Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
REGENTS BILL DEBATE
House Discussion Has Not Been
as Sensational as That in
the Senate
WRIGHT MAKES GOOD SPEECH
His Argument Considered One of the
WRIGHT MAKES GOOD SPEECH
His Argument Considered One of the
Best Yet Made in Favor of the
Measure-Hart of AIIamakee Makes
a Speech Against the Measure =
Defeat of the 2-cent Faro.

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Defeat of the 2-Cent Faro.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 29.-The discus
sion of the board of regents bill in the
house has not been as sensational as
was that in the senate on the same
bill. The house members have sought
rather to consider the matter calmly
and dispassionately. The presentation
of the argument for the bill by Mr.
Wright, the forceful argumentative
debater from Webster county, was all
that could be desired by the friends
of the measure. He put the bill for
ward as a measure to increase and en-
large the work of the colleges, a bill
to make possible the. better working
out of the plans Of the founders Of
these institutions. He referred in re-
spectful manner to the lobbying which
had been done to defeat the bill. He
showed the falsity of reasoning adopt
fight. He left an excellent impression
as to the purposes of the advocates of
the change. Mr.. Hart, the eloquent
member from Allamakee, led in the
opposition to the bill, and he went over
ground that is now familiar to most
of the people of the state. His re-
marks were confined almost entirely to
the discussion of the agricultural col
lege and to showing what has been
done for the agricultural interests of
the state. He repealed the charge OF
extravaganza in the management OF
the college at Ames. He challenged
the assumption that under single
board there would be any reduction
of salaries even if such reduction might
be deemed right. Only Messrs. Wright
and Hart talked yesterday on the bill.
The house fought out to conclu-
sion yesterday the matter of establish
ing the 2-cent fare basis for Iowa, ana
decided that the time has not yet come
for reducing passenger fares. Ihefe
will be a hearing, however, on the
Chassell bill to require the railroads
to sell family mileage book at
cents a mile. The arguments pro and
con on the Sankey bill were much IKE
those heard in committee. Mr.. Sankey
made a really excellent argument along
the line of contending for equality
and appealing for justice to the poor
man who is forced to ride and buys a
straight ticket at 3 cents q mIe,
whereas his neighbor who rides much
for Measure, gets reduced rate. 1t
remained for Mr.. Lundt, of lama, TO
elouuently set forth why and how the
railroad companies could well afford to
carry messengers cheaper He had It
all figured out, had done so on
Great Western train last week, ana ne
showed conclusively that 1t doesn
cost 2 cents mile to carry passengers
Mr.. Wise gave the history OF the Dill.
He said it had not been acted on py
the committee earlier because the au-
thor did not desire it. In committee
there was lust one vote against killing
# Not one of those who signed the
minority report recommending passage
had voted for the bill in committee.
The one who voted against the cons
mittee report in committee. voted to
sustain on the floor the. action OF the
committee. Then he repeated some
of the statements bearing on the case
which had been given the committee
and which had impelled the committee
to recommend indefinite postponement.
It was claimed by the railroads that
all the free transportation In Iowa
represents a value of only $l4O.ouo
wear. and the railroads could not hope
to gain more than half of this by
abolishing all free transportation; yet
this bill would reduce passenger earn
ings more than s2,20o,000- Mr.. Mere
dith made a somewhat imprisoned
plea for the bill. He was for 1T no
matter where others might be. II 1T
does not become the law now it Will IN
q few years. He was firm in his bel1ef
that the railroads would not lose any
thing by adoption of the 2-cent fare
in Iowa. The minority report recon-
mending the bill was sustained by 40
votes, with 81 against. The debate
was in good temper, and all accepted
the verdict as final.
The senate yesterday dllcilooli pe'sS
ed the house bill regulating the assign
ment of wages so that where wages
ara assigned to more than one person
thew shall have priority not in the or
der in which they are given but in the
order in which they are filed with the
person from whom the wages are to
be assigned. Two bills by Dunham
one providing for the return OF escaped
insane patients without rehearing OF
the trial and the other for the trans
portation to the states to which they
belong of insane patients not resi-
dents of Iowa We're passed. The house
amendments to the teachers certificate
bill and the house substitute for the
bill raising the maximum age OF COM
nitment of girls to the Mitchellv1lle
school were concurred in by the SEN
ate. The Lewis bill to regulate prl-
waite banks was killed by decisive
vote of 6 to 81. The house bill relat-
ing to penalty for unpaid taxes in
special charter cities was passed. A
Joint resolution assigning permanently
committee room No 81 for the use
of newspaper men was passed. The
Turner bill providing for an addition
al state agent for the board of control
passed.
Tho senate vesterday disposed of