Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-21
Bill in Legislature For Number
of Monuments to Iowa
Veterans
ONE FOR GENERAL CROKER
Probable That Additional Sum Will Be
Raised by Subscription in Order That
Fitting Memorial May Be Erected
Hart Makes an Attack on State SUI
perintendent Riggs.
Special to Times-RepublIcan

Des Moines March 21.-A number of
bllls nave been considered in the leg
islature looking to appropriations for
monuments to war veterans. The house
committee today reported the bill
which came from the senate provid-
ing for monument over the grave of
George Perkins, soldier of the revo-
luton, buried in Sharon cemetery, Lee
county. This completes the list of
those soldiers of the revolution over
whose graves monuments We're to be
erected. The house also received to-
day substitute for a bill providing
for monument over the grave Of ex-
Governor Stone. This bill provides
for five monuments, namely: Ex-Gov-
ernor and General William NJ. Stone,
Knoxville; General George A Stone,
Mt. Pleasant; General Marcellus NJ.
Crocker Des Moines; General James
l.. Geddes, Ames. All of these were
eminent soldiers and men of affairs,
and all died poor. There is monu-
ment over the grave of General Crock
er in Des Moines, but it is almost fall
ing to pieces and was never what his
friends desired. In each case $500 Is
to be appropriated, but in the case of
General Crocker it is expected there
will be sum added by subscription
and thus a more elaborate monument
will be erected.
In the discussion on the bill to unity
the work of examining teachers for
certificates, Mr.. Hart yesterday made
sensational attack on Superintend-
ent Riggs and the county superintend-
ents of the state. The bill provides
that the county superintendent must
visit all schools once each year ana
for this extra work may get as much
as $40 a month extra pay. Mr. Hart
asserted that this was put into the Dill
as bride to the county superintend-
ents and that in order to get their
support to the bill they are to be given
$40, 900 year. In reference to Super
intendent Riggs he said both the state
superintendent and his deputy had
been spending weeks in lobbying for
the bill. leaving the office to stem
ographe:.
The house insurance committee had
a seipe on the Conn insurance bill yes
terday but did not take action. Inns
bill along the lines of the pill recon-
mended by the national convention OIL
insurance commissioners to require
that all companies write but one form
of life insurance and to make arnuai
dividends instead of deferred dividends.
Ex-Governor Jackson and others ap-
peared before the committee repre-
senting Iowa companies. The posltloh
they took was that Iowa is in no posi-
ton to lead off in this reform, that we
should wait until New York and other
states act, that these other states Will
probably act soon, that il Iowa should
PASS this law now it would put Iowa
at disadvantage with regard to COM
petition with big companies and that
the right thing is to appoint commit
tee to report to the next legislature on
what has been done in other states.
The Conn bill was acted on faVorably
and will be passed.
The temperance people watched tna
bill to limit the life of a mulct petit
ton to five years and this time it did
not get away in transmission from the
senate to the house. The bill came
out of the committee today recon-
mended for passage.
A bill recommended by the ways and
means committee today combines bills
by Hollembeak and Frudden SO that 1t
exennpts state mutual insurance COM
pa,ries the same as local mutuals from
taxation and also exempts mutuals
from taxation on business done out
side the state.
Mr.. Geneva was disappointed in hav-
ing his bill to tax mortgages, or rather
to deduct from the value of land the |
mortgage thereon for assessment pur-
poses, reported out adversely. He
states his belief that there are enough |
farmers in the house to pass the bill |
If it could be got to the floor of the
house There may be minority re-
port on his bill.
All the millage tax bills have been
acted on favorably by the house ways
and means committee. These are
the bills giving stated tax for
he benefit of building funds
1t Ames, Iowa City and Cedar
Falls The present tax will be contin-
led for another five year term.