Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-28

| plement commission to have charge OF
the work Of preparing a volume con-
tanning the late laws was appointed
| by the president of the senate ana
| speaker of the house as follows: Ire
| win. Whipple Porter, Payne, Hamann
and Barker.
| The senate refused to concur In the
house amendment to the anti strike
resolution by vote of IA to 20.
Both houses passed the bills to
/ change the time of making assessment
of railroad and express property TO
the first Monday in July. The senate
reconsidered the vote by which the
lobiections of Blanchard final vote
was not reached.
The house passed the bill to appro-
pirate for cleaning up the Indian res
| eryation. a bill to amend the military
| code. Increased the weight of a bushel
of millet and increased the pay OF
| physician at Fort Madison peniten-
! tiary. Both houses adjourned until
Monday afternoon.
| The hopes of the women have been
dashed to the ground again by the
house committee on constitutional
amendments. That committee listened
TO the women yesterday afternoon for
two hours and then voted to turn them
| down by s to 3. Those who spoke in
4 H.
tional amendment were Miss Daisy
Deighton. the official lobbyist for the
association; Mrs. Adelaide Ballard,
president of the association; Mrs. Mel
son, corresponding secretary. and Mrs.
Edworthy Judge Cole and Senator AL
lyn also spoke for the amendment.
Mrs. Merrill, of this city. spoke against
| the amendment and declared that
women do not want the ballot. Those
who are understood to have voted for
! the amendment were Messrs. Fields,
i INillett and Black. Those who We're
against submission to the people wee
| Messrs. Sweet. Remple, Blakemore.
Barley. Barker. Gilchrist, Langan OF
Clinton and Waltars. Those who We're
absent from the meeting We're Messrs.
Kerr, Payne and Roome. There is no
doubt that despite this there VIII be a
determined effort to get the resolution
before the house in some form and
! have it considered on its merits But
that it will pass is hardly expected by
any one, as majority of the members
are certainly opposed to vote on the
question.
The railroad committee of the house
has given consideration to the Carter
2-cent fare bill, but has not yet passed
on it. Mr.. Carter appeared before the
committee and spoke, and also Capt.
| Merry of the Illinois Central and an
attorney named Guernsey, Of this eity.
The legislative reception in the Iowa
Hall of History yesterday evening
went far to interest the members of the
Legislature and their wives in the his
torfcal work that is being carried on
here The rooms were visited by a
4 larger number of persons connected
with the legislature than at any previ :
ous time. Mr.. Aldrich announced that
there is now on the way from the
| Smithsonian Institution a consignment
Of articles for the museum weighing
nearly two tons, and this includes many
valuable specimens for the students OF
natural history. In the collection is a
mountain lion, said to be a very fine
specimen. The museum feature of the
/ Historical work is becoming very popu-
liar, especially with those who come to
Des Moines from other parts OF the
state to visit. They seem to regard 1T
as strictly a state enterprise and of
great value to the people. Many stu
dents and young persons daily visit the
museum and pore over the historical
collections The room is already too
cramped for the work being carried on
and Mr.. Aldrich is hoping that the leg
Iislature will make an appropriation to
quarters.
The disposition of members of the
Legislature is to provide all that is nee
essary to clean up the Indian reserva-
ton as quickly as possible. The report
of the governor transmitting the state
ment of the president of the state board
of health, which merely restates we'll
known conditions at the reservation,
was listened to attentively. The bill
by Garst to make an immediate appro-
priation to have the reservation
cleaned up was passed by the senate
without an objection. All are hoping
that the government will do the right
thing and do it quickly, but the state is
prepared to go to work.
1t begins to look like the senate will
l materially amend the reformatory bin
before it is allowed to go over to the
house for final action. The arguments
of Trewin and Courtright on the bill
made II deep impression on the sena-
tors AT the time the bill was passed
Trewin had had on the journal amend
ments to the bill, but he was absent
He now attacks the bill because of his
belief that an attempt to authorize any
board to extend sentences to the full
limit for which the prisoner might
have been sent for the crime for which
he was convicted would not be toler-
4 lated by the courts This would be to
| give board power to keep a man In
the penitentiary for ten years for in
fraction of the prison rules when the
judge had sentenced him in fact to
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