Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-15
IS MAKING PROGRESS
Iowa Legislature Has Made Fair
Headway During the Past
Week.
Brief Resume OF What Has Been
Accomplished -. Important
Bills to Come.
Measure for Board Of Managers
for Educational Institutions
Discussed.
Special to Times-Republican.

! lature has made some progress the
past week Speaker Eaton some time
Iago made the announcement that
when members of the house pass bills
on the calendar the bills will go to the
foot. The threat was not put in force
week, with the effect that several bills
We're forced to a vote that had been
hanging fire some time. Later in the
session this rule, If rightly followed,
will force action on many of the minor
bills. During the next week there
will be much done, unless all signs fail.
The calendars are full, altho committee
| work has not been heavy this week.
The important educational bills will
sorry education bill in the senate and
| the millage tax bills in the house. The
committee on appropriations is un-
derstood to have reported out the mill
age tax bills with the normal school
tox of i mill first so that it will come
up on the calendar ahead of the tax for
the university and college. The plan
| is to put the normal school tax first
and the full strength of the normal
school will be shown. The friends OF
the other two institutions will be given
to understand that unless they grant
the normal school tax they will get
nothing for their institutions. The
normal school is under one decided dis
advantage in that the plea has been
put forth somewhat forcibly on behalf
OF the normal school that already II
has accommodations for 400 to 60O
more students than are now there. Ii
the normal school is far from being
filed now, why give 1t $4,000 a year
for five years? That is the question
that will be put to the normal school
people. The fierce rivalry between
the three institutions will become APP
parent next week when these bills
come up.
Is The house spent most of today's ses-
sion in discussion Of the billfor a board
Of managers for educational institu-
tions Complaint was made that the
bill had been rushed thru the judiciary
committee without chance for hear
tngs and that the bill was too impor-
tant to come before the house at pres
ent. Temple offered q number of
amendments to the bill. The opponents
of the measure wanted it referred to a
special committee, but it was sent back
to the judiciary committee to give a
chance for the heads of colleges to ap-
pear and oppose 1t.
The Freeman bill to provide five
days notice to property owners when
mulct tax is assessed against buildings
was passed. Governor Cummins pre-
sented a message accompanying a bill
to grant jurisdiction of the United
States over ground selected for federal
use. The senate passed bills as fol-
lows: To forbid the sale of cocaine, ex-
cept on prescriptions; raising age limit
for girls at reformatory; prohibit fish
ing in the Big Sioux river; to punish
for kidnapping for ransom; to create
the office of colonel of cadet at state in
stitutions.
The movement in regard to the re-
moval of the state university to
better campus received another boost
yesterday in the Larrabee resolution
to amend the constitution so as to per-
NIT removal from the city. There is
no possibility of removal, but the peo-
pie at Iowa City are warned. The
idea put forth in the resolution which
was adopted in February looking to
the purchase of ground for university
proper just outside of the city of Iowa
t1,o nfae
down town, is gaining favor and the
members are discussing the matter
seriously and they are good friends of
the university. On the other hand the
university people deprecate this
agitation and say it is very bad. They
do not fear any removal but they feel
that the agitation is hurtful. 1t Is un-
derstood that quite recently the uni
versity has been assured OF bequests
for the endowment fund running up to
as high as 100000 which will not come
if the university is to be moved, nor
If it is to be placed under a board of
managers instead of u board of reg
ents. There will be some drawbacks
to the board of managers system, but
at the same time the measure has
commended itself to many good friends
of the university. The measure was
prepared by Temple, Hurn and Payne.
1t is learned that great pressure is be-
ing brought on Temple to get him to
withdraw his support from the meas
ure and it is likely to succeed.
The matter of appropriations Will
come before the house next week. AL
ready the enemies of the state institu-
tions are opening fire on the board OF
control and all the institutions under
it's care and are filling some of the To-
cal papers with stuff intended to have
its effect in lessening the appropria-
tions for the institutions. But when
the work of making the appropriations
is once entered upon it will go thru
quickly.
The senate committee on appropria-
tions has also recommended the $4,000
for the state fair people for stock
Judging pavilion. This is regarded as
q signal victory for the agricultural
society.
The vote on the railroad bills in the
house yesterday afternoon, which vote
was reached after an extended debate,