Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-03
ARE READY FOR WORK
The Iowa Legislature Expected
to Get Down to Business
This Week.
Davenport Business Men Want
Tax on Foreign Insurance
Companies Removed.
State Superintendent Barrett in
Favor of More Normal
Schools.
necial to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Feb. 3.-The senate helo
short session this morning, there
being not quorum present, and ut
tie interest taken in proceedings. Two
bills only were introduced. Senator
Hayward, of Davenport, presented q
petition of the business men of Daven-
port for removal of the discriminating
tax on foreign insurance companies
doing business in Iowa, reciting that
since the big fire In Davenport 1t has
been found almost impossible to Sc
cure insurance. He introduced a bill
to repeal this tax. The other bill was
by Arthaud relating to tax in aid OF
railroads.
The senate adopted a rule to hold
sessions from ten to twelve each day
a rule to require duplicates of bills and
a rule in regard to printing the cal
endar and then adjourned.
In the house this afternoon bill was
introduced by Wilson, of Washington,
to appropriate $500 for building a
state arsenal in Des Moines and bill
by Cassel to provide for killing English
sparrows and protection of American
birds.
Larrabee introduced the resolution
favoring the Hoar bill against injunc-
tion and it was referred to the COM
mittee on federal relations.
This week so the managers assure ev-
erybody, the Legislature will get down
to business and do more than in the
previous three or four weeks. There
are loud complainings about the dila-
tory tactics. Nobody appears to be al
fault, but there has been nobody here
to spur the legislature to action. The
junketing out of the way and the print
ing caught up, the Legislature will this
week do some business Farmer MEM
bets, who have been remaining here
over Sunday and all the time, have
cause to complain of the lawyer mem-
bers who want to take long recesses
and wait. Later everybody will be
rushing business to conclusion.
State Superintendent Barrett disa-
grees with President Seerley as to the
necessity for more normal schools. The
state superintendent stands with the
State Teachers Association in favor of
greater opportunities for the education
of professional teachers in Iowa. In his
report he took strong ground in favor
r,f nd h inf
ence will be in that direction during the
session whenever he is asked by mem.
bers of the legislature And, by the
way. Professor Barrett has wide ac-
quaintance with the members and his
influence will count for something.
If the efforts of many officials in the
state to secure raise of salaries in
county and state offices are to be sue
cessful there must be little more
modesty about candidates. In some of
the counties where the county cam
paigns have been started early the can
didateS are very numerous and ag-
gressive. Legislators are watching this,
and some of them are saying that high
er salaries do not seem to be necessary
to secure candidates for offices.
The excursion trip to Ames Is sched-
uled for Feb. 30, and Capt. Greeley VIII
issue the invitations. But the trip can
be made in an hour and the legislature
is not likely to take the whole day for
the junket.
The action of the appropriations
committee of the Unated States senate
in agreeing to make appropriations to
pay the war claims of the states as fast
as these claims are passed on by the
court of claims is an encouragement to
the friends of the measure to secure a
half million or more for Iowa. 1t is re-
earded as certain that the court of
claims will approve the majority of the
Iowa claims. All that is needed is for
the legislature to authorize Governor
Cummins to enter into a contract with
Captain Lothrop to press the claims at
Washington. Congress has recognized
the business of these claims and Iowa
is sure to get her share.
Governor Cummins goes to Ottumwa
TO speak this evening before the y. M.
C. A. and give assistance to a worthy
cause.