Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-09
CHASE FAILS TO INDUCE I Eals.
LAruRE TO aAck UP ON
PREVAILING POLICY.
ONLY NINE VOTES IN
sENATEsFoR CHASE BILL
eloquent Plea and Some Good Argu.
mont In Favor ~ Absiishmsnt Of
committss-ssnato Doran Sore at
Committee Because Highway Com.
mission Was Not Abolished.
specia, to rimes-Republican,

Special to Times -Repu blican.
Dee Moines, April S-The retrench-
ment and reform committee will con-
tinue right along Ia charge of affairs
of the state during the recess. The adj
ditions to the committee made two
years ago, in membership, powers and
duties. will not be Topped off. Chase
got only nine votes for his bill to back
up on this question-namely: Chase,
Doran. Indy. Hilsinger. Perkins.
Quigley, Greene, Thompson and White,
of Benton. Take about two out of this
list and the roll of real reactionaries
in the senate will have been called.
Chase made an eloquent plea for
abolition Of the committee, or rather
cutting it down to where 1t was before.
He cited the fact that the committee
paid the efficiency engineers employed
two years ago ss,265 and that the ex-
penses of the committee members had
been SS4S.
yet this committee spent lot OF
money and time" Chase declared, and
in the end found not one thing wrong
with the affairs Of the state OF Iowa.
The efficiency engineers were unable
to find anything to criticise. The fact
is that the people of the state are well
satisfied with their government. But
all we have got is q few suggestions
about how to revolutionize the govern
ment."
Doran's Complaint.
Senator Doran favored the bill for an
opposite reason because the commit
tee and the efficiency engineers had not
found anything at all to critic when
they had orter have found something"
as he said He thought they ought to
have jumped onto the highway COM
mission and found fault with. the state
board of education for permitting so
much work to be done at, Ames and
Iowa City. Anyway he was, as usual,
against the committee.
II want to say to you" said Senator
Schrup, that was perfectly amazed
at the excellent work, and the amount
of work, actually being done by this
committee. We had no idea of it I'M
til we got into 1t. The actual work
and the good done was revelation to
me- I can say this because I have had
little part in it and am new member
But think I can speak for the min
GRITTY party and say to you that we
would want no better issue on which
to go before the people than to have
you repeal this law and condemn the
work for better government being done
by this committee. The nearer we
come to having the work Of the state
done on business principles the better
That is what this committee is trying
to do
Allen in Defense.
Senator Allen, of the committee,
stoutly defended what the committee
has been doing and explained at length
fits duties and responsibilities. He-inti-
mated that report would soon be
made that would cover everything
done. The committee has been hold
ing daily sessions during the legisla-
tive meeting. The committee has
taken a room in the basement where
the members have had their monday
lunch together and then have discussed
the various matters that have come up
The committee has been at work on
very many questions and is doing good
work.
There was some discussion Of svari-
Gus controverted questions and Chase,
coming down to the Fundamentally, de-
clared that never before had any leg
islature undertaken to clothe a COM
1nittee with such powers to sit and d.
rect the executive branches Of govern
ment.
But the senate was not in favor of
aooljshing it now.