Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-15
PROVOIES SHARP DEBATE
Amendments to the Board of Con I.
troll Bill Cause Lively Talk
in the Iowa Legislature.
COMMITTEES CUTTING DoVa EXPENSES,
Two-Cent Fare Killcd-More Judges
Asked For-Carc of the lnsane-New
Pure Food Bill-Pnrtion of BOY
Murderer Prebnb!c-other Notes of
General IHterest.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, March THE board
of control discussion Is on in full blast
in both houses. The bill came upin the
house last Tuesday, and was read for in |
formation and for the purpose of allow
ing amendments to be offered. More |
| than 40 were so offered and printed in
| the journal, and the consideration of
the bill was laid over until to-day. The
senate took up the bill last Thursday |
and put in it's entire time until Saturday
noon considering it. During all that
| time but six lines of the bill were taken
up. 1t was vigorously attacked in diff
| ferent ways by Senators Ranck, Harri-
man, Lothrop, Mullan, Titus, Trewin
and Blanchard. Senator Ranck wanted
the board to be composed of five MEM
bers instead of three, and after half a
days debate this was defeated, 80 to 10.
The next move was made on the part of
Senators Trewin and Blanchard to
strike out the provision of the bill which
requires the appointment OF members
of the board by the governor to be
referred to the chairnen of-the commit
tees on ways and means, judiciary, APP
preparations, charitable institutions
and penitentiaries aud pardons. Upon
this motion the debate covered the en-
tire bill. Senator IIealy. it's author,
spoke nearly all one day and part of an
other in his argument in favor of the
bill, explaining its provisions and the
| " fnr 1at fn1. 0nn Of a ct ia
institutions.
Some very sharp personalities were
INDUCED in on both sides during this
discussion. The senators who favored
the amendment on the floor were
Blanchard, Hartman, Titus, Lothrop
and Trewin. Those who opposed it
were Bolter, Healy and Pussy. Those
who opposed the amendment did so on
the ground that it was necessary to
have the most careful consideration of
appointments, and that custom and pre-
cedent favored the reference of appoint
ments to committee, as in the United
States senate. 1t was opposed on the
ground that the committee would be
given too much power in considering
appointments by refusing to confirm
any but men chosen by the committee
The amendment was defeated by a vote
of 20 to 81. This indicates that the sup.
porters of the bill are we'll organized
and have sufficient strength to carry il
to passage in the form in which they
have prepared it, Some of those who
favored these amendments and who are
opposing the progress of the bill, nota
| IN. Nd ~,
: Blanchard, say they are in favor of !,
board of control, but they do not lik'
the form of this bill, and want TIT
privilege of amending it. 1t is not like
ly to be changed much in the senate
but will encounter. a great deal of op
u position in the house.
Appropriations Reduced.
:, 1t is proposed in the interest of econ
- omy and as one of the results of the in
vestigation of the state institutions t.
~ reduce the per capita allowance of sey
q, eral charitable and reformatory inst
u buttons for the care of inmates. TIL
re investigating committee found tina
We while the cost Of maintenance per car
~ tia had decreased, owing to reduction
AZ in the price of commodities, that the il
y stitutions were still receiving the sam
&c allowance from the state and using PAL
W of the money for other purposes, sue
80 as salaries and repairs. 1t is now pre-
~ posed to thoroughly investigate til
IL subject and find out just what is nece'
as sary for actual support and what
necessary for salaries and repairs, an
- separate the two so that money apprt
e., 1,o 20
Mt for another. The ways and means con
ey mittees say that they will be able
cir save in this way about $4,000 durin
ot the biennial period without reducin
to the efficiency of the institutions or d
;priving the inmates of any necessal
comfort which they now enjoy. I'll
as appropriations committees have bee
scaling down the amounts asked IL
! by the various institutions. The hou
lily committee has considered and actt
he upon the following bills:
he Asked. Above
he State university. additlonal. ,o ooo COO
m. state ate University, for library,
us laboratories and contingent sS,e0O j..
State university library..... $500 g.;
ast Orphans home, Davenport. 5o2S0 q
he Agricultural college .......... 44415 8,
.ne College for the blind, yinton. 27ooo A..
Fails Dal s.oo - 1920 G.
he sion tiena hv support o' -. 49, $4,000 49,
va Industrial school for boys, FL
-1e dora SS,oov h
ELI, Industrial school for girls
'he Mitchellville. ............:. 1920 5.
"a Penitentiary at Fort Madi- :.
'N son 1s,AoV ~
ng. Hospital for the insane, Clar- =.
No Hn lmnh al for ths insane. Mount ''''
ade aG Pieeasanf Inv INSANE. ] $3.50 IS,
.lII Hospital for the feeble-mind-
an ed, Glenwood ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. E,406 10
'n af Biufrs - ...:....:..:....:. 10000 g.
ice. Kaexyille .,:s:........... $40 sSs 70