Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Sept. IS. 1901.

Des Moines. Sept. Is. 1901.
s. r. Mcconnell, of Bloomfield, was
elected chairman of the democratic
state central committee at It's meet
ing held at the Sayery. Mr.. Neon
nell is the member Of the committee
from the Sixth district. the same
one from which Mr.. Phillips, the
democratic candidate for governor.
comes. lie will make arrangements
to open Headquarters at once. To
assist him F. Q. Stuart. of Charlton,
was elected chief clerk. He will have
charge of the headquarters when Mr..
Mcconnell is away and VIII look
after the correspondence and othce
work.
The trustees of the state historical
department viii ask the legislature
this winter for reasonably liberal
treatment. They do not believe that
the effort which has been made in
some quarters to make it appear that
the department is local Des Moines
enterprise viii appeal TO the members
of the assembly who are familiar
with the scope of the work ana It's
Importance to the whole state ire
spectiye Of locality The present wing
planned. cost 5000. 1t is estimated
that the remainder of the building
can be built for about 100000. 1T
is probable that the trustees Will not
ask for more than enough to build
the founda ton for the completed
structure in 1902. Added to this. they
may ask for sufficient to erect the
walls in 1908 The remainder or
completion Of the structure could
then be left TO the succeeding ieSls-
lat ure.
Secretary Van Houten reports that
the total income of the state fair of
1901 was over $4,000. The expenses
were slightly above $4,000. a GER
tain surplus of $4,000 is figured on.
This makes about S2S,0 900 on hand.
Contracts have been awarded by
the state board of control for meat
for the state institutions. They
amount to about $500 for pork and
$4,000 for beef The contracts We're
awarded as follows: Pork-Armour
Packing Co., Kansas City-Anamosa,
tCiarinda, Council Bluffs, Davenport,
Tort Madison, Gienwood and Indepen-
,dence. Cudahy Packing CO., South
Omaha-Marsnalit Mitchellville,
Mt Pleasant and Ninton- Beef
Swift & Co., Omaha.
Judge Prout.-- has rendered a deci-
sion in the case of Z. NJ. Hubbell ct
al. VS.. the Iowa Telephone company,
holding that the company is operat.
ing in this city contrary to its nuni-
cipaI laws and therefore, illegally
The decision is result of an action
begun by Hubbeli and others, asking
the telephone company be ousted
from the public streets and alleys Of
I he city on The ground that it is OPP
Grating without a franchise and is
:, nuisance. The franchise granted
the old Central company some years
ago was never renewed and when
the iowa succeeded to the property
and business of the former no new
franchise was asked for. the com
pany claiming that it did not have to
have the consent of the city; that it
was here by right of the state law
which granted to all telephone and
telegraph companies the right to OPP
state. A writ of ejectment was stay
cd by the attorneys for the defense
filing notice of an appeal.
The cost of running the state gov
eminent as estimated is over $780,
600 more than the estimate two years
ago for the biennial period now draw
ing to close. the total of that esti-
mate being s3,577.4 23. OF the increase
$500, 900 is for the institutions under
the state board Of control, made nee
essary by the ,act that the Cherokee
hospital viii open next year and that
there has been an increase in the
population of other state hospitals.
Increased endowments for the educa-
tional institutions are also included.
Iowa has two state pensioners,
Joseph Metz and T.. NJ. Hull, both
OF whom were prisoners of the state
and received injuries through no fault
Of their own. The amounts annually
said them are. $40 each, and the
state legislature biennially makes an
approximation of $3.50 for each one.
che money is pail to the pensioners
mont hly, $50 each. Inc in uries to
Metz occurred in 1876 at Fort Madi-
son penitentiary and resulted in the
loss of limbs for which the legisla-
.ture first appropriated $3.50 for arti-
fetal limbs. Later the annual pen
sion was granted. The PEN
sion for Hull began in 1894, due to
an accident in the penitentiary, while
serving three year sentence for ar
son. He was pardoned as result of
the accident.
The senatorial convention for the
Thirty-fourth district, after balloting
115 times, adjourned to meet at On
ta1. Eonl1 or, fxyy voted
for it's own candidate on every ballot