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

as for the State University. The Iowa
City people have made good use OF their
money, and there is no doubt the Ames
people would do the same. President
MacLean and others from the State
University were before the senate APP
preparations committee as we'll as be-
fore the ways and means committee.
DR.. Shambaugh also appeared before
the appropriations committee IN pc
half of the appropriations asked for the
printing and publishing of historical
records deemed valuable. and espe-
cially the Kirkwood letters. The sum
of $4,000 Is asked The historical de-
partment also asks an increase In the
appropriation for support from $1,000
year to $4,000 year.
The house appropriations committee
has got only so far as to decide that
the separate bills for board of control
institutions shall be passed on sepa-
rately in committee and then an omni-
bus bill will be prepared to embrace all.
The only bills passed on as yet are
those for the deaf school blind school
and to reimburse DR.. Powell for money
advanced for road purposes. The om-
nibus bill method will give the appro-
priations committee decided advant-
age and will make it pretty certain that
what the committee does Will be hnal.
The anti-saloon people are working
hard to have change made in the law
relating to the life of saloon consent
orders under petitions. They desire
that a limit of five years be placed
thereon and that every five years the
entire ground of securing consent pc
titions be gone over. Mr.. Abrams, of
the league, is here urging the measure.
and the following statement of the case
has been made to the members by Kew.
r. E. Flickinger, of Fonda:
..As one of those who during the last
Twenty-Five years. have been faithfully
working with others to make and keep
Iowa good and great, write to express
to YOU the hope that. in response TO the
requests that are coming to your hon
orable body nom the religious bodies of
the state and many leading citizens In
every county of it, you will give your
hearty support and vote to the follow
ing amendment to Sec. 2451, page S63
of the code, namely.
".rhe validity of all petitions OF con-
sent shall expire at the end OF five
wears; those that are now in force at
the end of five years from Feb. l. 1908,
and those hereafter filed at the end OF
five years from the date of their ap-
proval by the board of county supervi-
sors;' in order that the relief that came
to Pocahontas. Emmett and number
of other counties in January, 1900. thru
an act of the Legislature and the de-
cision of the supreme court thereon,
may come again at regular recurring
intervals.
"a time limit is so just and necessary
that one wonders why it was not incor-
uorated as feature of the mulct law
when 1t was enacted. Three years was
first suggested. because that is rea-
sonable limit, fair to those who engage
in the saloon business and also the
public removes it from any periodical
connection with the gubernatorial and
presidential elections and Is the popu-
lar period that has been adopted by
nearly all of the states in which local
option laws have been enacted.
This movement has received the ap-
proval of Hon T. Z. Clark, author of
the Iowa prohibitory law, Hon. L. ;.
Coffin. president of the Iowa Anti-Sa-
loon league, Rev. II. III. Abrams, chair
man of it's legislative committee, and
number of other prominent men of the
state: also of the Northwest Iowa NJ.
f. conference, the Presbyterian and the
United Presbyterian synods of Iowa,
and of several otner religious bodies
that represent an aggregate OF $40
ministers and 943 churches that have
an adult membership of $4,000 persons,
as follows: