Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-01
LITTLE DONE THIS WEEK.
Iowa Legislature Is Making Slow
Progress With the Appr0-
priation Bills.
Soldiers Home Bill Being Held
Back-.$24,OOO for Hospital
Addition.
Senate Committee to Take Up
Compulsory Education Bill--
Knoxville Normal.
,ac;aI to Times-Republican

Des Mo;nes, March 1.--There has
been very little done during the Week
lust closing to get the legislative ap-
propriation bills into final shape lot
massage. The committees are engaged
in waiting to permit the disposal OF
other matters and incidentally looklhs
about for other sources of revenue.
This is not a pleasing situation but is
Among other bills that await nhal ae-
ti,f, in the committee is the bill for the
n anpropriation for the Soldiers Home
at Marshalltown, and the main features
of this appropriation are now agreed
upon not only by the members Oh the
house committee on appropriations, put
by the leading members OF the senate
committee. There will be no trimming
Of the amounts asked for. In tne case
of the appropriation for hospltal ad-
dition the board originally asked 1or
S. 0O0 but in view of the BELIEF that IL
would be economy in the long run 10
ask for more the item of $4,000 for this
was inserted in the bill. The commit
tee has virtually agreed upon making
the appropriation for a new hospital OF
addition $4,000, or twice as much as
originally asked. This will not be so
necessary at the present time, but the
members have become convinced tnat
it will be needed in few years In re-
gard to the increase of support there is
still some difference of opinion as to
whether it is best to give per capita
of $40 a month for the civilian help or
to raise the per capita for the soldiers
to SIS. The latter plan appears to be
favored. Either will supply the present
needs of the Home, SO the members of
the committee believe, and there is
dis position to do the right thing.
There will be a hearing next Wednes-
day afternoon by the senate committee
on schools on the compulsory education
bill which has come over from the
house The bill has been referred to a
So committee consisting of Messrs.
Trewin, Ball and Lister, but the entire
committee will give a hearing TO the
advocates of the measure at the time
Indicated 1t is expected that Mr.. Dun
measure in the house, will appear and
speak for it, and it is probable that
State Superintendent Barrett and oth-
ers will be present. The committee has
already heard committee represent
ing the protest of Lutherans against
i the bill. There have been several pro-
tests filed with the committee, but the
members feel that they were practical-
ly all given under misapprehension as
to the import of the bill.
The Knoxville normal school idea is
coming out this coming week and Mr..
Warren expects to press 1T to vote in
the house. The bill has been recon-
mended for favorab BILE action. Mr. War
rem believes he will have no trouble in
passing the bill. 1t is said that he has
votes from sources that might be ex-
pected to be unfriendly and these We're
secured long before the legislature met
largely on political grounds. But the
measure has a great deal of strength
on it's own account, altho many are op-
posed to any new schools Some sur
prise was manifested the past week
when copies of the Normal Eye" the
School, appeared containing an excerpt
from an OSkaloosa newspaper savage
ly attacking State Superintendent Bar
rett and all who We're in favor of more
normal schools, and this appeared
without any comment whatever or
anything to show but that it was en-
dorsed fully at Cedar Falls. 1t has not
before been understood that the Cedar
Falls people We're making war on the
Knoxville project directly. The fact
that Senator Blanchard was in Knox
willie with the excursion and spoke for
the new normal school indicates that
lie has not been moved by the uncalled
for abuse of the newspaper referred to.
The senate ways and means commit
tee did fine job of butchering the sub
committee assessment bill. An amend
ment was offered by Crossley and
adopted which materially changes the
bill and fixes it so that the executive
council Will be left right where it Is
now save and except that there is
hint or suggestion that instead of con-
sidering gross earnings as the best or
first element of value the council may
consider the market value of stocks and
bonds as such. This is n bill of q differ
ent color. AS the bill stood it was in
reality bill to give any outside inter-
meddler an opportunity to punish po-
Ilitical enemies by holding up the stocks
and bonds theory and comparing it
with the work of the council, and yet
there was the appearance of fairness
in mentioning other matters.S The bill
in the form received by the committee
was somewhat ambiguous. Now this
ambiguity has been superseded by a
positive clause directing the council
timating the value of railroad proper
ty, and this clause says that not only
stocks and bonds must be regarded but
also gross and net earnings and the
physical condition Of the property. 1t
remains that under this bill the council
may put up the assessment to the av
erage value of stocks and bonds or
leave 1t where if is now, just as the
members of the council see fit. The
change made. however, is one which
was first suggested in the sub-commit-
tee. The identical words inserted by
the committee were in the first two
drafts Of the bill, but came out later. In
a form that is reasonably satisfactory
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