Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-10
S|25,O)0 FOR ST. LOUIS
House Had Given $l5O.OOO. But
Senate Believes $125,000
Enough for Fair.
House Bill Making District
Judses' Salaries $500 Per
Year Passes Senate.
Railroad Lobby Abandons Mols.
berry Bill Because Governor
Will Not Sign 1t.
pecial to Times-Republican.

VIII lNVk 0A6A AN
| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, April 10.-The senate
| this morning passed the appropriation
for the St Louis exposition ana llXed
the sum at s125,OoO while the house had
previously made it s15O,000. The SEN
ate also passed the district court Dill
increasing the pay of judges to $4,000 a
year. This bill had already passed the
house so that it awaits only the COVER
nors signature to become law.
| The house concurred in minor senate
amendments to all the bills which came
over from the senate and at the noon
hour the house resolution highly COM
| plirnentary to Speaker Eaton was adop-
tied with fattering remarks by many
members and a neat speech by Eaton in
response.
| w. P. Brady, of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern railway, one of
| the leading members in the railway
lobby that has been urging the passage
of the Molsberry railway merger bill,
and chairman Wise, of the house COM
mittee on railways, are authority for
| the statement that no further effort
will be made to get the measure thru
| thet house. They state that they had
hoped the compromise measure passing
| the senate Tuesday would meet the OBJ
/ iections raised in the governors veto
| of the original bill, but as they have
/ been assured that the governor will
again exercise his veto. should the Dill
pass the house, they will not embarrass
their friends in the house by asking
them to go on record needlessly only
1.-Two days before adjournment.
Senator Classen Is very Ill with fever
Land confined to his bed, and will not be
able'to attend any more sessions. Mrs,
Classen came to attend him. This will
explain his absence from the senate
yesterday and Tuesday, when impor-
tant matters were up. He has been one
| OF the most faithful in attendance at all
4 the sessions and regrets exceedingly
! thet he should be compelled to be abb
sent In the closing days.
The bill to give rent free to the adj
! jutant quartermaster and surgeon at
| the Soldiers Home went to the house
calendar this morning. The bill passed
the senate.
Senator Healeys constituents heard
that he was trying to suppress bill to
prohibit Sunday base ball and got after
him with a petition. But the senator
disclaims any knowledge of the bill and
says he has not tried to run away with
| 1t.
Mr.. Hughes undertook to get thru a
measure which would make persons
bringing diseased live stock into the
| state responsible, whether they are
aware of the diseased condition of the
| live stock or not. At present there is
loophole In the law which makes L
easy to evade. The bill was recon-
mended by the state veterinarian. Mr..
Hughes, in support of the measure,
read an extended editorial in favor of
the bill from Wallace's Farmer. The
house killed the bill.
| The resolution by Senator Trewin in
relation to the Nelson Corliss bill in
congress to strengthen the interstate
commerce law had been held back for
some reason until the present time. II
had just been placed on the house cal
| endar for action and was passed yes
terday. The resolution met with ready
response in the senate. 1t was in
1 A. ,1,x,
wrote a letter to Senator Trewin ap-
proving the bill. The resolution was
prepared by Trewin alone, and has
| been earnest in pushing it to the front.
| One of the meritorious bills which
has just been passed and will go to the
governor was desired by the railroad
companies that are making extensions
or improvements. This is to allow them
! to condemn for depot purposes before
the completion of the road. Under the
| present law condemnation for ground
must be after the railroad is completed.
| Thus If condemnation is necessary at
all it results in two condemnation cases
against the same property owner, with
double expense. The bill as it has been
| passed permits the condemnation where
deemed advisable by the commission
| erS.
1t is unlikely that the Langan bill In
relation to the sale of Intoxicating Ii
quors will get thru the senate. 1t passed
| the house and provides that it shall b..
a misdemeanor for any person to buy
liquor for minor, habitual drunkard
or one who has taken any of the So
called cures for inebriacy The pur-
pose of the bill is to protect the keep
ers of saloons from petty prosecutions
which result in blackmail. The bill is
made to conform to other portions of
the law which prohibit the saloonkeep-
er from making such sales.
There was lively discussion in the
senate over the bill to give $4,000 fo-
a stock judging pavilion on the fair
grounds in Des Moines. Hartman had
charge of the bill and delivered anselo-
quent speech lauding the agricultural
interests of the state to the skies. The
bill was opposed strongly by Lewis,
who made facetious remarks about the
things which these agriculturists want.
He declared that there was no demand
from the farmers for this bill and APP
| preparation, but it came from those
who manage fairs. In the discussion 1t
was brought out that by the very con-
stitution of the state it is made one OF
the duties Of the state to promote ag-