Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-24

| wv I00A t4vANiOA IA - te0Uv vehV Wv
dttlons provided IN. the road hill In the
way of increased fees as we'll as the
demand for registration at county
seats,
Action In the house on Kimbalrs
primary election bill
Action in the house on Rules cisaret
bill.
Action In the house on the repeal of
the Sunday blue laws.
Primary suffrage for women which
h expected 10 come mp for reconsider
alton In the senate.
These are some OF the important
measures on which action will he In
sisted upon and which are likely TO
consume considerable time,
| In addition to the above there are
important labor bills, including re-
vision OF the workmen's compensation
law, the housing bin, on which. conf
mission has worked for two years "A
| law governing lahorng conditions for
women, Senator Pitts bill excepting
J labor unions from the operation Of the
, law against pools or combinations
! Kim6alrs temple OF Justice measure
! ana various other bills
! Rathbun Probe Takes Much Time.
The Rathhun pardon probe already
! has taken more tim" than had been
| anticipated The house Judiciary COM
| mittco adjourned is sessions in the
/ Investigation hefur- noon saturday to
ro,nnyrue agaiD Tuesday. Governor
| Hardirg is To- he tne first witness
/ brnrI when the committee begins its
| session Tuesday II is probable the
| Investigation Will take the major por-
/ tin0 of thu. week The ,gIse committee
/ Will rnau hay, tn formulate it, report
/ ana offer same io the house for action.
| The senate, committee on depart
| rrert.,l 9na.rs is nhout ready to sub
mn It's nudfn-s with reference to the
SECRETARY nr states office and this re-
/ Durr VIII ay Submitted without recon-
ur,ntar..r So members Of the COM
niirrt now declare, II will be simply
a r,,.nnrt of its findings leaving il up
10 the legislature TO take whatever
,rrton If deems fit
The road hiU. ON which a. Joint COM
rnIttrr n we'll as individual members
of tho LEGISLATURE have worked indie
ratig1r3hlv since. early in the session
ana which has heon declared bv stu
dents of Iowa road conditions to be a
rrr,la rL,9 hI, measure. will require some
time for It's consideration and Il iS
doubrf-I if i, will come ND until
goodlv perc,utage of the legislature
is present 10 discuss It.
Th. house of representatives has
stood nat on the Dean bill as ORIGINALLY
IA .,sed by i anDropriating $1,000
annually 10 the stale AGENT fund
When il WAS rruor-td back with the
senate amendments which reduced +hc
amount 10 S37. 600 and required the
giving of bonds by all Dprsons acting
as state agents before insri,uting suits
the house threw over these amend
nen+s as well as others which the
senate had attached in refusing 10 con-
cur with the senate amendments. The
hill was then iuess3.pd back to the
senate. If the SENATE trf.,rr 10 con-
cur in the action of the house when
the bill comes I'D. which will proba bly,
be This week. then the measure will go
to a. conference committee from both
houses to try and reach an agreement.
II this bill fsils of passage the at
tor-ney seneral still has undsr tina law
nov on the statute books an annual
appropriation of SEE, 900 a year for
state agents.
Some sort OF an automobile registra-
ton law is considered absolutely
necessary in view of conditions with
reference to the registering of autos
without doubt the assembly will pass
a measure providing for the registra-
ton of automobiles at the county seats
with some office in the state house az
a. sort Of headuuarters where a record
of all licenses issued would he kept
and possibly plates sent out to the
| county reg istration office for distribu-
ton as needed. Then the license fee
will have TO be increased to meet the
demands of the road improvements
which are coming.
Status of Other Bills.
KjInbaIvs primary election nil.
which Dassed the senate and which
amended the present urinary sys-ern
by throwing the nomination Of state
officers below governor into rhe con-