Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-05
oGkATE LIKELY ~ CONCUR IN
HOUSE PLAN TO ADJOURN
APRIL ".
OrArE PAROLE BOARD
NOT TO De ABOLISHED
Senate Defeats Measure Recommended
by Committee on Departmental AZ.
fairs-Biil Barring Display Of Red
Flag Adopted and Certain to BE
Signed by Governer-other Lssisla.
tivs Proceedings.
Special to Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 5.-The Thirty
eighth general assembly has just ten
days more to complete its work II the
senate concurs in the house resolution
70 adjourn April II, as there is every
reason TO believe II will. The Rath-
bun probe is TO be concluded in a day
or SO and the COMMITTEES will take
some time to get out its report. Ii is
probable that other matters of legisla-
ton will be pushed in the meantime in
order that as much work as possible
can be out of the way before the re-
port is prough. in. The probe com
mittee adjourned Friday to-meet again
Monday
Both the senate and house have sift-
ing committees appointed and all bills
which have not been reported out by
Tuesday of next week will be referred
10 these committees either TO report
out or throw into the discard. These
committees, headed by Senator Proud
foot in the senate and Representative
Griffin in the house, are expected TO
clear the decks for final action with
cut delay.
PareI. Board Retained.
The senate Friday made short work
of the bill by the senate committee on
departmental affairs to do away with
the board OF parole and give the work
over to the board Of control. Ate.
some debate the bill was killed by
adoption Of a motion to strike out al!
after the enactins clause.
Senator Holdoegel. of Calhoun,
county, chairman of the senate COM
inittee on departmental affairs, ex-
planned that the bill had been brought
cut by the committee in the belief
that the work of the two boards were
so nearly parallel the duties could be
transferred to one board.
Senator Proudfoot, OF Warren coun-
~, led the fight against the bill. He
declared that the measure involved
humanitarian question and not the
matter of dollars and cents.
NO other board is competent to
handle the problem of the prison po-
pulation of Iowa" said Senator Proud
foot in speaking for the retention OF
the board Of parole.
mendous amount of business now
ought to have conferred on It the work
of the board sof parole. There is no
MORE Christian like humanitarian ser
vice performed than that of the boards
Of parole. not only in this state but In
other states where the system pre-
wallis
Red Flag Gill to Become Law.
The senate late Friday passed the
red flag bill previously passed by the
house. This places on the statute
books after its signature by the gov
error a measure making it misde-
meanor to display, carry or exhibit
red flag with the intent to advocate,
encourage or incite anarchy or treas
on. II a person so displaying red
flag is found 10 be armed his act will
constitute a felony.
Senator Wilson. of Appanoose coun-
ty, has Withdrawn his concurrent re-
solution introduced several weeks ago
which provided for the holding Of an
election to have the people vote on the
question Of having q one house lesis-
lature of possibly from fifteen to
twenty Ave members to sit continuous
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legislature as now constituted. The
resolution did not get out Of the COM
mittee and received no serious atten-
ton. Such state law making body
however Is being advocated by some
writer's on questions OF government.
The senate Friday passed a bill by
Senator Hochem. Of Dubuque, which
gives school boards authority to use
a portion of the school fund in main
tanning outdoor schools for diversion,
training and employment Of school
children during the summer months.
He explained the purpose of the meas
ure was to provide means of oper-
ating summer schools.
The workmens compensation bill
which passed the senate Wednesday
was passed by the house with little or
no debate Friday. The principal feat
ure Of this bill ls to amend the pres
ent Law giving injured workmen COM
pensation amounting to sixty per cent
Of their wages instead of so per cent
as under the present 1aw and also re-
auiring mine operators pay on basis
including the total number of days OF
operation.
County Plans Loan Drive.