Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-17
Shah Colleges Boss The Legislature?

years and the salary $4,000 per year.
Provision is made for the appoint
ment of an assistant superintendent
and inspectors to carry out the work
contemplated in the measure. IT pro-
vides that the superintendent shall
have charge Of all the public schools
in the state and be member ex-
officio Of the state board of educa-
ton.
Another bill reported out by the COM
mittee was one providing that the
state superintendent should designate
certain high schools to be utilized as
training schools for rural teachers. 1t
requires, in addition to review OF the
regular branches Of rural school Work,
that they shall be instructed in ele-
mentary pedagogy. agriculture and
home economics
Provision is made that the schools
designated shall receive an appropria-
ton from the state of $3.50 per year.
Township high schools are given the
preference under the bill wherever
those institutions are available.
An appropriation Of 100000 is set
aside for the purpose Of carrying out
the provisions of the bill the first year
| and s125.o00 for each year thereafter.
The kulp bill prohibiting public
school boys from using tobacco on
school grounds was also recommended
out for passage AS introduced the bill
contemplated prohibiting the use of to-
bacco in any form at any time. The
committee changed it's form, making it
applicable only to school property.
The Stipe bill passed by the house
Saturday extends the Cosson law to
every state, county, township. city and
town official The governor. members
of the legislature and every official
down to the township constable are
| included in the scope of the law. 1t
| was passed by a vote Of 81 to 4. -Four
demorrats-Bradl SaltZman Smott
and Townsend voted against the
! measure.
An attempt made By Boettger. CT
Scott, TO amend the bill by cutting out
appointiye offices failed. Shankland,
OF Polk succeeded in tacking on the
amendment which makes the statute
apply to state officials.
Another important bill passed by the
house provides that attorneys must
submit their recommendations for in
srructions 70 the court before the open
ing OF the argument 20 the jury; that
copies of the recommendations ac-
cepteG must be furnished both attor-
neys and any failure TO file exceptions
at the time will prevent an appeal later
on any Of the grounds included
The bill was introduced by Kias, OF
Sioux, and designed. so he told the
house, for the purpose of eliminating
as far as possible technical grounds
for appeal to the supreme court.
The little controversy which has
beer, stirred up in the legislature over
authorizing payment Of a per diem to
directors Of savings banks for at
tendance a t board meetings has turned
out TO be quite interesting. In the
senate the pending bill, made a special
order for tomorrow, provides that COM
pensation may be allowed not to ex-
coed SO a day. An amendment is
proposed to limit it to 800 in any one
year. The house committee favors a
plan to authorize payment, as, approved
by the state auditor, giving him all
power.
The EeaId bill. just introduced, pro-
poses to give TO cities, towns, counties
and townships some right to fix regu
, latiors as to the operation of motor
vehicles. AT present there seems to be
no power anywhere to ccmpe! autos
to turn out Of the road or to make any
regulatio The bill would definitely
fix this power somewhere.
$50
The Spaulding bill to amend the law
as to saloon consent petitions would
make a big change in the situation if
adopted. It IS a decidedly dry
measure. 1t provides for ten days
days notice Of the public canvass of a
saloon consent petition. for thirty days
for an appeal by citizen, and the sa :
loon men must put up a bond within
ten days and defend or the statement
shall be set aside. Either party may go
to the supreme court In thirty days but
| unless perfected at that time no ap-
| peol may be taken. If the board
! finds the statement insufficient the
statement shall not be in operation
| during the course thru the courts. Only
| one statement may be canvassed IN
any one tive-year period. The purpose
| OF the bill is to hasten the whole matter
! and prevent delays in court to the ad-
vantage Of the saloons.
| Col. Smith Brookhart, Of Washing
| ton. who was here yesterday, declares
| that altho he feels the First congress
sional district is treated badly from his
standpoint, he is for the bill to reds
| trict the state conSressionally. The
! proposed bill which has been prepared
with some care, apparently he said
| adds two pretty strong standpat coun'
ties TO the First district just at a time
when we had educa ted the district ir
the ways Of progressiveism, and Il
! would therefore mean that we WouIC
have the work to all do over again tt
get the district into good shape; bu
lust the same l am for the bill anc
think it ought to be adopted by the leg
islature, for it seems TO be a fair dis
tribution of the population. which II
badly needed. There is no sense II
+, continuing system under which some
of the districts have a hundred thou
sand more people than we have
The senate committee promises thl'
week to take action on the equal sui
frase amendment and get it to the fiool
Of the senate. The committee Is un
| doubtedly favorable to the amendment