Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-12
ACCEPT THEIR FIGURES.
Appropriations Committees Decide
to Accept Recommendations Of
the Board Of Control.
Will Report in Favor Of Allowing
Amounts Suggested by the
State Board.
Good Prospect For State Institution
Legislative Comment -Polit-
ical News and Gossip.
Good Prospect For State Institution
,ecial to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. IL. There has never
been a time in Inc history of the state
when the state institutions had as good
a prospect as they have at the present
time. The appropriations committees
are better satisfied with the conditions
and recommendations for the institu
lions than they have been at any pre-
vious time They have decided 70 ac-
cept the Recommendations of the state I
board of control, amounting to siv2,394 |
because those Recommendations are I
conservative and Impartial. The re-
quests Of trustees, each board seeking
10 get as nuch as possible for Is irsti- |
tuition. were always heavily discounted, I
information, did not always exercise
the best Of Judgment as 10 where 10 cut
off They would scale down items that
should rather have been Increased and
leaee items standing that should have
been greatly reduced. Then nilder the
Law there was no way for the trustees,
even this matter up by using uneX-
pended balances in places where money
was seriously needed. Appropriations
for specific purposes could be used only
for those purposes. A great many OF
the estimates furnished by trustees
were mere guesses. and the trustees al-
ways tried TO guess high enough. Their
estimates We're in many cases Wholly
unreliable and wide Of the mark. The
board Of control. having no interest IN
| one institution more than IN another,
Iand having desire To sustain by
| making a record for reasonabelless.
has prepared its estimates with great
care upon the most thorough iniotmd
ition The state architect, III. r. liebpe,
/ has gone over the plans and, IN fact,
/ has made most of the plans himseii.s
Iand his estimates are accurate.
a most busihess-iike suggestion has
1 been made by Senator Garst. the chair
4 man OF the senate APPROPRIATIONS com
4 iTittae. and viii be incorporated INTO
1.-THE bill making APPROPRIATIONS iof q Y
4 the Institutions. II allows the board of
i control 10 use ;uneXl,eaded balances Tor
i the benefit of any institution under TIE
tcpntrol oi the Dodfl Nc tsoliililitA'ss
I can tell TWO years in advance What
slneeds may arise in amy Institution, ana
iswhile contingent funds are provided
/ for EACH it always happens that some
iinstitlitions run short and need more
81 repairs and have more emergency EN-
penses than others This provision WI
eive the board Of control power to
sleauaiize these conditions and take care
OF the unforeseen requirements.
. Ni,Ila th9 charitable, and reforinasory
linstf;utions Of Iowa have developed T.
satisfactory degree, OF perfection t n
:. educational institutions have not beer
. i,. ,.,.II ,rsvitl4d for as they SHOULD
Itaye hee,, Tn. present legislature
ba,va,,ar i preparing 10 nut tha three
. 49,, t,Iishe,I institutions. the university
colleye an5, normal school
i,, So eyn,,s,5 condition as Fl Is possible 1,
la ,ba, tl,av may rank alongside d,
i,,,ra, fns,i,,,tinns m ofhel. western
s,g,+.. gatb the agricultural eolleg,
,s,,,, ~ ,n;v,.,.sitv s1y;fl p.sf = .;p.
! si.,l -, ,,,,sn,nti,,e ,, 81, uso 4 wear ia
,i,..,..,a,s sor s.,el, rstit,tion fo, build