Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-07


as a surprise to both houses. The fact
battlefield. There We're eleven Iowa
organizations in the battles on Look
out Mountain, namely the 4th 5th.
9th. 9th. 10th. 18th, 18th. 26th 30th and
31st regiments of volunteer infantry.
and the 1st battery. The bill provides
that commission shall have charge
of building the monuments and this
commission shall be composed of one
member of each of these organizations
who was actually in the battle. There
is fine national park at Chattanooga
and all the states having soldiers there
are represented except Iowa and West
Virginia But West Virginia had only
one regiment there. while Iowa had
eleven organizations. The commission
which prepared the plans for the Iowa
monuments was authorized by the
Twenty fifth general assembly. and
reported the Goth. but nothing has ever
been done. What is wanted is three
monuments-one at each end of Mis-
sionary Ridge and one on Lookout
Mountain proper. Unless Nicksburg
takes too much of the states surplus
the appropriation will be made.
The Emmert bill favored by the state
board of health provides that certifi-
Gates to practice medicine may be
granted in Iowa on presentation of
certificates from other states where
the requirements are substantially the
same as in Iowa: provided that If any
state shall refuse to recognize Iowa
certificates in the same way Iowa
shall not recognize them from that
state 1t is a sort of medical reciproc-
ity act.
The jerks bill to provide for diff
ferent way of providing support for
the school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs would bring that institution in
line with others of the state. The
state board of control has had great
deal of trouble because the funds for
the deaf school are divided. At pres
ent the school gets s105 year for the
support of the school for each and ev-
cry student. In addition to this there
is an appropriation of $4,000 a year
for the teachers. The fact is that just
at present the school is unable to pay
the teachers what they ought to get.
1t is becoming somewhat difficult to
secure good teachers for such inSti-
tutions because there are other states
Offering better salaries. The board of
control would have a direct fund of
S22 per student per month for all sup
port including teachers pay.
The Wright bill in the house for 4
female reformatory at Knoxville has
been erroneously declared by some Of
the papers to be a board of control
measure. This is not true. The board
of control is desirous of that a reform
atory be established, but this is as far
as the board has gone in the matter.
The situation at Anamosa is easily un-
derstood. The building erected for
prison for females has just been occu-
pied for first time this week. The
women have hitherto been placed In
the building erected for the insane
prisoners. This has also been used as
q hospital. The last time member
of the board visited the prison there
were two women in every cell in the
part allotted to them. except in one
cell. The reformatory can not be es-
tablished at Anamosa because there is
not sufficient room. But the board
wants a reformatory for women and is
sure that 1t should not be a part OF
the Anamosa prison. This is as far
as the board has gone in the matter.
The cities and towns committee of
the senate of which Senator Trewin is
chairman, did a lot of business at the
session last evening. Three bills We're
approved. These We're Dowell's bill for
a water supply for army posts near Des
Moines; AleXander's bill to enable IL
brary boards to condemn land FOR Ii
brary purposes or for additions to IL
brary grounds; and Alexander's bill to
enable library boards to enforce Ii
brary contracts for support of Libraries.
This last named bill is to guard against
action by unfricndly city councils in
places where cities have agreed to sup
port libraries by voting aid. 1t makes
permanent the contracts and agree
ments entered into. Several other bills
We're referred to subcommittee. Mos
bery's bill for library taxes went to
Senators Junkin, Hazelton and Craw-
ford Courtright's bill for posting no.
tees in certain cases where ne~spa-
pers are not published in the town went
10 ItdLSflOu, aho sSiiiiti.
Spauldings bill providing for filing va
cancies in city offices went to Hayward,
Young and Crawford. Healey's bill for
serving notices on land owners in GER
tain cases went to Mardis. Junkin and
Young Emmert's bill to require that
an apportionment book for taxes shall
be kept, went to Young, Crawford and
Mardis. In this way the work of the
committee on cities and towns is being
so apportioned out that 1t will be done
we'll when it is done.
The committee on compensation of
public officers of which Senator Ulster
is chairman has got to work in earnest.
At The first meeting number of bills
which contemplate raising salaries
were informally considered, but not fin
ally acted on. These are bills to in
crease compensation of county record
ers, give superintendent salaries, etc.
There is much work a head of this
committee as there are all sorts of
schemes for raising salaries to be con-
sidered.
Representatives of the State Uni
yersity and the State College are max
ing the wants of their institutions
known. Yesterday President Beard
shear, Secretary Stanton, Prof. Curtiss,
II n Eunreford and others of the |