Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-20
FIGHT ALLEGED TO BE COMING.
Reported That an Effort will BE
Made to Take Soldiers Home from
Board of Control.


Made to Take Soldiers, Home from
Board of Control.
The Des Moines Leader INDUCES in
the following gossip concerning. the,
board of control and the Soldiers
Home:
There is little doubt that the G. A. r.
and affiliated organizations of the state
will make fight against the manage
ment of the Soldiers Home by the
board of control in the coming legisla-
tive session. Developments recently in
dictate pretty plainly that the G. A. r.
people are getting ready for the contest
and yesterday Assistant Adj. Gen.
Black and Chairman Larrabee had a
meeting at which some of the ex-
changes were portentous.
Some time ago the board advanced
the salary of the chief seamstress of the
home from s12 to SIT per month. The
lady, however, has indicated that she
considers 500 little enough, and says she
will be compelled to resign unless the
salary is further raised to that figure.
The Women's Relief corps has taken up
her cause, and yesterday Mrs. Lizzie
Hutchinson of Lake City, state presi-
dent, called on the board. She was ac-
inson asked if she might have an inter-
view with Governor Larrabee, who as
sented. She then stated the facts as she
understood them, adding that the seam
stress considered she ought to have $40
per month, and is able to earn that sum
elsewhere. Governor Larrabee said the
board could not grant the advance; he
said the schedule of wages had been
prepared after careful inquiry, and to
grant an increase in one place would in
| volve increases at others.
Mrs Hutchinson then asked If the
board would allow the w. r. C. to pay
;. the lady the additional So per month, to
bring her salary up to 800 month.
Governor Larrabee said this could not
be permitted. Here Mrs. Black inter
posed, and asked Governor Larrabee,
with some asperity, if he didn't think
the board ought at least to pay as much
as the lady could earn in other employ
ment. The governor replied that the
board could get the work done satisfac-
torily for the present figure. and didn't
| think it would be we'll to make a
change This ended the interview.
The G. A. r. has a special committee,
named at the last state encampment
/ Soldiers Home The committee is COM
posed of j. j. steadman of Council
Bluffs, l.. Il. Raymond of Hampton
| Phil SchaIler of Sac City. Hugh NJ.
Pickell of Des Moines Philip NJ Grape
of Burlington. The committee has Wis
tied the institution and conducted in
4 quiry into many of the complaints which
i have been made against the manage
ment of the institution. On the whole.
the membership of the committee is
such thatit is expected to be unfriendly
i to the board
The salaried employees of the state
/ house are unfriendly to the board. as a
Iclass. The feeling crops out constantly
at the state house. 1t does not mani
4 fest itself among the elective officers,
but it is very apparent and rapidly
growing. among subordinates. The rea-
A son for it is probably that the board has
lnaugurated decidedly lower scale of
4 salaries than is in vogue in other de-
i partments. Employees of the board work
harder and for less money than other
employees of the state and yet the board
|, lhas demonstrated that it can get com
petent service at the lower figures. Tbs
higher salared employees, who ever
since the cut of salaries by the legisla-
ture have been hoping for a favorable
opportunity to get the former schedule
restored. are not pleased with the
!, boards policy. They realize that it will
be hard 10 make a good case in view OF
scale Of wages.
I'm opposition TO the assaults which
are expected against lis policy tbs
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