Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
HoUSE COMMITTEE PREPARING
TO TAKE UP MATTERS OF
7 MOMENT.
PRISON FARMS. WORK SHOPS
INcREAsEp PER CAPITA, ETC
Plans Also esusssstsd for Increasing
Present Farms At Prisons and Re.
formatories-confusion Among AZ.
SCISSORS Argument in Favor Of Tax
alton Reforms.
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committee on penitentiaries and this
committee will proceed very soon to
take up some matters Of great moment
It is to this committee that the bills
in regard to prison reform and pos
sible prison farm will be referred. 1t Is
because of the 1act that In the gov
errors address and in The attorney
generals report as we'll as that OF the
board Of control this matter was es-
pecially referred to that the Importance
of the subject is increased this year.
There will come before the legislature
proposals to establish prison farms. 10
organize state workshops. to pertect
the reformatory system, TO add 10 the
farms at the present institutions, 10
increase the pay of wardens and EN-
ployes, to increase the per capita al
lowance for support. to PROVIDE LOT
paying dependent families from the
earnings and similar measures.
Warden McClaughrey. who has pee
here this week, calls attention 70 the
absolute necessity for greater allow
ance for support at Anamosa The al
lowance now is $500 a month, ne SAID
the other day, "and the actual cost runs
from $3.50 to s11.4o month. How are
we to 20 on paying bills under such
conditions?" .
Warden Sanders, who was also here
this week, said: ,."The. stPte must pay
better for support Of the prisons. me
guards and others, must have better pay
if we are to; keep, high class men IN
charge And we must have larger eS-
penditure Of funds If We are to carry
out some OF the reforms that are aoso-
lutely necessary. .n
At Fort Madison as well az at Ana
mo.a some real progress has been made
in the matter Of the putting INTO enect
of reformatory methods. A number OF
industa& shASs be4p sta,tsd ~ sFort
Madison. tho that not featured -
refornnatory, and sa~baod start has been
made to get away from the ,contract
labor system. The conversion OF the
institution at Anamosa into real re-
formatory has been slow because OF the
failure of the Legislature to appropri-
ate for the necessary shops and ma
chinery hence most Of the Work ID on
the contracts.
The quandary Of local asssssors ana
the conflict over how property assess
ments shall be made is taken by. a
number Of state officials TO be a fnai
and conclusive argument for Immediate
legislation to establish state tax com :
mission.
English language can not be mace
palmer than it has been made In the
instructions sent out to assessors as TO
their duty in making the assessments
said Secretary A. H. Dawson Of the state
executive council yeterday. They have
been given the law The parts referring
especially to the fixing Of valuations at
aetna, values we're underscored and
emphasized. They have been told what
the law is and what their duty Is "ha'
more can the state officials 90
Yet some Of the assessors and county
officials arc still writing IN to the exec
utive council wanting to know III the
law means what it says and WhetneI
or not the state officials really 1nteno
to obey the law One county auditor
Yesterday wrote that 1t had been agreed
the land in his county should be vaiueo
at about 40 per cent Of its real sellins
price. and he wanted to know II tha'
would be all right.
State officials say that the only way
out Is for state tax commission &c
have the power to put all counties or
the same basis.
The ballots for the contest for sena'
tors in the Cherokee Ida Plymouth dis
tricts were brought into the state house
today and the work Of making the re-
count started there. The Kimball.
Goodwin contest will hardly be finished
today, but great industry is shown II
the count.
First bill to come to the floor OF the
house with favorable report from thu
judiciary committee Is Whitney's bill
reported this morning. authorizing sub
stitute Jurors, making it compulsory t.
have at least one substitute ana max
ing possible for the court to appoin
| three such substitute jurors. This ii
a measure desired by members Of tn
. bar to prevent mistrial because OF tn
| incompetence Of q joror after the tria
/ has been commenced. Another Dali o!
Whitney was reported favorably. Of
rather a substitute with slight changes
and that is the bill to limit the pay o.
sherifYs in the matter Of compensation
for boarding prisoners. This applies II
counties Of over $4,000 population.
News 81 Dsin,ond.