Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-08
AUTHORIZES APPOINTMENT OF
SITTING COMMITTEE TO
FACILITATE WORK.
HELD OFF UNTIL DRY
BILLS WERE SAFE
Business Of Senate Handicapped by
Incompeteney Of House-Dry Bills
Now Back in Senate VIII, Amend.
rnsnts Which Will Be Accepted
Senate Passes Appropriation Bill.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April Snow the SEN
ate also goes Into the hands OF re-
ceiver" and by appointment of a sift-
ing committee, authorized just at the
close of business Wednesday, admits
that legislation in the ordinary ano
regular way is not possible under
present conditions. A part OF the
weakness of the senate position, now
ever, is due to the incompetency OF the
present house. The sitting committee
authorized is to be appointed by Presi-
dent Harding at the close of the bust
ness today. 1t will take charge to-
morrow friday. II the legislature
adjourns on the 18th, which Is still
at least a remote possibility, it Will
have absolute dictation of legislation
for seven days.
The resolution was the Wilson res
olution, not that by Larrabee. Pre-
sumably Wilson will therefore be on
the committee. Others regarded as
likely members are Chase, kimball,
Perkins, Henigbaum, Jones. Savage,
Helmer, Darrah, Farr. Hagemann,
Schrup, White of Iowa, Head and
Foster. A committee picked from
these would fairly represent the SEN
ate.
There has been holding back OF the
sitting business in the senate until
the house showed its hand or the tenn
perarce bills. They are now back IN
the senate with amendments which
will be readily accepted and are IN
position so the sitting committee will
have nothing to do with them. On the
part Of the dry leaders there was fear
that the sitting committee would get
it's grip on these bills and do some
thing to them.
Bio Appropriation Bill Passed.
The senate passed the first Of the
big appropriation bills with only one
vote of protest. This was the bill for
the board of control institutions, to
take the place Of the mi.lage taxes to
be abolished. There is still another
board Of control bill to be considered.
1t is the bill for special apprc priations
for specific purposes aside from the
big items Of the one just passed. The
second bill relates to odds and ends OF
repairs and to some new buildings, a
few of them quite large, aggregating
In al! about s350.ooo for the two years,
The bill passed yesterday appropriates
$40O, 900 for the first year Of the bien-
mum and $4,000 for the second year.
The discussion on the bill related
entirely to the advisability Of aban-
doning the millage tax system. Kim
ball proposed an amendment which
would have struck out that part re-
pealing as to the millage taxes. He
insisted that this was desired by the
people. Jones, Savage, Larrabee and
Robinson defended the proposal to
abandon millage taxes so far as the
board of control is concerned. They
said, in substance, that the millage tax
idea was one designed to deceive the
taxpayer and that the fair and honor
able way is to make a straight appro-
priation and put it right into the ses-
sion laws as to how much of the
money is to go to each institution. Un-
der the millage tax plan nobody could
ever figure out. before or after, just
how much was to 60 TO any one of the
institutions. The miIlage tax plan had
only six supporter n the senate.
Items in the bill passed are: Equip
ment Of epileptic colony, 100000; re-
formatory for females, 100000: dis
trict custodial farm, 500, 900: indus
trial buildings, Anamosa and Fort
Madison, $4,000; for establishing in
dustries at prison and reformatory
500, 900; Independence, for laundry
building. $4,000; Glenwood, addition
to main building, $4,000, and COW
barn, $4,000; Eldora, gymnasium, $50,
900; Anamosa, water supply and sew.
erage, $4,000; Oakdale, addition tc
hospital, see coo; Fort Madison, war
denis residence, $4,000: Mount Pleas
ant, cattle barn. $4,000; for use Of
board in other directions, s156,000.
Safety in Construction Work.
The senate passed a bill that would
affect the work Of contractors on large
| buildings very materially by requiring
the placing of rather expensive safe.
guards for the workmen. It was stated
by Mr.. Wfitmore that the bill had tn.
approval OF both the contractors ant
the laboring men. It is one similar tt
bills that have been discussed man,
times in the past but not passed.
| went thrugh the senate but may no
get thru the house this time. Amont
| the provisions are:
Erection in safe, suitable and prope
| manner Of all scaffolding, ladders ant
other mechanical contrivances.
| These shall be erected and main
tanned so "as to give proper and reas
enable protection to the life and 1iml
Of any person or persons employed o
engaged thereon or passing under O.
| by the same"
scaffoIding or staging swung NOR
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