Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06
APPROPRIATION BILLS
GO THROUGH TODAY
BENATE PASSES ALL THE BIG
MEASURES PENDlNG; RANKIN
STATE MARSHAL LAW DOWN
ED; PRoHlBs WILL FIGHT.
Des Moines Bureau of
The OttumWa Courier


Des Moines, April 8.
1t is semi-off1cially announced that
the governor will name as the Demo
cratic members of the hoard of edu-
cation T. D. Foster of Ottumwa, D. d.
Murphy of Elkader and Edward
Schoentgen of Council Bluffs.
The new educational board will
combine the powers held by the
boards of regents of the various state
institutions and will be a power in ed
vocational matters in the state. Mr..
Fosters services at Parsons college,
Fairfield, and his philanthropic work
in the cause of education suggested
the new board.
The senate this morning passed the
big appropriation bills: the bill for state
institutions calling for $50S,000, the
bill for colleges calling for S555, 500, al
SO the bill for 100000 for the compile
ton of the historical building and the
bill for capitol commission and plan
for the Improvement of the capitol
grounds, appropriating $4,000 therefor.
The senate also passed the bill to
fix heavy penalty for jumping on
trains in motion and the bill for hunt
ers' license.
The house adopted the Harding
resolution memoralizing congress for a
department of mines, also the con
current resolution for a constitutional
amendment prohibiting polygamy
The house also adopted the resolu-
ton recommending the pardon of
= Charles Woodward of Decatur county.
Direct Vote on Senator.
Lee introduced in the house con-
current resolution memoralizing con
gress for constitutional amendment
to elect senators by direct vote of
the people, and the house Immediately
passed it. The members were under
the impression that the adoption of
the resolution two years ago was suf-
ficient, but today received word it
should be done again.
Marshal Law Defeated.
With the defeat of the state mar
shall bill by the house yesterday TEN.
perance and prohibition forces of Iowa
closed their campaign for legislation
at the present session and began lay
ing plans for lining up every faction
of the "drys," prohibitionists and tenn,
perance advocates alike, for what "A
c.. Rankin and Rev. D. Everett Smith
declared would be the greatest anti
liquor campaign Iowa has seen III
twenty-seven years.
This means solidifying of all the
various factions that are fighting the
liquor traffic in Iowa. said Mr. Smith
tIt will be necessary to form one
great organization embracing all the
forces for temperance and prohibition
and then We will begin fight which
4 am confident will end in victory two
years from now.
The Rankin bill providing for two
liquor law enforcement commission
ers with power to prosecute in any
county was showed under yesterday
by vote of Sc to 80
To Test 2-Cent Fare.
Iowa railroads are going to make ;
test of the 2-cent fare law. They have
been waiting for the adjournment o
the legislature so as not to stir vi
any antagonisms here, But it ha
come to the attention of some of thu
leaders of the legislature that thu
railroads are already at work prepal
Ing case to show that in Iowa as II
Missouri the 2-cent fare is not remun
erative. The Missouri case was triet
4a.a
ed that in Missouri the railroads wer
able to show that the law was no
justified. The attorneys believe tina
It will be easier to make such show
ing in Iowa. and if any sort of show
ing is made that justifies the claim
that the court will hold the Iowa lay
confiscatory. The fight to prevent tn
creation of the Office of commerc
hoe FL
such an officer would be prepared t
take up and try just such cases a
the one contemplated. The fight t
prevent enlargement of the duties {
the railroad commission is along tn
same lines. Everything is being don
70 maintain the status until such tim
rs the suits can be got into the court
Hs1d before the tribunals most likel
to favor the railroads.
Little Done on Rate Question.
Members of the legislature hay
just commenced to look into the ma
ter of the use that has been made
a fund which was placed in the HAND
of the railroad commissioners tW
years ago, being $4,000 in all, for tt
express purpose of employing exper
to investigate the Iowa rates as
freight and similar matters and to S
cure the best talent possible in Il
thorough investigation of all matte
relating to Iowa rate questions. Tn
far the legislature has not receive
any information as to the good resul
from this expenditure, and in ia
there is no report showing the emplc
ment of experts or any such inyestia