Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-19
ASSEMBLY SAYS NAY
O VACATIONS ON PAY
seelcy's Bill Passes Senate
After Being Amended to
Death
FREE TUITION in COLLEGES
Van Law Introduces Bill Granting Res
idents of State Privilege of Collegiate
Departments Of Three State Schools
House Passes Bill TO Appropriate
for Allison Pedestal.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. l9.-The senate to-
day took two hours to debate Seeley's $
bill to grant to all employees OF state
institutions having worked over two
years annual vacations with pay, and
passed 1t after 1t had been amended
to destroy Its effect. Most of this dis
cusslon hinged on the attitude of the
state board of control with reference
TO vacations, but an estimate was re-
ceived from the board showing that the
bill meant cost of at least $4,000 a
year to the state. By vote of 25 to
% the bill was changed so that in
stead of employees being entitled to va
cations, they may be granted vacations
by the boards, and in this form the
bill passed
Senator Van Law introduced bill
TO grant to all residents of Iowa be-
tween l6 and 80 years of age free
tuition at the three state educational
=
ments.
The house passed unanimously the
bill to appropriate for the pedestal Of
the Allison monument.
Strange as it may seem, the actors
union, with headquarters in Chicabo.
and cleaning over 5000 members, is
taking hand in Iowa legislation. 1t
develops that this union is bringing
some effective pressure to bear on the
members in favor of the Sunday clos
ing bill which was introduced by Sen
ator Proudfoot by request. Mr..
Proudfoot himself did not discover this
-. until the other day when it was
disclosed In letter to him. It is
found that the actors have very
strong union or society for mutual
benefit and they are unanimously in
favor of having some opportunity for
a rest day. So long as Sunday the
aters are permitted there Is little
chance for them. OF course the the
atrical managers are opposed to inter-
ference with the inalienable rights of
everybody. Thus far only few pro-
tests have been received against the
Sunday closing bill, and very great
number Of petitions in its favor. How
ever, leading members say that the
bill Is perhaps too strong in It's feat
ures to get thru and that it will be
modified in committee.
A large delegation of hotel men. with
Representatives of the travelling mems
10 ovn a
Smith bill for hotel inspection and
regulation, and this bill is to be crowd
ed to the front. The bill was written
by Ex-senator Courtright. 1t defines
hotel where ten or more rooms are
provided for guests. Every hotel two
stories high shall have fire escapes and
in addition each sleeping room shall
be provided with knotted rope.
Chemical fire extinguishers must be
maintained or a standpipe and hose.
Elevator shafts must be enclosed,
proper plumbing must be maintained
and interior courts must have open
ings to the floors. Halls must extend
to the exterior walls. The most Inn
portant feature Of the bill, however, is
that the civil engineer Of the state
board Of health, who really doesn't
have much to do now, shall become
inspector of hotels" on. a salary of
$500 In addition to his pay as a
member of the board of health, and
he may appoint deputies on a per diem
and an office shall be maintained. The
inspector shall enforce the provisions
of the act, and upon inspection Of a
hotel certificate shall be issued if the
hotel is found to comply with the law,
and otherwise notice is to be served.
A fee of $40 shall be paid by the hotel
keeper for inspection of a hotel with
twenty or more rooms, and So for
smaller ones. Some of the hotel men
are objecting to the rigidity of the bill
as to some of it's features, tho not OBJ
jecting generally to inspection and GER
tification.
Senator DeWolf made gallant fight
for the bill to change the name OF
the state normal school, but there was
deep-seated suspicion that there was
something back of the measure that
did not appear on the surface. In fact
it was upon the theory that the bill
was not at all needed to get the benefit
of the Carnegie pensions and that the
real purpose was to legalize the fact
that the school has been changed into
a college that the measure was hnally
beaten. Senator Van Law started the
fight against the bill and called at
tention to the fact that there was
nothing to be gained by changing the
word normal" to teachers" Those
who voted for the bin We're: Allen of
Pocahontas, Burgess, Clark. Clarkson,
Cosson, DeWolf, Dowell, Kirkpatrick.
Foley, Frudden, Gates. Hunter. jamie
so McManus, Mates, Moon, Parshall,
Quigley, Saunders, Smith OF Des
Moines, Whiting and Wilson.
IT develops there is not unanimity in
Lee county for the proposed union Of
that county as judicial district with
the sixth judicial district A bill to ef-
feet consolidation Is well started, but