Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-10
Eighth District Congrcssman's
Attitude on Interstate Com
merce Legislation
STATE INSTITUTIONS REPORTS
Increased Number of Inebriates Con-
fined in the Institutions at Cherokee.
Mt. Pleasant and Independence For
the Month of December-PopuIation
Statistics From Other States.
Special to Times Republican.

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Des Moines, Jan. 1O.-Considerable
local interest is being taken in the gos-
sip from Washington over the attl-
tude of Congressman Hepburn on the
interstate commerce commission leg
islation now before congress- Copies
of the report of the hearing before the
commerce in which e. p. Bacon, as
the representative Of the interstate
commerce law convention, was badg-
cred by members of the committee in
Guiding the chairman, Colonel Hep-
burn, have reached the city. The atti-
tude of Colonel Hepburn Is calling to
mind his defeat some years ago for
congress and his subsequent address
known as the Hepburn Confession"
in which he told the people of his dis
trict that in times past he had failed
to keep his ear as close to the ground
as he should have done, but promised
to do better in the future, or words to
that effect. 1t is being called to mind
that the congressman from the Eighth
taking an attitude in favor of the Mic
arauguan route for the Isthmian cam
al for the alleged reason that such a
route was impracticable and could
never be followed and hence the rail-
roads would suffer from it's adoption.
Mr.. Bacon appeared before the COM
mittee as the representative of COM
mercial organizations of the country
representing various branches of
trade and industry to the number OF
424. After making some few remarks
he was interrupted according to the
report OF the hearing and the hearing
of both that day and the subsequent
hearing consisted in running remarks
of the chairman of the committee and
browbeating questions, rather than
giving respectful hearing to Mr..
Bacon.
Reports of state institutions are
reaching the office of the board of con-
troll From the three institutions in
which inebriates have been confined,
the report shows that the inmates for
the month of December increased over
the preceding month. The figures are:
Nov. Dec.
Cherokee ................ ~ 81
Mt. Pleasant ................ AZ bO
Independence .............. 19 rs
Tota! IS lO7
The Mitchellville industrial school
shows an increase of one Four were
discharged during the month. At the
Eldora industrial school for boys, the
population has decreased. When the
last report was made there We're SOY
in the school and at the time of this
report there were 496. Six escaped,
three were paroled and ten dischaged
since the previous report. There Is
an increase of ten in the population at
Anamosa and an increase of twenty
EIGHT in the population at Fort Madl-
son. At Anamosa twenty-five were
sent to the institution during the
month by the courts, and three were
returned by order of the governor.
The sentence of ten expired, two were
discharged, one paroled, one died. and
one was delivered to the sheriff. The
number of first grade prisoners at An
amosa shows an increase for the month
from 262 to 273, second grades decreas-
ed from ninety-nine to eighty, and
third grades decreased from eleven TO
nine. At Fort Madison there has been
a decrease in the number of first grace
prisoners from 334 to 329, of second
grade from 100 to 1859, and an increase
of third grades from ten to thirts- :
eight. The population at Clarinda de-
creased from 932 to 927. The number
in the home for feeble minded children
Increased from 99S to 1904.
Director John r. Sage, of the Weath-
err and crop service of the state denles
that his crop reporters exaggerate the
CROP reports in order to boost the lana
values. Mr.. Sage was shown dls-
patch in which his reporters were thus
accused of making fictitious returns.
He declared today that his first estl-
mate of 325,OOO,0OO bushels of corn for
the state yield was not an overestl-
mate and that while he might have
some counties too high he had other
counties too low and the whole would
be eaualized. AS an example he gives
Dallas county, which he estimates at
forty bushels to the acre. Mr.. Sage
saws he has since been assured by far
mers from that section that fifty BUSH
els would be nearer estimate. Again