The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-03-20
SENATOR SCHRUP
SOUNDS WARNING
IF TEACHERS PENSION CARRIES
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
BILL IS SPECIAL ORDER TO-DAY
Dubuque Senator Points Out IL State
Provides for Teachers, There is
No Reason Why Il Should Not
For Carpenters, Masons, Etc.

for carpenters, MaSonS, EXC.
Des Moines, Ia, March l9.-Sena-
tor Schrup of Dubuque sounded a
warning in the Senate just before the
Teachers Pension bill carrying two
fifth mill general tax levy was passed
by that assembly, that such action
would establish a precedent that will
bring down on the legislature few
years hence a demand from another
class for old age and unemployment
pensions, provided for by fund rails
ed by general taX,-the organized Ia
boring classes of the state.
He pointed out that If the state once
take the step of providing pensions
for any one class of people, other
classes will ask, and have a right to
expect, pensions. In a few years he
urged If the teachers are pensioned,
the Legislature will have to pass laws
10 pension carpenters, masons, plumb
ers, timers and every other class Of
labOrerS.
His remarks followed closely those
of Senator Doran of Boone who OPP
posed the measure on the ground that
1t was a encouragement to independ-
ence and frugality among teachers.
He favored paying the teachers sal
aries high enough to warrant them
taking care of themselves and at the
same time providing for their future
from their own earnings and not from
the earnings of others.
Ii has been the history in social
legislation of the older countries that
old age pensions, unemployment
pensions, etc, follow closely on the
heels OF the workingmen's compensa-
ton laws and there are many who
concede Senator Schrup's prediction
will come true and that but a short
time will elapse before laborers will
be asking that an old age pension be
provided for them by state tax lev
led against the general property of
the state that has been accumulated by
people of thrift and industry and fru-
gality. The Teachers Pension bill
is a special order in the House today.
The last effort to pass an antiinter-
marriage bill was made in the Senate
yesterday and was defeated by vote
of q to 16 This was the Miller bill
that passed the house forbidding in
termarriage OF negroes and whites.
The question came up in the Senate
on a vote to Indefinitely postpone and
those who voted for killing the meas
ure were: Senators Allen, Ames, Ar
ney, Balkema> Balluffa Boo Chase,
Cowles, Crist, Fellows, Francis, Head,
Hilsinger, Jones, Kimball, Larrabee,
Malmberg. Mates, McColl, McManus,
Neal, Perkins, Ream, Robinson, Saw
age. Sullivan and Wilson of Appa-
moose.
Those who voted against indefinite
" postponing 1t were: Senators
Clarkson, Crow, Darrah, Doran, Dun
negan, Garrett, Hagemann, Nye, Quig-
ley, Schrup, Sheehan, Smith, Spauld-
ing, Thomas, White, Wilson of Gin
ton.
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The House will probably begin
night sessions In the near future. The
calendar is loaded with about l6O
bills and the Senate is passing meas
mres at the rate of from five to fifteen
q day with its calendar practically
cleared Another limitation to eXpe-
dite business in the House being dis
cussed by leaders is the limiting OF
speeches to three minutes.
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The House Ways and Means com.
mittee now, holds the spot light with
it's investigation of the alleged
Bridge Trust" which it is charged by
some has been trying to influence the
good roads Legislation. Among the
chief witnesses before the committee
Yesterday afternoon was Hon. Louis
Fay of Clinton who for years waged
war against the bridge trust and was
instrumental in getting the CosSon
removal law amanded in the Thirty.
fourth assembly so as to include SUI
peryisors, with the result two were
removed in Clinton county, and sever.
al thousand dollars of graft" money
was put back in the county treasury.
While the investigation as to the OPP
position to the bill is going on the
measure is on the calendar awaiting
action on it's merits. II has not as
yet been made special order for con-
sideration.
u has been stated that the Ways
and Means committee expects to turn
up enough facts in its investigation
OF the alleged Bride Trust to turn
over to Attorney General Cosson to
commence prosecutions.
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The March winds, the balmy air and
the grass turning green on the state
capitol lawn has started talk of adj
journment. Lieutenant Governor
Harding, who is pushing business in
the senate, predicts the assembly will
adjourn by April 10.
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The House yesterday afternoon
passed the Halgrims BLACK Plague"
bill which is primarially designed TO
gather statistics relative TO the extent
OF transmittabie diseases. Under the
terms of the measure every physician
is required to report every case of
contageon that comes to his attention