Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-27
WEINBERG FEEL JUDlLANr De.
CAUSE OF UNLOADING OF
COLLEGE QUESTION.
HOT END OF POKER
aAIErE0 70 GOVERNOR
Clarke Must Appoint Four New Men,
bsrs Because Of Expiring Tsrms-
Possible That Senate Will Accept
House PIan-Effset Of Lobbying Seen
in Stallion Bill.
Special to rimes-Republtcan.

Des Moines, Feb. 27.-Whatever else
the legislature did in the last few days
before adjournment for the recess the
house members felt they did good
Job Of disposing Of the college contro-
versy. If the bill which passed the
house also passes the senate and is
approved, it will mean that the bur-
den OF handling the hot end of the col
lege poker has been shifted to the
shoulders of Governor Clarke. This
will be because before the end of this
session he will be in duty bound to ap-
point four members of the board The
four whose terms are out are Messrs.
Holbrook, Murphy, Brenton and Eich-
or. The house plan is to compel the
board to go over the ground again and
again decide whether or not duplica-
zion is to be avoided and upon the
next vote the majority will not have
the right of control but it will require
seven of the nine members to be at
firmatively for any change suggested
before it can be made In other words
any three members can compel the
board to nominally retain the present
status at the colleges while a majority
may arrange the manner in which the
details of the work shall be carried out.
It is possible that the senate will ac-
cept this bill and thus dispose of the
whole matter in about the easiest way
in sight. At any rate the house has
Gone its work and can now get back to
earth.
1oh a
special bill was seen yesterday when
the vote was taken on the bill relat-
ing to the examination Of stations and
certification of the same. The senate
voted to permit the licensed veterinar-
ians to make this examination and to
do SO at once. The stock breeders
wanted the matter left in the hands
Of the graduate veterinarians. a con-
cession was made to permit the nc
ensed veterinarians also to handle the
business. The fee is s. for each exam
ination. The senate put In a publica-
ton clause which, II agreed to. WIFI
mean that the licensed veterinarians
can make the examinations the coming
spring. The secret Of the fight was
that there are about 300 Of the licensed
veterinarians who were licensed be-
cause Of previous practice, who are
not graduates and many OF whom have
no professional knowledge, and they
had shipped in" IS each to employ a
lobbyist to come here, and fight Tor
their interest in the Bill. The lobby
work succeeded, at least as far as the
senate is concerned. The bill has other
features that are regarded by the
horsemen as very desirable and for
which it was principally urged before
the legislature.
No committee OF the house, save the
three or four largest committees. mas
had before 1t such important measures
as the committee on penitentiaries,
which is headed by Representative
Lounsberry, of Marshall. The big bills
to be considered by that committee
have been late in coming into the leg
islature, but they are now nearly all
printed. The reason for the impor-
lance of the committee is the fact that
the whole question Of prison reform
rests with that committee. Confer
ences have been held with the governor
and attorney general and others inter-
ested. Yesterday the senate passed the
bill relating to an increase in the sup
port fund at the two institutions and
better pay for the guards, and this Is
now up to the Lounsberry committee
in the house. The! most important
bills, at present. however. are the ia
cobson bill. to abolish contract labor
and the Jensen bill to appropriate for
equipment of the prison and reforma-
tory to carry on industries. Unless
these bills are adopted there can hard
ly be first step in the direction OF
prison reform. The Jensen bill carries
an appropriation of 100000 for the
purpose of fitting up the prison and re-
formatory and providing a working
fund to be used in case the state goes
into manufacturing on its own ac-
count and the business is to be carried 4
on regularly. Soon after the recess
some important, hearings will be had
and the legislature Will decide whether