Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-27

committee on the case before 1T is
ended, among them representatives
Edwards, Townsend and Larrabee
Yesterday the committee turned down
three of the applicants. Betsy Smith,
of this city, was elected to stay, the
only member of the committee for her
being the member from Polk. Yet other
members say they have some doubts
as to whether she really killed her hus-
band, but they all agree that on gen
eral principles she ought to be kept
shut UP. w. Toole and James Watson
were voted to stay in the pen. The
following were recommended for par
don: William Young, the Sioux City
bootblack who shot another in a quar-
rel; George Stanley, the Story county
murderer now quite old; Joe McCrary
and Otto Ottom. The senate commit
tee has done little as yet in the disposal
of cases.
Whatever may be the report of the
committee of ways and means OF the
house on the railway assessment DIN III
is now practically conceded that the
bill will never become a law, at least
not unless very materially amended
and changed This is not because the
railroads have used any extraordinary
means to influence legislation, but IL
the truth be known and be told the bill
has already been abandoned by Its
friends to it's fate. The discussion OF
the bill has raised multitude OF Ques-
tions, but the main fact is that great
many of those who were sincerely fof
the bill are beginning to hedge and to
doubt it's wisdom. The committee Will
pass it this afternoon some time.
The members of the board of control
were before the legislature last evening
to answer questions. AS usual they
acquitted themselves quite well and the
questioning developed the fact that the
board has carefully considered all the
recommendations in regard to all the
state institutions. The questioning
cleared the atmosphere greatly.
There were strong speeches in the
senate yesterday on the question OF thet
passage of the bills for monuments 10
soldiers. Judge Blanchard, OF oska-
loosa, as one who was there, eloquently
told of the seige of Vicksburg and the
events which preceded it. Senator
Healey, in philosophic way, told what
| the war meant in the way of fixing the
constitution and establishing free
government. Senator Courtright told
in thrilling words of his recollections OF
the events of the war. 1t was a great
day for oratory and patriotism In the
senate.
| The house appropriations committee
| this morning had ready to be reported
quite a lot of business. and all faVora-
BILE. The following important bills were
reported favorably: Appropriation for
| monuments on Lookout Mountain ana
and Missionary Ridge, same bill as the
one which passed the senate yesterday.
| The Coburn bill was approved which
lappropriates $S5 for paying one Samuel
Purcell for horse he lest in the Indian
war in Cherokee county forty years
lagO. The King bill to recognize high
schools with normal courses and to give
| them some state aid was approved py
the committee and reported today. 1t
| limits the number of such schools re-
/ ceiving aid to fifteen instead OF twenty
| five as suggested in the bill and gives
| them $500 a year instead OF twice as
much. This is a bill which was sug-
gested by the success in normal work
4 at Woodbine, where a town high schoo!
has been developed into a first-class
4 academy where many young persons
ere given an education and training to
fit them for teaching. The Warren bill
| for department of insurance separate
from the auditors office was reported
| favorably. When this bill was before
the house 1T was found that the appro-
priation clause stood in the way of Its
rassage. 1t was, therefore, sent to the
appropriations committee. 1t provides
| for commissioner of insurance at a
salary of $4,000 year. The same COM
mittee reported out the bill to pay ex-
penses of running the state house for
/ March $1,620.4S, which items appear to
have fallen between the lines before.
The tax ferret bills We're up for dis
cussion in the house There is strong
sentiment in favor of doing something
tc remove the most Objectionable fea-
lures of the tax ferret system. Many
of the members are ready to vote for
lrepeal of the entire law, but this is
hardly expected at this time. The COM
mittee bill which is before the house
now for consideration is as follows:
Section l. That section one thou
sand three hundred and seventy-four
1,374) Of the code be repealed, and that
the following be enacted in lieu
thereof:
when property subject to taxation
lis withheld, overlooked, or from any
other cause Is not assessed, the county
treasurer shall, when apprised thereof
at any time within three years from
the date when such assessment should
have been made, demand of such per-
son, firm, corporation or other party to
whom the same should have been as
sessed or of the administrator of such
person, or the proper officer or legal
representative Of such person, firm,
corporation or other party, the amount
of taxes which would have been due
had said property been assessed at it's
fair value, for each year in which there
was a failure to assess the same, to-
gether with six per centum per annum
from the time such taxes would have
become delinquent had the proper as
sessment been made, and shall give
such person, firm, corporation or other
| two f1y 1ovS' notice hV