Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04
THREE SPECIAL L[V|[S
House Passes Bills Providing
Building Funds for Educa.
tional Institutions.
WillAggregate ST. .357, 900 in Five
Years..A Woman's Re.
formatory.
House Passes Measure to Estab.
lish and Maintain One at
AnamOsa.
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Des Moines, April 4.-The house TO-
cay passed the three bills for giving
special tax levies to the state educa-
tional institutions for building pur-
poses, fifth of a mill to the univer-
s;ty and state college each and one
tenth of a mill to the Normal School.
All these bills were passed practically
unanimously. The taxes continue for
five years and in the aggregate Will give
about $1,375,OOO to the educational IN
stitutions The bill for Cedar Falls tax
has yet to pass the senate.
The house this morning took up and
passed the bill to provide for the wom-
ans reformatory at Anamosa, to place
in the hands of the board of control
sufficient funds to operate the same ana
to provide for admission to the REFORM
utory. The senate bill to require tele-
phone companies to file plats with the
secretary of the executive council was
passed Two senate bills in relation to
the inspection of gasoline oil lamps and
fixtures were passed.
The house unanimously concurred IN
the senate amendment to the soldiers
exemption bill, limiting 1t to those not
worth $4,000. The senate received the
pardon resolutions from the house
passed yesterday, and adopted the one
for John Busheck, referring the others
to the committee. The conference re-
port ON the interurban trolley line bill
was accepted, and the resolutions In
relation to the late Senator Gear We're
adopted. The bill prepared by the at
torney general to shut out fake con-
Germs selling diamonds and town lots
under questionable schemes was
passed.
The senate this afternoon postponed
consideration of the new Molsberry bill
until next Tuesday at 10 o'clock. BY
that time 1t is expected an agreed bill
will be ready that will be satisfactory
to all.sconcerned. Several conferences
ihaee been held in the past few days and
Lat Is understood settlement has been
reached.
Nobody will be able to say of the
Twenty ninth general assembly that it
was narrow and selfish. A broad and
generous spirit prevails. This is es-
pecially true in the matter of provid-
ing for state institutions. II they do
not get what they ought to have it will
be because it is a physical impossible :
lity. The state is poor and has no ready
cash to be distributed about in large
Jumps But the members of the iegis-
lature are not therefore of the opinion
that the states institutions should be
crippled or hampered. They will set
all that is absolutely necessary, wheth-
er the state has 1t on hand now or not.
The view is prevalent that the state is
rich enough and strong enough and
progressive enough so that not one
state interest need be neglected. This
lis the statesman's view of the matter.
The Twenty ninth general assembly
believes In expansion and progress.
There are no proposals being consider
ed that would resuit7in contraction. ESs7
cry bill of state wide interest breathes
| Of expansion and enlargement of the
state and it's varied interests. A great
deal of time was given to bill which
provided that the state should pay all
the cost of maintaining the orphan's 8
home at Davenport The bill was beat
| en- solely because of fear that the
home would Immediately become over
crowded. It is much easier for coun-
| ty to send orphan children to state
;,e hn fofn a
expense of maintenance. So also there
| is a movement to allow deaf persons to
continue in the excellent school at
Council Bluffs longer than until they
are of age. The bill to require that
women of feeble mind should be re-
tanned at the Glenwood institution until
they are As is one of those bills looking
toward more paternalism and greater
care for the protection of society in the
future. And so all along the line-the
tendency is for the state to do more
and be more in these state affairs.
| While the appropriations committee
have been apparently idle and negli-
gent for some time members of these
important committees have been keep
ing a sharp watch on everything. The
| two chairmen, Senator Garst snd Rep
resentative Hughes, are ever watchful
and careful. They are making an hon
lest effort to secure harmony and good
lsense in the handling of the appropri-
ations. 1t is delicate matter. The
demands of the educational institutions
are hard to resist. The senate commit
Itee made out it's figures informally
some days ago and agreed upon giving
about $96,500 to the state University at
Iowa City, about $135,oO to the State
| College at Ames and about $4,000 to
the Ceoar Falls Normal school. These
were understood to be only preliminary
| figures Since then the house commit
| tees have reached the conclusion that
the sum is entirely too small for Iowa
| City and the senate committee will
| have to move up the figures few
notches These are the extra ordinary
appropriations for these institutions.
They are aside from the proposed mile
ages tax for each one, which tax is to
go to the buildings funds. There is yet
some doubt about whether the Cedar
Falls institution will get the mileage
tax, tho it's friends are certainly in a
position in the house TO either force 1t
or defeat the tax for the other two in
stitutions. In fact the mileage tax
propositions are causing more anxiety
than anything else just now. The
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