Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-28
'|NO JUDGES 70 OUT
Bishop and Prouty Of Des Moines
Likely to Resign In Near
Future.
Former will Take cummins'
Place in Law Firm..Prouty
After Hull.
Board Of Control Will Have Ex.
pert Doctors Inspect Coun-
ty Asylums.
Special to Times-RepublIcan.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 2S.-As result Of
political complications there will be two
on the district bench in Des
Moines before the close of the year. 1t
is learned that Judge Bishop will resign
in the fall to take Cummins' place in his
law firm during his incumbency in the
office of governor, and about the same
time Judge Prouty will resign that he
may devote his entire time to his cam
paign for congressional nomination.
Congressman Hull is due to arrive in
San Francisco and it is expected he will
put up good campaign for renomi-
nation as soon as he reaches home.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 2S.-Judge Kline,
of the state board of control, is busy
for the semi annual inspec-
ton of the county and private insane
asylums of the state. These are more
properly asylums than the state insti-
tutions, which are properly classed as
hospitals, for their primary purpose is
to give medical relief to persons suffer-
ing from mental disorders. But the
county and private institutions are
merely asylums for the detention of in
sane persons. There are about fifty of
them now, few having gone out of use
since the board adopted the rigid rules
in regard to the care of patients. The
new law requires that they shall be in
spected twice year. The board has
wisely provided that this inspection
shall be by persons connected with the
state hospitals, so that there shall be a
closer relationship between the two
The next examination will be twenty
counties by Drs. Hill. Boody. Doolittle
and Hamilton, of the Independence
hospital; seventeen counties by Drs.
Applegate and Stevens, of Mt. Pleas
ant; ten by Drs. White and Wherry,
of Clarinda, leaving ten to be inspected
by somebody else yet to be provided.
While there are fewer of these asylums
than before the number of insane in
them has increased, and this will con-
tinue until the new hospital at Chero-
kee is ready for use next year. While
patients at the state hospitals are cared
for at county expense so far it is pos
sible to fasten upon the counties their
residents, yet the number of insane
persons whose support falls directly
upon the state is surprisingly large.
The quarterly pay roll of this state in
sane account is very large and appears
to be growing rapidly. Judge Kline
would favor system like that in Min
nesota, where the state pays for all the
insane support and counties are not
burdened with 1t. The system in use
in Iowa is inequitable and especially
burdensome on the larger and more
populous counties. The state of Min
nesota also employees an agent who is
busy looking after the citizenship of
insane persons, and he sends back to
other states or even to Europe insane
persons when he can prove that they do
not belong in Minnesota. Iowa has
been imposed on to some extent by
other states. The board, however, has
had no trouble with Minnesota in Sc
curing attention to claims that an in
sane person has come from that state
Illinois simply ignores such claims and
gives no satisfaction. Some time there
will be a general revision of the laws
of Iowa relating to insane, the board
will be saved much annoyance and there
will be a good deal less of correspond
ence for county and state officials re-
lating to insane persons.
The meeting of the State Anti -Sa-
loon league yesterday and last night
is regarded by many of the friends of
a a cio IN thn
ing disruption. 1t was one of the live
liest little meetings ever held in the
city, and none of the other political
high spirit which prevailed. The en-
tire afternoon was spent in most ex-
cited discussion. Candidates We're lit
orally "cussed and discussed and men
We're brought up to high excitement by
their earnestness and zeal. Frequent
calls for the police were heard and
short of the giant efforts of
some of the stronger ones prevented
encounters, as the delegates
considered how best to secure enforce
ment of the law. Candidate Coates of
the prohibition party was present and
also the chairman of the populist state
The real controversy was
over whether the league should be
made to endorse the candidacy of one
or more of the political candidates for
office, and in the end this was virtually
done. altho names We're eliminated.
The most sensational part of the meet
ing was that in which Superintendent
Abrams was turned out of his job bodily
because he had said that he would
favor the election of Cum
MINIS for governor. This was accom-
plished with much difficulty, and after
1t was done Abrams became greatly
excited and told the leaguers some
thing they did not like. In fact, Abb
rams accused the politicians of the third
party of packing the convention in
their interest with men who had never
been in convention Of the kind before
and who had openly expressed them
selves in favor of the work OF the
league. Among other things he made
the statement that he had recently had
his attorney serve notices on the Com
the prohibition organ, that
1t must tell the truth about him under
penalty OF libel suit. But In the end
Abrams was left without salary, un-
less he induces the executive COM