Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-16
LIVELY DEBATE IN HOUSE COM.
MlrrEE OVER COURT
COSTS.
PROPOSAL TO COMPEL
LirlGANrs TO BEAR BURDEN
Three Good Towns Out After State
Normal SchooIs-Effort to Patch Up
Tax Ferret Bill Without Desired Re-
sults-Mueh Guessing as to What
Governor.
.actai 10 Tin1es-RspuhI;can.

i Special TO Times epublican
| Des Mones, Feb. l6.-An apparently
! innocent little question about the jury
fees 20 be charged up in civil cases to
| the litigan,s caused a stormy session
! of the house judiciary committee yes
terday 1t was a bill by Whitney to
relieve the state from paving any part
of the jury expenses and charge up $50
a day 10 the parties 20 the suit. 1t was
| amended by a subcommittee so that
the charge should be SIP for each case
instead OF s6 as now. The discussion
was on the matter of saving expenses
TO the state and placing the burden
or litiganls. Whitney showed the
enormous amount of money paid b.
the taxpayers in court costs and point
ed out that here was one great leak
about which the public knows little,
that it is really an invitation 20 lit
CATION by making il cheap TO go into
court and that there is no more reason
for charging up the shorthand expenses
to the case than for charging UP all the
jury fees instead of having the state
pay most OF it. The democrats on the
committee pleaded for tbs inalienable
right OF everyone 10 a fair hearing in
court and opposed anything that would
shut the poor man out. Twice the
com mittee divided evenly on reporting
out the bill and finally it was ordered
out with unfavorable Recommendation
and il is probable a minority report
will be made.
Three good towns of Iowa are play
ing for state normal schools just now.
They are Shenandoah. Tabor and Den
/ ison. A big delegation from the Page
county metropolis waited upon the SEN
ate schools committee and asked that
the state take over the old Western
Normal school and make of II state
institution. A delegation from Denison
had a plea for an institution there that
would admirably adapt itself to a nor
NAL school. a dele cation from Tabor
is also here to work for plan to
have the state try out the normal
school plan for southwestern Iowa
without very much expense.
The senate received today a commit
tee report favorable to the Cowles bill
which authorizes boards of supervisors
to arrange it so that counties adj
joining can work together more easily
in the matter Of joint bitches
Members of the appropria atoms COM
| mittees went out to the state fair
grounds yesterday afternoon in COM
pany with President Charles Gamer
on Of the state board and Secretary
Corey and others TO see what has been
done there and is being done TO build
up great state institution. The mat
ter of appropriations for the fair will
come up soon.
Equal suffrage for men and women
comes in to furnish material for in
terest as soon as the senatorship is
out of the way. The amendment to
provide way for reaching equal suf-
frage came to the floor of the house
today with a favorable recommends
ton from the committee. This assures
an interesting debate on the subject
and its probable passage.
An effort to patch up the anti-tax
ferret bill by the senate has shown
how easily the legislature may get
into a bad mix-up on small matter.
The unquestioned sentiment of the
legislature is for ending the whole tax
| ferret bill. Senator Weber, of Wapel-
| 10, has made a hard fight for his bill
to make it a misdemeanor to employ a
tax ferret. The objection was raised
that in so making it a misdemeanor
the legislature was virtually setting up
a wall behind which the tax dodgers
might shield themselves in perfect Sc
curity and free from the ordinary dan
gers of tax collections. An effort to
fix it so that the tax ferret would be
out of business but without interfer-
ing with the ordinary work Of tax coll
lection was found to be difficult
matter.
| There is no question whatever about
| the pressure that is being brought
| upon Governor Carrall to have him
veto the Oregon plan bill. His close
| friends at first secuted the idea Of his
| taking that position. but it is known
that leading opponents of the measure
| have put it up to him to save the
party" and to prevent the democrats
from getting the senators. 1t is also
runored that he is being urged to
veto the Oregon plan and then TO go
! before the voters next year as a candi-
! date for the United States senate with
a platform based on his having saved
the party from inevitable ruin. That
! Governor Carroll has had 1t in mind to
| be a candidate for the senate is Ger.
tain That he ia being urged to make
| this veto the corner store OF his plat
| form is also certain. There is much
guessing as to what he will do but the
odds are turning in the direction Of a
veto.