Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-08

nencing large building or cottage ana
se5, 900 for a laundry building at 9ieh
wood; $40, 900 for home for attendants
at Independence; 100000 for cottage
at Clarinda- and $4,000 for a ne" cen
house at Fort Madison.
The extensive and exclusive lobby
,vntcb has been maintained at the cap
,toI most OF the winter to get thru the
,.n,rhuc utilities commission bill, or sumo
Vow, ~ a commission to take over all
!sthe no11olic utilities Of the state, has mao
Ms labor for naught. The finish came
tate Yesterday when, after Senator
Samnnis had talked for several hours
In favor Of the house bill. which had
heen described az "the Sammis Dill
thinly disguised" the senate forthwith
nroceded without further debate to lay
the whole business on the table. sen
ator Sannrnis had delivered substant,al-
Nv the address OF two years ago ana
covered the whole ground OF the heeo
Of placing all public service corpora
tions in the hands Of some central body
net under local influences. He had
lanbasted John Macvicar and pointed
ont the discovery that Harvey 1ngham
81 sometimes inconsistent, and had de-
cIared boldly that II he had his way
no CITY council would have anything
whatever to do with the determination
OF rates Of service for these corpora
tions. He was given close and respect
full attention and was not disturbed by
questions. Senators Van Lar, Smith
Of Mitchell and several others were
prt,ned for a hot discussion; but Sena-
tor Smith Of Mitchell brought the whole
matter to e head by motion to lay
on ihe table which was carried "a 20
~ slider
was zivsn z place on the same table.
Thfs ends the question Of commission
<or public utilities as recommended IN
ehe last TWO messages 20 the legislature
ans urged ~ al immense corporation
lobby.
The sitting committee has had charge
Of the work Of :hs session now tor one
fun week and the results are telling
Il the gradual elimination OF all the
Jess important bills. At first there was
some friction because OF the necessar-
flr arbitrary methods Of q sitting COM
rraittee. but the members have become
used TO It and submit gracefully.
Not very much OF general legislation
will be left to be cared for next week.
The commerce counsel bill will be for
settlement some minor taxing bills and
a number Of bills relating 10 salaries.
But the big thing Will necessarily be
the appropriation bills. The general
appropriation bill, or state budget. may
provoke more or less of discussion, as
the items are larger than was expected.
But the fact is that the state will have
for use the next two years sum con-
siderably larger than that which has
been reported from the state offices.
There has been the past week how
ering about the corridors the largest
lobby visible Ior Tias- -ec-s. They
are interested in almost everything-in-
s1r1nce, franchises, taxes, automobiles,
railroads appropriations, commissions,
offices, salaries. etc. There are the
usual runors Of the free use Of money
about the lobby and it Is certain that
somebody Is sufficiently interested in
what the legislature does to spend
vast sum Of money to keep things go
Ing. But nobody has even suggested
corruption OF members.
Members Of the board Of education
agree that the legislature has decided
on the right principle in regard to
the new buildings at the state colleges,
that Of refusing practically all spe-
cia1 appropriation and requiring the
board to do all the building out Of the
n1ilfage funds. AS this gives the board
$4,000 year 1t will go a good ways
IN building up the college
The legislature has now provided for
commission to report on the advis-
( ability Of revision Of the laws AZ to
worlxingmen's compensation ana a re-
port may he expected at the next ses-
sion. This VIII satisfy the working
men and the employers. at least, for
the present.