Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-30
'l'R[IA|NS OFFICE FORGE
commissioner ENGLISH IS TO
MAKE NO CHANGES IN NEW
DEPARTMENT.
TAKES OVER TEN PERSONS
EMPLOYER BY sLEAKLY
English and sIeakIy 70 Work in Har-
mony in Making Transfsr-esnton
County inclined to Ignore State Laws
in Handling Farmer Telephone Lines
STATE Being Cheated Of Taxes.
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Des Moines. June 30.-When the
transfer is made tomorrow, in accord
Ance with law, Of the commissioner OF
insurance. separating the same from
the Office of auditor Of state. 1t will
carry with it ten employees Of the state
and the new department will have a
pay roll Of about $4,000 year.
The entire force connected with the
Insurance department will be contin-
ued at least so far as this can be done.
Mr.. English. the new commissioners.
cakes the view that this is a change
an the middle Of term, or year, and
It would be but just to all the attaches
OF the department to be retained; and
besides, in the interest Of the most
efficient administration OF the office
this should be done. 1t is perfectly
agreeable to Mr. Bleakley and there
will be no changes il they can be
avoided.
1H0 QTOSSHL OcpuIy NOHAAAAeoAoiA0E 10
&C. s. ByYkit, who has had charge Of
the insurance department ever since
Mr.. Bleakly went into the office five
and a half years ago. He had. how
ever, been in the department and is
well schooled in insurance matters. He
is painstal<ing student Of the subject
and his integrity and fairness have
never been questioned.
The present actuary and examiner is
S5o!!.:: Mcclellan. appointed only a
short time ago. but having had pre-
vious experience in the same line of
work. His assistant Is Mr.. Spencer.
The security clerk. in charge of the
insurance securities is John w. Daley,
who came from Cherokee county. The
fee clerk Is Mr.. Guth. Of Des Moines;
general clerk F. J. Albers. who has
Just been nominated to be auditor OF
Polk county; stenographers. Miss
Lewis and Miss Edmundson. Mr..
Bleakley has maintained q very eff
cient force and their retention assures
continuation of the good service
The plan of Mr.. English and MIR.
Blealxly. who are In accord as to the
proper procedure, Is that all the books
and records be Immediately transferred
and that the securities be transferred
as soon as arrangements can be made
to care for them.
Undoubtedly there will be occasions
for consultation between the new COM
missioner and the one relinquishing the
duties and it ia well that there is no
disagreement between them on any
point The arrangements for the trans
fer are being made by them in a way
entirely satisfactory to both; and all
= 4. Z "a
;6dS0us sof having every legal -Guestion
settled in regular order. The change
viii now take place at the time desig
mated by law.
The state executive council has dis
covered that Benton is another county
in great need of annexation to the
state of Iowa, or at least in some way
getting In under the Iowa laws.
It seems that the board Of super
visors has been, by resolution or other
wise, declaring that the value Of rural
telephone lines attaches to the farms,
or is part Of the farm lands, or that
the farmers telephone lines are in
separable from the farms. or some-
thing of the sort: and treating the farm
land valuation as including the valu-
alton Of these rural phone lines.
Tho state directly assesses these
sphone lines and fixes a valuation for
Taxation purposes. The value is then
certified out SO it can be distributed
among the taxing districts. The
amount Is small, but In the aggregate
it Is a great deal, and the state gets
a very small proportion as it's share Of
this taxation.
But to adopt the Benton county idea
Is to cheat the state. or rather the
other counties of the state. out of this
taxation. The executive council will
take steps to have Benton county tax
these lines in accord with law. 1t is
said the state had similar trouble with
Linn and some other counties few
years ago.
Paul Stillman, of Jefferson, former
speaker Of the Iowa house, will be tenn
porary chairman of the republican
state convention.
The temporary secretary of the re-
publican convention will be w. S.
Cooper. Of winterset, Mr.. Cooper is a
lawyer and active republican.
Mr.. Stillman was member of the
house three sessions and was speaker
in the famous deadlock session which
finally elected w. 8. Kenyon to be
senator. He was so seminentlyg fair
and impartial as speaker that as tenn
porary chairman he will command the
respect OF members Of all sfactions, If
there are any factions.
Thesrepublican state committee prob
ably will not select any others until
the day OF the convention.
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