Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-17

expense Will afford greater relief than any
4 added 1T an adequate salary. to be chosen
i III the same manner as city supcrintendents,
would our School
tenn. for good. The salary Should be fixed
by law q the position . would be let to The
the teachers have little else to commend
\ is generally condoned II the compensation
Is low enough Neither can very much be
der esa system that u invites concentrations Of
availability only. II these changes were
made, some Of you gentlemen might not be
returned, but you can afford to sacrifice
your political lives If by. SO doing you shall
serve and save the youth Of Iowa. They
er interests will be represented I appeal
to you. gentlemen, directly Much OF the
50 afss T. ns f
4 cent years created the impression that econ
om my is r the synonym Of state,sm aanp
thorizcd the creation Of q commission to n:
] vestigate and recommend such Improvement
state connected Herewith. Including deco.
rations, works of art. electric lighting: and
eomEmisson Would T. place the capitol build
Ing in a state Of perfect repair" and equip
Dey, who was a member OF the original
capitol commission, and who bore a con
/ fee; Prof Chas Cummlns, an artist Of
/ more than state reputation; and Henry S.
were selected: Their report is on die, and
Is commended to your careful perusal, and
favorable considerations; This commission
gate Of $25o,ooo. I think It should ali be
provided for at one time, but it need not
would be unMisc to mutilate the recon-
mendations The commission went very
tS hs fnf se naoa and Il
| is doubtful If Its conclusions can be hastily
improved upon The whole scheme sch, has
petent to judge believe the result will be
most, satisfactory. The. capitol is consider
ed the third best in the country, and its
architecture makes possible more sdrtis
| tic interior than any other. 1t will be re-
membered that the original commission was
/ before the contempla ted.work was complet
ed Al a result, for nearly the nth, OF
of the building in great admiration, but
have entered 1t only to be shocked at bare
mendation of this commission with refer
ence to an electric lighting plant Is esne
cially Endorsed as a matter of economy, A
system of burglar alarms is also very i'm
portant. In the same connection, suggest
that an artesian well be bored at. the pow
nearly. il not wholly, saved in one bien:
| mum.
have SO patrioticaly given their time to the
work, that recommend that they be re-
|
cess of the amount allowed by the act Gre
| ating the commission.
sion to the United States u in MS isos Of the the
larger portion of our national domain west
Of the Missouri river is to be commenlora ted
| by what promises to he the most extensive
| your,honorable body rests the responsibility
in this event. Wisely. this. state contributed
| little to the Trans Mississippi exposition in
sn in @ to M "a ap se south 1P Gar
DINA and West Indian exposition which
is now In progress. But l am Of the opin-
will approve such provision for the Louis
lana Purchase Centennial exposi ton as will
leave no doubt in the minds Of visitors that
IeIOwa constitutes important part of that
priceless acquisition. Something worthy of
the state, or nothing, should he our motto
commission with such limited means as to
belle our prosperity and libel our resources.
asena Pa at aas fefsb
Twenty eight General assembly authorizGd
a commission to lcate the position Of the
| izations which took part in that memorab Bile
siege and to recommend such legislation as
positions thus ascertained and worthily
| commemorate the valor aud services Of
V HG er This commIsIion w aao d S
| pointed and has filed it's report, which IS
submitted to your honorable body with the
| recommendation that IT. be published in
suitable form for distribution. The commits
sion recommends the appropriation Of $780,
am OF the opinion this amount is not OK
cessive. A larger proportion of Iowa troons
part SIEGE IN eha amy so
diers. from Iowa were there engaged than
from any other state save Illinois Visitors
either, the patriotism Of Iowa soldiers or the
apprecia ton, of Iowa people. The Light
lost sixty-three per cent, and Tennyson has
| immortalized their yaicr. The Twenty-sec
ond Iowa in a single charge at Vicksburs
lost eighty-twO per cent, {several other reg
iments during the siege lost from fifty to
oyer seventy per cent? and IT VIII now be
assembly to permanently commemorate both
their valor and their awful sacrifice.
Of h hm c s hf op o }bt that the pfg
, be increased. A bill fixing the salary at
5000 passed the lower house of the Tween
of time failed TO pass the senate. Salaries
of al state officers are very low. They
we're mneh han at yaS
of state was 100000 This. through oueiSu the
discretion lodged with the chief executive,
| has been recently increased to 100000. For
more than six months the balance in tie
large. l am also of the opinion that this
bond should be furnished at the expense of
ne ae IN market tha Yale yane Of the bond
actually paid $1,000 in cash for his bond Of
| 5000. $50. The proposition on final analysis
resolves itself thus: The state treasurer. if
his bond shall remain at $SOO,OCO, must p;N
S1,sG0 per annnm in excess OF his salar,
or he must secure by subscription among
his friends that which is purchasable in the
| market. / think similar provisions should
be made with respect to all bonds required
of public officers.
In view Of the large treasury balance
much of the time, ! recommend that pro-
vision be made whereby the state may re-
GIVE interest on at least the greater por-
ton, and l am gratified that the treasurer
n n NlC,o1nY dat
Of equalization in July of last year, passed
| the following resolutions:
'.The executive council recommends to the
general assembly such lnodi fication Of the
statutes of the state as will allow the board
of review to adjust the assessment of all
| property at the same time, and it suggests
he following ways in which this may be
| lone: Either the railroads might be as.