The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-22

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measure Gov. Harding submitted
revision asked by the executive coun
Gil for the elective and appointive
officers who are looking after the
states business. The list follows:
Members, board of control, $4,000 tc
$4,000 a year.
Members, railroad commission, So,
900 to $4,000 year.
J. A. Take, insurance commission
er, $4,000 to $4,000.
R. E. Bales, secretary executive
council. $2,40O to $4,000.
Charles e. Witt, secretary to the
governor, $1,S00 to $4,000.
A. L. Urick, labor commissioner, ST.,
800 to $4,000.
B. w. Garrett, clerk supreme court
$2.7OO to $3,600
w. B. Barney, state dairy commits
sioner, $2,700 to $4,000.
1t is proposed to raise the two first
assistants to the attorney general from
$500 and $4,000, respectively to $4,.
900 a year each. The first deputy
auditor of state wants $2,700 instead
of the $1,SO0 he now draws. Forrest
Icdl, ScCIStdly VI luC DooIu VI So1A
troll, asks $500 raise, to $4,000 year
The deputy insurance commissioner
desires $4,000. He now receives ST..
500. The assistant secretary of the
executive council asks $1,000 more !;
the secretary of the railroad commits
sion, $1,000 more; the deputy secre'
tary of state, 5000 more; the chief
clerk of the motor vehicle department,
$500 more; the deputy state superin-
tendent, $500 more, and the state vet
erinarian, $1,S00 more.
The exact appropriation asked for
the two year period totals $19,9SO,SeS.
This compares with $16,858,542 which
was appropriated for similar purposes
two years ago. The board of control
estimates are $7,242,402, more than a
million dollars higher than in 1916
II. The state university asks $2,4S0,-
coo and the state college at Ames ST.
$4,000.
School Legislation Uppermost
In mingling with the members of the
general assembly one hears more
about school legislation than any 9th
er one thing unless it be highways.
There is a strong sentiment for law
providing for the compulsory consol-
idation of schools. In many rural
districts the attendance is even less.
Hon. C. v. Findlay, of Fort Dodge,
serving his second term in the house,
is president Of Tobin college and he
has been giving much thought to rur-
al school conditions.
,,1o in InWo "
said Rep. Findlay, lin which a rural
school has only four or five pupils.
These cases are unjust both to the tax
payers and to the pupils themselves,
who lose the great educative effect of
intimate association with larger bod
les of pupils.
"The present consolidation law is
seriously defective in that it provides
no control over the boundaries of con-
solidated districts. Local personal
prejudices and neighborhood fights
can and do creep into fixing Of boun-
daries, creating and fostering bitter
ness which reacts unfavorably upon
the whole proposition of consolida-
ton"
The sentiment of the legislature
seems to favor the repeal of the law
providing for the selection of county
by presidents OF
school boards and returning this duty
to the voters. With the governor op-
posed to the pensiOning OF teachers
and the general opposition to this
among the membership OF
both houses it does not look like this
measure fathered by the state teach
ers' association would get very far.
The governor wants teachers elected
and paid for a twelve month period
and he also insists that the wage be
made commensurate with the import
ance of the duties performed. 1t is
very evident that some legislation will
be enacted touching the salary of
teachers.
The Youthful Member
Hon. Will l.. King, of Hubbard,
Hardin county, is the youngest men,
ber in the general assembly. He is 2l
years of age and was student at
Drake at the breaking out Of the war.
He returned home and at once began
to fight proIGermanism. of wh'"h
there was a-plenty in that county. He
held meetings, organized the different
and took a prominent
party in the liberty loan and other
drives. He is an eloquent speaker and
he soon had his whole county aroused.
He was nominated by the republicans
at the primary for representative and
was elected by big majority. He
was serving in the army at the time OF
the election and wears his khaki uni.
form while on duty in the house. The
Oldest member in the house is Hon. w.
]. Sayers, of Iowa county, a farmer
and Gamer, vino is II years of age.
Foreign Born Legislators.
In the house Mooty, of Grundy, was
born in Ireland; Parsons, of Calhoun,
was born in England; Stuart, of EN-
met, was born in Ireland. In the sen.
ate, Price, of the MonrOe-Marion dis
trict, was born in South Wales. He
came with his parents to this country
when he was years old, the family
coming direct to the coal fields near
Abba 81 years ago. The father being
a coal miner the son followed in his
footsteps until ambition prompted him
to become a lawyer. He entered lay
school and passed a successful exam
intion upon his application for ad-
to the bar.
An Old Timer
One of the unique characters in the
general assembly is Hon. M. l.. Tenn