Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-28
IOWA IS ON IA[ MP
Amount OF Appropriations Double
Her Proportion. Population
Considered.
Much Credit Due Iowa Represen-
tatives for Tactful and Eff
cient Service.
Bill is Assured Of Passage in
Senate With Few Ad.
ditions.
Special to Times-Republican.


Washington, April 2s.-The bill re-
ported Saturday by the committee or
public buildings and grounds, Illus
trates in most impressive manner, the
fact that Iowa is on the map. With q
population of approximately one-fort-
ieth that of the union Iowa is accord
ed about one twentieth the total appro-
priation for public buildings, voted by
the house. This is very remarkable
situation. 1t is a long time since an
appropriation bill for public buildings
and grounds carried prizes for ten Iowa
towns and cities. That is the record
this year and it tells louder than spok-
en- words possibly could, that some very
cret of the whole matter is not hard to
find. Iowa had a most able and tactful
and diplomatic and popular represent
alive at court in the person of Judge
Con"or, congressman from the big
tenth district. Judge Conner is a new
man in the house, but he is an exper-
fenced man when it comes to organic
ing for a campaign and the getting thru
appropriations for ten cities in one
state Is the biggest kind of a campaign.
From first to last the judge has
handled the proposition with rare tact
and skill. To pull out ten prizes when
so few We're to be had and when the
demand and pressure for appropria-
tons was so terrific certainly entities
Judge Conner to first rank as q per-
suader. From actual observation, COW
ering nearly five years of congressional
action, your correspondent feels justi-
fed in saying that there are very few
men in congress who could have ac-
complished SO much.
In this connection it may be said that
Judge Conner has labored steadfastly
for Iowa as state and not for any
particular section or locality, In the
matter of appropriations for public
buildings. AS a member of the COM
mittee, and the only one from Iowa, he
felt that in certain sense he repre-
scented the entire state and his energies
have been directed toward accomplish
ing all that was possible without re-
gard to locality.
Every city asking for an appropria-
ton with the single exception, 1t is be-
lieyed, of Muscatine, received practic-
ally what was asked. or course Des
Moines wanted million dollar build
ing but she did not expect to get 1t and
will undoubtedly be entirely satisfied
with the preliminary $4,000 carried In
the bill Muscatine was omitted. be-
cause it was not possible to give appro-
priations to two cities in one district
There is limit to everything. no matter
how elastaic, and the committee simply
drew this line right there. Judge Con-
ner went the limit, rs did Capt. Rum.
pie, in the effort to land both Iowa City
and Muscatine. When it became app
parent that this was an impossibility
the committee determined the squestion
between the two cities. Muscatine
should not overlook the fact that she
has good sized slice of the river and
harbor money and that either Musca-
tine or Iowa City must be omitted
from the list. No stone was left un-
turned by Judge Conner and Capt.
Rumple to stretch the appropriation to
cover both cities. Failure to do SO
cannot be charged to either gentleman.
1t can only becharged to the memorable
rule Of the entire committee. The pas
sage of the bill is assured in the house.
The only change likely in the senate
will be the addition Of few items.