Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-20
SENDS
MESSAGE TODAY
Report of the Capitol Commits.
sion Submitted With a
Few Suggestions
FIRE PROTECTION FOR CAPITOL
Iowa Artists May Be Given Chance in
Further Decoration Of state House
Lundt Suggests Adjournment on
March 3o-Appropriations Commit
tee Makes Partial Report.
Special IL rlmas-Republlcan.

| Special IT. Times Republican.
| Des Moines. March 20.--Governor
Cummins submitted TO the assembly
the report OF the capitol commission,
called attention to the refusal of the
Des Moines Water Company to lay a
large water main In the street near the
capitol, the reason assigned by the
| manager of the company being that
| the state is rich and ought to provide
| Its own fire protection. The governor
suggested legislation to compel the
| company TO provide fire protection to
| the capitol. The governor also sug-
Sested in connection with further in
terror decoration Of the capitol that II
provision is made for other paintings,
| the Legislature fix 1t so that Iowa ar
lists be not excluded. This has special
reference to general desire that Pro-
fessor Cumming Of the capitol commits
sion be employed to paint some of the
| panels.
| In the house, Lundt offered resolu-
ton for adjournment March 30. The
house spent all the forenoon on the
teachers certificate bill, Hart and Jep-
son making "A fight against II on every
| section and Chassell and Colclo defend-
| ing the bill. The Pioneer Law Makers
| Association was invited to attend the
sessions at o'clock tomorrow. The
senate spent the day on the regents
bill.
Appropriations.
l*SUnder the rules Of the senate the
senate appropriations Committee rs-
| ported yesterday the amount OF the
appropriations recommended by tha
committee up to March Is. The total
is $95, ,959.49. This report is on the
desk Of every senator today. The
| largest appropriation recommended by
| the committee Is $4,000 for the water
works supply for the Glenwood insti-
, tuition and the next $4,000 for the
board of regents bill which was con-
sidered on special order today. The
| pure food bill carried an appropria-
| tion Of $4,000. The various other APP
| popriations recommended are: Deficit
| in support fund for Eldora. $500;
| railway commissioners maps, $4.2OO,
Larrabee reception, $8b; additional
employees for Thirtieth and Thirty
first general assemblies, $4,000; COM
pleting census, $4,97S.27; expense of
Joint committees $2,577.39; claim of
Mrs. John Stein $3.50; monument to
Timothy Brown. $500; claim OF Lena
Ness, $1,000; additional state agents,
81. 900: monument to George Perkins.
$500. refund rent for lake BEDS SIS:
expense of dedicating monuments on
battlefields. $5,00O laboratory for food
and dairy commissioner, $3,500; gov
ernor's reception, $136; repairing SOL
diers' orphans monument at Cedar
Falls. $50: board of health laboratory,
s3, 500: expense of visiting committees.
$1,107.83.
Senator Young Of Washington Is
worrying some for fear his anti-dis-
elimination bill Will fail to get out OF
the judiciary committee in the senate.
1t is on the calendar in the house and
1t is believed will pass there. The ju-
dietary committee referred 1t to sub
committee which recommended 1t for
massage. but the committee promptly
gave It 10 another subcommittee
which seems to be more hostile. Tha
opposition is coming 1t is said from
wholesalers.
The senate yesterday passed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for laboratory
for the pure food department; passed
the bill making taxes prior lien on
property in the hands Of receivers;
passed the bill making two or more rail-
roads carrying shipment liable for
damages and facilitating the bringing
Of the suit. The two last named bills
have already passed the house.
The indeterminate sentence law Dy
Saunders is on for special order to DC
taken up Immediately after the board
of regents bill, which wes special order
today.