Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10

mlttee has decided that this amount
is less than would be paid by private
corporation to men entrusted with the
management of plants as big as the
state penal and eleemosynary institu-
lions.
Chalrmen of the appropriations COM
mlttees In the house and senate are
two of the six members of the com
mittee who recommend these III
creases. Senator Maytag and Req
resentative Moore have record Cor
opposing anything in the nature of
salary grab or other unjustified in
crease in the states statutory ex-
penses, and a recommendation com
! ing from them will carry considerable
weight.
While Senator Van Law accepted
defeat for his bill to give free tuition
at the Iowa educational institutions
for all young residents of Iowa, and
yielded gracefully to the inevitable,
he spoke earnestly in favor of the
idea and indicated that at the next
session he would make hard fight for
the bill. II believe the time is not far
distant he said, when it can be said
that In Iowa education, from the kin
ate course, is absolutely free to the
children of Iowa. He takes the view
that with the enormous sums spent on
the educational institutions the state
ought to open wide their doors and
give education free to all who live in
the state. The bill was opposed as in
volving an increase of the state sup
port at these colleges.
There seems to be little prospect of
the passage of the Seeley bill looking
to the teaching of agriculture in the
common schools Of the state. The bill,
in the form in which it finally passed
the senate, would do little more than
give warning to the teachers of the
state that within three years the
teaching of the rudiments of agricul-
ture would be required in the com
mon schools Of the state. Neither is
there to be anything done to provide
for the education of teachers for this
work at the state teachers college,
Or for any other special branch. Pres
ident Seeley of the teachers college
wanted help for giving teachers train
| ing in commercial lines, as there is
now great demand for teachers of this
kind, but the legislature turned it
down.
The adoption of the bill to appropri-
ate for the national guard means that
henceforth the guard will have Just
sl30,0OO year more to use than it
has now 100000 from the state and
100000 from the federal government.
The guard will be required to have
four machine gun batteries and some
other new organizations, but the
greatest expense will be in increasing
the membership of the companies.
This will make it much more difficult
to keep the full quota of Companies
and larger number of disbandmcnts
may be expected. The tendency will
be, it is expected, that the companies
will be grouped more largely in the
cities and less in the small towns.
The senate committee on constitu-
tional amendments got together yes
terday and reported out the resolution
memorializing congress to call a con
stitutional convention in the interest
of popular election of senators. An eff.
fort was made to bury 1t but, as soon
mittee got action.
The bill to redistrict the state Judi
cially never came to life The commit
tee appointed to consider this matter
referred it to the next general assem-
bly, where most of the reform" meas
ures are going. The committee found
that there was not time and no de-
mand for redistricting of the state.
The committee on retrenchment and
reform slipped in bill on the qniet
yesterday in the house to raise Gov.
CAROLS salary $500 a year and to
$4,000, also Increasing the pay of the
treasurer, secretary and auditor of
state to $500 year.
The Clarkson assumption of risk
bill went to the enrolling committee
yesterday. The bill was started early
in the session and the labor interests
have been Jealous for it. The bill
changes the rule of law in regard to
accidents.
The bill to permit a rotation of
judges in Lee county by having the
supreme court send an outside Judge
into the district for half the sessions,
has finally passed the house and will
become law.
Senator Balkema got through the
senate yesterday a bill to put stop
to the trading stamp business in
stores
The senate reconsidered and passed
the Swift bill penalizing railroads for
failure to obey the orders of the rail-
road commission The intent Of the
bill is to force the railroads to immedi.
ately comply with all orders and also
to discourage appeals for purposes Of
delay. d