Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-24
Farmers Friend Separator

meeting and authorized the chairman
to send the invitations. The attorneys
for the railroads will be given an OPP
portunity to be heard at every COM
mittee meeting but the committee does
not propose to end there and will have
the peoples side represented also,
even if it has to go into the highways
and byways to get authority from the
house to subpoena witnesses.
The Senate,
The senate insurance committee to-
day reported for passage the bill which
few days ago passed the house. in
creasing the pay of an actuary for
state examiner of insurance to $4,000
a year. The bill will be passed beyond
question. The insurance commission
bill to create an insurance department
provides for a salary of So, 500 for the
head Of the department, with a $4,000
assistant. Thees are higher salaries
than are paid elsewhere in the state
service. When the actuary bill has
passed we will have the, spectacle of
$4,000 man appointing and employ
ing a $4,000 man to help him, and the
former having all the responsibility.
But 1t is explained that unless this is
Gone, competent men cannot be Sc
cured, for in the insurance business
fancy salaries are. paid.
The railroads will be heard on, the
2 cent bills at an early date. The
house railroad committee is getting,
ready. Chairman Meredith has APP
pointed as clerk Of the committee,
w. w. Ainsworth, who will be, re.
membered as the first secretary Of
the railroad commission after it's reor-
ganization some sixteen years ago.
Mr.. Ainsworth is well versed in all
matters pertaining to the railroad
question. His appointment represents
the proper method of securing COM
lnittee clerks, for he will be of real
value to the committee rather than be
merely stenographer for the benefit
of the chairman. The senate railroad
committee has not held meeting as
yet.
The visiting of the state institutions
will be done the next few days by the
joint committees. This visit is for
the purpose of making personal in
curry into the needs of the institutions
to inspect what has been done in the
past, and to report wherein there may
be economies practiced The reports
of these select committees will be
made after a time and will go into
the journals for the information of all
members before acting on the appro-
priatlons committees. 1t is expected
that the usual excursion will be run
to Ames and possibly to Iowa City
early in the session.
The legislative committee of the
Iowa G. A. R., consisting of A. Aber-
nathy, G. W. Crossley, r. J. G.. Bealer,
IS. w. Rathbun, John Hayes and H. H.
Rood, has been holding meetings here
preparing the bill that is to be intro
duced to provide an appropriation for
publishing roster of the Iowa sold
iers. Mr.. Alternately was elected
chairman of the committee and Mr..
Bealer secretary. The bill prepared
is on the basis of that in the last leg
islature, and Mr.. Bealer will personal
ly urge it upon the members.
II the members of the assembly
had been on the recent trip to dedi-
cate the Iowa monuments in the
SOUTH" said Col. .Bealer, "there would
not be vote In the assembly against
this appropriation. Every one on that
trip realized the necessity for this
publication"