Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-06
BEGINS SECOND
LAP OF SESSION WITH MUCH
BUSINESS WAITING.
SEVENTH BILLS
FOR APPROPRIATIONS PEND
Road Fight Scheduled to Break Friday
Much Public Interest in Disposal Of
Sunday Closing Laws - Fight Over
Future of Public Printer and Binder
to Break Soon.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 6.-The Thirty
seventh general assembly reConvencd
today following the recess which began
on Feb a. The indications are that
the members Will he extremely busy
from now on to the end Of the session.
which may last from four to SIX weeks
longer.
Practically all of the important
measures are Yet to be passed on. Sem
alur F'oskett, chairman Of the senate
appropriations committee, said that
there are saveuty-three different bills
carrying appropriations which have
been presented in both the senate and
the house TO he disposed Of. These in
cludr the appropriations for the state
schools and state institutions as we'll as
for the state offices and involve the
ticklish question of state financing and
whether or not the state levy must be
increased.
The big road fight. in which the
greatest interest of the entire session is
centered will break Friday Of this
week, when the Johnston road bill has
been made a special order OF business
on the house calendar.
The repeal measure doing away with
the present fire insurance rating law as
provided for in the Lyle bill. sttll in
the hands of the senate insurance COM
mittee, and involving one of the prom
ised fights of the session, probably viii
be forced out OF the committee before
long.
The question of whether or not the
attorney general is TO be given $4,000
for the department OF justice with
which to prosecute his law enforce
ment program must be settled.
Other impending Measures.
Other important measures which
must be disposed of include the follow
ing: The proposed repeal OF the non
partisan judiciary law; amendment TO
the constitution providing for woman's
suffrage; the passage on the part of
the house of the kimDaIl Dill revising
the primary law, which bill has al
ready passed the senate: the antrim
junction bill favored by the labor I'M
IONS legislation looking toward the
making of the railroad grade crossings
more safe; the repeal Of the capitol ex-
tension tax, the building tf an office
building or temple Of justice. moving
the soldiers monument and other
measures involved in capitol extension,
Much public interest attaches TO any
changes which may be made in the
Sunday closing laws. Inasmuch as
Attorney General Havner has said that
he considers it his duty to enforce the
Tat Sha cy1 rt,ta
an effort is being made to permit cities
to say whether or not Sunday theater<
or Sunday baseball and similar amuse-
meuts shall be permitted. Representa-
tive Lake of Woodbury. county, has in
troduced a bill which would give cities
this authority. 1t is now in the hands
Of the house judiciary committee. Tn
der the present laws The attorney gem
eral could stop Sunday baseball or the
aters, or similar amusements.
Former Attorney General George
Cosson was on number Of occasions
importuned to stop Sunday amuse-
ments. He declared that his depart
ment could not get anywhere IN such
prosecutions in communities where
percentage Of the COM
munity favored these things and he de-
cliued to prosecute.
Printing Fight Still On.
The matter of state printing. which
entared into the campaign last fall
somewhat, and which was up n the
two years ago, is another
matter which probably will be threshed
out. One portion favors letting the
state printing by contract. another the
of state printery and bin
derry SO that the state could do it's own
printing and third faction wishes the
present system to prevail.
The state superintendent Of public
Instruction. Albert NJ. Deyoe. is anxious
to have the bills providing for voca-
tional training pass. AS framed these
would permit the state to take advan
taeA nf federal aid in teaching agricul-
ture. domestic science and trades.
These bills were introduced just before
and have yet to be thresh-
ed out in the committees.
Sitting committees Will probably be
appointed soon and many Of the meas.
ures introduced thus far will be elm
mated. Morning and afternoon ses-
sons Will probably be held from now
on and much committee work will be
al Oh