Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-20
SHORT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS
State May Garry Deficit for Income from
Next Period.
HEADS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS MEET
Statistics show Onc-HaIf of Feeble
Minded Cases Are Resultant of
Marriage of ReIRtives-Miners
and Operators Fail TO Agree.
(From a stan Correspondents

DES MONIES March 19.-(Special. 1.-THE
legislature accomplished but little in open
session today, but an important meeting
Of the two appropriations committees, or
rather Of svbcommittees, from each was
held for the consideration Of the entire
scheme Of appropriations. Some time ago
a committee was appointed to make an in
vestigation and ascertain II there was not
some way by which the amount Of money
available could be increased.
This subcommittee made a thorough in
vestigation and today reported that the best
that could be done in the way of securing
funds for the biennial period was to count
on about 81, 012, 900 and this would include
the ordinary income of about 500, O00, with
some 5000, 900 reappropriated from funds
which were left over from the present bien-.
NAL period and an increase OF the state
tax levy to 8 mills for the last half year of
the period. There is no way that this in
come can be increased in the smallest de-
gree. AS a result the legislature must limit
itself to this sum or the state will go in
debt.
The committee ehairmen figured that
there. has already been passed in one or
the other Of the houses or has been recon-
mended for passage bills aggregating
31,470,4 63. As. II these stand there will be a
deficit Of SASS, 463.45, which should be really
$500, 900 more on account Of the credit from
the last period. The committees today es-
timated that possibly the appropriations
might be reduced 1921. 900, which would still
leave a deficit OF practically $3.50, 900. This
is what will probably be done and the state
Will carry this sum over for the income
from the next period. The appropriations
committees will from this time on work to-
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amount.
Anti-Strike Injunction Resolution.
The resolution from the conference COM
mittee Of the house and senate endorsing
the Hosr-Grosvenor bill in congress in re-
lation to contempt proceedings In strike
injunction cases was called up In the SEN
ate and the resolution passed unanimously.
A bill to permit Oelwin to have a superior
court and a bill to permit Ottumwa to let
contracts for waterworks IN divided lots
were passed.
The senate confirmed the governors ap-
pointments of Judge Krune on the Board
Of Control and J. w. McCurdy for custo-
dian.
An extende debate was had on a bill re-
lating to opening a street through state
property In Des Moines, but no vote
reached.
In the house John Y. Stone OF Glenwood.
a former speaker of the house, was intro
duced and sat with Speaker Eaton during
the morning hours. tn bill to permit the
Burlington railroad tot kpss the state prop
erty at Gienw6od ~wasf"kassed again, with
some amendniehte = bankll IA give S37. 900
to the state fslr' pe6bHe % build a stock
judging pavilion was passed.
/ The bill to. establish the primary election
system in Iowa was taken up and the bill
amended so as to leave It optional with the
counties whether they shall adopt the pri-
mary method. At the noon hour the bill
was still pending and an effort had been
made to send 1t back to the committee.
Primary Elections Bill Falls.
The house in the afternoon took up the
primary elections bill and proceeded to
destroy 1t by amending 1t to death. A
number OF amendments were offered to limit
the operation of the law. II was provided
that it should apply to city elections in
certain cases and methods were devised
for abandoning the primary system II 1t
should be found bad. After all this was
done the bill was put on it's passage and
was lost As to 4, not receiving a constitu-
tional majority.
In the senate in the afternoon an en-
tended debate was had on the bill to estab-
lish a mems reformatory and several new
amendments were offered to the bill. The
bill had been before the senate since the
first of the week and had been engrossed.
After 1t was spoiled by the amendments II
went to a vote and was defeated with but
IL votes being, for it.
The senate this afternoon passed the bill
to reduce the fees for foreign insurance
companies doing business In Iowa to the
same basis as the domestic companies. The
house passed the bienniA election resoiu-
tion.
Institutions Conference.