Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-17
RESOLUTION BY SENATOR HAR.
PER ASKS CONGRESS TO
ERECT MONUMENT.
PASSES IOWA
SENATE TODAY
Worlds Fair Commissions $4,000 Ap.
preparation viii Be Returned With
Strings Tied to It-RalIroad TeIe.
grapher Bill Killed by House.
[BY LEON BRowN.l
Des Moines Bureau Of the COURIER.
: Des Moines, March is.

Des Motnes, March 10.
Senator S. H. Harper today got
through the senate resolution me-
moIializing congress to erect monu
ment to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin at Washington, D. c. The resoll
ton follows:
Resolved by the senate of the Thir.
| tieth general assembly of the State OF
Iowa, the house, concurring, that the
government of the United States ought
to build at the national capital mon
ument to commemorate the life and
public services of Abraham Lincoln
and the general assembly Of the state
Of Iowa hereby memorlalizes the con-
gress to erect in the city of Washing
| ton such monument as in their judg.
ment will most effectively impress
upon our own times and upon future
generations the character and achieve
ments of the president who stands
next to Washington in the annals of
the republic.
THAT copy of this memorial be
4 transmitted to both houses of con.
4 gress."
Restore Fair Money.
\ The senate today passed the bill re-
appropriating $20, 900 for the use of tho
Iowa commission for the st. Louis eM
position, but the measure especially
states that the money is to be used
for certain funds and how much is ia
Il go from each fund The billfwas pass
ed once by both houses but was recall
ed just before the governor cpuld sign
: IL because of the fact fliat tie con2 plis.
sioners had said they would put ar
the money into their general fund.
Road Law Delayed
The house this morning debated the
repeal of the road law for a long time
and finally voted to have 1t engrossed.
1t cannot now come to vote for sew
eral days.
Temple Amendment Passes.
The senate re-passed the Temple
constitutional amendment providing
! for one representative from each
: county, and two from the counties
j, which now have that number, making
i 108 in all.
Boy Operators Remain.
$ The house today killed Representa-.
tive Doran's bill to compel railroads
I, to employ adults as telegraph operat-
{ ors. There were only seven votes in
r favor of the measure, which would
work great hardship upon the rail-
roads. The wages paid to operators
. at small stations, where the work Is
very light, are small and only young
!. men who are learning the business
!. can be secured for the posts.
Bealer Bill Completed.
g The house concurred in the senate's
+ amendment to the Bealer bill for prer--
i erence in public service to old soldiers.
a The bill as it has now received the APP
4 proval of both houses provides that
civil war veterans shall be given pref
erence providing inquiry proves them
to be competent and "all other things
being equal" This bill was fathered
: by Senator Bealer the author, and
Senator Harper of Ottumwa.
Stockmen's Passes.
! The stock shippers bill requiring
= = railroads to issue passes to stock men
q and to haul stock trains at the rate Of
u sixteen miles per hour or faster on
y main lines, was made special order Of
y business by the house for tomorrow.
! today discussing the compulsory edu-
y cation bill
A New Insurance Bill.
Representative Sankey of Decatur
= county this morning introduced q bill
q to prohibit insurance companies from
: writing policies for an amount greater
that the actual value of the property
n insured and giving the owner the right
g to recover excess premiums in such
L cases.
e PocAHoNTAS COUNTY IS IN.