Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
STATE INTERESTS FIRST
Resolution to Give State 1nsti-
tutions Preference Over Other
Appropriation Bills
COMMITTEES MAKE INSPECTION
Both Houses Now Adjourned Until
Thursday Afternoon-aissouri River
Improvement Bill Amended to In
clude Congressional Appropriation
For Improving Des Moines River.

Special to fnes-Republtcan.
Des Moines. Feb. 1e- Both house:
adjourned today until Thursday after
noon TO give time for visiting the stat,
institutions. and THE committees already
nanied Will visit an of them. A resoiu.
ton was introduced in the house by
Geneva, of Kcokuk county, to the effect
that no more appropriation bills be con.
vided for the state schools, the chari.
table institutions, the state capitol ant
the st. Louis exposition, but 1t was laid
over under the rules.
The resolution by Senator Hogue Of
Monona memorializing congress for al
appropriation for the Improvement o'
the Missouri river, was amended in the
senate today. to include COMPRESSION.
a appropriation for the improvement,
Of the Des Moines river. and was passed
in this form. The Des Molnes rive,
scheme was at the suggestion Of Con-
gresham Hull and relates to the build
ing OF levees in Des Moines.
When the legislature yesterday passed
a bill to appropriate for monuments
to Gen. George A. Stone and Gov. VIM
n. Stone and Gen. Marellus NJ. Crock
er. there was some surprise in Des Moi
Mes, where there had never been any
question as TO the sufficiency OF the
marking Of the grave OF Gen. Crocker
There lie small headstone at ids grave
years by the G. A. r. committees Gen
Crocker was killed early IN the war and
his body was brought home for burial
He had given great promise OF brilMan-
cy as military LEADER and was the lido
of Des Moinns people. Soon afterwards
hta widow moved to California and is
ror ss,si,F az los Angeles where Iowa
soldders often visit her. He lett con-
siderable of an estate and the marking
OF Ids grave was regarded as quite SUI
ficent and no question had ever beell
raised here. The two Stones were not
related at all, but both were eminent as
soldiers. Gen. Stone died about twu
years ago. He had been national bank
examiner for many years and during
the last year Of his life he was III, and
the banks OF the state raised fund to
support him In his last illness His body
was taken from Des Moines 20 Mt
Pleasant for burial and the grave Is
unmarked. Gov. Stone also died in
poverty in Oklahoma less than three
years ago and the body rests at Knox
vile. He was an able soldier OF Iowa,
a colonel who was called back from the
eervtce to become governor OF the state
before the close OF the war.
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A bill introduced by Senator Jackson
Is put forward by the state board OF
health and plans virtually to restore tfra
old law in regard to vi1a1 statistics. II
requires physicians and Others to re-
port births and Deaths to the county
clerk and the clerk TO make the reports
to the state board of health annually.
Under the present law the reports go
to the assessors who have no per tnanent
records and the plan has been found
very unsatisfactory. Under the old law
q complete record of vital statistics was
secured and the state board OF health
is desrous OF having the system restor-
ed in all its essentials ana improv-
ed.
The members of the State Grocers'
Association called on the Legislature
yesterday afternoon and before the
ways and means committee OF the
house presented an argument dor the
passage OF bill which contemplatee
limiting the exemption OF a working
mans wages to 75 per cent of his earn
inRs and to that whirh is not paid be-
fore the END OF 90 days after due. The
present garnishment law makes no ex-
ceptton. This bills slrilar to this ur-
sad in other years have contained dif-
ferent features and have generally pro-
vided a fiat sum as an exemption and
all above this sum to be subject to gar
,l!shnent for debts. More than hun
dred members of the grocers assocta-
taon appeared before the committee and
the discussion was quite spirited and ut
times eniivened by personal attacks.
There also appeared before the COM
nittee President Uricls of the state fed
Grafton OF labor in opposition to the bill.
The represen tatives OF the grocers ur-
ged that under the present law exempt
ing all wages from garnishnfent 1t was
almost impossible to avoid heavy loss
es to merchants from trusting working
men and that the hdll as prepared
would give THE grocer soma relief. 1t
was represented THAT THE bill had the
approval and support practically of
the enuire business interests of the
state OF Iowa. During the discussion.
however. a controversy arose between
NJ L. Temple, the virtual leader of the
house and chairman of this committee.
and the speakers for the grocers in
which the character of the bill was call-
I'D to question. Mr.. Temple asked If the
practical effect of the bill would not
be to repeal the entire exemption law
and with a portion of the wages sub
ject to exemption would 1t not be just
as easy to collect debts as II the entire
wage was subject to attachment? He
declared openly thnt as for himself he
believed the bill would have the effect
of repeating the entire law and that the
operation OF the law would be the same
as II there was no exemption. He urged
the grocers to roans before the 1egtsla-