Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
Iowa
No CRIST IN PARDON MILL
Senate Committee Turns Down ALI
Applications Considered.
YOUNG MAN CoNFEsSES PERJURY
Committeeman Refuse 20 Believe
Him, However, and Decline TO
recommend Pardon BE
Granted
tFrom a SAD Correspondent.l

enate pardons committee TINS evening voted
to refuse a pardon to Haley and Robbsrd
of Dubuque and also to all other applicants
except Woodward and Penny, whose cases
nave not yet been completed.
A sensational hearing was given this aft
ernoon in the case of Adams of Marshall
county. when the committee was confronted
by the young man whose testimony had
sent Adams to the penitentiary. This young
man. James Ogg, confessed that he per
jured himself on the trial and pointed out
Zeke Everts, who was in the room. desig-
mating him as the man who was really
guilty Of the murder. The committee did
not believe Ogg. however. and voted to
keep Adams in prison.
Appointment Held Up.
The senate this morning received from
Governor Carroll the appointment of w. A.
Young of Hedrick to be custodian of the
capitol and public grounds, vice McCurdy.
The appointment was referred to a COM
mittee for investigation to report at the
session next Tuesday, McCurdy has been
custodian the last seven years and was a
former member Of the house. He has been
one Of the hardest working and most eff
cient members of the force In charge of
state property, but has been identified with
the progressive movement. Young is a
banker at Hedrick and said to be popular
at home.
The governor has but one more appoint
ment to make. that of member of the Board
of Control. and it is regarded as certain
hat the present incumbent will be reap
pointed. This is John Cownie, on whom a
hard fight has been made for political
reasons.
The governor has requested and received
the resignation of j. S. Goss of Atlantic as
a member of the State Pharmacy board.
He was accused by Eaton, another member
Of the board, OF drawing pay for time not
put in for the state, and Governor Carroll
asked his removal. There are about twenty
applicants for the place and these have
been pushing the matter very hard. The
governor has been a member of the execu-
tive council which has audited and paid
the bills of the board for years.
Light Legislative Session.
The legislative sessions today we're light
The senate spent the entire forenoon finish.
ing up the hotel bill and did not reach a
vote. The house passed the Lee bill amend
ing the primary election law. This after
Moons hearings were given in several i'm
portant matters.
Governor Carroll appointed Abbie S. Abb
bolt of Cedar Rapids to be a member OF
the state Board of Educational Examiners
to succeed Miss Roberts of Anes.
Pension Fund for Firemen.
The senate had on it's calendar for dis
posal the Saunders bill to authorize cities
to create a pension fund for firemen. A
commission is created consisting OF the
fire chief, city treasurer and city solicitor
to have charge of the fund, which is raised
by a levy OF one-half mill tax and pay.
ment of dues by firemen. The firemer
pay a IS fee for membership and annually
1 per cen of their salary. On being per,
manently disabled the fireman is penslonet
on half pay and in case of death dependent
relatives are provided for out of the fund
This is for paid departments only, and ID
a step long desired by firemen in tht
state.
No school Work.
Senator Allen got the school COMMITTEES
together the other day to see IL there wa,
any chance of an agree ment upon anything
in the way of legislation for the revision
of the school laws. He found that not NOR,
than two or three of the senator's on tn,
committee would be able to agree upoT
anything Of any consequence in school mat
"a fNiNDh iioN Ahihiit " YAM
UP the school bills and do a great deal o.
hard work upon them. but in view of thii
disagreement he has virtually announced
that no effort will be made to bring gu
a general school revision bill. This viii
prove a great disa appointment to those wit
had been laboring for a measure of thii
kind, but the feeling among the members
il that there has not been sufficient tim,
since the filing of the school commission
report for the petrle of the state to fairly
digest the whole report and that in view
OF the conflict of opinion 1t will be Just a.
well to permit the matter TO rest unit
the next session. In the meantime a genera
program of educating the people up to tn,
higher standard sought to be set is to b.
commenced.
Reports on the Colleges.
The two houses today received the repor
OF the visiting committee on the state col
leges. The committee recommended that tn,
appropriations be much smaller than thos
which have been asked. in fact cutting on
nearly all the special appropriations excep
5000 at Ames for completion of the heat
ing plant and a small sum at Iowa Cit,
for more land. The support funds will b
slightly increased at all the colleges, blu
nothing Hike that which has been askei
by the trustees and regents. The only par
OF the report Of much interest related t
condemnation OF the regents of the uni
versity for having proceeded without au
thority of law to build a $4,000 resldenc
for the president, and a similar act at tn
State Normal school. The committee find
that while the residences were built out o
money which had accumulated from an oil
mileage tax, yet the law requiring tina
the regents should submit plans for ap
prevail to the legislature was on the book
before any action was taken.
Decides n Liquor Case.
The Iowa supreme court took a har
fall out of the Polk county court in tn
matter of a decree closing a building as
liquor nuisance. The decision centere
around a case which involved a murde
and suicide. j. C. Cain, who ran a joint a
Enterprise, near Des Moines, and sol
liquors, shot and killed Mr., Morris, VIII
tried to stop his illegal sales, and late
Cain killed himself. The court had close
the store as a nuisance and afterwards o
petition of the widow of Cain, who ha
six children dependent upon her. ordere
the reopening of the place. The suprem
court holds that an injunction closing
place against the sale Of liquors must inca
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