Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-08

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likely to fail in the end. A good deal of
opposition has arisen to this bill, not
because there is anything in 1t danger
Gus or expensive but because there is
feeling that the state already has too
many boards and commissions ana
there is too much examining and lssu-
ing of certificates, etc. If the matter
had been placed in the hands of the
board of medical examiners it would
have met with less opposition in the
end. If the house insists on the bill
without amendments the senate is like
ly to let the bill die.
The members are beginning to get
interested in the sitting committee
idea 1t may be that Speaker Eatons
plan of getting thru without sitting
committee may be carried out. There
are indications that the house Is going
to go to the end without any such COM
mittee But in the senate one is needed.
Members were looking it up yesterday
and found that two years ago the sift-
ing committee was named on the I'd of
April and adjournment came on the
9Th, thus leaving the sitting committee
four days in which to arrange the bills
and feed them thru. The senate sitting
committee of two years ago consisted
of Messrs. Healey, Hartman. Trewin.
Lewis, Titus, Smith and Porter. All
but two of these are members of the
senate now and II committee is
named undoubtedly several of them
will be on the committee 1t is deemed
probable. also, that Garst or Hubbard
will be on the committee.
The bill for naval militia" in Iowa
would probably have been the signal
for some sport In the legislature If 1t
had been presented earlier in the ses-
sion when the members felt they had
time to spend on it. The bill was drawn
by the adjutant general. 1t provides
for commodores. admirals, ensigns, etc.
and presumably there will be some
plain naval cadets. There will be no
money from the state treasury and no
part of the national guard fund from
Washington will go. But there Is bill
pending in congress to give aid to ma
val militia organizations, and II 1T
passes congress it is expected that
company of the naval militia will be
organized at Mason City in connection
with the National Memorial university
and thus part of the fund will be got
for Iowa. The naval militia will ma
neuver on Clear lake. Perhaps 1T Will
be so enlarged that there may be COM
panies of the militia on the Big Sioux
river, Cedar River, or the Mississippi.
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high schools where normal courses are
maintained has been passed, but with
some amendments. The senate struck
out the provision that the examinations
shall be conducted under the direction
of the state educational board, which
was an essential of the bill. In the
form in which the bill passed the SEN
ate it is of very little use. There is no
appropriation to aid such schools.
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The house refused to strike out of a
bill to provide greater safety to miners
that provision which requires that the
operators shall employ shot firers. The
bill is in accordance with the report of
the mine commission and the shot firers
clause in addition thereto. When the
operators anu IIllIlelp WCiC III 'SoSAOAA
here some time ago the miners gradu-
ally receded from their demand for shot
firers, and it is now understood that
they anticipated that the legislature
will pass law requiring shot firers. In
this way they will get all they desired
and have an agreement on wages at
the same time.
A warrant for $4,000 for the state
of Iowa on behalf of some war claims
will be turned into the state treasury
in a few days. This is part of the
fund received from refund on account
of Iowa expenses In connection with
equipment for the Philippines. OF the
$4,000 which Iowa claimed at the
close of that war Gen. Byers has col
lected now all but about $4,000. He
expects to reduce this to about $4,000
and then ask congress for a special ap-
preparation, and he will get 1t. II there
had been an appropriation contingent
on securing more war claims 1T is prob
able that this latest check would have
been made available for that purpose.
In the short session of the senate last
night short discussion took place on
the bill to establish a meteorological
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