Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-12
THEY LEFT N DOUBT
Meeting at State Capitol In In
terests Of Mckinley Mem0r.
ial Is Disappointing.
No. ll3 Of Iowa Reports Goes 70
Fress..An Ex.State Super.
intendent Elected.
State University Seeking Higher
Tax For Building FUND.-.
A Strong Plea.
,ecial to Times-Republican,


/ Des Moines, Nov. 12.-The meeting OF
1.-The committee to arrange for Iowa alo
for a Mckinley memorial in honor OF
7 the late president was not as we'll at
tended as it should have been. nail
dozen newspaper. men from OUTSIDE OIL
Des Moines were present, but not one
| newspaper editor of Des Moines at
TENDED the meeting or took any interest,"
/ in it. The meeting was held in the re-
| ception room of the state executive
/ office and Gov. Shaw was present with
I.ex-Gov Jackson and Governor-Elect
| Cummins. Gov. Shaw explained the
purpose of the meeting briefly and va
rious members made remarks appro-
| PIRATE to the occasion. In respect otn-
er than that OF the lack of attendance
the meeting was disappointment, for
| 1T was impossible to decide just which
one of the two projects for honoring the
memory of the president would be tax
en- up. There is an association formed
i5forithe purpose of erecting a monument
isot Mckinley in Canton. his home town,
ana dUUlHeT W erect NOoiN ~
called a Mckinley Memorial arch in the
city of Washington. 1t was feared that
| if the committee organized and afnli-
ated one or the other of the two nation
al committees those who favor the other
would be offended. and thus something
be aost. The matter was deferred until
Tuesday of next week when a better
attendance is expected and the work
will be entered upon with great zest.
The sentiment was unanimous that
Iowa people ought to contribute liber-
ally to some form Of memorial for the
departed president
State Superintendent Barrett was
| pleased to learn yesterday that IN
| Crawford county the republicans nave
| elected as county superintendent OF
schools. Carl w. VonCoelln, who was
formerly state superintendent. Mr..
yeaCoelln was elected to the state Office
from Black Hawk county. He has been
living as least part OF the time with
daughter who lives in Denison There
are five other eN-state superintendents
living, namely: Prof. Stine, who still
lives in Burlington and was superinten-
dent many years ago; Prof. j. b.
Knoepfler, who was elected on the
/ democratic ticket, and is now teacher OF
German in a seminary at Lansing; AL
onzo Abernathy, president of the Cedar
| Valley seminary, Layfayette; John w.
Akers, who was elected from Linn codn-
ty, afterwards engaged In business. but
for several years has been principal of
school in Chicago; and Henry Sabin,
who lives quietly In Des Moines
The report of the state superintendent
will be filed in a few days. 1t was held
back because of delay in securing re-
ports from Marshall and Johnson coun-
ties.
Messrs. Wright and Bouska, deputy
dairy commissioners, have gone to Du-
buque to attend the annual meeting OF
the Iowa State Daiymen's Association
this week. Mr.. Bouska will read val
liable paper which will be part of the
annual report of the department on the
work of investigation thruout the state.
The copy for No. 113, of the reports OF
the Iowa supreme court, was received
yesterday from Reporter Salinger by
Secretary Davidson and will be placed
in the hands of George Ragsdale for
publication Immediately. This volume
will include all the deci-ions filed by the
supreme court up to April 10, last which
indicates that under the present ar
rangement the printers are finally
catching up" with the court
The appeal of the trustees of the State
University for doubling the special per-
manent tax for a building fund, altho it
is similar to appeals which have often
been presented to the legislatures. is one
which can not easily be met without
yielding The statement IN the annual
report which goes TO the legislature is
as follows:
THE growth of the university has
Keen great not only in the number in at
tendance but also in the additional
courses of instruction offered, that we
are compelled to ask for an increase in
the fund set apart for new buildings and
their equipment. With the present tax
Of one-tenth of a mill it is impossible
for us to keep pace with the demands
upon us for room. This is especially true
since the fire of March 10. 1901, which
deprived us of rooms in which had been
l.
by not less than half of our new build
/ iEg. The relief expected upon the COM
pletion of the liberal arts building is,
therefore, almost entirely swept away
/ by our loss thru fire and we find our
selves again seriously cramped for room
! in which to carry on instruction even in
our present courses without providing
any possibilities of expansion or addi-
ton Many buildings which are pres
ent necessity must be postponed, not
| only for year or two. but for many
years into the future, unless this tax for
buildings can be materially increased
"In saying this we assume that we
| are expected to construct no more cheap
| buildings. We feel that we should fail
in our duty to the state and the univer-
sity II we We're to proceed upon any 9th
er plan than that of building complete,
adequate and fire-proof buildings when
we build at ali. The experience of the
university during the last few years has
certainly been such as to convince us
| that any other policy is extravagant
| foJlv We cen 11non our present proyiS-