Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-22
APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE IN
s-,TUTIoNs AND SCHOOLS
QUITE. MODEST.
NO FRICTION IN DIVISION
AND FEW pIsAPPolNTMENTs
Three Colleges Secure Almost Half of
Million and a Half Appropriated
Demand. Of Other State Institutions
Considered Quite Modest-Appropri-
atoms Committees Unpleasant Task.

I Des Moines, March 21-The $780,
1000 which has been reported as avail
able for the extraordinary appropria-
tions of the general assembly will be
distributed with less Of friction and
fewer disappointments than at first
seemed possible. For 81 time there was
much effort to see if there could not be
some way devised of getting a larger
sum for the demands of the various in
situations. but this will not be needed.
When the budget is finally made up it
will be about as follows:
Three state colleges ......... $3.50 900
Fifteen state institutions $50. $4,000
State fair amphitheater ....... 100000
State militia increase ........ 10000
New land ,..s..'... ......... 10000
Historical building, ...,.... 100000
Miscellaneous items .......... $4,000
The items of the college appropria-
tons does not include all that the col
leges get, but merely the increase in
support and the special appropriations.
|, The item as to the state institutions is
all for permanent improvements, re-
pairs, etc. In the improvements is in
Guided new buildings needed at Oak
dale, Mount Pleasant, EldorA and Glen
wood. The new land needed is at the
state prison and also at or near the
state capitol. The appropriation for the
new .amphitheater Is virtually agreed
upon and will not be changed. 1t will
be sufficient to make a good start in
this work. There should be larger
sum for the completion of the histor-
ical building, but the sum named is
about all that can be expected at this
time. The house has passed bill for
increase of the support for the militia
by 100000 for the period tho this may
not be all granted by the senate as it
is known the federal government is in
creasing its support fund very much.
The item Cor the state institutions
will be more modest than any in recent
years. The new buildings needed are
not large and it is certain that from
this time on there will be very little
need of such expenditures as have been
made in the past for the state institu-
tions. The work of rebuilding and mod
ernizing the institutions is almost all
done. AS for the college most Of that
to be given will go for increase of sup-
port, and the Ynillage taxes will be left
to care for the work of adding to the
Equipment The land for an epileptic!
colony will not be purchased now.
q = 4si Sssss - 80 l-4a
The. real work of preparing andscom-
pletipg the budget for the biennial per-
iod falls upon the chairman of the
two appropriations committees-Sena-
tor Maytag and Representative
Moore. Owing to the greater ease with
which the senate business is handled
the harder work comes to the senate
committee For a number of sessions
this delicate task of wedding out the
unnecessary, bills and passing favor
ably upon the most important, fell to
Senator Garst, and in this position
Garst won q reputation for being
about the closest man the state ever
had in charge of the work. In fact.
he made a great many enemies for
himself by insisting upon always
keeping expenditures within the in
come of the state But his successor
at the head of the appropriations
committee. Senator Maytag, has shown
equal capacity for looking after the in
terests of the state, and the lobbyists
who undertake to raid the state treas
ury are finding him a very hard prop
osition. Early in the session the SEN
ator from Jasper was a good deal
worried as to how to trim the appro-
priations by over a million dollars and
still satisfy everyone. He has now
worked it down to where it looks as
If he would succeed very well.
The items left out show something
Of the difficulties that confront legis-
lators at every turn. The big bonuses
for highways had to all be cut out,
and the expenditures contemplated for
survey Of the rivers to see if they are
ing, had to be all cut out. The utili-
ties commission urged upon the legis-
lature by Governor Carroll would have
proved an expensive proposition, for in
New York state a similar commission,
handling no more business than the
one planned for Iowa, cost the state
$285,000 the first year. This has been
KILLED off. The proposed dairy school
is a dead one also the plan for con-
servation commission with a nice lot
of places to be filled by appointment.
The educational board will not be very
expensive, and it is expected it will
practically save it's cost.
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