Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-04
NYA1 BECAME OF
IHE $|25,QI|
Something of q Sensation
Sprung In the Lower House
Today by Democrats
AN EFFORT TO KILL EXPO. BILL
Lanean, of Clinton County, Asks to
Have the Expenditure of the Money
Appropriated by the Last General
Assembly Investisated-Factory In
spection Sill Killed.

spection Sill Killed.
Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, March IA sensation
was sprung in the house today by i
resolution from Langan (democraO
reciting that there had been an appro-
priation of $125,000 for the Louisiana \
Purchase Commission and twice as
much for the capital Improvement
commission by the lest general as
sembly, and therefore demanding n
report from these commissions as to
the employment OF their secretaries
and what authority is vested in these
offices and wheu ufler the employees are
by merit or political favor, and :,
general report on salaries and ex-
penses In each case. The resolution
Is the beginning of an effort to- have
the bili appropriating $4,000 for the
st. Louis exposition reconsidered and
recalled.
The house today voted on the bill to
provide for factory inspectors to en-
force the factory inspection law of the
state and failed to pass 1t, as 1t re-
eeived only 4S votes. The vote for ap-
propriations for the Benedict Home and
Dubuque Rescue Home was reconsider
ed and both bills passed with sufficient
majority to make them effective.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 for the
League of Iowa Municipalities was in
definitely postponed; also the bill, to
provide fire department funo In cit
les OF the second class.
|. The senate discussed the inebriate
bill and increased the appropriation at
Knoxville to s125,000, but referred the
bill to the judiciary committee to de-
eide on some legal phases.
The application for the pardon OF
L. r. Van Tassell, of Chickasaw
applicant from consideration by the
Legislature without prejudice, and lie
will wait until another time to have
the matter considered. Van Tassell IS
a young man who was convicted of
(wurdering his wife In Chickasaw
county in 1895. She was taken sick
and a doctor was called and he found
that she had been poisoned After his
cala she was taken worse and died.
There was evidence Of strychnine pois-
oning. It was asserted that Van Tas-
sell was shadowed by a detective and
a confession was secured from him.
The Jury was in favor of hanging
him. all save one man. The DR.. Hoc-
ton. Of Nashua, who was called first
to see Mrs Van Tessell, when she
was i'll, protested strongly against the
pardon, but otherwise it seems the
matter attracted little attention. In
withdrawing the application, Mr.. Van
Tassell wrote a pathetic and philoso-
phic letter to the committee. The mat
ter is in the hands of r. III. Fair
burn. of the Hampton Courier, and
Mr.. Van Tassell states that the with
drawal is because Mr.. Fairburn has
since the preparation of the case, met
with an accident and broke two of
his ribs in fall, so that he cannot
take il UP. Mr.. Van Tessell is unwill
ing that anyone else should handle the
case He states also that he takes
the matter with philosophy for since
going to the Anamosu penitentiary he
had opportunities to be useful AMI
has improved them, and that with
clp f,f off "a ~
God and man, wait patiently for that
vindication which will place me once
more in a position to show myself
a useful citizen and good man, not
withstanding the terrible misfortune
which has overtaken me- Mr. Fair
burn is convinced of the entire inno-
cenee of Van Tassell.
The railroad committee of the
house made quick work Of the De-
lano bill, after an argument between
the railroad attorneys and the author
of the bill in regard to It's legality
and effectiveness. The committee did
not take a formal ballot but it was
practically unanimous for the killing
of the bill The stock shippers bill
was also brought into the room AMI
Offered as a substitute but was not
accepted.
There will be no reconsideration of
the child labor bill in the house. The
molten to reconsider was taken un
and voted down wnich prevents L.
coming up again.
The friends of the state experiment
station at Ames are earnest in their
effort to have the legislature Increase
the aid annually given that station.
They will have a hearing this week be-
for the proper committees. They have
prepared and had hung in the commit
tee room large chart in the form of
table showing the annual state aid Civ
ems experiment stations in various
states, as follows:
New York. $1,000; Illinois, $4,000;
Minnesota, $4,000; Missouri, $4,000;
Louisiana, $4,000, Chic, $4,000; New
Jersey, $4,000; Connecticut, $4,000;