Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-26


Statistics from the office Of lhe au-
iditor OF state show that the receipts of
Iowa's three educational Institutions (
from state sources-that is. from app
propriations by the legislature. were as
follows, per year.
Agricultural College. ....s S4,361 /
State l-niversity.... ...... !. ). 1lT.2422
State Normal School. -. -. 44.542
Total. .... slg6, ,l5a
In Nebraska the state university has
a mill tax upon AL Of the property in
the state for its support. This amounts
TO about s2S0,ooo per year. The same
tax in Iowa would amount to S525,ooO
! per year. Friends Of the university are
lpeinting 70 the fact that every SUR
rounding state gives It's state uiliver-
.sity two or three Or four times as much
as iowa gives to hers.
| The proposition to unite the miscel
| laneous department Of the state library
| with the state historical deparone ii
! and remove all the books in the library
except the law books TO the rew his
i torical building is meeting with much
favor whore it has been discussed. The
| bin is being prepared by Judges
Deemer and Ladd and is 70 be intro
duced in the houseby Mr.. Eaton and III
/ The senateby Senator, Mliian The bill
VIII provide that the consultation vii
take effect October /. 1900. OF a such
subsealient date as the board may di-
Erect. The offieessof state librarian and
curator OF the historical department
are To ba merged into one 81 the 1st of
i October ard the board Of trustees viii
4 elect that officer 10 hold six years. His.
4 salary Will be somewhere between
81 900 and 5000. The office Of curator
lsof the law department. is created in
/ place Of assistant librarian, ana this
| officer N;ll have charge of the law
I library, which Will remain in the praS-
lent library .oom The state Librarian
lana curator Is u have the power Of
4 ap2ont!ng Superintendent o. the
! lnuseu nm WHO mag b. assigned toother
4 and additional duties by the board
The plan of the projectors of this en-
teiprise IS - haze the presen, state
librarian, AI- Johnson Brigham, chosen
4 70 fill he new and esponsible position,
A ldireenng the work of both departments.
Mr. Aldi'ich- the present curator of the
historical department., who desires To
retire from the responsibility he now
carries, Mil be retained as sdperin-
ten lent Of the museum aad editor Of
the Annals Of Iowa, the historical quar-
terly published ty ths department..
When MIR. Brigham aeeepted the
office of state librarian the petty sal
/, ary of $500 a year it waS With the
Il understanding that an effort should be
MADE To Increase his salary To sorIip
thing approaching the value o I ii!.; SCI
vices 1All who are informed as - hi:
work daring the past two YEARS know
/, that il is 100 per cent better tilan any
Iothcr state librarian ever din ii Iowa
He has made the library more usefu
7 to those who consult it ana hes i'm,
! proved ard strengthened Ii In every
way.
Many members Of the legislature ans
I0thers w!lo know Of the long and self
; sacrificing devotion Of Charles Aldrct
70 the work Of preserving IeSa history
think he should b retired on penslo,
: or retained in a sprt Of emeritus po-
Sition in the department.. where he car
], take life easy, get rid Of the wprfy hs
, has borne for 50 long and do only those
+, things which interest and delight llin
! most. There is not likely to b. any
!. serious opposition 10 this plan Of tak-
y ing care Of MIR. .Aldrich. HI has never
had but S1.20o a year salary and fol
!. six years he worked without any com
pensatien whatever d,votfng the mos
of his tine 10 the establishment Of tn,
great department which Is now 50 firm
ly on its feet as q part of the state gov
+ ernmaiit He has worked ovel-tiin'
{ Ilong enough and it is the univelsa
& opinion that he shoula ba allowed
!, good rest.
1t is proposed o appropriate for tn
4 joint use of tfe historical 1epAlisnan
! ard the miscellaneous state libfaI.
!, sio,p00 a year. and for the law librai
+ 5000 a year. The present appropra
n, ton OF $4,000 for tEe historical depart
naent ard 5000 Ger the state library ar
: 10 be repealed.
s The library committee ef the holls
= visited the naw historical bniiding IN
II other day and came AWAY most eil
4 thusiastie in Its praise ana Voted unanl
= mously ii favor of the appropriation I
$50, 900 to finish and iufsish the buiia
q ing. There IS No doubt that the huild
4 ing MIL be Well Furnished fer the us
Of the Consolidated departments.
h The Pan-Ameiiean exposition psop
: had hearing before the appropriatier
q committee YESTERDAY and While ,h.i
Is WAS nola Very large attenGaaee
,t members the representatives of II
!, Buffalo exposition made n good IN
/. preston. Ex-e'onsreSsnan John I
-o Weber, the commissioners general ~ ii
q exposition, and Fred Taylor, former
4. Of Iowa. the superintendent Of congo.
sions. explained tile merits of the g,
rs position and set forth the advantag,
&, 10 be derived BY he people of low
l from making an exhibit there Iowa n;
D. a special interest in this eNpasidS
IL from The fact that two Iowa men a
* Very prominent in the managenien
10 W. /. Buchanan, formerly Of sioi
Of City. is director general. AIr. Buenanf
40 Won his fame as an exposition ma
- ager in the success Of the SIOUX l'5
IS corn palace. lie was appointed !
n Governor isoies as one OF the nation
q commissioners OF the worlds fair FRO
o. IONA, ard soon after was made c.lief
al the department. Of agriculture Aft
~ the worlds fair he was appointed mi
n lister TO the Argentine Republic and :
er nlained there until a short time az
when he came honle to take the ma
te agement of the Buffalo exposition. y