Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Iowa House Develops Response
bility For Latest Political
Trick
EcKLEs, BILL PUT TO SLEEP
Measure to Increase Per Capita Sup
port Fund at Soldiers Homo Turned
Down by tho House Agreement
Finally Reached for Five Days Re-
ces.-support Fund for State Schools
pecial to Times-Republican


sentative Jones' Of Montgomery, rising
to question Of personal privilege In the
house this morning, 1t was disclosed
that some democratic members of the
Legislature have access to the columns
of the Des Moines Daily Capital for at
tacks they desire TO make against the
governor The question Of persona,
privilege was thru the Capital printing
an attack on the governor and mem
bers of the delegation who went on be-
half of the state to the southern battle
fields to dedicate the soldiers monu-
ments, as being report of the appro-
priations committee, Of which Jones is
chairman.
The report purported to be the re-
port of the committee on the bill ap-
propriating $1,000 additional to the ex-
pense OF the special train for the dedi-
|cation Of the monuments. In the dis
cussion that followed, Miller of Bremen,
chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee, took full authority for having
given the one column attack on the
governor to the Capital and apologized
to the house.
In the discussion that followed 1t
was disclosed that sub-com mittee OF
the appropriations committee was ap-
pointed to consider the bill The sub
committee consisted of Miller OF Bre-
mer, Wilson of Tama and Sheldon Of
Ringgold. Miller OF Bremen prepared
the attack on the governor and monu-
ment commissions and desired to re-
port 1t to the full committee, but Will
son and Sheldon refused and he re-
ported it as minority report against
the passage OF the bill,
The committee voted against the pas
sage of the bill but did not accept the
attack by Miller. A minority report Of
the appropriations committee voted ia
vorably to the passage of the bill
Chairman Jones declared that in his
opinion Miller's action was a grave in
justice II not an insult to the COM
mittee. Speaker Kendall took occasion
to adnonish the press gallery to get
it's reports of the actions of the house
and its committees from authoritive
sources at the chief clerks desk only.
1t Is understood that the article which
appeared in the Capital was also given
to certain correspondents of republi-
can newspapers published elsewhere
than in Des Moines, and was sent by
them to their newspapers.
Just before adjournment Of the house
a sensation was created by Moore, Of
Linn county, denouncing the action Of
the Judiciary committee in reporting
adversely on the bill to relocate coun-
ty seats, without waiting for a hearing
Cedar Rapids people. 1t was explained
that this was mistake.
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A conference committee was appoint
ed on the Saunders bill relating to lost
executive papers. which was amended
by the house, the members being Dun
ham, Jamison, Dowell, Saunders, Teter.
Hacker, Harding and Arney. The SEN
ate committee on agriculture reported
the bill for bounty on pocket gophers;
the committee on suppression Of in
temperance, a bill to permit shippers of
liquors in Iowa to sell in any place,
and the committee on corporations re-
ported a bill to require annual re-
ports from corporations.
The Eckles bill, which passed the
senate, raising the per capita allow
ance at the Soldiers Home to SIG, was
indefinitely postponed by the house
on an adverse report of the appropria-
tions committee. When messaged back
to the senate Eckles sought to have
the senate take action to revive the
bill, but 1t could not be done. 1t is
probable that later another bill will be
introduced to accomplish the same
thing.
The senate passed the bill to author
ize improvement assessments against
abutting property; also Wilson's right
of-way bill to authorize pumping sta
tions in connection with United States
| levees and drains.
The house and senate have finally
agreed on five days recess, beginning
March l. The senate passed the bill
fixing the regular annual support funds
| at the state educational institutions as
follows:
University ................... OOl
State College ................. l93,900
State Normal ................ $4,000
The senate passed the bill appro-
nm Co, +to i1rno1 oomrOiS.