Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-18
State Paper of Governor Garst
Attracting Wide Attention
Among Thinkers
TAXATION MEASURES IN DOUBT
Fate Depends on Man Who FormuIates
Them-FeeIy Busy Making Up House
committees-some Deserving Ones
Sure to Be Disappointed-state Cap
itaI Gossip. ,
pecial to Times-K Republican.

| hundred persons at banquet OF the
women suffrage association, with eX-
| Governor Garst present, Prof. Benia-
min F. Shambaugh, of Iowa City, the
eminent historian who edited the vol
umes containing the messages and
the eyes of his auditors by giving an
stinted praise to the biennial messafe
of the governor to the general assem-
| bly, of Iowa.
Il have just finished reading the
message of the governor to the gener-
al assembly" he declared, land want
Ito say while the impression is still
| fresh in my mind, that the document
] is, in my judgment, one of the very
best messages which has ever been
submitted to the general assembly Of
this state from the executive office.
I might hesitate, to make this state
ment if l did not read carefully every
message and every inaugural in the
history of Iowa. Besides being an ex
EXCEPTIONALLY strong and sane document
the message will, / am sure, be of
great value to students of Iowa his
tory and be frequently referred to in
their writings in the future
Professor Shambaughs' views in re-
card to the value Of the message We're
shared by those present as indicated by
their marks of approval. A great many
others have also given it the highest
commentator. Mr.. HI. W. Macomber
wrote the governor:
Have read your message from start
to finish and want to congratulate YOU
on its being a good level headed BUSH
ness paper and also on *: being splen-
Gidly written--the right word in he
right place every time: one of the best
reading documents ! have ever read.
am not saying this as blarney or soft
soap. but because honestly think and
believe it. It is a paper Of which yol
and your friends may well be proud"
Ex-Governor Larrabee, in charac-
teristic fashion, wrote of the biennial
MESA ge:
II have read your message with great
satisfaction. Your recommendations are
all good and upto- date. Especially do
! want to second your recommendation
as to Bob White. There should not be
a quail killed in Iowa for at least. five
ears. am glad of your recommends
ION to tighten up on the liquor laws"
The fate of the vraious taxation and
revenue measures in the legislature
will depend largely upon the chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the house. This position was held for
several sessions by Colonel Temple the
veteran legislator, and last session by
Lorenzo Teter. a new man will have
to be picked and he will have to make
the fight which seems to be necessary
for some important legislation on tax
alton matters. The direct inheritance
tax bill and the bill to require corpora
tons to pay an annual fee and make
reports will be handled by this chair
man. He will also direct the legislation
for the change in regard to assessment
of mortgages. The bill which will prob
ably be prepared will provide that
when mortgage is filed the holder
must pay fee of one-half of 1 per
cent and If with this he files a sworn
statement that he has himself paid this
fee and that, neither directly nor indi-
rectly has the mortgagor paid the fee,
shen the mortgage becomes not assessa-
bic as other personal property. 1t is
believed this plan will meet with gen.
eral approval.
A or at many OF the older legislators
and state officials have expressed re-
gret over the death of Senator Healy.
All tradition is to the effect that he
was the most brilliant man who ever
had a seat in the state senate. His
greatest work was undoubtedly that of
directing the fight for the state board
of control and he always regarded this
as his one great achievement in the
public service. He spoke for one whole
week explaining the measure and point
i.lg out the evils of the separate board
system In management of state bust
ness He was opposed by some very
able men and the opposition was as
fierce as anything ever seen in the
state but Healy and his associates won.
Speaker Feely broke the Sabbath by
casting up accounts as to various mem |
bers of the legislature who think they
are especially entitled to consideration
DIT his IlaHuS. he remained mere W WOTA
on his committees and he is having no
easy time of it. The fact that the mem
bers of the last house who held the i'm
portant chairmanships nearly all re-
NAMED at home left the matter wide
open for Feeiy to recast the entire
committee list and that is what he is
doing. But pressure for preferment was