Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-18
Will NOT FINISH
SESSION APRIL |
Indications Are ThatLegislature
Will Not Adjourn at Time
Contemplated
THIS WEEKS WORK MAPPED OUT
Many Special Order Bills to Be Dis
posed of-state Tuberculosis Hospit-
al Desire. Appropriation Of $500
Friends of New institution to Pre-
sent Figures to Back Their Demands.

Special to Times Republican.
pes Moines, March fS.-Will the
legislature be able to get thru with
necessary work in three weeks? Ex-
perienced members doubt II. They
had planned to finish by April I. They
Will not do it. One Of the senators
stated Saturday that sufficient work
has been mapped out for this week in
special orders to keep the senate busy
all week. AS matter of fact the
legislature has been working very fast
The other day the senate had sixty
four pages more of journal than at the
corresponding date last year, and siS
days less OF time taken up. The house
has been making equally good record
The work in the senate, for instance,
for this week, includes special order
on the primary bill, then the bill on
pure stock food and seed and the bill
to reorganise Iowa municipalities, and
then the vexed state marshal bill,
which all would like to dodge. OF
course the primary is In the center OF
the stage, but as a matter Of fact the
bill to reorganize the government OF
cities is no light matter. 1t is the
Iowa plan as evolved by the League OF
and many believe 1t far
preferable to any Galveston or com-
mission plan.
There is also on the speclal order
list Of the senate four other bills hay
ing relation to the office OF state aud :
itor. The first reyises the law as to
Issuing natarial commissions and It
partially relieves the office Of secretary
OF state of that work. The next means
the placing OF the municipal account
ing department in the office Of secre-
tary OF state. Then the removal OF the
banking department to the treasury.
All this means the keeping of the in
surance department right where Ut -
at present. The friends of this plan
rather got the advantage over the in-
surance companies that are working
thru members to secure an insurance
department by having these special
orders set.
The bulk sales bill is to come to the
house this week. 1t passed the senate
after a brief struggle. It is very much
desired by the jobbers who complain
because they ARE not protected from
fraud in the sale Of stocks Of goods in
bulk. Some excellent lobby work in
the interest of this bill was done In
the senate
Those philanthropic and earnest men
Of Iowa who have been doing good
work in spreading Information con-
corning tuberculosis and its prevention,
have great hope that the legislature
will give what money seems to he nec-
essary for properly eauipptng the sana-
toriu1n. An appropriation of $4,000 Is
asked for this purpoke and those who
are familiar with such institutions be-
lieye it is none too much. But in ad-
dition there is in the bill an ;appro-
priation of $1,000 annually for the pur-
pose of disseminating information re-
garding the dread scourge. This is to
be used by the board Of control "for
the purpose Of collection and dissem-
nation OF information regarding tu-
berculosis," and to enable the board to
arrange exhibits, employ lecturers or
give encouragement and corporation
to societies ouch as may be necessary
ito give the people OF the state Il prac-
tical knowledge of tuberculosis This
IS, 900 a year would go far toward CIV
ing the people generally some practical
on the subject. These
people are In dead earnest in the mat
ter and this week they will bring be-
fore the appropriation committees Of
the legislature information that will be
sufficient to warrant an appropriation
They point out that tuberculosis is on
the increase in state and nation. TWEEN
ty thousand die every year in the un-
tied States from Its. rayages and 1000
a year in Iowa, and they are at an age
when they are most useful to society,
The reports show that In 1890 upwards
of 1900 died in Iowa Of tuberculosis,
ten years later there were 1886 and
ten years later 1,S41; but this does not
include all, and especially those who
left Iowa in search OF health before the
end came. For instance, the past week
eight reports were made to the state
board OF health OF persons who died
being brought back to Iowa
for burial. It has also bsen demon
strated that Tuberculosis is on the In.
crease among animals, the department
Of agriculture having examined hogs
at the stock yards and disclosing that
in 1906 nine times as many had tina
disease as five years before. In Iowa
the state veterinarian estimates that the
loss to farmers on hogs from this trou-
bic is about 100000, But the great
loss OF human life Is the most import
ant, tho 1t is feared that the increase
In animals must mean a great increase
among people Five states have now
in operation, three others
have them nearly completed, eight
others have made appropriations and in
thirteen states this matter is being
considered The association which has
Governor Larrabee at it's head has done
much to disseminate information on
the subject.
WANTS LAKES JOINED.