Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
Iowa
FINAL RUSH ON IN IOWA
Legislature Getting Ready to Close Up
It's Work.
SENATE GETS SITTING COMMITTEE
Two Houses at Deadlock over Method
of Appointing Commerce COun-
sel-EduCatiOnnl APP
pOintees Confirmed.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

i'EfsN hOlANEINs 4ApIll lf-NFlNNlol ere
gram)-The senate made a start for the
conclusion Of the legislature this afternoon
by authorizing the appointment of sft
ing committee to be named by the president
tomorrow afternoon, this committee to take
over all unfinished business and report
bills at will
The five-mile limit bill and a bill to
abolish the offices of printer and binder
were made special orders for tomorrow.
The senate and house have locked horns
OF the manner of appointment of a com
merce counsel for Iowa to take charge Of
all rate cases. The office is to pay 5000
a year and the house wants the appoint
ment TO be made by the railroad commits
sion, but the senate insists upon appoint
ment by the executive counsel. A confer
ence committee was ordered today.
The senate this afternoon confirmed the
appointments Of Messrs. Funk. Foster and
Baker as members of the State Educational
board, which appointments were made some
time ago.
Appropriation Estimates.
Senator Mates, chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations, today placed upon
the desks of members Of the senate a
statement as to the appropriations asked
and the available funds. The total of ask
ings in the various bills was 50, 40 56s.O6.
This includes the estimate on some of the
bills where the exact amount that would
be used is not known. The funds avail
able aggregate only 81 100000 The com
mittee has already recommended out bills
aggregating S299,OO6.55 Then there has al
ready passed the two houses bills which
did not go through the hands of the APP
preparations committee which will aggre-
gate 200 of expense
Change of superintendent.
Miss Garrison, superintendent Of the
state industrial school for girls at Mitchell
vile, has been superseded by Mrs. Lucy M.
Sickels of Milwaukee. Miss Garrison was
in charge of that institution at the time of
the outbreaks of two years ago which
resulted in having the character Of the
institution changed and made more of a
penal institution. 1t was largely through
her that Chairman Cownie of the board
was deposed. Some time ago a committee
Of the legislature planned for an investiga-
ton, but was induced to wait under prom
Use that she would not remain long
VIII Not Pay COnvicts' Families.
The bill by Senator Smith of Shelby, to
require that the state make provision for
paying to the families of prisoners in the
employed and in case the prisoners are con-
forming to the rules of the prison. was de-
feated by the senate today. The bill re-
ceived only sixteen votes Objection was
made because OF the expense involved and
the necessity for a large appropriation
Senator Smith urged it as a measure of
justice to the families of the prisoners
The railroad committee of the senate re-
ported a substitute for the bill to so ar
range it that the switching charges at
terminal points of railroads will not be
interfered with by the mileage tariff rule
of the state. The bill leaves 1t within the
power of the railroad commission to auth
orize deviation from the rule within or
without terminal yards for a distance of
ten miles.
VIII Not shut Off Bills.
The house today discussed one phase of
the early adjournment question. 1t came
up on a resolution to require that after
tomorrow no bills of any kind except
legalizing acts, shall be proposed in the
house. Attention was called to the fact
! that two years ago some of the most i'm
portant bills Of the session came in during
the last week, also that the omnibus ap-
preparation bill and others cannot be pre-
pared until next week. The resolution was
defeated.
FIve-MIIe Bill Reported.
The senate committee on suppression OF
] intemperance made its report this morning
on the five-Inile limit bill. The report
was to the effect that the bill be amended
so that instead of applying only to Iowa
| City it will apply to every city in which
there is a higher educational institution
and that when so amended the bill be in
definitely postponed. The report was
placed on the senate calendar to await flu
ture action Members of the senate are
receiving letters and kilograms galore in
regard to this bill and especially since it
has been amended so as to affect Des
Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and other
cities it will be bitterly opposed.
Passed CIarksOn Mine BHI.
! The senate gigged back in it's attitude
toward the miners of the state and passed
the Clarkson bill for general revision of the
mine laws The bill had been defeated by
a narrow vote and when Senator De Wolf
! called up his motion to reconsider It was
adopted, after which the bill was passed,
80 to a. The bill completely revises the law
as to coal mining.
House Committee Work.
The house flourished the meat axe this
! morning ana kllleu IIteen DlllS. During
the same half hour It placed on the calen-
dar twenty-three bills, thus accomplishing
the largest mornings work of the session.
Among the important bills that went the
! guillotine route were Fraleys trade school
measure and Dabney's anti-obby bill. upon
the latter there being a minority report.
Fletcher's bill for changing weights and
measures was put TO sleep. Findlayson's
bill to create a commission to draft all the
bills was killed in committee and later by
the house. Senator Ream's plan OF giving
tho supervisors power to farm OUT county
prisoners at day labor was rejected, and
an important alteration was made in KIay's
bill to create three additional supreme court
| judgeships. The bill was altered to pro-
vide for the election OF three new Judges
in the 1912 elections instead Of appoint
ment by the governor. A substitute bill
for Bowman's bank examiners measure was
offered, under the terms OF which the head
examiner will receive 5000 per year and
each Of the examiners will be expected 10
show proof OF five years practical expert
ence in the banking business
The senate discussed at length the Allen
bill to create separate board for osteo,
paths. IL was urged BY him and Van IaU