Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

seen that his vote is closer than the
gubernatorial candidate usually re-
ceives. The total vote cast is 3S,377
Last year the total vote cast for presi-
dent was 521 ,547, a falling off of S3,170
Two years ago the total vote cast for
governor was only 401,3 45, making the
vote this year an increase of 1902 over
that cast for governor at the preceding
election. The total vote cast for each of
the candidates for governor is as fol-
lows:
Republican, T.. NJ. Shaw. 224, 72S
Democratic fusion, F. L. White, 81
Ropulist anti-fuson, c. A. Lloyd...... SIS!
Prohibition, s. p. Leland. ............. 500:
Socialist-labor. J. M. Kremmer...... SSl
Total ......... ........................4SS, S7I
shaws plurality Observation-Disclosures. 29,SSE
Shaw majority ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. n,WS
Mr.. Shaw will be inaugurated about
January 10. The Legislature ,convenes
January II, and it is calculated the in
auguration can be arranged for two
days later.
a Library Policy.
Rev. r. c. Barrett, Of Usage, who will
be superintendent of public instruction
in Iowa next year, has determined upon
a policy in regard to libraries for pub
lie schools. He believes that every
school in the state should have a IL
brary, aud he will do all that he can
to aid in getting them. The present law
allows boards to spend $25 year for
school apparatus, and this is construed
to mean libraries, maps, charts, etc.
Mr.. Barrett thinks it is likely the chart
and map agents will capture the boards
and absorb all the funds unless boards
are warned not to spend the money for
those purposes to the exclusion of all
others, and to save the money for IL
braries. what we need" says Mr.
Barrett, sis law prohibiting boards
from purchasing books except from an
approved list sent out by the state de-
partment."
Can't Collect Statistics.
In their annual report to Gov. Drake
the state board of railroad commissions
ers hints that law comforting more
power with the board for obtaining sta
tistics from railways would be very ben
eficial. The board says that it has been
unable to obtain certain of the stats
tics asked for by it of the different lines
If railway. Some companies, however,
have attempted to give the desired in
formation, while others refuse or fail
o do so, assigning as reason therefor
hat they cannot comply with the re-
quest of the board except upon what is
inown as mileage basis" and assert
ng that such statistics upon such a
oasis are not reliable and are mislead-
ng.
The commissioners also call attention
20 the decision of the Iowa supreme
curt in Barris ct al versus The Chi
ago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
which, they consider, demands radical
hanges in Iowa laws. Barris sued for
herecovery of excessive freight charges
md for damages. The defense was that
he rates were maximum, fixed by the
abroad commissioners. The supreme
curt held that this was no defense
hat if the rates were excessive and I'M
reasonable the company could not
.harge them, even If the commissioners
schedule did name them as maximum.
The railroad commissioners find that
Ibis decision is going to defeat the
whole end and purpose of the states
railroad laws; that under such rul-
ng there will be no possible means for
maintaining a uniform and reasonable
basis of rates; that the companies will
be constantly involved in multitude
Of suits to determine reasonable rates,
and that the commissioners schedule
will not be of any value.
dust Put Up More Cash.
The report of the commissioners for
the Cherokee hospital for the insane
has been submitted to the governor.
The commissioners announce the neces-
sity for an appropriation of $20S,000 to
finish the work on the institution and
put it in shape for occupancy. Two
hundred and seventy-nine thousand dol
lars had been expended on the super
structure up to December /. Three
other hospitals in the state and many
county hospitals are in crowded con-
dition, and the capacity of the new in
stitution-800 patients-will relieve the
others. Cherokee hospital is intended
for the use of patients from counties in
the northwest section of the state.
Dodging Liquor Laws.
The federal authorities in Des Moines
have brought to light one of the most
clever schemes to escape the mulct and
federal liquor laws that has been dis
covered. A test case has been started,
and if it is successful it will place near
ly every express agent and freight
agent in towns where the mulct saloon
does not prevail in tight box. Dis
tillers outside of the state are said to be
the authors of the plan. They send a
large consignment of liquors by freight
to fictitious parsonage. They then
send to their agent in the same town
blanks. The agent fills them out for the
customers, who. take them to the ex-
press agent, and after paying the c.
o. D., get the bill of lading for the goods
and presenting the bill of lading to the