Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA a,
Des Moines, September a ,ooo

~ coinp'eeihg a statement of tha
claims payable in funds due the st..
of Iowa for it's expenses in euuinn; a. :
and supporting the volunteer fnra s
raised here during the period of ~
spanish-American war. Aside f,n,s
checking the statement over an, 80
curiHg necessary atlidavits the won1,
is completed and the plan is to o.n
tl1y the statement to Washington ..
once. Exclusive Of ouarter,naa.,
stores, which the government ,'';1' yer
tufli IN KIND, the states claims
against 'the government arising from'
the Spanlsh-American war nmonn MN,
to over Sl46,0O0. OF this amonnt 60,
4oj.'o mas been paid. 1t was turna1
over 10 the treasury of Iowa IN NV"
bulk in April, 1899. Since then no H'le
ing has been received. 1t is tho n,nl
OF the adjutant general TO nmL p,a'i
IN the present statement all rl,imss
that can be paid under tho I 1n".
amounting Approximately to 81, onn
1t is expected this amount viii 1''I w.
paid the coming December, Outv; 1e
OF this there will be several thn" '"'
and dollars worth of dis,lla,r,, .,'o''S-
disputed claims. An effort VIII "1ll
maze TO nave these met next winter
by an appropriation of congress- +,
these claims will be listed the az ="
penses OF the governor in his 4r;,,
to the southern camps, the eyncrs ,p
or the commission that yisit.d 49,
southern hospitals. the EXPENSES ~" "t
the al lutant general when he ;nra',
tlgated the condition of tbn NIX,
first regiment at San Francisco ',,1
or,er items the war department Will
not authorize payment of IN -. ''
responsibility. The government J h.'
already returned to the st,tn tnn
tentage that is due it, Thero VIZ
still large number of unifo,, NV
Forthcoming and all other cl,.,o' '' rs
quar'ermasfer supplies with which
the state fitted out the ,oluntrrr ' nr
CARNATIONS. '>'' W
l.. A. Wilkinson was removed from
the office of secretary of the st,tr
BOARD OF control on September ? Nv
that body, which at once elected y
). Treat to the vacancy and advanced
a. &. McCown to the position of
chief accountant, formerly held bv
Mr.. Treat. The vote for Mr.. Wilkin-
sons discharge was unanimous. He
was notified that he would be Given
until September 80 to terminate the
relations, and would be permitted 10
"reslgn' instead Of having the record
show that he was dismissed. Upon
tendcrlnS his resignation Mr.. Will
Tlnson delivered to the board a COM
munication making many charges
against certain members of the board.
Among the charges was one that
tips had been given to certain meat
bidders by member of the board,
so that Geographic changes in bids
might be made to the favored ones
advantage. Some time ago Mr.. vii.
kinson charged to the board that
one of the other employees of the
office had furnished the tips" Ac. 4
'ording to the testimony of members
OF the board. investigation reveale<
that the Tip had been furnished by
the bidder himself innocently. to his
competitor. Mr.. Wilkinson also saws
that the board illegally allowed
changes in the bids. These and other
charges are made the cause for an
attack upon the members of the boar
Mr.. Cownie and Mr. Kline deny n
charges and say they are prompt2
by q desire to get even with the III T.
bers for discharging him. IL
A meeting of he various temlN
ance societies and the representative
of about twenty of the churches
the city was held in the parlors
the Y. NJ. c. A. building for the ps
pose of discussing plans for procuring
funds to carry the fight against th,>
saloons through the courts. COnsid-
cradle enthusiasm was manifested
and the leaders of the movement are
confident of making the liquor cases
come up for hearing. 1t is proposed
to raise money by securing the pledges
of 1000 people to give % cents Il
month for four months, and in this
way secure fund large enough to
carry the case to the supreme court II
necessary.
Secretary Van Honten Of the State
Agricultural society is sending out
report blanks to the secretaries OF the
different county and district agrlcul-
tural societies. The law passed by
the last general assembly has made
a change in reference to these reports
and the must be forthcoming on or
before November /. In ease any so,
ciety fails to report at the required
time, state aid is forfeited and no
representation is allowed at the an
nual convention.
The law provides that any county
or district agricultural society upon
filing with the auditor OF state am,
davits CT its officers showing "naU
sum was actually paid out tor 1he
current year for premiums ana uPon
obtaining certificate from the secre :.
tarv of the state society, showing u
has reported according to law s,la'l
be entitled to receive from the STAY
treasury sum equal to do per ee"s
of the sum paid in premiums III ~
case is the sum paid to any soc'e,S ="
exceed 5000. This state aid VII, pe
forfeited this year in case or 1a'''''
to report by November l.
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