Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
SENATE PASSES
PRINTING BILL
SLIGHT AMEN DMENTs TO HOUSE
MEASURE MAGISTRATES AN.
OTHER VOTE.
PROBABLY WILL GO
THRU HOUSE AGAIN
Bill Provides For AboIishins State
Printer and Binder in 1919 = Bill
Aimed at County Uniformity Of Text
Books Decisively Beaten in Senate
GiIbert's Child Welfare Bill Adopted.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, April 5.-The substitute
bill prepared by Representative Miller,
of Boone county and Representative
Stone, of Sioux county, to abolish the
offices of state printer and binder
passed the senate of the Iowa leSis-
lature yesterday afternoon by vote
of % to T. There was no fight on the
bill in the senate as all of the fighting
thereon had been done in the house
when the substitute bill was adopted in
place of the Helming bill, the latter re-
garded as an administration bill.
Three minor amendments were
tackled on the bill by the senate,
however, so it has to go back to the
house again. The chances are. how
ever, that it will again go thru the
house
Under this bill the terms of the pres
ent state printer and binder will not
be interfered with as the bill will not
go into effect until their time is out. 1t
provides for the abolishing of these Of
fees in 1919 and thereafter letting the
printing by contract, with stipulations
that the prices will be no higher than
under the present law. 1t makes the
state document editor and the state
executive council commission to have
charge Of all state printing. 49,
n.y. *S1*
The Evans bill which as originally
drawn was aimed at county uniformity
of text books but was amended to
eliminate that feature, was defeated by
thezsenate of the Iowa legislature yes
terday afternoon by the decisive vote
of eight. to thirty -four.
~ = $50 $500
The senate sitting committee has
adopted a, rule that two votes i'm the
committee against a bill will kill the
measure With such rule not many
bills will get out of that committee.
The child welfare billsby Represent
ative Gilbert, Of Marshall county,
passed the house yesterday. afternoon.
provides for an appropriation of $4,000
to establish child welfare research
station at the state university at Iowa
City.
Governor Idarding's request Of the
legislature for an appropriation to be
expended under his direction to check
the valuation of Iowa railroads which
the interstate commerce commission is
making was turned down by the senate
approprietions eohilnittse yesterday.
HE original request sof the governor
was for 100000. Recently he has APP
peared before both, house and senate
appropriations committees and stated
that he had decided 100000 was
enough
The senate committee, in executive
session yesterday afternoon, cut down
the $4,000 to 100000, and further voted
to ulace this sum at the disposal OF the
railway commission instead of the gov
ernor.
The action can only be considered as
a direct and unmistakable rejection Of
the executives request, and may result
in scrap on the floor Of the senate
when the bill in its present form is
taken up.
Members of the committee were
from Missouri" said Senator Foskett.
They wanted to be shown"
There was very little discussion of
the proposition, it is said.
The Chase model injunction bill de-
signed to extend to the state courts the
same restrictions now placed by fed
eral statutes on federal courts to pre-
vent the Issuance of injunctions against
labor unions in strike cases, was killed
in the Iowa senate yesterday by lack
ing a constitutional majority.
This measure was the big labor Issue
of the present session. 1t had the sup
port OF the labor unions of the entire
state. The American Federation Of
Labor had bills Of this kind introduced
in the state legislatures all over the
United States this year Chase amend
ed the bill to make it conform exactly
to the language in the Clayton amend
ment5to the Sherman antitrust law.