Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-08
Expectation that the Work Will Be Finished
During the Week.
APPROPRIATION BILLS NEARLY READY
Agreement Reached All Along the
Line, So tina work Can BE Fin
ished Up QuickIy-RaiIroad
Bills Yet in Doubt.
From a stan Correspondent

certainly by Friday or Saturday. The
progress made the past week has been
considerable. The disposal of the pardons
cases and the millage taxes for the state
educational Institutions was a long step
toward reaching the end. The appropria-
lions committees have now practically
come to an agreement on every item. The
bill for the institutions under the State
Board OF Control will cali for about $780,
90. the chief reduction from the bill as
originally introduced being in the looping
of Of items for the purchase Of land at the
Soldiers Orphans nome at Davenport. leav-
ing out an item for a deep we'll at the
Independence hospital and leaving of items
for gates and buildings at the Soldiers
home at Marshalltown. An item has Just
been added of Sic, 900 for a new laundry
building at the Mount Pleasant hospital
to TAX the place Of one burned a week ago
today. or the sum to be given the State
Board Of Control only about t4s5 900 will
be made available the present biennial
period. The board will be left to make
contracts and purchases running over into
the next biennial period. With the passage
Of the millage taxes the appropriations for
the educational institutions will be re-
duced more than half. In this way the
hNNO NhC
that they can get the appropriations down
to a reasonable sum-say about 81, 800. 900
a year, which will take only a 8 mill levy.
1t is the plan Of the house members to
pass the appropriations bills for state in
stitutions on Monday and send them to the
senate as quickly as possible and the SEN
ate committe will take immediate action.
as the committees have already agreed,
The miscellaneous appropriations will then
be passed, the largest OF which will be the
one for the st. Louis exposition, which
is likely to be about 500, 900. There will
be no contingent appropriation to be paid
out of the war claims refund. The state
historical building will not be completed
and there will be no arsenal. A small ap-
preparation will be made for beginning the
work of completing the state capital. The
rest of the items will be insignificant.
Many UnimpOrtant Matters.
The calendars of the senate and house
contain about 100 bills each not yet acted
on. 1t will be impossible to act on more
than a third OF them. A great many that
have merit may wait without harm to any
person or interest, but the majority Of
the measures are of very little importance
to the general public and there will be
no harm done when the sitting committees
get to work and sweep them of the cal
endar into the waste basket.
The railroad bills are still attracting
some attention. The bill to provide FOR
assessing railroads on the stocks and sJnds
plan was completely discredited before :
got to a vote In the house. When fhe pub
licity section was taken out and passed
by the house as a separate bill 1t was seen
at once hat the whole subject would be
opened up and the bill was take nback to
the house. where It will be defeated In due
time. OF itself the publicity bill was in
line with the sentiments OF Governor Cum
Minis in his inaugural, but 1t could not
get through without many additions there
to. The two bills which have been de-
nominated merger bills have not yet
been disposed Of, but an agreement has prac-
tically been reached which will end the
disputes, and amended or substitute bills
will be passed.
City Administration Change.
Tomorrow the new mayor Of Des Moines,
James M. Brenton, will be installed in
ONCE and a new city council entirely re-
publican will /. in operation. During It's
history Dies Moines, although always a re-
publican city, has had about as many demo-
cratic mayors as republican. The retiring
ludgOT udS 5tTN6Q DuI one TERM anu mas
made a creditable record. Mayor Brenton
contemplates making a clean sweep Of the
police force and many changes in the en-
ployes Of the city. Trouble is likely to
ensue over a member OF the board OF pub
lie works. Mayor Hartenbower named a
member last week, but Brenton will claim
the right to name a member next week. A
law suit is sure to follow II both try to
hold the position.
Insurance Rates Go Up.
The local insurance agents have received
notice from the western Insurance COM
pact that beginning March II, last, in
surance rates on certain large classes OF
risks have been advance % per cent.
The Increase is on mercantile and manu-
featuring stocks in the best business part
OF the city. and practically all In buildings
that are not occupied in part as residences.
It had been imposed that the western in,
surance compact had gone out OF business,
but this would indicate the contrary, and
the local agents declare that there is no
way to escape the increased rates on in
surance In this city. Quite a number of
companies have gone out Of business in
Iowa in the last few months and this makes
getting insurance a dificult matter. The
Increase is said to have been declared on
similar business in nearly every city in
Iowa and 1t is because the insurance COM
panies declare they must secure a larger
revenue from their western business.
War Claims Not Settled Yet.
Members Of the legislature are somewhat
disappointed at the slowness Of the law
board Of the auditing department OF the
national treasury in reaching a conclusion
as to the Iowa war claims. II was an,
bounced early in the week that the board
would decide on the Iowa claims the last,
week. but information has been received
that some additional information is desired
from the governor Of Iowa before the case
Is finally disposed Of. 1t will take several
days TO secure this information, and Il
is therefore now certain that the amount
Iowa will get from the United States will
not be known until after the legislature
adjourns.
National Guard Election.
An election for major in the Fifty-hrst
regiment will be held Monday night. The
candidates are; Captain F. e. wetherell
OF Company F at oskaloosa, and Captain
d. w. Turner OF Company X OF Corning.
Captain Guy e. Logan Of Red Oak and Cap
tain Harry B. Dull Of GlenwoOd have both
declined to run, though both were proml-
nently mentioned sometime ago.