Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-25
UP lO[0CAL WORKERS.
Now is the Time For Local Work.
ers to Come to the Aid Of
the Party.
Chairman Weaver Says Success De.
ponds Largely on Activity Of
Precinct Managers
Work Of the State Committee Prac'
tically Complete The School
Library Law.

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tically Complete The School
Library Law.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 25.-"There is one
thing the republicans of the state, and
especially the local workers. must un-
|derstand," said Chairman Weaver, and
that is that the state committee has
now finished It's work and done practi-
cally everything that it can do. We
have furnished speakers and the litera-
ture and have perfected the organiza-
ton. 1t is now up to the local workers
| to carry out the plans laid out for them
| to follow. The responsibility for many
months has been upon the shoulders of
the committee. Every one has looked
to the state headquarters to accomplish
republican success in the state. Our
work is now practically finished. We
have no more literature to give out, not
even a picture is left in the headquar-
tiers
I'VE have distributed forty or fifty
This has not been thrown about haphaz-
1 ard, but nearly all sf it has been sent
4 in response to requests, either from in
dividuals or from local committeeman.
The people have been eager to get at the
facts, and that is what we have fur
nished them. Nearly all of the literature
distributed by the state committee this
year has been made up from official
documents and the facts and statistics:
5lgiven therein are beyond any possible
4 dispute. The people of Iowa, including
1.-THE farmers, are a reading, thoughtful
i class of people. They have studied the
lofficial documents that have been dis
ttributed and they have learned to judge
4 the merits of the issues on their own
A account. The meetings have been Well
/. attended and the speakers have done
p good work, but we have placed great re-
4 lance upon the quiet thinking of the
people, the result Of placing in their
|hands authentic information.
q THE campaign has been long, ardu-
Gus labor for those concerned here at
. the state headquarters. The committee
has been actively at work since last
: May, and since June the Office force has
!. been busy every day and for some
weeks now, every evening. We feel
!. that We have made as good preparation
as We could. We have turned over the
responsibility to the local committee
!. men and we feel that they are we'll pre-
!, lpared to meet it and to.do their duty to-
ward getting out the vote.
The appeals sent out TO the local
{ workers asking them to pledge them
: selves to see that the vote is brought
!, out have met With prompt and very
: from them by the hundreds in every
mail. We want to hear from all these
workers as soon as possible. 80 that we
can know just what to depend upon on
lelection day. We do not want any guess
3 work about it, We want to know posi-
tively that it is going to be attended to
t 1T will be greatly 10 the credit of the
n local workers. both for the present and
: for the future, if they make a record OF
t Iprompt, efficient response to the re-
a Equests made of them from the state
+ headquarters for this campaign
= The new school library law is now
c about to be put into general operation
z lin the. state The state board of educa,
+ Itional examiners has made careful ane
s thorough preparation to administer thu
n law so az to give the country district
k the greatest possible benefit from it
yiThe list of library books. which tn
e board is required by law to prepare, ha
% been published. This list includes 81
is |yolumes, divided aa follows: For pupil
y of the first and secand years, AZ; thir'
and fourth years. 81: fifth and slxtl
years SO; seventh and eighth years
ll60; high school. 113; miscellaneous, is
residents, "a: books for teachers. 26. an
- general reference works. AZ. There ar
y. also given two IS, two $40 and one 81
!, library under the head of selected Ii
s braries." The books IN this list fron
:, (which the selections must be made hay
= been selected with much care and goo
taste OF course no two persons woul
" make up the same list, but this one con
:. tains nothing that is not wholesome
:, t,Ihealthful and generally meritorious.
I, includes not only most of the standar
~ classics of literature, but many of tn
best new books whose merits have bee
Established. The new children book:
!, especially those coming under the hea
: of nature studies, or stories, are foun
in large numbers in this library cata
!, log. The list is broadly comprehensiy
:. one, including all departments of litera
y lture that are adapted to this purposs
"a Not only 6tne CllliuTeIl, aDuI llkS SefiCllel
:. and patrons of the schools Will be inter
!, : ested in the books that may be bougt
= ! by the school districts under this law.
, Under the arrangement perfected b
: the state board the purchase of til
- books is made simple matter. A cor
q tract was made with a book and sta
~ tionary company, and this compan
- !. will furnish all the books at greatly r
J, duced prices. These prices include co:
of transportation, so that in buying til
books from the list the directors wi
know just how many books they ca
rr buy with the funds available.
I'M The state library is now making al
v. rangements to supply a number of ira,
n cling libraries made up from this III
nv adapted for school use and to intere
NJ teachers and parents. 1t Is expecte
nd that these school Libraries will arou
- an interest in books that will denar
syy more of library than many of II