Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-30
ONLY NINE SENATORS VOTE IN
FAVOR OF CUTTING
IT'S SIZE.
COMPULSORY UNIFORMITY
OF TEXT BOOKS BEATEN
Measure Runs Afoui Of School Book
Lobby and Goes to Defeat-Fousht
by larse and Expensively Organized
Crowd Of Wire 'Puiiers-Senate
Passes City Manager Bill.

nes Moines. March 3o.-The senate
of the Iowa legislature is opposed to
economy when it comes to reducing
its own size and increasing its work
able character. The senate probably
would agree that as to the house that
body is unwieldy and might be dis
peused with in whole or in part. But
no one of the senators could be lost
without harm to the state. However.
there were nine senators willing to
chance it on losing some of their col
leagues. On the Farr resolution TO
make it possible to reduce by one-half
the membership Of both houses OF the
legislature, in the interest of economy
and efficiency. there were four repub-
licans and five democrats voted fav-
orably, namely: Allen, Eversmyer,
Foster, Wilson, FAIR, Quigley, Rean,
White of Benton and White of Iowa.
The resolution was for a constitutional
amendment that would make this re-
duction possible if deemed best in the
future. 1t was somewhat in accord
with suggestion OF the governor IN
his message and IS harmonious with
the state government as TO executive
departments.
The Thomas Anderson bill for COM
pulsory county uniformity in text
books ran afoul of the school book
lobby and Went to the bottom yester-
day. 1t is true the bill was passed,
but it was after all that was worth
This means that i. has been SO emas-
culated that no agreement will be
made on the bill and it will fall by the
wayside. The Dill was one to make
certain that in every county OF the
state there should be uniformity in
text books. 1t was bitterly fought by
a large and extensively organized
lobby in the interest Of certain large
text book concerns. When the senate
took hold Of it amendments were Of
fered which took from the bill every
thing that savored Of uniformity in
textbooks and left it merely bill to
make a minor change in the compost
ton Of the board which shall select
textbooks where the people have
voted on the books. f
The senate passed the. Foskett bill
for city manager and has on It's
calendar the bill proposed by Water
loo which relates to a different class
of cities. The Waterloo bill is also
ready for passage in the senate, hav-
ing already passed the house. The
Shenandoah bill will probably also
pass the house.
Quigley, the Clayton county cynic
yesterday broke his record and intro
duced his first bill of the session. 1t
is a bill to permit mutual fire in
surance companies to form an under
writers syndicate and have this syndi-
cate engage in the issue Of policies.
The Robinson bill went thru the
senate with much less opposition than
| its author anticipated. 1t is bill
which will, if IT becomes law, viz
ltually compel every municipality in
| Iowa to begin right now to arrange
| for sewage disposal plants and to pre-
/ pare for the inevitable disconnectins
| of the sewage systems with the rivers
and creeks Of the state. 1t is one OF
| the most advanced steps in the direc-
| ton Of making Iowa a good state IN
which TO live that has been make by
| the legislature.
| The near beer bill in the senate
has been made a special order fol
| Thursday afternoon when 1t probably
will be soaked
Surprising opposition has appeared
to the "b1ue sky bill and some ugly
gatherings took place on the floor
Senator Thomas was especially saw
age toward Senator Savage: whom hi
accused ON the floor Of opposing the
bin because Of personal interest.
The senate has the farm mortgage
bank bin special order for Wednes-