Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-05
Estate Board of Regents Bill
Wins by a Large Majority
In Senate
NEED OF MORE DISCUSSION
Sentiment in Favor of the Measure
Has Developed Rapidly, But Many
Members Think There are Chances
for Improvement - Almost Sure to
Pass.
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Des Moines, April 5.--Everyth1ns
dust now points to the passage by the
Iowa legislature before the week is over
of the bill to create a state board oil
regents of three persons to have in'i
control of the three state colleges ana
two schools for detectives, to supplant
the work Of three large boards of the
Did style and to take from the BOARD
of control some of it's large RESPONSE
Kitty. The impetus given the move
ment by passage thru the senate WIZ
o vote OF 81 to IA carries over to the
house end of the legislature a powe.'
which will hardly be lost; and while
the strong men of the house are iairiy
well divided the sentiment in favor CT
the one board idea has Enthusiastically
grown rapidly in the past few weeks.
Speaker Clarke, who two years ago
was somewhat in doubt about the
mea sure, is now earnestly for /. and Is
Chairman Kendall. of the judiciary
committee, Chairman Mates, Of the
appropriations committee. ard many
Others who nave had TO do with The
big questions of the legislature are for
; the bill. NJ. L. Temple Is opposed to
the bin though two ye ars ago he father
d a similar meas ire aaa the opponents
GT tie BIZ. a,e couat4-g on work from
Representative Wright of Webster
county. Sat soo1 Judges have been
cay ing so.ae days ;ha. the mill will
sursly get thru .ae house and become
a law.
Tht. bill got thru the senate with ex-
actly the satne number Of votes Tor
it that the board of control bill got six
years ago when that measure WAS pass
ed. The same arguments have been
put up against this bill as against that
one. But owing to 1.-THE short time
which the bill had for consideration
1t was necessary to apply the closure in
q manner so harsh as to cause many 10
protest. In fact the previous question
was moved and the bill ordered to a
vote before 1t had ever been read thru
In the senate and before 1t had ever
received consideration at the hands of
any committee most extraordinary
proceeding. The opponents tried to
stop the bin by raising point Of Or
der that as 1t carried an appropriation
and was introduced after the date fix
ed in the. rules for appropriation bills
1t was not properly before the senate
hut the opponents Of the bill had let
their opportunity pass when they per-
nitted the bill to go on the calendar
end be made a special order by unani-
mous consent.
II the bill fails to become law at
this session it win be because of i
sentiment in the house that the time is
too limited for consideration of bill
which means virtually revolution in tbs
method of handling the state educa-
tional institutions, 1T is too big a
thing to be considered so hastily
said Mr. Head. Il feel that we ought
to have had more time for the bill ard
it ought to have come In earlier in the
session. Now there are other sugges-
lions that might be made or that would
solve the problem better: for instance,
II might be best to add two members
TO the board of control and give the
mana cement to that board. 1t would
round out and even up the present
board and add but little to the ex-s
pense."
There is a good deal of this sort OF
sentiment. 1.-THE bill ought to have
come in the first part of the session" =
said Representative Hart. Il am not
prepared to say just where I stand,
for / have not yet given the present
bill much consideration"
cSnuancr EJno1nac Of tho cana i.,i
district In which the university is To-
planned his vote in note in the jour-
raj His objection was that the bill
had been pushed thru too hastily. IT
had some amendments to Offer" he
said, which / believe had real merit
In. them. I think the pay of the MEM
bers should be more. There are other
things / would like to have considered
Il could not conscientiously vote for the
bill in it's present form and without.
any opportunity to consider it fairly
But I might say that am in favor OF
the board of control principle in our
institutions"
That which is uppermost in the
minds of the most Of the house mem
bers who are prepared to fight for the
bill is the realization that within the
past few weeks with the colleges
fighting and wrangling, with depart
ments arrayed against departments,
with total Inability OF the members to
secure data OH which to base their APP
preparations, something must be done.
The sentiment is overwhelming against
the continuance of system under
which 1t has become necessary for the
trustees and regents and presidents
and professors and heads Of depart
ments and all the alumni and the
friends of the institutions, to get at
loggerheads over appropriations and
courses OF study and to force the whole
legislature to attempt to settle these
differences on half information. This
is the way the advocates Of the bill
are putting 1t now. They say that
there was no occasion for the bill ap
parent until the last few weeks and
now everybody can see what the trou-
bic is They are very confident the bill
VIII pass.
z. r. WINERY IN BANKRUPTCY.
EIdora Man Files His Petition in Fed.