Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-11
ALLISON PEDESTAL
BILLS IS PASSED
Senate Agrees to Appropriate
$4,000 For Base For
Statue
HOUSE HITS HEALTH BOARD
Passes Bill to Take Away Authority in
Quarantine Cases and Lodge Il in
Local Boards - Senate May Defeat
Plan-BilI for State College Board
introduced by Whipple.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb 1.-THE senate ap-
propriations committee today recon-
mended the bill to appropriate $4,000
for building the pedestal for the ALE!
son monument in Des Moines. and the
senate Immediately passed the bill with
an amendment limiting the state eX-
penditure to 80 per cent of the expen-
diture to be made from other sources.
The big appropriations bills We're pre-
sented, providing for an appropriation
of S1S1. 900 for the state fair, chiefly Tor
a new amphftheater. also an appropria-
tion of s69S,600 for the state univer-
sity including sl5O.o00 for a woman $
building.
The house adopted the reports in the
contest cases from Clinton and Ida
counties, in the former permitting
Kendall the democrat to retain his
seat and in the latter giving the seat
to Corrie, republican. The contest
from Buchanan county is being heard
by committee today.
The house passed. by vote OF ~,
the bill to take from the state board
of health all authority over quarantine
matters and leave all power in the 10
calN boards. 1t is understood the state
board will make a fight to defeat 1t
in the senate
Senator whipple introduced his bill
to create a state board of education to
handle the colleges, the board to con-
sist of nine members and a business
three. Senator Balkema introduced a
wage exemption bill which exempts 80
per cent of the wages of the heads Of
families for ninety days only.
The rattlesnakes bounty bill was
started on it's last run today. 1t was
reported favorably to the house from
the judiciary committee with a lot CT
other important measures that will If
ford the house opportunity to do some-
ttirg. The bill which undertakes 10
make it legal for the attorney general
to make settlement of cases in which
the state is party was recommended;
also the bill by Senator Francis re
quiring that lights be shown on sail
and steam boats on Iowa lakes: the
bill to require the county auditor to
foot up assessment rolls; the bill to ,e-
quire that a regularly employed coun-
ty physician shall act in quarantine
1>st 10 f11a
companies keep a deposit with the
state auditor the same as insurance
companies; also the bill by Sullivan
defining a "bucbetshop" and forbiddins
the operation of such a concern. All
but the two last named have passed
the senate. The Moore bill with regard
to surety companies would put them on
par with the other insurance or
gan cations.
The Allison monument will be erect
ed on groud adjacent to the state
house, probably to the west, and it will
be built largely by money secured thru
the schools of Iowa. There is a move
ment on foot to have the state buy a
large tract of the cheap land along the
river bank in Des Moines and place
the soldiers monument and the Alli-
son monument there, but it is more
likely the Allison monument will &c
up on the hill near the state house
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge spoke to the
senator's on the plans of the commits
sion and urged an appropriation tor
the starting of the work. The plan is
to appropriate for the location of the
monument, the purchase of the site and
the building of the foundation. Then
the commission will get busy and will
raise the money for a very fine monu-
ment In view of the great interest
which the late senator took in all mat
ters affecting the schools the work is
to be done largely thru the schools.
A hearing on the Harding bill to se-
peal the anti-compact insurance law
was held by the house committee We'd
nesday afternoon. Mr.. Delmege on be-
half of the insurance interests advo-
Gated the bill, and an attorney for the
insurance companies from Chicago
presented an exhaustive argument or
the subject. The position was taken
that the law has had just the opposite
G1l6CC TO Cldl llleHdSl anu ~ Ale1o 4AO'
been Of any benefit to the small in
Surer.
lMessrs. Kendall, Brandeis and Dab
ney have given notice they want te
take it back about forbidding all sports
and games of every kind on Memoria
Day. They have had change of heart
and now say that the law would moi
be enforced and could not be observed
At the same time the Sunday observ-
mce movement is gaining strength and
the members are being importuned t.
vote for bill favoring strict quiet or
the sabbath day.
The time is coming for complete
rewriting of the laws Of the states In
the matter OF the liability for acci-
dents and deaths.
81 look forward to time said
James C. Davis before the senate ~.