Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-24
HOSPITAL F0R
CON}UNP1N[S
Strong Pressure Brought to
Secure Establishment Of
One In Iowa
NEARLY 1000 DEATHS IN A YEAR
Startling Figures From the Census in
Favor of Place For the Cure Of
tuberculosis - 100000 for Histor-
ieal Buildins-LesisIative Doinss-
Other State News.
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Special to Times-Re republican.
Des Moines. March 24.-The legisla
ture was not In session today, nearly
s,ll the members having gone to Iowa
City on the excursion. The number
who went to the university city, how
ever. was somewhat curtailed by the
threatening weather. There was 4
general impression that 1t was USE
les strip.
Strong pressure is being brought in
the interest of the hill to establish a
hospital for the cure Of tuberculosis in
Iowa. Legislators have been furnished
with statement showing that, accord
ing to the United States census, there
were in Iowa a total of 1.411 deaths
from the diseases that terrorize the
public mind, such al; smallpox, scarlet
fever, appendicitis, diphtheria and ty-
pphofd: while the deaths from consump
tion alone for that year We're 1S41. and
this not counting these who went south
or west to die. Over $4,000 Iowa clti-
zens have succumbed to this great
white plague in the last ten years. The
has saved 1900 in five years or Il per
cent of the cases treated at the state
sanitarium and six other states are
doing similar good work.
At last the bill has been introduced to
establish new rule. In regard to the
exchange Of business between telegraph
and telephone lines in Iowa. 1t requires
that telegraph companies shall permit
sa.ie use of their wires for transmission
of telephone messages by the use of
devices so that the two can be used
without interference. The subject is
new one in legislation and 1t relates to
certain methods of exchanging business
by new devices. The promoters be-
lieve that If it is done in Iowa other
states will soon follow, and effect
revolution in the manner of conducting
long distance telephoning.
The bill to provide for the completion
of the state historical building has
passed the senate. 1t appropriates
100000 for. that purpose. but only
part of it will be Immediately available.
The present historical building, design
ed to be the west wing of the completed
structure has become wholly made
quate for the work TO be done there. 1t
ds proposed that the east wing shall
be placed there, and finally the central
portion will be completed. 1t will all
be used and when completed Iowa will
have a historical and library building
second only to Wisconsin among the
states of the west.
Joint Legislative sessions come SO
seldom that members hardly know how
to conduct them. When the joint ses-
sion was held Wednesday to elect trus-
tees and others the caucus nominees
were presented by resolution and the
proceeded to elect on roll
call. Then wise senator accidentally
looked into the constitution and found
that the constitution itself goes so far
into details as to require that election
in this manner shall be by appointment
of tellers. The convention quickly got
itself on record as right.
The senators still insist that II there
be one that will apply to the entire
state without exception. Such bill
is now known to be an impossibility;
and so the house is. at work on bill
to try it on Des Moines and Polk coun-
ty first and If 1T is shown to be OF any
use then try it on other counties of
the state There is really very httle
chance of even such mild bill getting
thru.
Those who have been looking after
the Merriam case ard seeking to get the
ex-auditor to show up and submit to
cross questioning about the big fees he
got say that they have given up all hope
and that he will not appear here until
after the legislature has departed. A
report to that effect will soon be pre-
sented and 1T will recommend the drop
ping of the matter
enc
About the worse iefeat OF any meas
ure in the house was that of the bill
to authorize township trustees to pay
themselves for work done in connection
with administration of the road law
out of the township road fund. The
that 1T permitted the trustees to audit
their own bills and pay themselves
instead of having he board of super
visors pass on the same. The bill only
got seven votes in the house.
Nearly every member of the legisla-
ture went on the excursion to Iowa
City today and the legislative halls
were deserted save by the few door
keepers and clerks who failed to work
the Rock Island company for passes.
The house found yesterday that it
had been going too fast in allowing
petty claims for persons who have
served the state. A bill allowing few
dollars for Oil Inspector Young of the
Tenth district, bad been passed. A
motion was made to reconsider it and