Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-15
BOTH HOUSES OF LEGISLATURE
70 GET UNDER FULL HEAD.
WAY THIS WEEK.
ROAD QUESTION TO BE g.
ONE DOMINATING ISSUE
Certain 70 30 Given Considerable Do
bate in House - Reaetionaries VIII
Have Hard Shedding in Ssnats-Cen-
.titutionai Amendment to BE voted
Out For Consideration Without Delay
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stature convenes Tuesday morning.
Speaker NJ. B. Pitt probably VIII ha'e
his committees ready to announce ana
a-;th the house committeeman nanea
the Thirty-seventh general assemo1S
will have its organization complete.
The real work Of the legislature VIII
therefore be under way this week.
On the senate side it is expected ,ha9
the confirmation Of Governor Ciafhe
three appointees, sent TO the upper
hnnse last Tuesday. will come before
cthe session early in the week. 1hi
prohibitory constitutional amendment
is also expected to be reported out ior
massage without delay. The triends Oh
senator F. F. Jones, Of Nllisca, seem
10 feel that his appointment to mem
hership on the state board OF education
WIN he confirmed. The confirmation OF
Judge J. s. withrow. Of Mount Pleas
ant as member Of the state parole
hoard and A. B. Funk as industrial
commissioner seems assured.
On the house side it Is apparent that
tho road question win be one OF the
dominating issues NJ. B. Pitt was
elected speaker with the tuii KNOW
-.,ge Of those supporting him that ne
was a member Of the Johnston ROAD Ell
ement and had supported their pro
gram two years ago to aooiisn the
.tate highway commission. Hence'
when he won out as speaker II was
taken for granted that some simuaI
Hesitation would again be proposed IN
the house It IS being predicted tna'
James F. Johnston, Of Charlton. author
Of the road bill two years ago, VIII be
named chairman Of the highways COM
mittee by the speaker. It Is also being
predicted that highway bill aimed at
the state highway commission and pro-
yidinx for its adjustment will be in
troduced, possibly by Johnston him.
self. In fact Johnston has already
stated he would introduce a bill similar
TO the one Of two years ago. The john
ston followers in tho house are appar-
entity strong enough to pass such OIL.
However, on the senate side, as has
been forecasted. the retroactive road
measures viii have hard shedding II the
makeup Of the highway committee -
any indication.
The womans suffrage cause. when
old timers ~ has been before every
legislature IN some form or other for
many years back. will again be before
the solons Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait,
Of New York City, president OF the ma
tional association. who has been
champion Of this cause since she left
Iowa as a school teacher years ago, is
hack in Des Moines for the legislative
session to champion the cause Of SUI
frage.
Ms. Gait VIII endeavos 70 prove that
the election held at the time Of the
June primary on the suffrage question
was invalid and will ask the present
legislature to submit the cause over
again to the people for decision.
1--WE do not consider Iowa has had
any election" declared Mrs. Gait yes
terday. we are in the Same position
we were when the legislature adjourn
ed. We are asking for the submission
Of the amendment.
she declares that the suffrage cleo
ton was disgrace to Iowa and that IN
forty-four counties investigated for ir-
regularities thirty-five have from three
to I'VE counts against them
Bankers Want Laws.
The legislative committee Of the
state bankers association has a num-
Der Of bills in relation to banking In
Iowa which It hopes to have passed by
the present legislature. These will
probably be introduced early In the
session.
Many OF the bankers complain that
the amount Of cash which bank
must keep on hand in the vault Is too
much and that this should be reduced
from Is per cent Of the banks legal re-
serve az the law now provides to Is or
20 per cent A law will be introduced
to cut this down.
In towns up to 5000 population the
banks are required to keep as reserve
10 per cent OF their demand deposits
and per cent Of the,r time deposits.
In towns Of more than 1900 the re-
serve must be 70 per cent Of the de-
Tnaad deposits and per cent OF the
time deposits. OF this reserve IS per
cent must be in cash IN the vaults all OF
the time. Hence many Of the bankers
want this cut down to IS or 20 per cent
A bill will probably be introduced
amending section 1913 relating to the
organization Of banks. This amend
ment would give to the auditor Of state
the power to pass upon applications for
new banks and il he should reject an
application his ruling could be appeal
ed TO the governor, secretary Of state
and treasurer Of state.
There are now some 1900 state
banks. about 400 private banks and 500
national banks. The above bill would
make 1t possible for the state auditor