Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-06
Representative Holmes Intro
duces Concurrent Resolution
Lauding Roosevelt
WILL PASS BOTH HOUSES
Legislature to Go on Record Demand
ing Roosevelt Again Stand for Elec-
tion-senate Adopts House Bill to
Compel Publication Of Campaign Ex-
penses-Day's Proceedings.
special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, April 6.--The senate to-
day pasesd the house bill requiring
the publication of a sworn statement
of all campaign expenses by every
candidate before II primary election,
and giving detailed information as to
all expenditures indirectly or directly
made In his interest.
The senate refused to pass the bill to
appropriate for the monument at the
grave of Ex-Governor Stone or monu-
ments for Chief Black Hawk. or any
OF the revolutionary soldiers.
Authority was given for the publica-
ton of 5000 copies of the primary law;
congress was memoralized to permit
giving pensions to members of the
northern Iowa brigade, and the bill to
forabid transportation of explosives
into mines was passed; also the bill
limiting the fees of justices of the
peace.
Both houses passed in eight min
utes bill to correct an error IN the
reformatory bill, so that female con-
victs will not be sent to Fort Madi-
son.
The house killed the senate bill for
building improved roads and charging
the cost to the property benefited;
passed the bill permitting the sale of
the natl >el guard camp grounds, and
after considerable discussion amended
the senate bill to tax corporations, re-
ducing the tax to 81 for each $4,000
Of capital stock, and then, because of
an error, sent it back to the commit
tee. The house met this afternoon at
s1: go and the senate at 2 p. m.
vtF y
Hambleton Of Mahaska, has won in
the compromise with the senate in the
conference committee on the bill re-
lating to appeals from the action of
boards Of review in the matter of fixing
assessments. The old law provided
that the corporation or property owner
could appeal. OF course the owner
would never appeal when the board Of
review fixed the amount too low, and
there was no one else who could appeal
other than the owner of the property
taxed, Hambleton offered a bill amend
ing the law so that any citizen of the
county could appeal The senate
amended 1t so that only public Of
ficer or the owner could appeal. The
compromise is that any tax payer can
appeal. With this law on the statute
books it is claimed that boards of re-
view will be slow about favoring
corporation, for some tax payer can
appeal to the district court.
The salaries of the deputies in the
state house have been compromised at
81, 800. They asked $4,000 and their
Yesterday the house concurred in the
amendments that fix them at $1,S0O.
This raises the salary Of the governors
secretary, the deputy secretary of state,
treasurer, auditor, clerk of supreme
court, secretary of railroad commission,
mine inspectors and labor commission
er The salary of the state librarian
was raised to $2,400.
During the discussion Of the bill In
the house the same old arguments We're
advanced that farm hands get only 81
day. One member Of the house asked
If there was any difficulty in getting
men to accept the places. Kelly OF
Polk, responded that there would be no
difficulty in getting man to accept
the position of president of the United
States at $1,000 year and that ne
could fill the seat of every member OF
the house at 81 a day. McAllister OF
Linn, voted against raising the deputies
because farm hands got but 81 and
explained a vote in favor of the librar-
ian's increase by saying that he was
acquainted with his efficiency.
Holmes, of Kossuth introduced the
following concurrent resolution IN the
house this afternoon:
"Whereas, by his wise initiative and
courageous leadership. the present
president of the United States has be-
come prominently identified with po-
litical, social and business reforms and,
'eWhereas, the great work of which
he has done, and now is the most dis
tinguished exponent, is yet unfinished,
and
Whereas. with singular unanimity,
the great body of the people of the
United states, without regard to po-
litical affiliation have implicit conf
dence in his great ability, unselfish
patriotism and answering fidelity to
his exalted trust,
"Therefore, be it resolved by the
house of representatives of the Thirty
second general assembly, with the SEN
ate concurring, that the best interests
of The general government and the sue
cessful establishment of the great pub
lie measures which have been inaugur-
ated by the present national admins
tration demand the denomination and
reelection of Theodore Roosevelt to
the presidency of the United States. :.
1t is declared by some that Taft's
boom for president is presumably the
cause Of the resolution. It is likely