Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
IOWA JAG Retreat
IS An [LDORADO
Legislative Committee Finds
the State Sustains Large
Colony in ldleness
ANrI.rREArlNe BILL PRESENTED
pye Introduces Measure in the House
That is Very strinsent-ears Treat
Ing at Ones Own TabIe-5iII in Sem
ate Would Do Away With Officers
Of State Printer and Binder
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Des Moines, Feb. 2.--Iowa provides
an Eldorado for men who fall by the
Mayside, and it sustains in idleness a
large colony OF able bodied unfortu-
mates who ought to be employed. This
is the report Of the committee which
visited the state hospital for inebriates
at Knoxville.
The committee reported that there
are about 100 persons at the hospital
now with nothing to do but to pass
the time away and grow fat at the ex-
pense of the state" 1t costs about $23
per capita per month to support these
men. About rs per cent are able bodied
men, capable OF doing work enough to
earn their way. The committee sug-
gests the purchase of land near the
buildings SO that work may be had
for these people, as there is stone
quarry on the land. and "pulverized
rock would be merchantable for ma
cadamizing purposes"
The superintendent informed the yis-
cases committed receive permanent
benefit "There is an element" says
the committee, that is sent to the hos
pital that does not come under its jur-
isdiction. A great many hardened
criminals who have been I'm the peni-
tentiary, who are termed sleepers'
around the cities, are sent there to be
rid Of them. The influence these per-
sons have on the young fellows who
have gone wrong for the first time is
not the best, and we recommend that
this class of patients be sent, to- other.
places"
The committee expressed great conf
dence in the management of the board
OF control, and approved appropria-
tions of $4,000, of which $4,000 should
be for land.
Dye, OF Decatur in the house today,
introduced bill that prohibits giving
treats of liquor either in saloons, on
the street out of bottle, or at mans
own dinner table. The bill does not in
terfere with the legal sale of liquor in
saloons to the person who drinks it,
but it makes more stringent the law
as to the doctors prescribing liquor for
medicine and requires that the patient
must need the liquor before the doctor
can legally prescribe it.
The senate passed a bill to pay for
10000 maps of Iowa for free distribu-
tion, also a bill to authorize extra pay
for supervisors in doing work on drain
age cases; bill to provide for police
matrons in special charter cities; also
by Peterson, bill providing a method
of service OF notice on common car
riers and corporations; Lambert i'm
troduced bill to have the state print
ing and binding done by contract;
Nichols bill to appropriate $4,000 for
state fair buildings and land, and Tur-
ner bill to permit the educational
board to validate teaching certificates
from other states.
In the house Lee introduced q bill to
regulate employment offices, and Feay
a bill to require supervisors to give
bonds A petition was presented in
the senate from the town of West Bur-
lington asking for the repeal of that
part of the anti-pass law affecting city
officials holding passes.
The democrats are going to be for
primary bill, not the primary bill.
They feel that they are sufficiently
strong to command some attention.
They will propose some very radical
clauses for the measure.
1t has already become evident that
the democrats will stand for a primary
bill only that will be in effect a wide
open BILL one where there will be no
opportunity or demand for declara-
ton of party affiliation. They will
consider the matter in caucus and
make a stand for a bill that will not
require the voter to say he is a demo-
crat or republican, and one which
will not, in effect, disfranchise the in
dependent voter.
I'VE want a bill that will not be in
the interest of partisanship but will
be in the interest of good government"
said one of the democrats yesterday
we want Dlll lHdI VIII permit t1le
really Independent voter, the one who
refuses to tag himself with party
name, to take part in selecting our Of
ficers. The corrupt elements will be
represented of course and SO will those
who are hard and fast party men; but
we want it to be possible also for the
men who vote with intelligence and
discrimination to have part in our
government"
In accordance with this the demo-
Gratis are preparing to make a stand
against any of the primary measures
that have been suggested. 1t is known
that among those who secretly would
like to defeat all primary legislation
there is much effort being made to in
duce the democrats to stand for some
thing that cannot be accepted gener-
ally, thus muddling matters SO that no
bill can be put on the statute books.