Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-02
House and Senate Must Get
Together to Elect Members
Of College Boards
PERSONNEL OF PAROLE BOARD
No lntimation of Whom Governor viii
Appoint-Must Be One Lawyer and
One Democrat-B. w. Garrett Slated
for Secretary of Board-BiIIs That
Are Being Pressed for Passage.
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Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, April 2.--The legisla-
ture has veto hold this week a joint
session for the election of members OF
the boards to govern the colleges.
This has been held off to see what the
house would do on the bill to create
a board of regents for the three insti-
buttons Ii now, appears certain TINS
will not be passed at this session, SO
the members of the old boards whose
tern,sswill expire soon will be re-elect-
ed AT the, time of election of senator
two vacancies were filed by the cleo
ton of J. j.. Seerley to succeed Judge
Babbs on the university board. and an ex-
Senator Winnie to succeed Senator
Joseph A.. Allen On the same board.
There is vet to be elected members to
succeed Alonzo Abernethy, c. e. Pick
iettSand p. *. Holbrook on the UNI
versity board: james H.. wilson, w.
o. McElroy and A. E. Alexander on
the state college board; and w. "A.
McIntire and c.. H. McNider on the
normal school board. Wilson and Nc
Elroy have been renominated in dis
Jtrict caucuses of the Ninth and Sixth
districts. McIntire, democratic
member will be again presented by the
democrats. 1t is not known there VIII
be any contest on the others.
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1t is anticipated that when the gov
ernor signs the parole bill he will be
ready to- at once announce his APP
pointmelts to the position of members
of the parole board. One must be a
lawyer and one will be democrat.
The only name thus far mentioned IN
this connection is that of ex-senator
w. H. Berry, of Warren county, but 1t
is not known whether he could be In
duced to accept, as places on this
board will not be very desirable. A
suggestion has been made that ex-
Senator Emmert, of Atlantic, might be
a good man for the democratic mem
Der. as he introduced the first of the
bills providing for this reform, and Is
greatly interested in the work. There
is no doubt that B. W. Garrett, of De-
catur county, will be the secretary OF
the parole board. He has had charge
of the entire parole work the past five
years and has administered the af-
fairs of the office of parole secretary
to the entire. satisfaction of everyone
save a few who have desired the loos-
e1ing UP of the laws. He has attended
strictly to business, has devoted his
entire time to the work and he Is OF a
temperament well fitted to handle this
delicate duty. If he has excited the
enmity of cheap politicians it has been
because he has been too efficient as a
public servant. The bill will also nee
essitate some readjustment of posi-
tons in the office of the chief execu-
tive of the state.
Hambleton Of Mahaska, is seeking to
get bill thru during the closing days
of the session which will give change
for an appeal to the district court from
the action of a board of review in case
the board fixes the assessment at toe
low a figure. Under the present law
If the board of review leaves the
amount too high the property owner
can appeal. The property owner is the
only one who has any right to
appeal. If the figure is too high
he will appeal and of course will not
appeal if it is too low. Hambleton In
his bill provided that any citizen could
appeal. The senate amended the bill
so as to limit the right of appeal te
the owner of the property assessed ano
ITO any state, county or school officer
affected The bill is now in conference
committee with some little show of get
ting the bill thru as passed by the
house.
House members think they have dis
covered a bad mistake of the senate II
the Ericsson bill to tax corporations
Under the constitution 1t is claimed
that all fines from criminal processes
must go to the permanent school fune
and must be paid to the state treasur.
err. The Ericsson bill provides for the
of state. This it is claimed is illega
and the house will take great deligh
in making the correction if it passe:
the bill
The bill by Moore Of Linn. providing
that the governor shall appoint leg.
|islative commission to visit the state
educational institutions to inquire a:
to their legislative needs, will be re.
ported to the house today for passage
by the house Judiciary committee. The
bill is a new departure in handling
these institutions. The bill provide:
that the members of the commission
must be appointed after the November
election in 1908 and must be appointed
from the holdover memberssand mem
bers elect of the Thirty third genera
assembly. It further provides tina
when they visit the institutions they
must go in body and must spend a
least six days at each of the institu-