Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-18
MANY TO LOSE JOBS
INFRINGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS
ELIMINATED OVER FIFTY
LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.
BILL IS NOT YET FINISHED
All Departments OF The Assembly
VIII Have Reductions In Pay Rolls
II Recommendations Of Reform
Body Are Finally Adopted.

Des Moines.-In arranging the ten
tative plan for reduction OF the num-
Der OF employees of the general as
sembly, the retrenchmens and re.
form committee has so far eliminated
ffty-two persons. of whom twenty
one are from the house and thirty
one from the senate. The bill is not
| yet completed. 1t Is expected that
the final draft will show still further
economies.
On behalf Of the house, the repre-
sentatives on the committee submit
ted the. following list OF employees
necessary for the proper dispatch of
the business of that branch of the
| legislature: Chief clerk, assistant
clerk, who shall be an expert stenog-
rapher, reading clerk, two journal
clerks. enrolling clerk. file clerk, bill
clerk, sergeant at arms. seven pages,
one telephone page. four janitors. one
chief stenographer and thirty-fve
committee clerks, all OF whom shall
be stenographers, one stenographer
and page for the speaker of the
house.
This plan shows a reduction OF
twenty-one employees. It abolishes the
position Of chief doorkeeper and gives
the sergeant at arms the authority
over the assistant doorkeepers, the
janitors and pages. 1t also does away
with the chief janitor and chief page.
The employees eliminated on the
house list are: One file clerk. one
bill clerk. chief doorkeeper. seven
assistant doorkeepers, FIVE pages,
one janitor. four committee clerks,
one mail carrier.
On the senate side the tentative
plan is to drop thirty-one employees.
The persons necessary to carry on
the business of the senate, accord
ing to the proposal OF Senator Fran
committee. follow: Six doorkeepers.
seven pages. four janitors. one chief
door-keeper and twenty-five stenog-
raphers, one sergeant-atarms.
This plan also provides for CON-
bining the positions of sergeant-at-
arms and chief doorkeeperer, elimi-
mating one man; four doorkeepers
are dispensed with. one page is
eliminated. and the committee clerks
are reduced from fifty to twenty-six;
the cloak room force is reduced from
three to one man: one assistant file
clerk is dropped; one policeman is
dispensed with.
Plan to Reduce Tax Burden.
Senator ID. G. Chase is working on
a scheme by which he hopes to COM
pei the reduction of the tax levies in
various counties OF the state to cor
respond to the increase in valuations.
II the plan can be arranged 1t will be
embodied in a bill and filed for the
consideration of the general assem-
bly,.
When the valuations were raised II
was expected that the taxing bodies
all along the line would reduce their
levies. But this did not happen in
many cases. The same old levies
were maintained. AS the consequence
there was money to throw away in
many of the funds.
"In our county" said Senator
Chase, the raise in valuations was
40 per cent There was no corre-
spending reduction in the levies, so
the taxpayer was hit heavily. It is.
my thought that II the taxing bodies
will not make the reductions OF their
own accord the legislature should
adopt some sort OF an act to compel
them to-"
Governor Signs Perkins Bill.
Governor Clarke affixed his sigma
ture to the Perkins bill which pro-
vides for the treatment of deformed
children and those suffering from a
ma,ady at the state medical college
at Iowa City. Parents who have Grip
pied or sick children and who are
without funds will find the act OF
great assistance to them. according
to the legislators.
Glad Pearson Is Staying.
At a general massmeeting Of the
faculty Of Iowa State college, called
by Vice President Stanton. resolu-
tons were drawn up expressing graft
tude that Pres. r. A. Pearson is to re-
main in Iowa and with the state col
lege. Nearly hundred professors
voted ON the resolutions.
n. C. Beard Reappolnted.
II. C. Beard Of Mount Ayr was re-
appointed as a member OF the state
highway commission by Governor
Clarke. He will serve four years. Mr..
Beard has been a member Of the
highway commission since 1t was ere
ated two years ago.
Court Two Years Behind.
Court work in Iowa and Johnson
counties is two years behind, owing
to the fact that one judge is required
to handle the, entire court work OF
the district, attorneys declared at
Joint session Of the senate and house
committees on judicial districts. They
asked that one more Judge be ap-
pointed.
In the two counties last year there
were 500 new civil cases filed, sixty
new criminal cases and $50 new pro-
bate cases. the attorneys told the leg
islative committees,
Pollution Of Iowa Streams.
Moore OF Guthrie introduced bill
in the house designed to prevent pol
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