Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
General Dodge Appears Before
Legislative Committee Seek
ing Aid of State
JuNkET COMMITTEE OF FIVE
Senate and House Finally in Accord
Over Methods of Visiting State In
stitutions = Recess Probable from
Thursday Until Monday LesisIa-
tive News and Gossip.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, Feb. 9.-Gen. Grenvi!le
NJ Dodge, of New York, arrived in the
city today for the purpose of appear
ing before the senate committee on
appropriations of the Iowa legislature
Ito advocate the expenditure of 100000
for a subscription to the Allison me-
mortal in the state of Iowa. The form
of the memorial has not been decided
upon but it is understood a monument
is the one most favored
The senate this morning concurred
In the house amendments to the res
oution for a visiting committee and
a committee of five will be named to
visit the colleges and such other inssi-
tutions as, may be desired by the APP
propriations committee. The senate
then passed the resolution for a recess
from next Thursday evening until the
next Monday afternoon.
Senator Larrabee introduced a reso-
luton asking the Iowa members OF
congress to use their influence in sup
port of the movement for the conser-
vation of natural resources.
The senate passed the bill to permit
an increase of the pay of county at
torneys in Lee and Pottawattamie
counties and the bill to permit improve
of oil
The house passed the bill to forbid
all sports and games on Memorial Day
and also the bill to provide for the OIL
ing of streets in cities and charging the
cost to property.
Representative Holmes introduced a
bill to make the railroad commission
appointive, but not to increase the
number.
The appropriation bill for the agri-
cultural college at Ames,, introduced
today, calls for a total of $679,000 for
two years, and the bill for the tuber-
culosis sanatirium for s57,500.
Representative Hansen and Senator
Francis introduced a bill to forbid the
publication of medical advertisements
The Iowa suffragettes are losing their
tempers with the Iowa legislature,
since it appears that nobody can be
found willing to this year take charge
of the usual concurrent resolution
looking to an amendment of the con-
stitution. Senator Gillilland, who made
a very spirited address in opposition
to the amendment once before, has in
his possession letter written to a
senator by one of the officers of the
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association which
is as follows entire:
Hundreds of women all oyer the
state are watching to see how many
of our legislators are honorable. just.
broad-minded reasonable men, or
how many are narrow, selfish, tyran-
nical beings only fit for the regions of
darkness. We must have the ballot to
protect our homes and children from
vice in all shapes and forms."
This is the whole argument. Senator
Gillilland says it is quite convincing so
far it goes and ought to convert some
persons.
The Bruce bill for probing the af-
fairs OF the state board of control and
to find out whether or not state Off
GERS are earning their pay is attract
ing a great deal of attention, and it is
likely to pass The bill provides for a
commission of eleven members of the
present legislature to sit until after the
close of the Thirty-fourth general as
<J,a horc fn he
nominated by committee consisting
of Governor Carroll, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Clarke and Speaker Feeley and
elected by the legislature from those
most likely to be members of the next
legislature. This committee is to IN
ouire into the business methods of the
institutions" to find out if the funds
are economically handled, to see If the
force of state employees is larger than
necessary, whether to create more de-
or abolish some, whether any
state officer should get more or less
salary. and to conduct 'any and all in
yestigations that in the judgment of the
committee may be deemed necessary"
The senate committee on elections
GOdaV TeDOTlGu lOt lAC oSAAeASS 'eAhS = y
terson bill to take from the official
ballots the names of candidates for
president and vice president. The SELL
ator from Wright has had his doubts
as to whether or not these names are
ever rightfully on the ballots, but they
We're placed there this year and out
of this grew all the confusion as to
the ballots. 1T the names
of the presidential candidates had not
been on the ballots last year there
would have been no contests and no
large throwing out Of ballots.
A delegation from Dubuque and
Others are in the city to urge the pas
sage of bills to exempt mortgages from
taxation and it is learned that others
will be here later in the week. Ex-
Senator Mccoy. of Mahaska county. is
also here looking into the exemption
proposals. He states that in his opinion