Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-14
MUST RAISE 1HE LEVY
State Executive Council Will Be
Oblifed to Raise Funds Az.
eregatine 100000
A Levy Of 4 Mills Will Be
Necessary to Raise the
Amount.
Next Biennial Period Likely to
Show a Deficit 50. Conger's
Case.
70 Times-Republican.

,o tho result of the application to the
secratacv of the treasury and his de-
partment for refund OF the wal
penses of the state of Iowa, under 'he
Investigations of Captain Lothrop, the
s+.ta executive council will be under
obligation to provide for funds assre-
pat;np "A. 3OO. 900 for the present pleh-
ln:al neriod. The action of the leglsla-
ture in directing that the certain suiiis
shall be raised will not be affected oy
the possible fund of some of the war
c,.;ns n is figured that with the In
creased assessment of this year. maze
| Inv the assessors last January which
.yi,l reach the executive council In July
| q levy of 4 mills will raise the sum
necessary for the first year or tne pc
| Iriod: but with still larger assessment
land q smaller amount TO pc ralSeu ~
She last year the assessment can be re-
| duced materially. But 1t is reckoneo
by the state officials that there will be
Ideficit at the end of the period, or az
!least that the surplus will all be gone
land the war claims refunded, II the
| state should be so fortunate as to get
| some of this money, will go far toward
lremoving this deficit and placing the
state In excellent condition for the next
biennial period. The levy of l mill for
1.-The benefit of the state educational IN
| stitutions will do great deal toward
,1,<~ ~
lmaldng it possible to make snow OF
! economy the next time. The reports
| from counties on the 1902 assessment
Twill begin to come to the auditor OF
state very soon and then 1T will be
known how much of an increase has
Ibeen made in the assessed value OF the
state property.
/ The latest gossip in Washington re-
garding Major e. III. Conger confirms
/ all that was said last summer in this
correspondence in relation to the min
lister to China. His friends here in Des
sFDines express no surprise that he is to
return home When he started, back tc
China last summer Mrs. Conger ex-
pressed herself as unfavorable to re-
| turn and 1t was only with an under
standing that their stay should not be
long that she yielded. But the fact is
that at the time OF the march to Pekin
or soon thereafter, when the armies o1
| the allies were in complete command OF
affairs in the orient. Major Conger in
Cured the implacable hostility Of the
army and navy clique and thru this
channel influences were brought to bear
at Washington that were very danger
Gus to Major Conger. But for the fact
that he enjoyed, the personal friendship
end high regard of President Mckinley
and the further fact that the Iowa dele
cation was united in standing back OF
him, 1t is doubtful if he could have
withstood the attacks OF the enemies he
had made. Major Conger will return tc
Des Moines and enter business. He is
an excellent business man. Some years
ago he was unfortunate in losing every
thing by reason of the failure of per-
sons with whom he had become con
nected indirectly in business. 1t was
the old story of going security for
| friend and suffering for 1t. When he
was in Des Moines last summer he ar
ranged to pay off portions of the loss
| and he had been ever since he entered
| the diplomatic arena engaged in paying
off old obligations. But his friends de-
sire that he shall get into business
again and demonstrate his capacity tc
do business.
One of the incidents of the change OF
administrations in municipal affairs ir
Des Moines has been the era of thiev-
| A. no, I'M n q
| time when new policemen are taking
the place of old ones is one when rob-
| bers may be bold, the thugs descended
upon Des Moines and for some days
| Immediately following the accession OF
| the new mayor hold-ups and robberies
were reported as of alarming frequen-
cy The new mayor has been convert
| ing the city force as rapidly as possible
| and republicans are taking the place
of democrats at nearly all points. He
announced right at the start that he
wanted his helpers to be republicans
and also to be his friends. There is nc
civil service reform foolishness in May
| or Brenton and he has been doing some
clean sweeping.
The efforts of attorneys and repre-
sentatives of tontine concerns to in
duce Governor Cummins to veto the bill
to bring these irregular institutions
under the building and loan laws of the
state are not likely to be successful
The bill as it passed the legislature was
drawn by Attorney General Mullan an6
| State Auditor Merriam, and before II
was introduced was submitted to Gov
ernor Cummins for his approval. The
attorneys for these concerns have pre-
| sented an oral argument to the effect
| that the bill is unconstitutional anG
| would violate the right of making con-
/ tracts, etc, and before he decided the
matter the governor will secure from
the attorney general brief on the bill
showing it's nature and effect The
| fact that the bill proposes to bring
! these concerns under some sort of reg
ulation where the rights of the public
may be protected indicates that they
are not anxious for any rule that viii
bring them within the pale of safety
The bill will not do any harm to any
legitimate industry.
The volume of session laws for the
| twenty-ninth general assembly will b.
! larger than any for many years. Som,