Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-05
PASSES BETTER
THAN OFFICES
Peculiar Views Come From Off
cial Circles of City Of West
Burlington
ASK FOR CHANGE IN PASS LAW
ASK FOR CHANGE IN PASS LAW
All the Officials of the Town Want to
Be Permitted to Accept Favors-
Democratic Mischief Makers Disap-
pointed in Effect of Resolution Call
ing for Investigation of Printeries.
,ecial to Times-Republican

Is a better tnlnS tlan an ollSe. AZ iSo-'e
in the town of West Burlington free
passes are held in higher esteem than
town offices. and unless the new Iowa
anti-pass law is repealed in part SO as
not to interfere with the filling OF the
town offices the town of West Burling-
ton is going to be short OF good mater
ial for various positions. 1t is ques-
ton whether the town can be run al
all with the Iowa anti-pass law doing
business And the fact that West Bur-
lington is having trouble in finding
men for office indicates that the anti
pass is really doing business.
Mayor John Hanrahan heads a petit
ton to the legislature, which is also
signed by all the town trustees. the
trea surer, clerk, assessor, marshal and
prominent citizens, asking the repeal
of that part of the law which forbids
4 city and town officers from making use
of free transportation on railroads and
interurbans when they happen to be
railroad employees.
quest" say these people, your petition
ers beg to state that the town OF west
Burlington is owned and its population
is made up almost exclusively OF men
and their families employed by the
Chicago, Burlington & quincy railroad
Company, in that company's shops 10
Gated in said town, and are therefore
| Obliged to accept and fill the various
| town offices; that before the passage
of said law the said railroad company
granted all of its employees, including
| such as were holding and filling town
| offices. free transportation, which trans
portation was, by the men, regarded as
a part of their compensation. since the
passage of said law this Transportation,
So far as the town officials are concern
ed. has been withdrawn. The welfare
of the town demands that these men
! should be free to hold and I'LL these
offices. but they cannot afford so to 90
| if it means so great q sacrifice 10
them
Relief for the suffering town officials
of West Burlington is provided In the
hill which has been introduced by SEN
ator Hughes, as it was never intended
that any town should be deprived or
officials.
The mischief makers among the
democrats were a bit surprised on
Monday when nobody made any oppo-
sition to the passage by the senate OF
tho Lambert resolution providing Tor
an inquiry into the printing and blno-
ing bills of the past three years. 1t
seems that nobody cares whether 1t 10
done or not. and the senators have sui
ficient confidence in the printing COM
mittee that they do not fear such an
extensive and long drawn out inves-
tigation as that which would be pos
sible under the resolution. The resolu-
ton contemplates going into the bills
and securing samples of every JOB
done and then the summoning of wit
nesses having knowledge of printing to
give expert testimony as to whether
the state has got value received. All
| this is ostensibly preliminary 10
movement to revive the effort to have
the state printing and binding done
bv contract Most of the senators look
upon the whole as feeble effort on tina
mart of a few outsiders to stir up some
thing sensational in connection with
| the state printing, perhaps actuated oy
personal jealousy of the present state
printer and state binder. Apparently
| the democrats have no heart In the
matter and are merely hoping that
some partisan advantage may come
| thru the inadvertence of the repu OIL
cans The bill is fathered in the house
by Chairman Miller of the democratic
! state committee. who has tried hard to
organize the democrats to play politics
all the time. With Senator Lambert
| it is an old matter, and he has init
mated that he has no expectation that
any change in the method will be eff
, fected. The matter Is now in the
hands Of the printing committees. and
these committees will take whatever
action may be deemed best.
Senator Nichols Of Muscatine, has
| introduced the bill to appropriate for
the state fair. 1t gives $4,000 for the
amphitheater and like amount for
the pavilion, with $4,000 for land.
There is good reason for believing that
/ the legislature will give what is need
ed for the state fair in these three
items. The appropriation for the new
pavilion would certainly have been
made few years ago but for the fact
| that the fair was more in need of the
new main building, and not all could
be got at once. But the hog breeders
/ feel that they mus have recognition,
| and that with proper provisions made
| for their exhibits they will have, the
biggest show of hogs in the world. II
! there must be any waiting this year it
/ will be with the amphitheater. the need
for which lies in the fact that every
/ year thousands of Iowa people plaza
i their lives in danger in the present
! structure.
/ Senator Wilson, of Clinton. has an
eye 10 the preservation of the few
quail ti.at are left in Iowa He would
make closed season for quail until
[ December /. 1912, in which time it is
anticipated that the number of quail in
The state would be increased materially.
The senate conlrnittee on cities and
/ towns has referred the bills desired by
/ the Iowa league Of municipalities to
! subcommittee 10 have them ready for
report on February IA, when the league
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