Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-22
Why THEY GAME NEST
Mothers Congress at Des Moines
Brought Vest to Interest New
Women.
Results Satisfactory Thousands in.
Attendance-Mrs Walkers
Popularity.
Unjust Criticism Of Governor Shaw
For Veto of the Valued
Policy Bill.

Des Moines, May 22.-One5 of the pur- E
poses of the leaders in bringing the
mothers congress to the west was to
reach large number of earnest women
to whom the work of the congress would
be new and attractive, and who might
make the most of it. The phianthropic
women who had this in mind when they
decided to break their custom and come
west will fully realize all their expecta-
tions. for they Will have 1000 or more
Just such women as they want to talk
to. This does not count the Des Moines
women, who make up another thousand
or two, and they are almost as good ma
terial as the scattered ones thrnout the
state who are here to get all they can to
carry back to their homes and their lit-
tie clubs to help them in their work OF
home-making and child culture. The
women who are coming to the congress
are, of course, those who are deeply In
terested in it's work, and the influence
of these meetings will be far-reaching |
and long-continued thruout the length |
and breadth of the state. AS women are
loyal to theh. ideals, the inspiration of
the teaching of the many eminens spe-
cialists in child culture who are here to
tell what they know will be carried on
for years to come in campaigns OF edu-
cation in hundreds of communities.
Thus the purposes of the mothers con-il
gress organization will be fulfilled.
No speaker received quite So much
l'applause in the opening meeting az Mrs.
Theodore NJ. Walker. president of the
Des NIoines Women's Club. who has just
received the unprecedented honor OF
re-election. Part OF the applause was
due to her personal popularity and part
of it to the excellent speech made in
welcoming the congress. One thing sne
jexpected the congress to do. she said,
was to train women to be better moth-
3Iers, so that their children would not be
turned over to be Notwithstanding
y she opposed the idea of common
4 nursery and kindergarten for all chil-
\ dren. so that the mothers could occupy
ljtheir time With things more to their
4 tastes Organization. she declared. has
4 gone far enough in this direction. She
iIemphasized the Importance of the moth
Ter influence in shaping the child's indi-
Eviduality. and the idea met the approv-
l3alof the audience. Mrs. Hills. the state
regent. whose efforts brought the con-
4 gress to Des Moines and organized the
Z state to receive 1t. was also accorded
Il handsome reception, as she pledged the
llayalty of the ninety-nine counties IN
Il the state. symbolized bv ninety-nine
roses. she spoke adyisedly. too. be-
y; ca,ise there is not a county IN iowa
without at least one club that is work
4 ing along the lines laid down by the
mothers congress-
One thing which specially gratifies the
Ivisitors is the absence of saloons in Des
IMoines There is not in all this city to-
!, liday a single open saloon. and this is an
EeXtraordinary thing, most Of these wom-
en- admit in a city of 10000 people. They
! see prohibition at it's best, for. inasmuch
las the saloons are to open on the 4th
.Eof June, the holes-in-the-waH where
1I3liduor is sold ldillegitimately, are few and
little in evidence.
some of the newspapers of the state
hive criticised Governor Shaw for Veto
ing the valued policy bill. Most of these
: are democratic papers, altho a few re-
publican papers have indulged in such
.Apout W si'N
y newspapers that have made any refer
! ence to the subject have approved the
faction OF the governor. Some who are
inclined to believe that the principle O
: the valued policy law is right admit
: that ii VAS hastily considered anC
d n should be more generally discussed be-
s. fore it is made a law. They point to thu
fact that the same legislature which
:. passed the bill will return in 1902 anc
!, can then consider the matter on its mer
q Its and with full notice to all concerned
that it is to be considered. This is al
i the governor sought to do. simply I
have the matter fully and fairly consid
q cred on its merits. If after such discus
:, sion. of which the people of the stat
notice, the bill is then passed. h
y has nothing further so say. If the peo
( pie Of the state. having considered TIL
Z matter fully. want to try the Nalue'
" policy plan, the governor does not pro
post to arbitrarily exert his power I
prevent it. Nearly all the criticism
that has been made of his action start
= out with the presumption that the gov
ernor vetoed the bill at the behest of tn
- insurance companies and for their bene
- fit This is not true. The stronges
I 4 pressure for executive action aSains
, lSthf3 bill diG not come from 5tne lHSuT
ance companies. but from the insured
and the intelligent commentator Of tn
action from certain. quarters shows tina
'. this was the case. He vetoed the bill be
Of cause he was convinced that it woul
a. operate. as It has in other states, to II
ID crease the cost of insurance withot
Ill sufficient benefit to the insured to CON
nj pensate for the additional cost The goN
ernor has no interest in protecting II
s6rance companies, except as the inte
ests OF the insured are affected. i
Mt reasons that If thing is done whit
tn makes 1t cost insurance companies mo
per thousand TO pay their losses, Il
purchasers Of insurance will certain
have to foot the bills. He made car
"a full investigation and procured eviden'
which satisfied him, and It will satisl
almost any person who will take Il
trouble to examine 1t, that the value
Ial policy law has operated to increase u
se, cost OF insurance. The governor iiivit
the most thorough Investigation into q