Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-15

reputation, and 1t is safe to say that
the Iowa commission will stand equal
to that of any other state in the pur-
chase.
For Charity.
The senate also managed to get
through couple of small appropria-
ton bills-$2, 900 for the home for un
fortunate women at Sioux City, and a
like amount for the Benedict home at
Des Moines.
Friends of Education Easy.
At last the friends of the educational
institutions can breathe freely. They
have been on tender hooks since the
very beginning of the session wonder
ing how much they might be able to
extract from the state purse for the
next two years. The members and
senators representing the localities
where these institutions are located
have been energetic and untiring. They
have pointed out to their colleagues
the varied needs and the growing de-
mands upon the facilities and build
lngs now available and can at least
be fairly satisfied with the result of
their labors. The millage bills were
passed a few days ago and provide a
fund for the next five years to be used
in erecting and furnishing new build
ings. The legislature now has pass.
ed the support appropriations and have
been fairly liberal, following main
ly the recommendation of the board
of trustees and regents with such cuts
as might safely be made in view of the
depleted condition of state finances
ic. n or
state has entered upon a new era of
liberality and farsightedness so far as
its educational institutions are con-
cerned. The people and their RSe-
sentatlves have now grown tired dShe
plnch-penny patch work methods here
tofore pursued and future efforts will
be directed towards definite end
and the placing of a higher education
in Iowa on a plane which has been
hitherto unattainable.
Hubbard Bill Passed,
The senate yesterday afternoon con-
Cured in the house amendment to the
Hubbard bill, relating to the increase
of the power of railroads in Iowa in
the matter of making extensions and
effecting consultations. Hubbard
moved to concur in the house amend
ment and the vote was 80 to IL. The
bill is now ready to go to the COVER
nor who, it is understood, will not
veto it.
Kills Tax Ferret Bill.
The senate killed the tax ferret bill
by laying it on the table. The vote
was 27 to II.
Teh house bill to increase the per
OF
dustrial school from 50 to Sill was
amended to $40 and passed.
Never Done Before.
Never before in the history of the
house of representatives of the general
assembly has the session come to
close without the appointment of
Sitting committee to winnow out the
bills and select those which are of i'm.
portance or worthy of passage. The
present house is through with it's own
work and has since yesterday morning
only been waiting the action of the SEN
ate and taking up what has been sent
over to it from that body. Every
measure which the committees have
recommended has been considered on
It's merits and disposed of by the full
house. This has been subject of
congratulation, and found expression
yesterday forenoon when the members
INDUCED in praise of Speaker Eaton
for the successful manner in which
he has conducted business and for the
manner in which he stood for all the
rights and privileges of the body over
which he presides. From all parts of
the house this came, the members of
the minority vying with their col
leagues outside The strip in telling of
the fairness with which they have
been treated. And yet it hardly re-
quires this to inform those who have
been close to the house during the
whole session to show what a place of
honor and real affection the speaker
has gained. In his rulings he has been
invariably fair. The reins have been
handled skillfully; not frightened until
the house was FESTIVE, nor yet so lax
that it was ever put out of control.
1t has ben a constant lesson in par
them have been knotty and demanding
quick decision, yet Mr.. Eaton has not
failed in single instance Once or
twice there has been brush with the
body at the south end of the capitol
w Tie SpSdhSI llTHnGSS mas
resulted in a victory for the popular
house.
Business Methods.
That methods of business have pre-
vailed as against political scheming
shows up now at the close Last even
ing the senate had still some seventy
bills upon it's calendar, yet the greater
portion of the forenoon was spent in
vain debate over the proposition to
raise the salaries of the district court
judges. The bill as originally intro
duced in the house by Cummings of
Marshall proposed an advance from
$1,000 to $4,000, but the house cut this
down to $4,000, and in this form it
finally passed to the senate by vote
of q to 81.
Des Moines, April 11.-(Special)-I
A bill passed the senate this morning
which is destined to save thousands of
dollars to school districts in the state
of Iowa. The measure was introduce
ed by Hon. A. w. Buchanan, of Ottum-
wa, and provides that school warrants