Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-05

WOULD QUIT TO KILL BILLS
Immediate Adjournment Would Pre-.
vent Passage of Several Measures to
Which Certain Elements Are Opposed
Appropriations Bills Yet to Be Dis
posed of-Appointments Please.
to rimes-Republican

Des Moines. April 5.-Once more the
date has been fixed, and yet not fixed,
for adjournment The senate passed
the resolution to quit Saturday noon.
then cut the string" SO to speak, by
defeating motion to reconsider. The
resolution went to the house this
morning If the house passes 1t with
out amendment and cuts the string
again, it will all be over some time
Saturday.
But Senator Smith, who for the
time being is the autocrat of the SEN
ate and chief sitter, says fatty that II
there is adjournment Saturday noon,
1t means an extra session OF the legis-
lature because 1t will be absolutely
impossible to get thru at that time.
Speaker Kendall also says that 1T is
all out Of the question to get thru at
the date set.
What is the secret of the matter?
1t is this, that there are certain bills
yet u1considered which 1t Is very
much desired by some interests shall
be killed off, and they are willing to
sacrifice the interests of the state by
an ultimely and ill-considered adj
journraent to prevent passage Of
these bills. 1t has been made very
plain the past few days that the fight
is not yet over on the railroad bills.
A number of the members are so anx-
ious 10 defeat the anti-pass bill that
they will do almost anything to eff
feet its defeat. There are other bills
in the same fix.
Those who are working to have the
business of the session disposed of in
orderly manner and with sufficient
time so that every important bill shall
receive serious consideration on its
merits, resent the activity of others
in trying to force an early adjourn
ment.
One thing which may possibly hold
the legislature for a few days is that
OF the appropriations for the edlca-
tional institutions. Disposal of the
appropriation bills has been held back
because of desire to know what will
happen to some of the bills which look
to sLn increase Of the revenues of the
state, such as the corporation fee bill
and the direct Inheritance tax bill.
The passage of these bills in such form
as 10 assure material increase i'll the
revenues of the state without increase
OF the direct tax levy, would have its
effect on the educational institutions.
The defeat of these measures means
certainly that the educational institu-
tons will be loser thereby. Every
vote cast against these bills means a
direct hit at higher education in
Iowa. There is, as usual great reluc-
tarrce about doing that which means
am increase in the state tax levy, as
small as it is. There is political side
to the question. The president of one
of the colleges said the other day:
This legislature and this state adj
ministration were elected on ar issue
made by the defeated and discredited
parties in politics relating to the state
finances. 1t was made political is
sue and the state was flooded with lit
erature which was intended to influ-
ence the voters by showing that the
present state administration had been
unduly extravagant and wasteful and
that the taxes We're too high as a
consequence. That issue was met
fairly by a showing of the facts. The
PEOPLE voted intelligently and they up
held nobly the work Of the recent leg
islatures. Now this general assembly
purposes doing that which will be vir-
tual confession that the accusation of
extravaganza had some foundation by
making an unmerciful cut in the ex-
penditures The people have approved
.liberality to3 the state institutions. The
legislature ought to do that which
has already been approved in advance,
and not pay any attention to the petty
fault finders who follow barking along
the trail of progress"