Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
FOR SOLDIERS HONE
Visiting Committee Likely to
Recommend More Than Ask
ings of the Board
ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL ROOM
Hon. John Cowne Says Time Will
Soon Come When the Soldiers Home
Will Be to a Great Extent Large
HospitaI-Large Portion Of the Men,
bers Need Medical Attention Now.
ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL ROOM
LBy Ora Williams.l
Special to Times Republican.

Thirty-tirst general assembly of the
state have their way about it there
will be still better provision for the
care of the soldiers and sailors at the
state home at Marshalltown than is
contemplated in the recommendations
of the state board Of control. The Wis
iting committee has not yet reported,
owing to the illness of one member
and his enforced absence from the city,
but in private conversation the vlsl-
tors have expressed themselves free
| ly. They will recommend not only that
every dollar asked for by the state
board be appropriated for the Mar
shalltown home, but more than that.
The aggregate of the askings of the
state board, as shown in their report, is
| $751; divided as follows: Quarter
masters building and storehouse, $10,-
900; coal house, $4,000; women's DOR
mitory, $4,000; addition to women's
hall, $500; enlarging pump room, ST.
200; reservoir and connection for city
water. $4,000; new bake oven, $1,000;
new mangle, $1,S00; cement floors, fur
niture and repairs, $4,000; G. A. r. hall
and equipment, $1,000; Improvement of
grounds, $4,000; fire protection, $780,
| The visiting committee will especial
| ly recommend the erection of an addi-
| ton to the hospital, the erection of a
new boiler house and new boilers
| The reason for the demand for addi-
tional hospital room is obvious. John
| Cownie of the board of control, when
asked about this, said: I'VE are quiet
as much convinced as any of the WISH
tors that we should have an addition
to the hospital. The fact is that in
the next ten years the majority Of the
persons who go to the home will be in
| need of hospital services. The institu-
ton is soon to become, practically, one
great hospital for the old soldiers and
sailors. In the early days of the in
stitution many able bodied men came
to the home; only the decrepit and
weak ones are coming now. And they
argue rightly that what ever is done
should be done soon for in few years
the necessity for the home will disap-
pear. But of course we have thirteen
| other state institutions whose needs we
must consider as board. The total
| OF what was asked for these institu-
tions was over 100000. We could not
ask it ALL and SO we asked only for
the Things most needed, and which we
felt we might reasonably expect to
get"
1t has not escaped the attention of
various persons that not one represen-
tative from the Fifth congressional dis
trlct is on the committee on congress
sional districts to which has been re-
ferred the bill to make change in the
boundary line between the districts and
thus to open up the question of rectify-
ing the wrongs done long ago. Mr..
Greene, Of Madison county, is chairman
of the committee Others are McClur-
kin, Greeley, Weldon Wright Dashiell,
Chassel Hart, Hume, Hanna. Dow. OF
son, Jones, McDole and McCreary.
The situation in the southwest corner
of the state is decidedly interesting to
several Of the members Of the legisla-
ture. The primary has been called in
Page county for county ticket and for
representative. Mr. Crosse is the pres
ent member Of the house. A candidate
has been brought out by the machine
against Crosse in the other end of the
county. 1t is charged that the plan is
to sacrifice Crosse in this way and pave
the way for a defeat for Senator Lewis
making play on the geographical
prejudices of the voters. Lewis is the
man whose scalp is wanted by the ma
chine which backs Hepburn, for Lewis
would make a formidable candidate for
congress, and it is believed by Eighth
district members would sweep the dis
trict.
Representative Lundt's joint resolu-
ton to put into the Iowa constitution
provision permitting direct legisla-
ton by the people has not been acted
on by the committee. The friends of
this reform have@found it hard to get
anybody to discuss the plan. Legisla-
tors do not take kindly to the measure.
But the proposed constitutional clause
is interesting as showing the trend to-
ward radical changes in methods of
making. 1t is as follows:
''The legislative authority of this
state shall be vested in a general as
sembly which shall consist of senate
and house Of representatives. Except
that the people expressly reserve to
themselves the right to propose meas
ures, which measures the legislature
shall enact and submit to a vote of the
electors Of the state and also the right
to require that any laws which the leg
islature may have enacted shall be sub
mitted to vote of the electors of the
state before going into effect Except
such laws as may be necessary for the
preservation Of the public
peace, health or safety. support of the
state government and its existing pub
lie institutions. Provided that 8 per
centum OF the qualified electors of the
state shall be required to invoke either
the initiative or the referendum. This
section shall not be construed so as to
deprive the legislature or any member
thereof of the right to propose any
measure. The veto power Of the execu-
tive shall not be exercised as to meas
ures referred to a vote of the people.
This section shall also apply to mu-
The enacting clause shall
be. BE it enacted by the people of the
state of Iowa. The legislature shall
make suitable provisions for carrying
into effect the provision of this sec
ton
One phase Of the insurance inves-
tigation hullabaloo has not escaped the
attention of the persons who watch po-
litical matters Immediately on the
publication Of the Molesberry resolution