Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
MOVE BY HOUSE MAY DEFEAT
FEDERAL AID MEASURE
PASSED By SENATE.
EFFORT 70 GET FACTIONS
TO JOIN IN SUPPORT
Representatives From Each Faction
to Formulate BiIl-Senate Elections
Committee Reports Out New Sena.
toriaI Redistrictins Bill.
pecial to Republican

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Des Moines, March 27.--And still an
other road bill is on the boards. Over
on the house side of the legislature
they now want to enact a federal aid
road bill which will be progressive In
nature and still be different from the
Balkema federal aid road bill. which
has passed the enate 1t is possible
this move may succeed in defeating
the Baikema bill and adjournment be
taken before any provision is enacted
TO take care of the federal aid.
The proposal on the house side now
is that three representatives be chosen
from the Pitt-Johnston faction and
three from the Elwood- Mackie faction
to draw up this federal aid road bill.
This probably will be don at once and
a bill drawn within a few days. 1t is
hoped the bill will receive the assist
ance OF both factions and thus pass
the house.
The Foster road bill, considered by
many as one of the best road meas
ures which will be passed by the pres
Ont general assembly. which passed
the senate with scarcely any opposi-
ton. has not yet been acted on by the
house.
The house Yesterday morning passed
q resolution 70 adjourn April il. The
! senate has no. yet acted on any ID
~jau:ament resolution. Senators how
| ever seem TO favor either April : or
April IA. Many OF them have ex-
pressed themselves as strongly against
staying longer than April IA. They de-
clare hat the important measures can
all be settled by that time.
1t is recognized, however. that this
may mean sitting committees on both
sides and on the house side especially,
In view of the factional division. there
is strong objection TO the appointment
OF any sitting committees.
New Redistrictins Bill.
The senate elections committee will
report out today a bill for the redis-
friction Of the senatorial districts Of
Iowa which is a revision Of the bill
originally introduced b Senator
Grout. OF Black Hawk. Under the biz
the following important changes would
be mdae:
Black Hawk county would be made
a district by itself to be known as the
Thirty-e.ghth district.
Grundy county, which has heretofore
been with Black Hawk. will be put in
with Marshall and known as the
Twenty eighth district
The Feu~rth-seventh district in
northern Iowa Will hcrafter consist ot
Dickinson. rlaya Palo Alto and os-
ceola counties IL the present plan is
adopted. 3
Emmett and Kossuth heretofore a
part OF the Forty-seventh will be put
in with Hancock and the three coun-
ties will constitute the Forty second
district.
Clayton and Aliamakee counties viii
be Joined 10 form the Thirty-sixth dis
trict.
1nasnuch as 1t Is now late in the
ing bill can go thru. No redistricting
bill can be framed but what will leg
islate on some counties senators for
whom they never voted. II is this
which always causes the strong oppo-
sition to any legislative bill proposed
TO redistrict the senatorial districts Of
the state. A senatorial district is cx-
pected to contain about $4,000 popula-
ton.
DINNER Bill Passed.
The McFar!ane DINNER bill passed
the senate yesterday afternoon after
having previously passed the house
and will become a law on signature
by the governor and be operative
July 4.
1t is the uniform law for highway
travel recommended by the American
Automobile Association. Under this
law an auto can not use a light Of
more than four candle power equipped
with a reflector nor which will throw
a light which will rise owe forty two
inches seventy-fiv feet from the car.
No spot light can be used unless 1t
throws its light IN the ground not
more than thirty feet from the car.
Senator Kimball. Of Pottawattamie
county, has filed a bill with the SEN
ate elections committee to amend the
absent voters law 80 that a voter can
| register as well as vote under the abb