Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-30
Favorable Reports to Be
Made on Proposed Elec-
ton Changes.
MODIFICATION OF
PRIMARY CERTAIN
One Measure Restores All Norina atoms
For State Officers Below Lieutenant
Governor to Old Convention system
Other Eliminates Names Of Pres.
idential Eleetors-ko Decision on
konpartisan Ballot.


old not start Until II o'clock members
OF both houses witnessed showing OF
the United States governments black
plague propa ganda film at a down.
town moving picture theater at the
invitation Of Dr.. G. II. Sumner. secre-
tary Of the state board Of health.
Favorable reports from the senate
committee on elections are expected
this afternoon or tomorrow on the two
election reform bills introduced BY
Senator Glenn Kimball. Of Council
Bluffs. The committee decided late
yesterday to approve them.
One measure would modify the pri-
mary law. placing the nomination ot
all state officers below the rank or
lieutenant governor back to the old
system, and the other bill
would remove the names Of presiden-
tial electors from party rallots and re-
place them with the names OF the
presidential and vice presidential can
didates.
The committee expects to consider
further late today the bill by Sena-
tor r. Brice. Of Monroe county. which
seeks to repeal the non partisan Judi
ciary law.
Bills FavorabIy Reported.
! With only minor changes, the cleo
ton committee Of the Iowa state SEN
ate favorably, reported the bill by
Senator Clem Kimball. of Council
Bluffs. providing for revision Of the
state primary law. The measure would
return to the old party convention
basis the nomination of candidates for
secretary of state. auditor, treasurer,
attorney general, superintendent ot
public instruction and railroad COM
missioners. Delegates to the cOnven-
tion would be selected by a primary
system. This would leave in the pri-
mary, as at present, the nomination or
United States senator. governor, lieu
tenant governor, congressman, legis-
lators and county officers.
The other election bill by Senator
Kimball also was favorably reported.
1t would place on ballots the names OF
presidential and vice presidential can
didates, instead of party electors. The
short senate calendar makes it possible
that body will be able to take up the
primary revision bill before the end OF
this week.
Other Bills Introduced.
Commitment of boys less than 10
years old to the training school at
Eldora would be forbidden under the
terms of a measure passed by the
senate today, providing such children
must be sent to the orphans home at
Davenport. 1t now goes to the house.
Representative Miller, Of Dubuque,
introduced bill in the house designed
to protect employees on building work
from accident. 1t provides that all
scaffolding and other false work must
be safe, s25 to 5000 fines on architects
for faulty designing, and $500 fine or
one year imprisonment for owners.
contractors or agents permitting dan
gerous conditions to exist.
Spite streets" would be barred by a
bill favorably reported by the house
judiciary committee, providing that in
laying out subdivisions, streets must
be extensions of existing streets wher-
ever possible and allowing cities to
dictate building lines in residence dis
tricts.
Representative Nauge presented a
bill granting county pensions of 5000 a
year to blind persons. at the discretion
OF county supervisors.
BY a bill introduced by Representa- :
tive Smith. Of Clinton. municipal court
bailiffs would be required to turn over
once each month to the city all fees
collected which they are not lawfully
entitled to retain.
The house received bill proposing
to. pay $5l5 out Of the state treasury
for an automobile stolen by Albert Per-
kins. a convict working on the women's $
reformatory at Rockwell City, from 3.
r. Owens, garage owner
Memorial Service for Roosevelt.
Iowa's house Of representatives today
adopted a joint resolution. introduced
by Representative. Hauge Of Polk
county. proposing memorial service
for the late Theodore Roosevelt and
the preparation OF memorial resolu- :
tions. which will be engrossed and for
warded to his family.
The committee to arrange the time
and program for this service was np-
pointed, consisting of Representative
Hauge, King. of Hardin. and Miller. OF
Dubuque.
Remove Al Coal Restrictions.
Washington Ian 30--An order re-