Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10
Iowa
BIC RUSH In IOWA CAPITAL
Lumber Trust Bill Mutilated by the
Senate.
COMMERCE COUNSEL BILL DEAD
Repor of Investigation Of Insane
Hospitals Adopted In House
Though Regarded as Most
Unsatisfactory.
COMMERCE COUNSEL BILL DEAD
CFrom a staff Correspondent

(From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia, April s~.-(special Tel
eEram)-The senate spent all Thursday
on the Lumber trust and mn
counsel bills. The former was amended
and passed, but in such shape that in all
probability the house will not pass II and
the bill to create a counsel was
defeated.
the legislature started In for the finish
today and commenced to handle bills with
haste The senate began with a sitting
committee and the house has already
worked under the rule Of such a conn
mittee two days.
IN senate early held an executive ses-
sion for the purpose Of considering the an
pointments of Governor Carroll. II was n
foregone conclusion that the senate uould
never stand for the placing OF Judgs 7 p.
Conner on the board of control TO suc-
coed John Cownie. the farmer member
There was also some talk OF turning down
at least two OF the members OF the Board
of Education on the ground that they had
not shown themselves friendly to Iowa
educational interests ana also because
there are not on the board any graduate
of a college except in some special course.
They promptly rejected and refused to
confirm the appointment of Judge Conner.
A committee was sent to confer with the
governor and see IL he would not with
draw the name. but he refused, and there
was nothing left for the senate but to re-
ject the name. The governor Immediately
appointed F. F. Jones of Vilisca to the
board of control. He may not be con-
firmed, as it is said there lie some oppo-
sition.
The Board of Education was all con-
firmed and the men named yesterday will
take charge of the colleges July /.
Recalled One Bill.
The legislature today recalled from the
governor the Seeley bill to exempt from
taxation the stocks OF all corporations
outside of Iowa. The house started the
recall matter when 1t was discovered that
a certain bank bill had been rejected by
the senate, and the Seeley bill was at
tackled at first In retaliation. But it also
was developed that the bill would exempt
from taxation a vast amount of personal
property in Iowa, and the bill probably
will not be passed again.
Raising Salaries at Capitol.
The senate passed the resolution offered
by the committee on retrenchment and
reform increasing salaries about the state
house. The committee each session fixes
the pay of clerks and employees in the
various departments. A number of notable
increases were approved ard a larger num-
Der of clerks will be employed about the
state house and in various departments
during the next two years than ever before.
The senate passed a general bill in rela-
ton to fish and game, after adding to 1t
an amendment which forbids fishing
through the ice in the winter. The general
bill had permitted this form OF fishing.
Thu senate passed a resolution giving
Of plans made at the state college
for various buildings to be constructed out
of the millage taxes.
Small Work in the House.
The house spent SOM time considering
the report of the special committee on
the insane hospitals. The committee made
a report which many of the members re-
garded as indefinite and weak in that 1t
lacked specific Information as to any wrong
doing on the part of the board or the
superintendent. The house refused to hear
the Board of Control. The report
was adopted after much opposition.
The house passed a bill from the senate
.appropriating $1,000 to kill moths. a bill to
require airbrakes on the large interurban
cars and a bill to forbid the smoking of
cigarettes by persons under p. The house
also passed a bill forbidding drinking
on trains and a senate bill which
proceeding against bawdy
houses by injunction process.
House Passes Liquor Bill.
The house this afternoon passed the
senate bill prohibiting intoxicants on trains.
Thia nuts an and m the cola ~ Iio,,a. a.,
lining cars for consumption while on the
trains. Members of the train crew are