Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
GOVERNORS MANSION
Legislature to be Asked to APP
propriate $4,000 For Home
For Executive
BRUCE TO INTRODUCE BILL
Measure Already Drawn and May Pass
Will be the First Bill Ever Pre-
ssnted Calling for Erection Of Exec
utive Mansion-State Now Pays 5000
Per Year for House Rent.
BRUCE TO INTRODUCE BILL
pecial to Times Republican.

Des Moines. Nov. ga bill appro-
priating $4,000 with which to erect an
executive mansion, is the first bill that
Senator James E. Bruce of Cass county
will introduce at the coming session of
the legislature and it may be the first
bill that is offered in the senate. The
bill is practically prepared now and
ready to be introduced.
The proposition to erect an executive
mansion as place Of residence for the
governors of Iowa has been discussed
in editorials to some extent in the
newspapers and mentioned occasionally
by members of the legislature but so
far as known this will be the first bill
offered. The bill which Senator Bruce
will offer provides for erecting the
mansion on Capital Square on the east
side, a short distance east Of the state
house. The governor, under the pres
ent law. gets 5000 a year allowance for
house rent. 1t has been considered a
shame that a wealthy state like Iowa
did not provide creditable mansion
suitably furnished as residence for
the governors of the state and Senator
Bruce proposes to suit action to the
word and Introduce the bill.
For the first time a table has been
prepared and is published in the re-
port of the state auditor, made Sat
urday, showing the history of the in
debtedness of the state of Iowa. The
state now has no bonded Indebtedness
and has not had since 1892 and the
only Indebtedness of the state at this
time is the few outstanding warrants,
which now amount to $61,O49.27, that
had not found their way to the state
treasurer's office by June 30, 1906.
There was at that time in the treas-
ury SS51.715.11 in cash with which to
pay the warrants SO that there can be
said to be no Indebtedness.
The attention of State Railroad
Commissioner N. S. Ketchum was to-
day called to the recent interview of
Dairy Commissioner H. r. Wright in
which Mr.. Wright took the position
that cheap freight rates on cream to
points outside the state was not de-
sirable.
Yes, notice by the press that
Dairy Commissioner Wright takes is
sue with me regarding the freight
rates on cream over the Illinois Gem
trail from Fort Dodge to Dubuque and
Chicago" said Mr., Ketchum. Mr.
Wright has the advantage Of me as l
do not know thing about the cream
cry business. I was under the i'm
preston that if the Illinois Central
railroad could carry cream from Fort
Dodge to Chicago for 40 cents per can
Of ten gallons, instead of making a
charge of 40 cents for the same service
to Dubuque, they should reduce the
Dubuque rate to 80 or 35 cents per can
and let the Chicago rate stand, as it is
quite evident they thought the Chicago
rate of 40 cents per can Of ten gallons
or they would not have
made it. 1t is possible as Mr. Wright
says, that the creamery business re-
luires the rate from these interior
points in Iowa be advanced and the
Dubuque rate remain as it is. If so,
what does the farmer the man who
feeds and milks the COW think of it?
I may be all wrong because I don't
smow a thing about the creamery bus
ness"
Fremont and Shelby counties were
he last In, the state to get their Off
,ial returns into the hands of the ex-
,cutive council for the official canvass
md it took 100-mile drive over FIRE.
mont county to get the votes in in
line. The law requires that the re-
.urns shall be in the hands of the ex-
,cutive council by the last Monday
If the month and IL they are not there
he council must send messenger
after them at the expense of the coun-
y. Fremont county was oblivious of
he fact and when the secretary of
state informed the auditor by long, dis
.ance telephone on the Saturday be-
lore it caused some commotion The
,eturns must be signed by the super
,isors and the supervisors were scat
cred over the entire county, necessi-
:ating 1oo-mile drive to get their
signatures.