Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
ARE THERE FREAKS
N The LEGISLATURE
Saunders stirs the Ire of Iowa
Senate BY Making sensa-
tional Charge
S MENACE TO PROSPERITY 2
That It is Vigorously Re-
futed-corporation Fee Bill Will Add
to Revenues of state-Appropria-
tions Trouble Of Assembly Near
ing Finish.

I
ment of the state legislature? Is ths
thirty second general assembly men
ace to the prosperity of the state?
Tho senate was set to thinking about
these matters for a time yesteroas
when a clash came between the cor
poratiom attorneys and others on the
bin to require annual reports from cor
porations with a modest fee. Saunders
had declared there were more freaks
In this legislature than any other, ana
that there is not a manufacturer OF
business man In. the state who will not
breathe easier when this legislature ad-
journs.
Senator Smith of Mitchell, resented
the imputation, and denied that there
was any such feeling abroad in the
state. II resent emphatically the I'M
putation east upon this general assem-
bly, he said, and deny that this leg
islature has taken any action or con.
templated any action that justifies SUCH
forebodings.'
Senator DeWolf joined in and de-
clared, along with Jamisoll and Saun-
ders that the business interests are
alarmed. Senator Maytag wanted TO
know if the representatives of the Iowa
manufacturers association had opposed
the corporation fee bill. and said he had
not heard of it if they have. Senator
Turner called the attention of DeWolf
to the bulk sales bill as fair sample
of the treatment the manufacturers and
large interests have received.
The senate by nebuking the Judiciary
committee and passing the bill which
that committee sought to defeat, gave
answer to the question as to the at
5titude of the legislature toward the
corporations and the people. The sem
ators have not. as a whole, received
any intimation from any source at all
worthy of respect that the general as
sembly is regarded as dangerous or de-
structive Of state prosperity.
The passage of the corporation fee
bill ought to add a nice little sum Ito
the revenues of the state. tho it will
not do to- on count too much. The di-
rect inheritance tax bill will add some
more but nobody cam make any fair
estimate on results the first few years
This bill was placed on the senate cali
endar today as from the ways and
means committee.
Unless the state executive council
is able to figure out about 100000 OF
revenue from some of these additional
sources, then the state. tax levy will
have to be increased a little. mas
much as it is now lower than usual,
and much lower than it was a few
years ago, and the taxpayers have new
err seriously complained of the state
taxes-except for campaign purposes
the tax levy very likely will be in
creased.
The appropriations trouble of the
general assembly is nearing finish.
the available cash in sight. Governor
Cummins reported to the legislature
that a fair estimate showed that there
would be available about 100000 for
extraordinary appropriations for the
biennial period Already the senate
committee on appropriations has rec
commended bills which will aggregate
81, 234,00O. The total will go at least
$1,300,O0O, or fully 100000 more than
is in sight to pay the bills. The edu-
cational and charitable institutions
take million dollars for the period.
There rem aims to be acted on the bills
relating to the agricultural college ex-
tension work, the ompletion Of the tu-
berculosis hospital and an addition to
the states storage house. There are
few small bills also to be acted on. The
item Of increasing the monthly allow
ance for support at the soldiers home
81 for each soldier will take $4,000. It
is hoped yet to find a way to provide
at least $4,000 for the decoration of
the south wing Of the capitol, which
has been growing dingy for twenty
three years or more. A few small SAL
airy questions are yet to be disposed Of
A peculiar complication developed
in regard to the primary bill after the
conference committee report thereon
had been adopted by the senate. An
examination of Cushing's Manual,
Which, 10 oiAlSid1iy lIduS lflS BulQe To
parliamentary practice in the Iowa
Legislature, showed that the proper
way to pass bill where there is a
disagreement is to pass the bill after
the conference amendments have been
adopted. This had not been done, and
it caused the raising of the question
whether the bill Will stand the test
Of the courts. President Garst ruled
that the bill required no further ac-
ton, but Senators Crossley Durham,
and some others backed to some extent
by the attorney general, held that it
would be safer to clinch the matter by
voting just once more on the bill.
Pending discussion of the matter it
went over until a written opinion could
be got from the attorney general.
ess
The senate gave the Judiciary COM
mittee a hard Jolt by rejecting entire
the recommendation OF substitute for
the fee bill on corporations, taking out
all the fees. A warm discussion was
ind,,Iged in Involving whether or not