Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-14
some SORENESS SEN
Notes OF Discord Heard About
State Fair Matters...A Suf.
gestion.
Horticulturists Want Iowa to
Spend Some Money for An
Exhibit.
Judge Given Altho Old in Years
Will Again Practice
Law.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Dec. 14.-There We're
several notes of discord heard during
the past week of agricultural meetings.
IF the state agricultural department
| is to sell the coal under the fair
grounds" said a well informed observer
of things in general yesterday, II would
suggest that the board be required to
turn the money into the state treas
ury. Then l would have the legis-
directors, one from each congressional
district, instead of allowing the cleo
ton to be made as at present / would
provide for minority representation on
the board. There are proportionately
about as many real farmers in the Leg
islature as in the gatherings that select
the directors. AT present the board
does about what it pleases with the
funds on hand. I would have the
money go into the state treasury like
any other funds of the state. They
have asked that their department be
made q state department. Let it be
made SO in fact and only at one end,
leaving the other loose. Let the money
be paid out in warrants the same as
any other money of the state. Or put
1.-THE matter of construction of build
ings under the board of control and
have the work done as carefully there
as In any other of the state institu-
tions. can not see why we should be
! so Indifferent as to the use made OF
money realized from the coal belong
Ing to the state and other ways. and yet
exact such strictness with the educa-
tional institutions. For instance, here
| we have the whole state set at swords
points because one of the heads of a
state college incurred some expense
while appearing before the state legis-
lature on request, and yet these men
connected with the agricultural and
horticultural societies come to Des
MONIES and have their railroad fare
paid and hotel bills paid by the state of
Iowa, and then put on little more
| for good measure, in addition to q
liberal per diem. / do not find that
the board of control has any power
to go over the books of these societies
and make suggestions as to the right
way to use public funds. Why not
make of these societies real state de-
partments and treat them exactly as
state institutions?" Such movement
would meet with strong opposition at
once, but it may be said safely that a
large number of members Of the legis-
lature are considering the matter.
r.
| The horticulturists have assumed
that the legislature will this winter
provide for suitable board to look
after a proper exhibit of Iowa at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. The
commission which Governor Shaw
called into existence some time ago
seems to have realized it's utter inabil-
lity to accomplish anything for the
Iowa exhibit at st. Louis ostensibly
to contract for space for an Iowa build
ing. But Iowa may not spend lot of
money in a building. and the committee
could do nothing more than ask that
q certain space be reserved for Iowa
until after the legislature meets. An
other committee of the commission was
named on publicity and promotion and
to make the people of Iowa familiar
with the plans of the fair. This COM
mittee has done nothing at ALL But is
assured that commission will be
named, clothed with the power to secure
an Iowa exhibit; and the horticultur-
lists are going to make a demand that
on that commission there shall be at
least one man who is especially inter-
ested in horticulture, and especially in
pomology. This has not been done at
previous expositions where Iowa has
been represented 1t is expected that
| if the fruit growers are granted the
right to name man for the commits
sion they will name NJ. j. Wragg, presi
dent of the state horticultural society
who is also a director of the state de-
partment of agricultural society, who
lis also a director of the state depart
ment of agriculture and superintendent
of the horticultural department Then
the live stock interests will want a
man on the commission, and the manu-
facturers will demand representation
and the mining interests will want
something and the school and educa-
tional interests will be asking place
which leaves the prospect of places for
the merely politicians very poor indeed
/
There are 90 lawyers in the senate
and 25 in the house. There are but z
farmers in the senate and % in the
house. In the house there are IA bank
ers and 5 in the senate. There are 4
editors in the house and in the senate
Nearly all professions are represented
one druggist in the house, a cigarmaker
lin the house and an ice dealer. There
are Is soldiers in the house and 10 in
the senate. Winnie will be the young
est member of the senate and Crawford
the oldest. Hamann will be the young
est in the house and Moore the Oldest
The secretary of the state has just
completed compilation of statistics con-
cerning members of the legislature and
will soon have printed handbook
Chief Justice Given of the supreme
court will retire after the session of
the court which will be held next week
to file decisions. This extra session is
for the purpose of clearing the tables
of all business in which the retiring
chief Justices are interested. Judge
Given will again enter the practice of
Jaw In Des Moines. He is well along