The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-30

transport their insane and their con-
victs. much further than any other
counties. For this reason the repre-
sentatives in the legislature from that
section and the board urge that in the
case of Cherokee the counties be put
on an equal basis at the beginning.
The board of control hopes, also, that
| if this plan is followed by the legisla-
ture, at this time, it will lead, event
ually, to making all of the insane
hospitals state charges and their sup
port payable direct from the state
treasury instead of by counties. An
emergency appropriation of $138,000
for Cherokee furnishing, etc., has been
introduced in the senate.
State Superintendent Barrett has
drafted measure providing for the
examination of teachers by county
boards of examiners along the line
formulated by the educational council
of the State Teachers Association.
Copies of this measure have been for
warded to all the members of the leg
islative committee of the association,
accompanied by questions asking for
suggestions along certain lines. AS
soon as this measure is drafted to the
satisfaction of all the members of
the legislative committee, it will be
introduced in the legislature. There is
some doubt as to it's passage on &C.
count of the opposition of the county
| superintendent. 1t provides that the
eXaming board shall consist OF the
county superintendent and two mem
bers to be appointed by him and con-
firmed by the board of supervisors.
1t is comparatively easy to secure
legislation so far as it affects the
three educational institutions of the
state, for when they are visited by the
members Of the Legislature their value
and needs are easily perceived. 1t is
difficult to secure legislation for the
public schools, because they make no
great showing, and the legislators
have no opportunity to visit them, ex-
cept individually. Mr.. Barrett says
it is very difficult to interest the men,
bers of the legislature in the public
schools, and to this fact he attributes
the difficulty in securing needed leg
islation.
Gilbert B. Pray of Des Moines, for.
merly clerk of the supreme court of
Iowa, has offered the state historical
department his Indian collection, said
to be one of the most extensive and
most valuable collections of Indian
relics in the country. For instance,
there is included in the collection a
large number of Navajoe blankets.
Some of these blankets are worth $3.50
to 5000. They are woven by the
Indians so carefully and so closely
that blanket held at the four corners
will hold water. There are great
many relics in the collection which
have been gathered from various To-
calities and which are invaluable as
historical evidences of these people.
Mr. Pray has spent great many
years, in fact, most of the years since
he attained manhood, in the formation
of THIS collection. 1t is understood
that he proposes to give it to the de-
partment outright.
Des Moines, Jan. chairman in
troduced the resolution to increase
the number of house members to lis;
Garst introduced bill to make the
governors salary $7,100 instead of
$4,100, and his private secretary's
salary $1,S00 instead of $1,50O, to go
into effect in 1904; Healy introduced
bill eliminating tax ferrets; Lister
proposed a bill to prevent marriage of
Divorces within six months after di-
vorce; Lewis proposed an excellent
state depository bill to secure interest
on state funds.
House.-Important bills were intro
duced as follows: By Huron, to pro-
vide for the removal of parties sub
jected to quarantine to contagion hos
pitfalls only on order of magistrate: by
McNie, appropriating $1,000 to college
for the blind at Vinton; by Powers to
give city clerks power to acknowledge
instruments; by Solol, appropriating
$27,79O to the penitentiary at Ana
mosa; by Temple, to establish an ap.
pellate court of three judges to have
jurisdiction in all cases where amount
involved does not exceed $4,000, but
over no constitutional questions; by
Colclo, habitual criminal act. Joint
resolution No. 2 appropriating the SEN
ators and representatives and increas-
ing the number of representatives to
lis was introduced by Temple.
CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 2l-Senate.-An
animated and prolonged discussion
was precipitated in the senate today
over the right of army officers to criti-
else utterances made in the senate or
elsewhere on the conduct of affairs in
the Philippines. At times it became
acrimonious, officers in the Philip
pines being taken sharply to task for
| statements attributed to them in dis
patches from Manila. Rising to a