Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-04
Bill to Redistrict the State SEN
atorially Caused a Lively
Discussion
SUB. commlrrEE is SCORED
Motive Of the Committee in Holding
the Bill Back Until the Closing Days
of the Session Enters Into the De-
bate-Appropriation for tuberculosis
Sanitarium.
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| Special to Times Republican
| Des Moines, April 4.--The senate
yesterday just before closing and with
| in three days of the close of the session
took up the matter of redistricting the
| state senatorally. 1t was the signal
| for opposition and the opposition came
| first from Senator Lambert of jackson
county. He opposed making the bill
| introduced by Senator Bruce of Cass
a special order for today at o'clock
and there We're some warm passages
of word Bruce contended that refer
ence to the sitting committee would
further delay the matter and Dowell
of Polk claimed that this came with
poor grace from the senator from Cass
who is the chairman of the committee
on districts for he had loitered all SEES
sion over the matter and not till three
days from the close Of the session had
he brought in a bill for redistricting
Senator Garst took upon himself the
responsibility for the delay as he was
chairman of the ub-committee. He
said something about the motives of
the opposition and Lambert at once
objected and defended his motives. The
bill was finally sent to the sitting COM
mittee which may kill it tho Senator
Garst claims that the constitution
makes it mandatory on the legislature
to redistrict the state after each cen-
sus. The bill as introduced affects
ri o
the changes are all in the northern
part of the state. The counties that
are put in new districts put together
as follows: Lyon and Sioux; Osceola,
OBrien and Clay; Dickinson, Palo
Alto Emmett; kossuth, Hancock;
Wright and Hamilton; Hardin and
Marshall, Cerro Gordo and Floyd;
Chickasaw and Fayette; Howard and
Winneshiek; Allamakee and Clayton;
Jones and Jackson; johnson and Ce-
dar; Jasper and Poweshiek; Iowa and
Keokuk; Washington and Henry; all
the other senatorial districts are left
as they are at present.
Appropriations.
The senate yesterday inaugurated a
new policy as to appropriations to in
stitutions not under full control of the
board of control 1t adopted bill
unanimously which will .cut off such
institutions from getting state appro-
priations after 1910. The bill passed
gives appropriations annually till that
time the appropriations getting less
each year. The institutions affected
are the Benedict and Florence Critten-
den Home of Des Moines; Boys and
Girls Home and Home of the Good
Shepherd of Sioux City: Home of the
Good Shepherd of Dubuque.
The senate yesterday passed the
bill appropriating $4,000 for a tubercu-
losis sanitarium to be erected and con-
trolled by the board of control. Sena-
tor Garst stated on the floor of the
senate that the passage of the bill
meant a new departure for the state
as the appropriation of $4,000 was but
a beginning and that it would probably
take appropriations of $25O,0OO ulti-
mately to erect the institutions be-
sides the annual appropriations and
monthly allowances for the institutions.
Senator Young who Is a doctor, ex-
planned something of the discoveries
along the line and Notwithstanding that
the state institutions are all now cry
ing for appropriations the senate with
very little debate passed the appropria-
ton. The $4,000 builds but one build
ing and be merely starter but the
fact that it is claimed by the best ply
sicians that 70 to so per cent of the
incipient cases of tuberculosis can be
cured II treated properly in sanitar-
ium and that there are 1000 such cases
in the state at this time seemed to
weigh heavily with the senators and
formed the controlling influence in
starting the institution.
The senate yesterday in executive
session confirmed the appointment of
tJohn T. Hamilton as a member of the
hoard of control to succeed the late
Judge l.. G. Kline.
The senate yesterday passed all the
appropriation bills for the state educa-
tional institutions, institutions under
the board of control, and the millage
tax bills for the educational institu-
lions as they came from the house SO
that they need but the signature of
the governor to become law
An important measure that the sem
ate has yet to consider is the tenure
of Office bills, some of which have yet
to be disposed Oh
Registration Of Stock.
The senate yesterday passed the
Brooks bill for the registration of
stock; concurred in the house amend
ments. to the Saunders bill permitting
cities to increase their limit of indebt-
edness if for the purpose Of acquiring
water. works plants, the amendment
being to make it apply to all cities OF
the first class: 1t passed the bill per-
hitting the state department of agri-
culture to increase the salary of Sec
rotary Simpson to a maximum of ST.
500 year: defeated the bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 for steel amphitheater
at the state fair grounds; appropriat-
ed $4,000, for completing the interior
of the historical building; killed the
bill to give permanently to the horti-
cultural society rooms Is and 10. being
the room now occupied and in addition
the room occupied by the custodian.
State Fair Needs.
The directors of the state fair are
already discussing Informally what |
they will do to afford room for the peo-
pie who wish to see the races at the |
state fair. On the floor of the senate
in the discussion of the bill to appro-