Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-07
GOVERNOR CARROLL SELECTS
FORMER CONGRESSMAN FOR
CONTROL BOARD.
IGNORES sENATE's PLEA;
NAME MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Twenty-Five Senators Petition Gov
ernor to Retain Present Member
Members of Education Borrd Select
ed-PcrsonncI as Forecasted-Lesis
lative News.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Des Moines. April AT noon today
the senate went into executive session
to consider appointments. The name of
Judge j. p. Conner. OF Denison, was
presented for membership on the
board of control, and for the education
board A. B. Funk, George Baker, L.
d. Foster, p. K Holbrook, C. L. Bren-
ton, L. d. Murphy, j. II. Trewin, Rog-
er Leavitt, and E. p. Schoentgen. All
were referred to committee Twenty
five members of the senate signed a
petition favorlng John Cownie's re-
tenton on the control board, and pre-
sented it to the governor, but he stated
he would not change his appoint
ments.
The house passed bill revising the
fish and game laws. a bill to require
publication of the proceedings of city
councils, and defeated the bill to in
crease the pay Of the custodian of the
capitol.
The senate passed a bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the state dairy as
sociation and a bill to give the execu-
tive council right to remove appointive
state officials.
The senate postponed until tomor-
row the lumber trust bill.
The disagreement over the member
of the state board of control reached
a elimination this morning when twen-
ty-five of the senator's signed a petit
ton to the governor asking him to re-
appoint John Cownie. This was done
when 1t became known this morning
that the governor was likely to appoint
some well-known politician of the
state. The governor sent to the SEN
ate just before noon his appointments
for the board of education and the
board of control, but the senate must
consider them in secret session tonior-
row and the names were not dis
closed, altho they We're later given out.
1t is possible that the appointment
of Conner for the board of control may
be Withdrawn, as his friends now be-
lieve he will not be confirmed and
the senators feel that they have been
badly treated. 1t is stated that the
governor asked that the senate not act
at once. 1t is understood Corners name
was urged upon the governor by the
standpatters, and his recognition as
coming from strong progressive sec
tion of the state would be taken as
rebuke to the progressives there.
The house received the committee
report on insane hospitals, which re-
port recommends that the legislature
increase the per capita support of these
hospitals so that the board of con-
troll may employ more and better at
tendants; that the superintendents of
the departments keep In closer touch
with the ward and that when atten-
dants are discharged they be not Civ
en- employment elsewhere The COM
mittee reported that instances of cru
city and neglect of patients We're found
at some of the hospitals, but that all
persons guilty of any infraction of the
rules have been promptly discharged.
Some of the senator's have become
perturbed over the situations as to
the various appointments which must
be made and submitted to the senate
before adjournment and in time for
investigation, and yesterday set on foot
quiet investigation to see how it
would be possible in case of a mix-up
necessitatng continuation of the ses-
sion for them to take from the table
the concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment. They pointed out that already
there has been such delay that the
senate will have to accept the ap-
pointments without any investigation
or inquiry, and thus the purpose of
the law is defeated. In regard to both
the board of education and the board
Of control 1t Is provided that the sem
ate shall not confirm on the same day
that> the nominations are sent to the
senate, the purpose of this being to
force the senate to make investigation
of the merits of the appointees before
confirmation and also TO give oppor-
tunity for the constituents of the SEN
ators to make known to them objec-
tions, IL any there be, as to persons
appointed. BY holding off the appoint
ments until this time it Is manifestly
impossible for the senate to make any
investigation; in fact, the senate Is
now forced to the alternative of ac-
cepting any list of appointees with
out any privilege of investigation or
to compel the rejection OF the list at
the expense Of muddle leavingNthe
institutions without control. II Sthe
senate should now desire to reject any
Of the appointees 1t would practically
make 1t impossible to organize the
board of education. AS for the board
Of control appointee. the senators have
been quite free to express their views
as to the situation and have said that
the nomination should haveN been
weeks ago. Confirmation as appotntees
must be In executive session and 1t Is
safe to say that In such session when
held. either tomorrow or on the last
day Of the session. there will be some
things said that will be not very COM
Splimentary to. the appointive power.
Tho past three days there has been
much said BY the senators Ss to the