Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-14

The legislature will go to Knoxville
tomorrow afternoon to see the buildings
which have been erected there and
which it is proposed shall be made use
of for a state normal school. Repre-
| sentative Warren has the matter OF the
program in charge. and has arranged
that the welcoming address shall be by
Judge Gamble. and the addresses by
members of the Legislature and others
as follows: Education in Iowa, John
| Cownie; Patriotism, Senator Harri-
man; Iowa Must Lead in Educational
Affairs" Speaker Eaton; Senatorial
Dignity" Senator Ball; Education the
Hope of the World, Representative
Nagle; The Needs of Education"
Representative Walters ECONOMY and
Expediency" Senator Townsend; The
School Teachers" Representative Elk
er:: The Progress of Civilization, Rep
resentative Kendall; The Needs of
Normal Facilities in Iowa." Supt. Bar
rett. 1t Is expected that by the time
the legislators return from Knoxville
they will be unanimously in favor of a
new normal school.
probably go thru the house and senate
with little trouble. Senator Harper
made a canvass of the senate and found
only two against it. This was 50 en-
Icouraging that he will push it thru. 1t
was the special order in the senate to-
day.
| The pardons committee considered
the Quinn and ElkinS cases yesterday.
Both cases are being opposed; in fact,
all the pardon applications are being
resisted. There has been a great deal
said about the Elkins case and 1t is
probable that no pardon will be rec
commended for the young convict.
$50
The sportsmen had hearing before
various members of the legislature late
yesterday afternoon and many OF them
have been urging the measure they ad-
vocate on the legislators. In general
the sportsmen want revision of the laws
relating to closed and open seasons.
They want two absolutely closed sea-
sons, one from Jan. l to Feb. Is. and the
other from May Is to Sept. l, during
which time there can be nothing shot.
not even squirrel or a jack-rabbit.
In support of this position they declared
to the members of the fish and game
committee that so long as it is legal to
shoot rabbits men will go out with guns
and dogs and shoot all kinds of birds.
The sportsmen also want the law fixed
so that buffalo, carp and suckers may
be speared or seined at any time, no
protection being given these fish They
have asked for license fee of 81 for
every person who desires to take his
gun and go out to shoot. The money
realized from this would be used to pay
for enforcement of the game laws. This
is virtually the Wisconsin plan.
There is good prospect that the
sheriff's fee bill will be favored in its
present form. The committee on COM
pensation, of public officers today re-
ported to the house the Boysen bill with
material changes. AS it is at present
the sheriffs in counties of over $4,000
are guaranteed salaries of $3,5O0; in
counties of $4,000 or over salaries of
$4,000, and in smaller counties $4,000.
The deputies get from $500 to $1,000,
the pay of the chief deputy coming out
of fees. but If there are others, to be
guaranteed by the county. In this form
the bill went on the calendar and it is
highly favored by the members.
The Bruce Emmert case will wait
until next week for the members of the
committees having the contest in
charge to count the nearly 200 ballots
about which there is still some scontro-
yersy. The arguments on the legal
Of hav haa1, concluded
but the disputed ballots viii have to be
committee.
In the debate yesterday on the con-
stitutional amendment to give each and
every county of the state a member of
the house Senator Blanchard declared
that the entire scheme originated with
Representative Temple and was be-
cause his county-Clarke-w too
small to properly have member and
would not have one now but for the fact
that all the other counties surrounding
1t are large counties. But 1T also de-
veloped before the debate was finished
that one reason Blanchard desires the
defeat of the measure is the hope that
ii things are left alone Mahaska county
will soon have two representatives.
Some question arose as to why the peo-
pie voted down the measure a few years
ago. and the explanation was offered
by Senator Hartman that the law then
required the placing of the constitu-
tional question on the other ballot and
men overlooked it. He referred to the
fact that in this town the chairman of
the committee went about tacking up
signs asking the voters not to forget to
vote on the amendment, then went into
the booth and forgot to vote for 1t him.
self Now the amendment would go on
a separate slip and 1t would more likely |
carry
The appropriations committee of the
house expects to have it's omnibus bill
for appropriations for all the various |
board of control institutions ready for
discussion the first of next week.
Capt Lothrop last evening received a
letter from Senator Allison which indi- |
Gated that the senator has not yet got |
the straight of the Iowa war claims. |
He stated, in response to an inquiry |
from Capt. Lothrop that he had no
doubt that If Iowa will withdraw the |
claim from the court of claims and send |
IT to the treasury department it will be
there. This indicates that |
4 he impression prevails in Washington |