Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-19
Plans FOR short
SESSION 60 Away.
HOPE FOR EARLY ADJoU RNMENT
OF LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN
ABANDONED.
APRIL II PROBABLE
DATE FOR QUITTING
Interest Now csntsrs in Five Bills,
Road Measures, Capitol Extension
Primary Amendment and "Bons Dry
Proposals-6iII to Permit Mutual In.
suranee Companies 10 introduced.

surance Companies is introduced.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb 19.-Hope for ad-
journment Of the general assembly
within the seventy day period fixed by
Governor Harding in his message vir-
tually has been abandoned by both
houses and members are planning to
get down to business following the
spring recess and clean up necessary
legislation in a record breaking man
ner. Attic nothing has been done Of
ficially April IA is the date tentative
ly discussed for adjournment.
interest nov centers in five bills.
some Of which may be disposed of
during the week Of Feb. 10. The in
PRODUCTION Of Representative Lee Ell
woods progressive" road bill is cer-
tain In the belief Of many to cause
hostilitiesa to. open at once between
proponents$of that measure and sup
porters Of, the road bill backed by
Speaker Pitt and Governor Harding.
The latter bill would abolish the high
way commission. turn the power now
vested an that boays over tos a highway
com m issioneg appointed blythe sgpver-
nor, and wSutd place road Affaifs back
in the Hands Of county boards Of SUI
perysors, in great measure.
m Eae Eiwood bill, on the other hand,
would retain the highway commission
but, NoHld eurtafl its authority, placing
more o. the initiative in road Improve
tnent in the hands of L the county
board. Aro Their provision of the Ell
wood bill IS the acceptance of federal
aid for adEb0ilding. This provision
also is included in the adrnini strationnss
measure but was inserted only after
strenuous objections on the part Of the
governor, who, in his initial message
to the assembly,. sreiterat Cd most
strongly the stand He had taken dliring b
his campaign on the matter of state
and federal corporation in the build-,
ing of good roads. It was thought
possible that a number of legislators
who warmly supported the governor
during the campaign, many of them
elected on personal good roads" plat.
form similar to his own might attempt
to amend the federal aid section of the
bill so as not to pledge the state to CO.
operation with the United States gov
eminent Several leaders express the
opinion that deadlock might result
on rOad.questions and the statutes re-
main virtually unchanged for the mex.
biennial period. This opinion was,
however, not general.
Other important measures to come
up before the recess are the fight over
the proposed sale Of part of, the capt.;
toll extension tract, q special order Of
business in the house. for Feb. Fl: the
primary amendment bill, special or.
der of business in the senate Feb. FL;
and consideration of the Whitmore
bone dry" bill prohibiting importation
Of liquor in any manner and strictly
limiting personal consumption, spe-
cial order of business in the senate for
Tuesday, Feb. 20.
To ovsrwork Committees.
Indications are at the present time,
that the house and senate sitting COM
mittees will be greatly -overworked.
The general assembly opened with
recommendation from the governor
for seventy day session. For more
than a week members on both sides
made speeches-both privately and in
publc-saying there were too many
laws on the statute books and that
the function Of the present session was
to reduce the number Of useless laws
and pass as few bills as possible, linn
iting their work to the passage Of bills
which we're considered as. necessary
and imperative. The following Mon
day the introduction of bills began
and has continued without Interrupt
ton ever since until at the present
on file in the senate and 1867 on file in
the house.
K On Feb. 16 the senate broke all ses-
sion records for the passage Of bills
adopting thirteen, and thus far in the
mouse members have been able to keep
the calendar clear. With the big fights
of the session still to come, however, it
is thought doubtful whether either
body can hold the pace and the an-
pointment Of a sitting committee is
regarded as inevitable.
Outcropping Of economy are begin
ming to appear and, 1t is believed, will
be more numerous as the session con-
tinues. The action Of the sub COM
mittee on board Of control in trimming
100000 of the $1,45s,ooo asked by the
board will; 1t is believed. be followed
by an effort to retrench all along the
line. This year the board asked $780,
900 less than was asked OF the assem-
bly, two years ago. Thusif both houses
adopt the report Of the committee the
result will be that state Institutions
I'm der the Jurisdiction OF the board
will be forced to get along with near
" million dollars less than was
for the last biennial PEI
Rod. There also is = possibility that
the house committee may order fur.
ther cut in the appropriation.
Encouraging Mutual Companies.
Mutual fire or live stock insurance
companies can be organized in Iowa
under a bin introduced BY Senator
Taylor, Of Buchanan county, and
known at senate file 800, Strange as
it may seem the Thirty nth general
assembly enacted a law which prohib-
! OLD-TIME COLD
CURE DRINK TEA!
! Get small package Of Hamburg
Breast Tea. or as the German folks call