
son. author of the resolution fought 10
| prevent it being sent to the committee
on rules. but on debate, in which more
oratory was spilled than on any propo-
sition yet presented, he was defeated.
The house avoided voting on the
resolution to ask congress to put an
embargo on war supplies
The house joint resolution providing
for nineteen extra employees was
adopted by the house, 80 to 20.
This afternoon joint meetin2 Oh
the judiciary committees of senate ana
house is being held to decide whether
the index to the code supplement- shaii
be published as a separate volume.
Committee to Hear Governor.
Governor Clarke was expected u
appear before the graft committee OIL
the Iowa senate this afternoon 10 eN
plain what he meant by charges oi
graft In the employment OF senate
help. The committee met this altcr-
noon and organized. with Senator Cris'
as chairman. Other witnesses may
.olfod hoct1a Governor Clark.