Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-10
MEASURE CERTAIN TO DRAW
STRONG OPPOSITION AS
NOW DRAWN.
HAS APPROVAL OF
COMPANIES AFFECTED
Will Draw Fire From League Of Iowa
Munieipslitiss-Nearly 400 Bills Al.
ready Introduced and Legislature 10
Beginning It's Fifth Week-First
Test Of Strength.
Special to TImcs-Repuolican.

| Special to Times Repu Dlican.
Des Moines, Feb. 10 The Thirty
| eighth general assembly entered today
on the NTH week OF is session win
more than 200 bills on the house side
! IN the legislative hopper and III on
the senate sida II Speaker Arch Nc
/ F1rane should carry out his plan to
limit the time for Introduction of bills
/ TO date moi later than March |. the
soiuES would seq nave three weeks
during when 10 bring in legislative
, measures
In" most conspicuous matter III con-
nection with the past week has been
The notorety given the RathDun par
don
Governor Harding in an interview
given ca; here, outlined the only po-'
Icy which the legislature could take
and that was to start Impeachment
proceeding against him If they deemed
II necessary. This ii is not likely 10
do. The attorney general has started
an Investigation OF the pardon on his
own initiative.
nat tA!G -tlidt x az ltISl - uAltA Oh
the trigger on matters touching on the
promotion Of Amer.canism vas evil
denced this past week BY its prompt
and unanimous passage of kimball's
red flag bill prohibiting the use of the
red flag and also OF Smiths bill 10
prevent foreign language newspapers
from being awarded official printing
There was no debate on either OF
these questions and not single vote
against either OF them
The senate mas another measure up
along his line which Is meeting oppo-
Stion in the committee This is the
ByingtOn bill to prohibit the employ
ment OF aliens as teachers in the state
institutions or in the public schools.
President Jesup, of the state univer-
Sity, appeared before the senate edu-
cational committee and argued against
;h!s explaining that many of the best
instructors maintain their residence in
other countries but spend certain
amount of time teaching and studying
here
The senate also passed unanimously
resolution drawn by Senator Par
ker. Of Polk county, which requires
appointive public jobs before resigning
TO go to war be given back these jobs
If they want them and are competent.
The house on Saturday passed the
measure authorizing as much as one
half mill levy to raise funds with
which to build memorial for the SOL
diers of the recent war,
Hard Fight Ahead.
One Of the important measures Of
the present legislature and one over
which there promises to be as hard a
fight as any one bill likely to be con-
sidered is due to be introduced this
week-the public utilities. bill II will
of course be referred 10 the public
utilities committees whose complexion
IN both house and senate is generally
considered favorable to the public
service corporations.
Senator Thompson, of Des Moles
county, chairman of the senate COM
mittee on public utilities, Saturday
arose on a question of privilege in the
senate and asked to have $50 copies of
the bin printed. He did not introduce
the measure put the senate granted
the printing Of the extra copies and It
is thought that 1t will be one of the
first measures to come in on the SEN
ate side this week.
The bill Senator Thompson is hav-
ing printed is the one on which rep
resentatives of the public utility corp
orations and of the league of Iowa
Municipalities conferred at confer
ence held here just previous to the
opening Of the legislature and which
hot
time would meet with their deter
mined opposition. The feature which
the municipal league men are against
is that it takes all rate making power
or control from the city officials in
the cities in which public utility con-
Germs operate and places it in the
hands of the state railroad commission
1t would increase the commission
from three to five members and their
salary from $4,000 TO $1,000 annually.
First Test of Strength.
Opponents Of primary revision are
now charging that the revision toward
which the senate is heading under
Kinba lis primary bill will be favorable.
70 the public utility corporations ana
that these corporations want first con-
troll of the Tatemaking power taken
away from the cities and lodged win
the railroad commission and second
a, repeal of certain portions OF the
primary law which will put the nom
nation OF railroad commissioners IN
the hands of he convention, where II
is easier for them to get the men they
want for commissioners than In the
primary.
In test of strength in the senate
on this sort of a lineup last week
those wishing the commissioners nom
mated in convention won. Senator
Whitmore. when the kimball primary
bill was I'D for a vote Friday, orereo
an amendment to the bill which would
have nominated candidates for rail-
road commissioners in the primary
This was defeated. The vote on the
measure itself was not taken because
of adjournment but the measure was
made a special order Of business Tor
Tuesday and 1t is thought almost
foregone conclusion that the kimoali
bill will pass The senate.