Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-27

COURIER: TU ES DAY \
The salaries of the three assistants are
raised from $4oO, $500 and 5000 annu-
ally to 5000, $500 and $500 annually.
Bachanan,, Registration Bill.
The house committee on judiciary
has reported the Buchanan board OF
registration bill for passage. 1t pro
vides that boards shall sit prior to spe-
cial and city elections as well as gen.
eral elections. The same committee,
in meeting yesterday afternoon, re-
ferred the senate bill relating to adj
to the bar, to subcommittee. |
The bill provides that before persons
are granted certificates authorizing |
them to practice law in Iowa that they |
shall have completed a course OF study |
of years and shall have passed an
examination before commission of |
examiners. The bill also provides for
the creation of the examining COM
mission. At present candidates for
admission to the bar are examined by
a board appointed by the supreme
court. Another Buchanan measure rel
ported for passage by the judiciary
committee is the bill to reimburse Wa
pello county for 5000 paid the insanel
hospital at Mt. Pleasant for the care
of an italian, who was put off a train
at Ottumwa.
The agriculture committee of the
house today reported for passage the
senate file providing for the appoint
ment of an additional dairy commits
sioner, and make the clerk in the dairy
commissioners office a deputy.
The committee on claims has report
ed favorably on the bill to allow the
creditors of the defunct contractor of
the state university hospital the
amounts called for in the original con-
tract. This is $1,297.
Railroad Assessment.
The executive council will today
complete the assessment of the rail-
roads for the present year. Yesterday
afternoon that body met, at the bed
side of State Auditor Merriam in the
Slavery house, to- take up the serious
business of making, figures. Treasurer
Herriott declined to- attend the meet
ing. because he considered it improper
to do such business outside the state
house. and further because he did not
believe Mr.. Merriam, in his present
condition of health, ought. to be com
PEELED to trouble himself with such
matters. The Herriott proposition. to
raise the Chicago & Northwestern
about $2,500,000, and the Milwaukee
system about $t,700,00O, with smaller
increases for several other systems, was
voted down, and schedule adopted
which increases the Northwestern
about, $4,000, leaves the. Burlington
and Milwaukee as at present, reduces
the Rock Island slightly on the South
western branch, and reduces a few
branch lines slightly
- o. P. Newman.
'.sa Buchanan's Bill is Discussed.
Des sAfoines, Feb. % Especial -
In the house the bill to approriata
SAC, 900 for bringing home the Fifty
flrst Iowa was discussed and was
amended to,pay also for the other regi-
ments, The bill may now fail. In the
senate the building and loan. discus
sion was begun. hubbard offered an
amendment to allow interest up to IL
per cent, the bill limiting it to 8 per
cent. Amandment lis still under dis
cussion. ga
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Des Moines, March "a. Especial Cor
respond The resolution passed
by the house, declaring against the
ablishment ofdany tariff between
the United States and the new posses
sions, has been sent to the senate and
there referred to- the committee on
federal relations It's chances are ex.
cellent for dying in that committee.
The house has been subjected to much
criticism for attempting to interfere
with the opinions OF congress, or to
impose: its views in the nature Of
Observation-Disclosures to the Iowa delega-
ton. The report from Washington is
that the members OF the congressional
delegation We're a good deal surprised
at the interference of the legislature
iii matter in which with only the
exception Of Mr.. Lane, of the Second
district, the delegation stood unani-
nous. The house passed the resolution
unanimously, but the generally ex-
pressed view is, now, that, if the re.
Publicans had stopped to consider the
importance which would have been at
tached to their action, they would
have killed the measure. They didn't
stop to realize the great national in
terest in the matter, or to appreciate
the certainty that, such resolution,
from the Iowa legislature, would be
seized with the greatest avidity by
all opponents OF the administration.
senate Building ana loan Bill.
The building and loan bill continued
under discussion in the senate yester-
day afternoon, and, the discussion was
resumed this morning. The withdrawal
ofathe Hubbard. amendment leaves the
bill with good chance of passing. Sen
ator Hubbard wanted to amend the
BIZ SO that it would not too seriously
interfere with the companies now do
ling business. His amendment was in
such form that the friends of the bill
considered it amounted to killing the
measure. A compromise was finally
agreed on, at the suggestion OF Senator
Trewin, by which, while leaving the
provision that interest should be reduc-
ed to per cent, it was also provided
that in case of default and foreclosure
of mortgage, the decree should be for
no less sum than would have been re-
oI,ire1 to nav ont fha loan 1lrldpr tho ar,