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

mittees can get together and fix the
budget in an hour any time If the leg
islature will only first dispose OF the
mileage tax propositions. But the meln-
bers of the committees do not want to
make the extraordinary appropriations
until the mileage tax matters are out OIL
the way Then they can act with more
intelligence on the aspirations bills.
Members of the legislature expect
that they w:ll know before the begin
ming of next week just how much the
state is going to get from the war
claims which are being adjusted at
Washington. The law board having
charge of this matter in the office OF
the secretary of the treasury has been
holding sessions this week and has had
the Iowa case under consideration. So
far as it can be disposed of by this
board it will be disposed of this week.
The board will report its findings to
Secretary Shaw, who will Immediately
enter up the judgment or claim and the
congressional committees Will be ex-
pected to do the rest. This much is
now generally believed, however, that
the state will not get to exceed $780,
600. All this is already practically dis
posed of by the contingent approprla-
tions in the legislature for the compile
ton of the state historical building and
the state arsenal
The disposal of the ST. Louis exposi-
| ton is a hard matter. The senate COM
mittee has never agreed on any exact
figure for this appropriation. Seventy
five thousand was suggested, and also
100000, but nothing more definite. The
house committee has set the mark at
$15O,000, which is regarded by the SEN
ators as entirely too high. 1t is general
lily believed that the appropriation Will
be about 100000. This will be all that
| the friends of the exposition have
right to expect considering the financial
condition of the state of Iowa.
| Altho the session is moving rapidly
Ito close there need be no fear about
1.-THE proper disposal of the appropriation
| matters. The state board of control
has agreed that of the sum of $731,000
/ to be given the state institutions they
represent s225,oOo may be left over for
another biennial period. Some of the
1Iap over into the next period. and in
| this way deficit can be avoided. But
/ there will certainly be an increase in
the tax levy to 8 mills, and possibly to g
flarger amount. The feeling in the legis
! lature is that the state ought to expand
Its work and provide all the money
that is needed for every state institu-
lt!on, and that the people will support
Legislators who honestly and fearlessly
Eface condition and meet it as 1t ought
4 to be met.
| The house judiciary committee had
another killing time yesterday and dis
posed of several senate measures that
seem to have been Objectionable. A
bill which passed the senate and which
caused great deal of discussion was
that which was not inaptly denominat-
! ed a bill to permit the supreme court
to change its mind. 1t was bill said to
have special reference to one case. and
was worded so that the findings of the
court on first appeal need not be final
in second appeal. In the senate when
the bill was passed it was ridiculed be-
cause it was stated that the court all
ready has the right to reverse itself and
i may do so on second. trial of any one
case without any great violence. The
house judiciary committee threw 1t in
the waste basket. The senate bill known
4 as the migratory divorce bill was also
1!consigned to the dump. This is bill
(which was sent here by the divorce re-
4 shutting off of divorces to persons only
ose,<o To
was deemed unnecessary. The bill to
4 turn over to the park commission Of
Des Moines the Governors square was
]rejected as dangerous, the feeling be-
4 ing that if the Des Moines people ever
I got control of the park it would be hard
1 to shake them off. A bill by Junkin
providing for the filing OF wills in
iEcounties where the estates are located
and in several counties was recon-
mended for passage. The bill to pro-
vide for having the county attorney ap-
pear in disbarment cases was, approved
and recommended for passage. The bill
lprovides that costs shall be taxed up TO
the county the same as in criminal
cases. but there shall be no attorney
fees taxed up.
The senate last evening held an in
teresting session, at which Senator
Hubbard secured the passage of his bill
which gives to Iowa railroad corpora
tions doing business in other. states the
same rights and powers as are exer-
cised by outside corporotions doing
business in Iowa, and particularly per-
mits them to acquire stock and proper
ties of other companies in states not
adjacent to Iowa. He spoke feelingly on
the bill and called attention to the fact
that it had been criticised, but he defied
any one to point out any feature of the
bill that was in the least harmful to
any Iowa interest. He stated plainly
that the sole purpose of the bill was to
place Iowa corporations on a footing
with those that are allowed to do bus
mess in Iowa. He offered some amend
ments to meet some ojections, including
one that the bill should not apply where
it is sought to purchase or acquire COM
peting or parallel lines. He read from
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