Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-05

any appropriation by the legislature
for aid In the celebration of emancipa-
ton at Chicago. A bill for an appro-
priation Of $4,000 is on the calendar
with adverse report from house COM
mittee and the bill stands small show
of passa &c.
An interesting problem was pre-
scented to one of the committees yes
terday by county officials from Monroe
county and it furnished an illustration
of what difficulties there lie in the way
of the enforc ement of the laws of the
state 1t was represented that there
is very lax enforcement of law at BuN-
ton. The constable gets such small
amount for making an arrest and de-
livering a prisoner at the distant
county seat that he can not afford to
do it at all. A working agreement has
been in force by which the county pays
not only the mileage and fees but also
the constable's expenses. But that is
clearly illegal and will have to be
stopped. But if stopped nobody will
serve as constable. The sheriff doesn't
get enough pay so he can afford to en-
ploy a deputy and anyway that would
only partly solve the problem. Some
relief is wanted for a county like that.
The actual situation is that at Buxton
or in that vicinity there is much
gambling and vice and great deal of
bootlegging and no way to stop 1t. A
legislative committee will try to find
out how to meet the situation.
the senate today received from the
judiciary committee a favorable report
on the new "redlight injunction" bill
of the state. This will take the place
of the one which the supreme court
says was never adopted because the
speaker forgot to sign it. The bill is
identical with the old law.
The agricultural committee of the
senate reported adversely today on the
bill to give the threshermen a lien
on the grain he has threshed to secure
the pay for threshing, also adversely
on the bill TO give the owner of
stallion lien on the progeny. The
same committee reported against Civ
ing $500 a year for the encoura cement
OF draft horse breeding.
The food and dairy committee will
have hearing next Monday on the ice
cream and homogenizer bill. This Will
be opposed by the makers of ice cream.
They insist that the homogenizer
process is all right and good and that
it has become necessity in the max
ing of ice cream. They want to be
heard On the bin and will fight it
hard
The general program has been
agreed upon by the drys of the legis-
lature after innumerable little meet
ings and Informal talks. 1t is sub
Ject TO change according to the success
in putting thru various bills. but in
the main. it is exactly as has been in
dicated in statements already quoted
as from Senator Francis, Attorney
General Cosson and others The state
agents bill will be pushed thru if pos
sible in form that will give the state
additional power in enforcement. The
bootleSger is going to get a few adj
ditional jabs and the district court in
junction may be made of statewide ap-
plication so that any court may have
jurisdiction of a case in any city.
There is expectation that bill may
be framed that will curb the drug store
evil and possibly take the liquor bust
ness all out of the drug stores. Some
of these details are yet to be worked
out, but the dry forces are pretty well
together now and promise to stick
solidly together while these measures
are being prepared.