Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-11
URINARY SUFFRAGE MEASURE is
FACING DEFEAT IN UPPER
HOUSE or LEGISLATURE.
aEsuoMIssIoN MOVEMENT
HEADS OFF OTHER BILL
Opponents Of Primary Measure Sue
esd in Making Amendment Cues
tlen Special Order For Today--Rath'
bun investigation Certain to Con-
sumo Much Time-liviro Cost Probe
sn.c,al 10 rimes.Repuelicsn.

Special 20 Times hepuoiiSS"'
Des Moines March ll.-opponents oil
woman suffrage In the senate OF the
Iowa legislature may succeed In ae'
feating the primary suffrage measure
thru a move made on the floor ~ the
senate Monday.
Just before adjournment Sena'"'
Rule. Of Cerro Gordo county, introdhG-
I'd a joint resolution providing Tor
onustitutional amendment 10 grant
women suffrage. A similar measure
had been introduced in the house ear
lier in the morning BY Representative
wilson. Of Mahasha county. The house
however has already passed the PHI
mar. suffrage bill but the meas ~
the senate VAS made special oIdtT
in the senate today. When the meas
ure comes up tate today IL is under
: God that The PIE joint resolution
IIaN be substituted for tie primary
suffrage measure and the senate may,
by voting the amendment, mus get ria
OF the primarE sJff ase measure.
Opponents OF primary suffrage won
their first battle in the senate Monday
when they secured the passage Of
motion thru $ vote OF - 10 20 making
the measure a specia, order for today.
The friends Of primary suffrage want
ID 10 FIX the date for the special order
on Wednesday Of next week and Sen
ator Holdoegel Of Calhoun county in
troduced a motion 20 this effect but a
substitute motion BY Frailey OF Lee
county fixing today as the date tol
consideration Of the measure was car
ricd
Rsthbun Probe Slow.
Investigation Of the Rsthbun pardon
in the house is apparently to be slow
proceed ure. II the meeting AZ the 1U-
dietary committee MOadav on motion
If Representative Weaver. ~ POLK
county. il was voted rha' The chair
man. T. p Harrington, 0f kussuth
county should name = committee OF
five. OF which Harrington should be a
member to select five names Of attor-
neys who might be secured for sDecia
investigators and that the Judiciary
committee then select one or possibly
two from that number % direct tho
probe.
In any event the investigation OF the
pardon seems likely to clog legislation
to some degree. There are thirty one
members Of the house judiciary COM
mittee and il the committee was u
hold its sessions during the day it
vouid take thirty one members out Of
the house session Members would
hesitate TO bring up important legis-
lation with this number aosent Hence
he ipu saw v.-flJ he
Quoted either late in the afternoon or
during the evening. The judiciary com
nittee Also has a large number OF
other bills which il has not yet acted
on.
Wants Living Cost Probe
tive Epps. Of Wapello
county. introduced measure late
Monday 10 have commission appoint
ed 10 investigate the high cost o, liv-
ing. Three members from each branch
Of the assembly wou:c I've chosen under
this resolution. to report back ana re-
commend action.
In his resolution he sets out that
the prices and supply OF the neces-
saries OF life are q matter Of great ard
vital interest to all the people in tie
state OF Iowa" AMI further declares
that altho necess,ty for such prices II }
longer exists :hev still continue. He
says prices var considerably n Off
ferent localities. The resolution nu-
thorizes the COMMITTEES to summon and
examine witnesses and report it's find
Ings in the way of a bin regulating
and controlling thcse matters should
they find that the same can be regu-
lated by an enactment Of this Iegis-
lature"
The senate committee on depart
mental affairs. Of which Senator HoI-
d"egel Of Calhoun county is chair
man. Is continuing its investigation Of
the manner Of handling funds b. he