Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-30
NORMAL BILLS
The Three Measures Referred
to a SUBJ Committee.
FOR GOOD ROADS In IOWA
Such Bill Before Committee-senator
McInttre Introduces a Weed Move
ing Measure-He Favors Good
Roads Turnout the State

Des Moines, Jan. 26.-(Special.)- -
The house committee on normal schools
met yesterday afternoon and referre l
the three normal school bills which it
has under consideration TO a sub-com-
nittee composed OF the following:
Stuckslager of Linn, Temple OF Clark,
Cowles of Kossuth, Buchanan of Wa
pello, and Dodds of Des Moines. This
committee will go over all the bills
and will draft from them one bill,
which will be presented to the commits
tee for consideration. This action
places the normal school question fur
ther away, and indicates that it will
be several days before the measure is
finally brought before the house Tor
action. The subcommittee has three
bills from which it is expected to
draft one. The first is the normal
school caucus bill, the last one pre-
scented before the house. One of the
other two is the Buchanan bill. This
bill provides for the establishment of
three state normal schools, and calls
for an appropriation of $27o,oc0 for
their erection, and $4,000 annually for
their support. 1t does not provide q
means by which the money shall be
raised The other bill is the Warren
bill, providing for the conversion OF
the blind school at Knoxville into q
state normal school.
A meeting of the committee on com.
pensation of public officers was held
yesterday. But one bill is being con-
sidered by this committee the bill
providing that the governors salary
shall be raised to $4,000. The commit
tee has referred the bill to a sub-com-
mittee, composed of Way OF Hancock.
Townsend of Calhoun, and Miller of
orally discussed since its presentation,
and It is altogether probable the con-
mittee will recommend that the salary
be raised, altho it is not expected that
it will be to $4,000. The committee
this morning decided to favorably rec.
ommend the bill providing that the sal
aries of recorders in counties of moro
than $4,000 population may be raised
above the statute limit at the discre-
ton of the board of supervisors.
The members of the Tenth and Eley-
enth congressional districts held eau
cuses yesterday afternoon, and aomin-
ated CANDIDATES for the position CT
trustees of the state college of arts
and sciences at Ames. In the Tenth
district caucus, j. B. Hungersord of
Carroll, was nominated TO succeed him
self, and in the Eleventh the nominee
was w. j. Dixon, of Sac City, also to
succeed himself Both nominations
were by reclamation.
The representatives of the pam
American exposition, who have been
spending the last few days i'll Des
Moines talking Buffalo exposition 70
the members of the legislature, appear
ed before joint session of the senate
and house committees on appropria-
tions yesterday afternoon. The gen
tlemen opened new train of thought
regarding what is best for Iowa to do
if it is decided TO put in an exhibit
It was urged that the state do some
thing to show to advantage her fac
tory facilities, and especially i'll this
connection to show what great fields
of coal there are in this state, and how
they could be utilized for power pro-
ducing. The. Pan-American gentlemen
said that everyone in the east knows
Iowa is the greatest corn state in +he
union, and that it is doubtful if an
exhibit of corn or vegetables d
grain could produce even SO mach as
exceptional comment. The eastern
people do not, however, know that
Iowa offers factory facilities that can
not be beaten.
Tho suhianf ne most ipfarav% die.