Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-16
UNEASINESS AND DESIRE TO GO
HOME APPARENT AMONG
MEMBERS.
ADJOu RNMEkT MAY COME
SOME TIME THURSDAY
Senate Ahead Of Its Schedule But
House is Behind in Work-Senate
Far From Disposed to Enact Relief
From Present Inadequate Tax Sys-
ten7-LeeisIat Gossip.
ecial 10 Times-Repuhlican.

Special TO Times-Repubican.
! Des Moines, April 1e.-There are
signs OF the legislature moving home
! ward There is really some prospec:
or possibility OF the breaking up COM
/ ing tomorrow. But If that happens
there is going 10 pc lot OF work LEX
/ undone.
! For one thing, a great many OF the
( members are packing UP and sending
home their books ard papers. The
/ hne days of the Week have caused d
STIR. Many are becoming nervous ana
/ show signs OF a desire to get back
among the home folks 10 talk ii over.
The senate pulled the strings on its
/ adjournment resolution and let the
house have ii, after the house had
I Passed its own. Ii the house should
, at once accep; the senate resolution
tit would fix the time OF adjournment
( a; noon tomorrow.
/ Last night the mem bers OF the legis
{ lature we're the guests OF the CONNER
, c!al organizations OF the city o. Des
Moines and partook Of q banquet 9,
which many things We're said indicat-
ing a general belief that the session
OF the thirty fifth general assembly Is
near an end.
/ The house is clearly behind in its
work and the senate ahead. on last
SATURDAY and Monday the senate dis
posed % al least seventy I'VE Di!is. and
half OF them We're house bills. This
is { big lot Of work and grea, credit is
due President Harding for tas manner
IN which he deliberately put the whip
70 the senate and crowded matters
along. The appropriation bills are com
ing in now and receiving coCsiGera-
ton. The tax reform matter was PIT
/ to sleep The utilities bill IS yet 10
! be considered. There probably will he
no consideration o. any bill 10 in
| crease the available revenues for per
manent road building or 70 permit
/ communities that desire to engage in
/ road building on extensive scale 10 do
so. Thus II Will be seen that all signs
point 10 an approach TO the end ot the
session.
The brief debate yesterday on the
! bill for tax reform in tn direction Of
greater equality Of the burdens of tax
alton showed that the senate is far from
being ready TO do anything 10 END the
! present system Of unscien,ihc taxation
I In fact IS was shown very quickly that
I the objection 70 the taxation bill that il
meant creation Of new commission
and new Offices was not the real
objection at all for even with all that
stricken out the sgist against the bill
was bitter
/ We have sought TO bring this bill
| into condition SO that it VIII not be
open To the objections that have been
( urged agains; H." said Senator Allen.
chairman Of the ways and means COM
nittee having IL IN charge. We have
/ worked long and faithfully on The bill
and I resent the ins,nua ton that We
are not sincere in urging that the bill
be passed We found that in view Of
/ thu character Of he fghr made against
| it and the manner ot the creation OF
: tax commission i would rot be passed
IN that form. and 50 We changed il 10
remove that feature and place the pow
@r and the authority in the ands OF
the present executive council. We did
this after comforting wiki the council.
and working nights and Sundays -
! perfect the bill. The pretense tina, the
senate can not consider the dill FOR
lack Of time and familiarity with VIVA:
IS intended IS a fraud The bill ought
70 be taken up and be considered on
It's merits"
But the senate insisted 4 killing the
oil bv sending 1t 70 q committee to
consider the next TWO years What
ever may be SAID Of the methods Of
the costly lobby which worked so hard
% defeat all tax reform it o. accomplished
its purpose.
1t last the Legislature has decided
that il ought to reimburse Clifford
Thorne for the s44599 which he ex-
pended while ne was a member Of the
railroad commission representing the
state in silt before the interstate
commerce comm srsion TWO years ago.
This vas in the suit commenced by the
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
and later taken over by the railroad
commission and finished. involving
railroad rates 10 the advantage Of Iowa
shippers. The expenditure was for
work and printing in connection with
time when Mr. Thorne was officially
representing the state in the matter.
The senate passed the bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 for a womeD's and chill
dren's building at the state fair. This
is all the appropriation that will be
given for a new building at the fair
and even this was fought hard by some
; of the members An effort 10 reduce
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