Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-30

ing department over into the Office
of the treasurer. 1t is believed by
those legislators of the hcnst' who are
Interested that the house with a little
urging will stand by its first action
In the meantime the leaders are TAX.
ing second thought to determine jIst
what they wish to have done
The house committee on apprupria-
tons mas voted to Indefinitely post
pone the bill to consolidate the man
agement of the stare educational in
stitutions under one board of con-
troll, but good RESPECTABLE fighting
minority has voted TO recommend the
bill for p2ssage. These reports dill
not reach, the house yesterday and
y, 70 expetsei today. The bill passed
the selaIr lest year and was killed
in the house and 1t has passed the
senate this year and is now up to the
house. Its passage Is nt ubtful. A
great dea, # work has lately been
done in, thu house by the enemies ut
the bill BIZ. It's friends st.ll claim it
has a tigniirg chance.
Representative Miller yesterday in
troduceI 4 resolution WITCH reads as
follows. BE 1t resolved by the house
of representatives of the state Of Iowa
the senate concurring. That The
Iowa members of the United States
senate be and are hereby .lected and
the Iowa members of tie national
house Of representatives be and are
hereby requested, 10 urge an imme-
date revision OF the Dingley tariff
law to the end that all schedules, may
ne modified that afrre shelter TO
monopoly" Miller is chairman of the
democratic state central committee
The billboard nuisance got swi2e
III the senate yesterday Unexpectedly
A bill was called UP &c give cities
rinks, dance halls, oiaivvoyants and
things of like charaste-. Tne senator
from Scott worked m an amendment
to include billboards and to give pow
er to CITY council t., prohibit them
Some there were to suggest that 1t
vas not Il very good mixture and
courts might take exception to it es
pecially # not careful about the label
but it went through.
1t has been agreed that seven thous
and copies shall be printed of the re
port of the Iowa battlefield monument
commissions, giving all about the cree
| ton of these monuments, their history
end inscriptions, and record of the
historic journey of the representatives
of the grand army, the monument com
missions and their invited guests to
| dedicate these monuments. This little
handbood will be much priced by the
| old soldiers, especially all those who
participated. in the battles which are
commemorated by these monuments
The only question has been the mum
Der of copies which should be print
| ed.
| The senate was not In mood yester
day for giving vacations to state en-
ployes. A bill to give to the guards
at the two state prisons vacation
of two weeks each year on full pay
was defeated A motion to amend tc
include the attendants at the five state
hospitals was defeated first, but this
indicated the trend matters are TAX
| ing when the legislature goes into the
business of granting vacations. A mo
| tipn was made to reconsider.
The conferees on the primary cleo
| tion bill held meeting last night and
finished up their work The amend
ments were put in good condition tt
be acted on intelligently in botf
houses. A change was made In the
date of holding some of the conyen
tons. The most important part O.
1 the report relates to an exception as
to cities where the Galveston plan is
being experimental with, because II
that bill there is special provision
for a ncn-partisan primary election
Some good hard work was done OF
the conference committee especial,
by Peterson, Durham, Crossley ant
Lee The Din as it has finally beer
made represents fairly the work o