Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-03
CONGRESS MEMORIAL!
ALMOST OV[R[OOK[p
HOUSE DISCOVERS sENATo'
AMENDMENT PLEA MUST e
PASSED TWICE..
APPROPRIATION BILLS CALL
FOR MORE THAN MILLION
Governor to Name Foster, Of ottum-
wa, Murphy, of Elkader, and scho.
entsren, or Council Bluffs, as Demo.
cratic Members of New Board of
Education-Legislative News.
Special to Tlmes-Republlcan.


Des Moines. April 3.-Lee introduced
In the house today concurrent reso-
luton memoralizing congress for
constitutional amendment to elect SEN
ators by direct vote of the people, and
the house Immediately passed 1t. The
members We're under the impression
that the adoption of the resolution two
years ago was sufficient, but today re-
ceived word that it should be done
again.
The senate passed the big appro-
priation bills, the bill for state insti-
tutions calling for s5OS,OO0. the bill for
colleges calling for s555,5O0 also the
bill for 100000 for the completion OF
the historical building and the bill for
capitol commission and plan for
Improvement of the capitol grounds,
approprfating $4,000 therefor The sem
ate also passed the bill to fix heavy
penalty for jumping on trains in mo-
ton, and the bill for a hunters H.
cenSe.
The house adopted the Harding res
olution memorializing congress for
department. of mines, also the con-
current resolution for a constitutional
amendment prohibiting polygamy.
The house adopted the resolution
recommending the pardon Of Charles
Woodward, Of Decatur county.
1t is semi officially announced that
the governor will name as the demo-
cratic members of the new board Of
education L. d. Foster, of Ottumwa:
D. d. Murphy, of Elkader, and Ed
ward Schoentgen, Of Council Bluffs.
| Salary changing has not taken up
much time this session. Yesterday the
senate wrestied with proposal to in
crease the salary of the state superin-
tendent to $4,000 a year. Some OF the
men who the day before had COM
planned because of the increase of ex-
pense especially in the department OF
the attorney general. advocated the in
crease. but the bill was lost The legis-
lature has already increased the pay
of the adjutant general to the same
figure as that of a state official. Bills
to increase the pay of railroad COM
missioners have been presented but not
considered very much. A bill is pend
ing to increase the pay of Legislators to
$1,000 for the session, but this will not
likely reach a vote.
The committee of the house APP
pointed to search for scandals at the
state hospitals will report early next
week The committee will justify the
time it has taken in this purely per-
functory investigation by report
which will recommend some reforms"
and leave the inference that If the COM
mittee had had the time 1t could have
found something. The evidence Sc
cured was largely from sources such
as would hardly be accepted in court.
On one occasion q group Of ex-patients
was before the committee and later
they were about the building accom-
panied by an attendant. Members of the
committee admit that nothing has been
discovered moro than the rumors and
wild stories of prejudiced or incompe-
tent witnesses and that in fact the
whole investigation was i'll timed and
without reason. The committee ap-
any reason for an investigation of the
prison at Fort Madison will report re-
commencing that the matter be taken
up in some other way.
The bill to give the board of parole
authority to investigate the appica-
tions for clemency on the part of lifers,
instead of burdening the legislature
with this duty, passed the senate. but
as usual, there bobbed up the some
what amusing argument that 1t was
better to keep it in the hands of the
legislators so as to make sure that no
man ever sent to prison for life has any
chance of getting out. This of course
presupposes that all courts are immac-
ulate and that every person in prison
ought to remain there as long as he
lives But the senate did not harken to
this argument The committees have