Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-06

account OIL aDSenletlSlI so tns"c Was
no good reason Why members should
not take advantage of this opportu:..-
ty and look after their private affairs.
The business of the legislature Is drag
ginS to such a1i extent that II, cSperi-
enced observer thinks t5r :. minute
that final adjournment wii come be-
fore the first Of April, ard the SESSION
may run into the first week in April.
This, however, is not d present proba-
BILE.
A good many interests would be well
served if the legislature adjourned this
week, because then they would not be
lnclested Prominent among these is
the building and loan interest. The at
torney general has, at the suggestion of
the senate committee. Of " hich Senator
Healy is chairman, drafted bill. Sea-
ator Healy has been away mastaoi Ike
time for several weeks ai.G Will not ia.
turn for several days. ile hes been ei.-.
gagged in court on a matter hat raiia
not be postponed. Wizen ne comes back
he will tackle the building and oas.
business in earnest, ard It IS pretty sure
that some radical legislation will b.
enacted. Members continue 10 receive
letters frola every part OF he state re-
ating how the borrowing stockholders
have suffered at the hands OF some
building and loan. associations. Some
of the members who voted for the build
ing and loan law two or three years ago
are now declaring that they Will en-
ldcavor to make up for the mistakes
they made then.
Senator Farley Finch of Humboldt is
the only one of the anti-Rood senators
who has had the hardihood to come out
with a published explanation Of his vote
against the confirmation of the appoint
ment of Col. Rood. In last week 5
| Humboldt Republican Senator Finch
makes this declaration:
ITO whom 1t may concern: I voteC
/ against III. II. Rood for member OF
! board Of control because he was at the
| passage of the act creating said bnarc
land at all times since bitterly oppose
to it and denounced the law in unnncas-
ured terms, Was in fact an enemy TO tn,
! law, and his nomination was as improp
er as would be that of Edward .Atkin
son TO carry out the policy of expan
sion. p FINCH :
This statement is not generally admit
Il ted to be true by the friends of Col
Rood.
The board of control gets its flour 70
lstate Institutions nearly all from loca
mills, because the cost Of freight i
Thereby eliminated and the local mill
4 are enabled TO make lower prices thai
lother bidders. The prices for the com
ling quarter Will be quite a little lowe
than heretofore, as The board Was for
4 tunate enough 10 secure its bids al
3 time when wheat was low in price I'll
Il prices on meats will not be greatly dill
!, ferent. Pork is a little higher and bee
q a little lower. The board is. securing til
Very best. and by insisting upon bic
being made on ~ar pies. is enabled i
hold the bidders closely to account al
Irequire them to furnish meat strictly i
Ito standard.
Curator Aldrica has secured II
promise of two additional oil por,rai
: sioI IONA historical characters one
Dof Enoch Eastman. who was lieutena,
!. governor Of the state in 1854. lie 1 IS:
who Wrote the famous inscription on ii
o. iowa stone III the Washington nom
3 ment: 'Iowa. the affections Of her PEI
pie, like the rivers of her borders. flo
10 an inseparable union His hon
Was in k.ldora. and he died some yea
ago. The portrait is presented To Il
o department by relatives. The 9th
portrait IS that Of Francis Springer. 1
was president of iae constitutional col
q vention of 1857, Where the present sta