Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-11

subcommittee found him a tall and
handsome Young man, of great intelli-
gence and thoroughly We'll educated. lie
has been a model prisoner save that IL
is related that shortly after he was sent
to prison it was suspected that ne is'u
slotted against guard ana collteln-
plated something serious. But Wesley
was put at work in the library ana nm
proved his opportunities. he mas pc
come a serious student and man ol
marked individuality. The impression
he made on the members OF the lesls-
lature was a fine one and 1t is proplpie
he will be recommended for release. ne
members from his own county are
against a pardon.
The subject of an appellate court for
iowa was precipitated on the house TINS
morning by a report of the judiciary
committee recommending loi pas9aso
the Temple bill to establish such d
court for Iowa. The need Oh soiiie
to relieve the supreme court ana W i'
cilitate business in the mat,er OIL ap
peals has been apparent iohs thi's'
The supreme court is hopeleSsy ~
yolyed in work and it's business Is
wear behind. An average OF more ,iidh
1Oc cases for each one of the SIX JUICES
of the court has been ground thfu .iis
court each wear for a dozen years, ana
the number is steadily increasing. VI
necessity this results In decisions Una.
represent merely the opinions OF soii'e
one member of the court. ana out
very small proportion OF the aecisiohs
are considered in even the shSi'ese
degree by all the members OF the court.
The efforts to reduce the nuil'pei VI
cases going to the court nave peeh lu-
tile. Two years ago Mr.. Temple, the
well-known aggressive member from
Clarke county, prepared and lhlro-
duced a bill for an appellate court no.
patterned after any existing Dill or law
but containing features from MANY
sources. 1t was too late to be got thfu
last session, and at the opening OF the
present session he gave notice OF ms
| intention to bring it up again. His Dill
has been in the hands of the committee
FOR. many weeks and was finally report
ed for passage and will be taken up
very soon. 1t provides for an appellate
conrt of three Judges at $4,000 a year
to sit at the state capitol and to hear
| ana determine llIoliS siiA >sAes'So
the amount in controversy does not
exceed $4,000, exclusive of interest ana
costs, except in cases where the tltie 10
real estate is directly involved, or the
constitutionality of n statute, the Vald-
/ ity of any act or ordinance OF a NUM-
cipal corporation, or the construction
of the validity of a will, or In suits fo1
divorce, or in actions or special pro-
ceedings where no money Judgment IS
demanded, other than costs. PROVISION
is made for publishing the reports. Ihe
supreme court clerk and reporter snail
be ex-officio clerk and reporter in the
appellate court. Mr.. Clarke is conh-
dent that this is the best possible way
to give relief to the Iowa supreme court
and get rid of the long delays which
| follow appeals to that over-burdened
body.
Already talk has been commenced of
candidates for the prospective posi-
tions on the board of managers for ed
ucational institutions. The board is to
be a non partisan one, or rather bl-
partisan one strictly political. and the
first name mentioned for place was
that of Washington ]. Babb, of Mt.
Pleasant as a democrat. The name OF
Col. AlonZo Abernethy, OF Usage, has
been mentioned as another. But right
at the outset those who have been for
several weeks preparing the bill came
to realize that If they are going to get
good men on the board they must pro-
vide decent salaries, and so the bill as
introduced provides for salaries of ST.
| 600 a year for the members. 1t also
provides for secretary at $1,500
year. Even these salaries are small
compared with the salaries in the board
of control for state institutions. An
other change in the bill before intro
duction, mace at the last moment, was
to provide that certain important sec
tions of the board of control law should
apply to the board of managers. This
board of managers is to have full
charge of the educational institutions
and to supersede all the trustees and
regents. 1t is expected, however, that
| the board will, be more q business man
aging body than to direct the educa-
tional work, the Faculties being left to
| lay out their courses of study. The fact
| is that In the next few years there will
be vast amount of building and i'm
provement at these educational 1nsti-
| tutions The burned buildings will be
rebuilt and others added and business
managers are needed rather than
theorists in educational work. The bill
will meet with strong opposition from
some quarters, but will command great
strength because of the popularity at
the present time of the board of control
for penal and charitable institutions.
Editor Anderson, of Indianola, won a
decided victory in q small way in COM
mittee. His road bill was taken by the
road committee of the house and sub
stitute offered in it's place covering the
same ground in another way. He had
lit sent to the judiciary committee, and
that committee has recommended a
substitute which is the Anderson bill
just as at first introduced. The bill
contemplates making change from
the sub district system to the township
system.
The senate sent to the house an om-
nibus legalizing act, which legaliZed all
| instruments that We're defectiyely ac-
lnowledged. The house Judiciary COM
mittee was unanimous in killing the
measure as one fraught with great
danger
The bill to exempt endowment poll
cies from attachment has been slaugh-
tered by house committees, also the bill
to legalize payments for liquor.
A bill to permit park commissioners
in Burlington and Clinton to select one