Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-18

| ICqrpOratiOn nOtlCeS In daily papers, anu
Junkin's bill to correct an error in the
probate law The Colclo habitual GRIM
| inal act was divided and approved. 1t
provides that on third conviction for q
trivial offense criminal can be sent up
| for twenty-five years.
| The committee on ways and means
| of the senate today received from the
| sub committee on the Lothrop bill re-
port which finally killed the bill for this
session, and there will be no more talk
of bill to authorize the employment
| of assistance in prosecuting tn, iowa
war claims unless something &C IS up
that is unexpected and unfor. sn. In
fact the recent letters from Allison
and Shaw in Washington,have disposed
of the matter for the present The COM
mittee report is for indefinite postpone
ment of the bill for the reason that the
| situation has materially changed since
the bill was introduced. The sub-com-
| mittee found that the governor of
Iowa acting under the laws and the
advise of the attorney general en-
| ployed Capt. Lothrop to prosecute these
war claims against the government and
| that Capt. Lothrop rendered services
for which he has not been compensated
save that he has received S16l.64 for his
| expenses, which sum was paid at dl-
vers times under the direction of GOV.
Shaw The subcommittee reported
setting forth that the claim of the state
had been withdrawn from the court OF
claims by Secretary Shaw and is now
again in the auditing department OF the
government, and that as soon as the
Items are properly audited and the
proofs presented most of which proofs
are of clerical nature, the state Will
receive it's share of the old war claims
The subcommittee also reported that
there is now in the hands of the gov
ernor of Iowa of the fund of $4,000 ap-
propriated by the last legislature for
employment of legal services IN state
matters the sum of S1.SS2O5, all OF
which may be used before April next;
and IL this is not sufficient to COM
pensate Capt. Lothrop and to pay for
what legal assistance the attorney gen
eral may need the appropriations COM
mittee can provide for the same. In
short. the committee has decided fully
that there shall be no bill allowing
percentage to Capt. Lothrop but rec
ognizes the fact that the state has IN
Cured an Indebtedness and that capt.
Lothrop has valid claim against the
state for legal services in the case ana
ought to be paid reasonable amount
But in view of the assurances from
Washington that the state Will soon get
| it's money the committee declines TO
recommend any contract or agreement
on percentage basis.
| The following is the full text of a
protest filed with the committees on
schools and text books yesterday by
| Representative Colclo, of Carroll
| county:
Carroll. Iowa, Feb. 16. 1902.-To the
| General Assembly of the Iowa Legis-
lcture Now in Session at Des Moines-
Gentlemen: At meeting held today
by st. Peters and st. Pauls Catholic
congregation in this city about 500 vot-
ers decided to send in a protest against
several bills before the house. The first
lis House File No 10, by Dunham. The
voters gathered at that meeting have
no objection against the passage of
mere truant law, but they do object to
the above bill, as the same 1nterferes
with the rights of parents These rights
| Of caring for their children they con-
slider not subject to the regulations of
the state, as this would involve a prin-
| ciple of socialism. For with the same
L right and on the same principle the
state might pass a general law as to
how parents should feed and clothe
their children. If the state claims no
such right but considers 1t simply its
| right and duty to care for children left
destitute by parents. it follows that the
state has no right to Interfere with
| the duty and rights of the parents of
feeding the minds of their children, for
this is all the state claims to do any
how, as it acknowledges its utter in
ability in regard to moral training. If
children become loafers. neglected by
parents. and a public nuisance. the
state for it's own future safety and we'll
being has right to see that a remedy
be applied, provided such can be done
by mere police force, without moral or
religious influence. In one word the
above voters shall not object to tru-
ant law applying to loafing and vaga-
bond children. But they fail to see
reason of enacting a law humiliatlng
the citizens of our state in matter
where on their own accord they show
themselves most eager and shun no
expense in bringing the greatest sacri-
fees because recognizing the power
and benefit OF education. Moreover. the
above mentioned voters hereby most
emphatically protest against House
File No. 134 by jerks. providing for
free text books. and against House File
No. 45 by Powers, a bill providing for
transportation of children. These bills
are objected to because they are So
cialistic in principle, establishing un-
due paternalism. the state taking un-
necessarily the place of parents. They,
moreover, heavily burden the people
with taxes, rendering more and more
difficult the maintenance of private and
parochial schools. which to cripple is
against the interests of the state. For
apart from the fact that they save the
state an enormous amount of taxes,
they inculcate religion and thereby
help to make good and law abiding
citizens. The undersigned have been
appointed a committee to bring the
aforegoing to the knowledge of the
members of the legislature.
"Signed-Rev. Joseph Kuemper. Jo-
seph Weidemier, William Langenfeld,
F. Berger, l.. w. Schumacher, John Dali
ker. r. Ohdendohl NJ. Boyer, F. Floren-