Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-04

fine dust and his health would fail
So he set about in his own factory 10
provide blowers to carry away the
dust and placed all sorts of appliances
for the safety and health OF the WORK
men. The more he has STUDIED the
question the more he is convinced that
Iowa should not wait longer for legls-
lation requiring such things In aii
factories and especially authorizing
the state labor commissioner or other
person to take regular inspections OIL
all factories to see that the ilVes OIL
men are not in jeopardy by reason OF
the negligence or greed of employers.
The salary question is coming TO be
one over which there is marked disa-
greement in the legislature. The sew
eral bills to increase pay of pubic ser
wants have not Jared very Well. Inc
committee on compensation of pubic
officers reported to the senate TINS
morning several bills on the salary
question which will have to be fought
out on the floor of the senate. The bill
to change the pay of county superln-
tendants from per diem of "a to an
annual salary of s1.50O was changed
and reported as a salary of $l.25o. rms
is Senator Trewin's bill and 1T is prob
able the senate will not acquiesce IN
this change without struggle. Ihe
bill to increase the salary OF the as
sistant attorney general was reported
with the sum fixed at $1,000. The as
sistant attorney general now gets ST.
200 When it is known that the chief
deputies and the secretary to the gov
ernor get $500. and it is considered
that the assistant attorney general
must be a competent lawyer and be
able to prepare the state cases for sub
mission to the supreme court, the IN
justice OF the present salary is appar-
ent, but even $1,000 is pretty small for
such an office. The bill to change the
salaries of county recorders was re-
ported for rostponement, but another
bill is coming from the house on this
subject if it can be got thru. The bill
for the changing of the methor of pay
ing sheriffs was sent to a sub-conimit-
tee. This bill came from the house
somewhat complicated but providing
for graded salary in accordance with
the size of the county and the business
done.
The bill to give the governor of Iowa
a salary of $4,000 a year was reported
back to the senate with a recommends
ton that the salary be increased to $5,-
900. This would be an acceptable in
crease and would satisfy reasonably
we'll those who are interested in the
matter 1t would not affect the salary
of the governor during his present
term. That part of the bill which pro-
posed an increase in the salary of the
secretary to the governor was stricken
out entirely. 1t proposed an increase in
the salary of the secretary to the gov
ernor was stricken out entirely. 1t
proposed an increase in salary to s1,S00
a year.
The committee on compensation of
eublic officers took up another matter
Of Importance and reported it back to-
day in manner sure to cause some
trouble. This is the judges salary
question The bill to increase the pay
of district judges which the passed the
house with an increase to S3,50O a
year, after being cut down In commit
tee from $4,000 year. was still further
reduced by the senate trimmers to 3d.
900 year. This is such a slight raise
of salary that the friends of the judges
would prefer that the measure should
be defeated entire rather than have 1T
succeed in that form. An effort will be
made to have the bill pass the senate
in the form in which it came from the
house. The bill to raise the salaries Of
supreme judges to $4,000 year has not
yet been reported to the senate. But
determined effort is to be made to have
the senate put the bill back into the
condition it was when introduced by
Representative Cummings. The house
changed the $4,000 salary to $4,000 and
struck out all that part of the bill
which is so much desired by the bar
of the state and was considered an es-
sential of the bill, relating to the terms
of the supreme court and the manner of
disposing of business in that court. The
senate is being lined up to get the bill
back into it's original form, and the be-
lief prevails that if it is sent over to the
house in that form it will be passed.
Quite a number of the representa- atives
have had cause since to rgret that they
helped destroy the bill. There will be
a hearing before senate committee on
the bill next Thursday afternoon at 8
o'clock, and 1t is expected that a num-
ber of the leading lawyers of the state
will be present to explain the purposes
of the measure and urge its passage in
the form prepared by Mr.. Cummings.
The large Council Bluffs delegation,
with John N. Baldwin at the head, will
be here, and leading lawyers from Ce-
dar Rapids, Dubuque and other cities.
The lawyers are dead in earnest in
their demands for supreme court re-
forms and say that in such a reform
legislature this should not be over
looked.
GOES DEMOCRATIC.