Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-05
House Committee on Elections
Objected to Providing Stand
patters With Ammunition
NO cENsuRE FOR THE BOARDS
Black Hawk County Contest Disposed
Of in Accordance With Recommend
atoms of COMMITTEES Waverly, the
Home of Miller, May Get Reforma-
tory as Joke--LesisIative Gossip.
Special TO Times Republican.

Special 10 lmeS-Republlcan.
Des Moines, April 5.--The house
committee on contested elections did
not censure the election judges OF
Black Hawk county and thus put into
the hands of the standpatters of that
county some campaign material for
future campaigns, as they we're asked
to do. The report was called up in the
house yesterday and adopted and the
expenses recommended by the COM
mittee were allowed.
Very covert We're the efforts to get
the Iowa legislature to act as judge
on the Waterloo campaign without
knowing any of the facts. The only
thing the committee did was to listen
to arguments to dismiss the case and
examine very hastily some of the evil
dence offered. No witnesses were
examined. But on top of this Senator
COPYRIGHT, one OF the stalwart stand
patters of last session acting as at
torney for Feely was anxious to have
in the committee report the state
ment that the action OF the Black
Hawk county election officials was
'reprehensibfe." He advised his client
SO but Feely refused to stand for it
and the committee took his side.
COPYRIGHT recommended that the
committee find that Feely was en-
titled to the seat but that the election
was illegal. -
OF course the committee readily saw
that such p.aradoxical report was
recommended SO that in the campaign
of 1908 the standpatters could refer
to the committee report and the ac-
ton of the legislature in adopting it
as evidence that in their alliance to
elect the democratic representative
they were defeated only by illegal ac-
tons of the election officials.
The house committee reported that
there were irregularities and careless
ness on the part of the election boards
and says:
However. it does not appear from
the evidence presented to this COM
mittee that any fraud or Intentional
wrong was committed by any of the
officials composing such various
boards Of election, or that the general
result of such election was in any
wise affected thereby, or that the, i'm
cumbent participated in or was in any
wise responsible for such Irregular
ities.''
If the senate adopts the house pros
gram there will be a new deal in
handling the educational appropria-
tons next session. The house has
passed the Moore bill directing the
governor to appoint a commission OF
three house members anw two sena-
tors from the membership of the
Thirty-third general assembly to visit
the three institutions remaining at
least six days at each institution to
study the appropriation needs of each.
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Waverly may get a woman's refor-
matory as a joke. By large vote the
house yesterday passed the bill to es-
tablish a woman's reformatory at that
place. 1t all started in a joke in the
appropriations committee room. II
is claimed by those who ought
to know that the appropriations COM
nittee of the house was opposed to a
reformatory. The gentleman from
Bremen who is chairman of the demo-
cratic state central committee and has
been insistent on dragging in politics at
every turn is member of the appro-
priations committee. While the bill was
under discussion q member moved to
amend it by changing the location
designated in the bill from Des Moines
to Waverly, thinking 1t a joke on Mil
Ter. Then to carry out the joke the
committee voted to recommend the
passage Of the bill in that form. The
bill will now go over to the senate and
If 1T manages to survive the sitting
committee there. Is quite likely to pass
the senate. In fact the one thing the
bill must contend with now is the late
ness of the hour.
The house reserved till It's closing
days some of Its most important bills.
Yesterday the house passed the bill to
allow women to vote at school cleo
tons. 1t passed without discussion
or debate other than a brief explana-
ton from Miller Of Bremen, its author,
the bill directing the attorney general
to investigate the International Har-
vester Company. 1t passed the Mere
dith bill creating a board of asteo-
pathic examiners and another prohi-
biting every one from selling or giving
to minors or drunkards any liquor.
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The house yesterday concurred in
the senate amendments to the bill fix
ing the salaries of county attorneys
and that bill after many fights in the
house, now goes to the governor for
his signature. The salary schedule is
as follows under the bill: In counties
of a population Of less than $4,000 the
salary shall be 5000 year; counties
of $4,000 and less than $4,000, $1,000;
$4,000 and less than $4,000, s1,250:
$4,000 and less than $4,000, s1,500;
$4,000 and less than $4,000, $1.750;
$4,000 and less than $4,000. $4,000;
$4,000 and over, $4,000 A provision is
made that counties of 10000 and less
than $4,000 can pay $500 on order
of the supervisors. This is to help out
Mahaska county where that salary is
being paid. A further provis-
ION is that the supervisors may order
q IT'S an act of courtesy
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