Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-15
Bill to Establish Separate In
surance Department Slated
For Conflict
COMPANY INTERESTS BACK OF IT
Other Bills Simply Transferring Do
partments From Auditors Office
stand Better Chance Of Passage -
Considering Agricultural High School
plans - The Redistriotins Bill.
to rlmes-Republicar,.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March ia pretty
fight is scented in the senate over the
question of establishing an insurance
department with a commission at the
head. and taking this work out of the
office of state auditor. A start was
made yesterday.
The insurance committee reported TO
the senate for passage the bill of the
insurance commission to establish a
separate department. At the same time
the committee on retrenchment and re-
form reported favorably two bills hav-
Ing for their purpose the shifting about
OF departments so that the state audi
tor. will be able to better care for the
insurance business. These two plans
clearly conflict. IL one is adopted the
other will be abandoned, at least In
part.
The plan to have the insurance de-
partment created is at a disadvantage
in the contest from the fact that IL Is
bill which must go to the appropria-
lions committee, and this will force de-
| lay IL nothing more. But the insurance
interests are almost solidly back OF It,
In fact, very large number OF petit
lions have been placed in appropriate
pigeon holes in the clerks desk. all
asking for an insurance department
separate from the auditors office, and
all signed by men having an interest
in the insurance business.
1t is no secret that the manner of
enforcement Of the laws Of Iowa by
the present insurance department has
not been received with great joy by the
insurance companies, and they feel
that at least they could not do worse
IL they had change. And 1t is no Sc
cret, either, that the insurance COM
mission is in very close touch with the
insurance interests of the state.
The other plan contemplates sending
the banking department. to the office OF
state treasurer, and the department of
municipal accounting to the secretary
OF state. 1t also includes getting the
notary public department grouped
little better, tho this does not affect the
state auditor The purpose of relieving
the state auditor of large amount of
his labor and responsibility is that he
may devote more of, his time to the
insurance work. This plan is to be
urged very strongly before the senate
as soon as it can be reached. When 1t
is reached, there will be a fair test Of
the extent OF insurance influence in the
state senate.
The two committees of the legisla-
ture on agriculture and ways and
means this afternoon gave hearing
to the advocates of the agricultural
high school Innovation. Judge H. E..
Deemer took the lead in presenting
this matter and he was seconded by
Governor Garst and others. Judge
Cook Of Cedar Rapids is taking an in
terest in 1T. One question which at
first caused some worry was that of
securing teachers for these schools.
Professor Holden and others have
made it plain to all that there will
be no trouble about this. They say that
they can find the material here in
Iowa, and that before the schools can
possibly be opened they can give the
necessary training at Cedar Falls and
Ames to fill the faculties with the very
best instructors. 1t is proposed not
that these be schools of two or three
months, but that they be of eight or
nine months each year, and there is
provision for entrance into either
Of the three state educational institu-
tons direct from these secondary
Schools There is also provision for
experiment stations in connection
Herewith, the ground, of course, being
given for that purpose. Youths must
be at least IA years old to enter these
schools and the tuition cannot be over
Sc a semester. The provision for the
special millage tax to build the neces-
sary buildings and equip the same
relieves the state treasury, and in gen.
eral the bill as it has been prepared
finally is meeting with such favor that
there is reason to believe it will be
passed.
The Introduction of the redistricting
bill in the legislature by one of the
prominent and influential members of
the house from the Tenth district is
taken to mean that the republicans of
the Tenth are not fully satisfied with
the conduct of the Iowa delegation in
the matter of disposal of public patron
age In fact it is no secret that a
good many Of the members are dissat-
isfied and that they are in a mood to
do almost anything at this time. 1t
is also pretty well understood that
among the legislative members there
is a feeling that some of the congress
sional influence might be exerted in
the direction of securing fair consid-
Grafton of primary bill instead OF