Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-05

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gressmen from other states. The bill
provides that the United States shall
reimburse states for lands enormously
sold. which property belonged to the
swamp land 1t is claimed that the
| state of Iowa can prove up nearly haif
a million dollars worth of land that
was sold in this way. which property
| belonged to the state. The bill was
championed by Clarke, Cummings
Moore and Jones. 1t was at first op-
posed by Carter, Lyman and Dunham,
but after the bill was read and ex-
planned the resolution was passed. Ihe
| bin to appropriate for the Cherokee
hospital s13S.OO0 was passed in the
senate.
A large number of committee re-
ports were read in both houses this
morning, indicating the beginning OF
hard work in the committees. Among
others was approval of bill to re
auire taxation of telegraph lines along
the Burlington system. thus setting
matter of controversy of long stand
ling: another postponing action on the
bill to repeal the law to compel teach-
ing music in schools.
Hubbard in the senate and Head IN
the house introduced bill to create
department at the state insane hospit-
ais for dipsomaniaism, inebriates ana
those addicted to morphine and provld-
ing that persons may be sent there un-
der the rules provided for reform
schools.
smith in the senate and English in
the house introduced the bill for rail-
road taxation and reports in line with
Cummins' suggestions. Other pliis
were: Mardis, to create an additional
Judge in the Third district: Molsbery.
to punish for advising murder; Whip
pie to have district courts appoint
trustees for cemetery funds; Graft, to
prohibit the use of trading stamps
Dunham, a new bill for compulsory ed
ucation: Furry, to make 1t posslple 10
punish for perjury by fine instead OF
lpenitentiary sentence; Greene, Ior pet
ter protection of game. Lewis present
| ed a petition in the senate asking lor
llaw to require that old soldiers be CIV
en- preference in appointments ana
making it a misdemeanor punlshaole
| by impeachment for any official to Vlo-
late this rule.
| An appropriation bill will be intro
duced in a short time to provide money
with which the state executive councii
| can clear the title to the land owned
| by the city across the street east from
the state capitol on which 1T Is pro-
posed there shall be erected state ar
| senal and offices for the State Hortl-
cultural Society. The paving assess
ments against the property nave not
been paid and Cedar Rapids firm or
| spectators bought in the certificates.
! They have not attempted to secure
! deed to the property, tho the time Tor,
/ redemption has passed. The state has
| no money available for clearing mp the
matter and n small appropriation VIII
be asked. The bill for state arsenal
lappropriates 100000 for the building
alone and it is expected that when it is
| finished the cost will be $4,000. The
arsenal is greatly needed. The state is
now securing better military equip
ments than ever before, but has no
place in which to keep the stuff. The
old arsenal was given up that the city
of Des Moines might have river front
library building. The site proposed is
an excellent one. In addition to fur
nishing offices for the military depart
ment it is proposed that the building
shall contain offices for the State Hor-
ticultural Society. The society now
occupies only one small room, which is
needed for other purposes. The bill for
creating horticultural department has
not been presented and may not be pre-
sented at all If the Legislature increases
the appropriation for the society from
$500 to $4,000 annually, as the men,
bers believe that they will be able to
accomplish nearly as much with the
added funds as they would if they had
a department organized. With new Of
fees and an added appropriation the
horticulturists say they would be very
well satisfied.
A bill which has thus far met with
no opposition but encouragement on ali
hands is the bill of MIR. Fields. of Ply
mouth county, to include the Big Sioux
river in the fish and game laws so tina.
| i. will be unlawful to catch fish therein
with the seine. The law as drawn
specifically exempts the Mississippi,
Missouri. Big Sioux and that part of the
Des Moines which forms part of the
state boundary. There is no excuse for
applying the exemption to the Big
Sioux river. 1t is all right to seine in
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers but
the Big Sioux is easily drained of it's
fish. other methods of fishing are re-
sorted to along the Big Sioux. Only a
few days ago, Mr.. Fields says. persons
brought into Akron four large dry
goods boxes filled with fish which had
been taken from the river. His bill
aims at protecting the fish in this
stream as well as in those of the in
terror of the state.
The Boysen bill to raise the age limi.
at Mitchellville from is to 81 years was
recommended for passage by the COM
nittee this morning. This bill is fa-
vored by the state board of control A
few years ago, when James Miller was
i'm charge of the industrial school at
Mitchellville and the rioting took place,
it was declared that the cause of the
trouble lay in the fact of having so
many girls" who had attained their
majority in years. The Twenty
seventh general assembly changed the