Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-15
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Iowa Legislature May Adjourn
Until June on Account of
the Disease.
Both Houses Take Note OF the
Smallpox Situation in
Iowa.
Trip to Knoxville Taken This
Afternoon..The Trewin
Resolution.
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| Des Moines, Feb. 15.--The legislature
morning. The senate made a special
order for Tuesday for the bill To au-
thorize the state board of health 10 in
| terfere where local boards are doing
nothing, and In the house a resolution
was introduced to provide that. on ac-
count OF the smallpox the legislature,
adjourn from next Wednesday until the
first Monday in June.
The house today passed the Fields
/ bill to prohibit seining in the Big Sioux
river, the Wilson bill to take off the
limit on corporation fees. and the
Wright bill in regard to the time of
settlement between the state auditor
and treasurer.
The members of both houses went to
Knoxville this afternoon.
The Trewin resolution to cause the
committee on retrenchment and reform
to look into the reason for the failure
of certain officials to report their eX-
penditures TO the executive council
viii cause some stir when its full i'm
port is discovered. A number of the
reports which appear in the published
report of the executive council were
never sworn to and the state officials
refused TO do so. Others We're made
by clerks or stenographers The re-
port of the state geological department
was not made by the person in charge.
The supreme court report was fur
nished by a janitor. The mine inspec
tors report was overlooked until after
the index of the book had been printed.
The report of the state veterinary sur
geon Is imperfect and unsatisfactory
inasmuch as it does not show any of
the facts demanded by the law. The
report of the state university is said
to he far from complete and does not
go into details as contemplated in the
oct. The secretary of the council had
a great deal of trouble in securing
these reports and last summer there
was manifested a decided disposition
to not make the reports or to so make
them that they would mean little. The
investigation proposed is TO stir this
thing UP and find out why the reports
are so imperfect and how the matter
can be remedied. The committee on
retrenchment and reform to which the
matter will be referred should both
houses pass the resolution, consists of
Messrs Junkin, Garst, Healey. Clarke,
Temple and Hughes. In the hands of
such a committee delinquents would
fare badly.
1t is believed that the Hogue bill in
relation to furnishing cars to grain
dealers will be acted upon favorably
in the house committee on railroads.
No other bill has gone thru the senate
SO easily. 1t was put thru before it
was printed and nobody knew much
about it. But there are indications
that some of the grain men of the
state, and particularly those who are
interested in the line elevators, are
going to make it appear that there are
two sides to the question. The bill
may meet with opposition on the
ground that 1t is inimical to the per-
Chicago market
The bill to take off the tax on foreign |
insurance companies is being much |
discussed by the members. There are
that the bill will meet with |
favor, altho thus far the insurance
bills of all kinds have met with hard
ships along the way. Aside from the |
fact that the present law is alleged to
be driving insurance companies out of |
the state 1t is claimed that the rev.
enues of the state will actually be in
creased in the long run by the repeal
of the discriminating tax.
Senator Classen's bill to provide that
the state shall erect a monument in
honor of the Iowa soldiers who died in
prison, came as a sur
prise. 1t appropriates $4,000 for the
purpose and provides for Il commission
of five persons to erect the monument.
There We're many Iowa soldiers in
at one time or another
and the bill Immediately met with
some favor among the old soldiers.
The appropriations committees have
not yet got around to the consideration
of the bills for Vicksburg, Shiloh and
similar places.
Senator Maytag has scored hit
with his bills relating to the depart
lnent of labor and labor statistics. The
provision that factories should be reg
ularly inspected and that somebody
should have power to order fire es-
capes and safety appliances is one that
has been frequently recommended.
The provision that factories should
have sanitary conveniences for work
men and especially for the women en-
ployed. commends itself at once to ev
eryone. The other provisisions are
for the safety of workmen around dan
gerous machinery. Iowa is coming to
be state of factories and machine
shops and the factory problems which
have been considered in others tates for
many years are comparatively new to
Iowa people; but there are many who
believe that the state should not longer
wait to take steps toward obviating
dangers in factory employment. These
bills coming as they do from one of
the most extensive manufacturers of
the state. himself large employer of
skilled labor, ought to attract great
deal Of attention. u