Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
IkAD|[ A GOOD RECORD.
Twenty y.eighth General Assembly
Complimented for Its Good Work
and Good Nature.
Final Adjournment Found Few Mem.
bers With Grievances and prac.
tically No soreheads

Salaries Of State House Employees
Raised Senator Boilers
Farewell
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April THE twenty-}I
eighth general assembly adjourned in
the best of nature and with good feeling
toward every one. The compliments eX-
changed at the close were hearty and I
sincere and thoroughly deserved by I
stherecipients. There has been less dis |
appointment and dissatisfaction in the |
closing days than has usually been the
case when the general assembly has adj
joulned in the past. A greater proper
tion of members We're successful in get
ting their bills thru. The sitting COM
nittee We're less disposed to bury bills
for selfish reasons. Nearly all the bills
that deserved to come out were allowed |
to do SO and have their chance on the
floor. The senate committee smothered
some; good bills for personal reasons, but
complain against the committee.
Senator Trewin served notice on the
Icomn,ittee on retrenchment and reform
that in the future it must give the sem
late a chance to consider the schedule of
clerical help in state Offices with the
salaries attached thereto instead of
bringing it in at the last hour of the
EsesSion. He made this notice very em-
lphatic and kicked up quite a nuss over
lit. altho, when the action of the COM
mittee was explained, there was no OBJ
I lection to anything which it had done
and the senate, instead of decreasing
salaries, left them all where they We're
4 put by the committee, except that il in
creased the salary of one colcred jani-
4 tress, giving her the same pay the men
1 ijanitorss receive.
/ The fact is, the committee two years
ago cut the clerk hire and salaries in
1.-The state house below a decent wage
scale. and this years committee simply
restored the salaries to a reasonable
A figure in many cases, others were left at
4 the old scale, altho the committee was
Isubjected to an enormous pressure to
4 increase salaries and give offices addi-
4 tional clerks. The committee. resisted
this pressure and allowed only what
was absolutely necessary 1t required
some courage on the part Of the COM
4 rnittee, which was composed of Senators
EJunkin, Cheshire and Garst and Repre-
\ sentatives Eaton. Temple and Dows TO
Il award the offices and employees exact
Justice, but they did it regardless of
cheap Efforts to make political capital
out of cutting down small salaries or
keeping them down. The committee
!; took the position that the people want
Il their servants paid decent wages, and in
this they were undoubtedly right. No
. complaints have ever come to the legis-
& lature against the payment of fair and
.lreasonable wages to the employees in the
state house. The increase in business in
nearly all of the state offices has been
!, enormous during the past two years,
!. and many of the clerks have had to
work many hours over time. With all
kinds of labor going up in price, the
. |.cost of living Increasing. and other
Things to correspond. .Ae members of
) the committee We're fully justified in
ia raising salaries to the modest extent
al Which they did.
There was nothing moro touching ir
i the closing hours of the legislature thar
i, the farewell of Senator Bolter, of Har-
: sson county. who, after paying glow
= ing tributes, TO the secretary of the SEN
) ate Lieutenant Governor Milliman anC
: ishis fellow senators. declared sorrowfui-
p ly that this was probably his last ses.
+ sion. To this Senator Healy responded
J. in kind, giving the senator from Har-
lison credit for absolute honesty thru,
y out his long legislative career. Senator
!. Bolter was so deeply affected that h,
e could not bear to remain in the senat,
{ chamber for the formal adjournment
: but left the senate chamber Shortly af
5 ter he had. with tears il. his eyes and ;
7, big lump in his throat, thanked Senate
h Heuly for the tribute that had beer
Q paid to him by one who said that as
Il boy he had read of the senator from
q Harrison and esteemed ii a high priv
ileee to have served with him.
Many compliments have been paid t
: secretaries and chief clerks in time
If gore by, but nothing equal to the un
: stinted praise that was yesterday heap
e led upon George a. Newman. secretar
It of the senate. has ever been recorded.
II came from all sides and it was mos
J genuine and enthusiastic, because h
lie has beenilat only capable but absolute
10 ly fair. ard no one has accused him Q
d attempting to manipulate legislation i
any way. In the house there is likel
to be new chief clerk next session
even If the same men .;.ne back Wit
se their terms extended to hold anothe
m session two years hence. The chief cler
ie of the house has not made a briiliar
/ record. Nothing dishonest is charge
r against him. but he has not been capa
g Bile of filling the position and has been
a great trial to the house.
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