Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-22
AL OBSERVE NE Day
State and Federal Officials Close
Their Offices in Honor Of
Washington.
The Day Not a Strictly Legal
Holiday in This
State.
Minnesota Investigates Board Of
Control System Good Story
About Gear.


About Gear.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Feb. % Nearly all the
state. iederai and county offices are
closed today because II is a holiday.
The day is much more generally OBJ
served now than in other years. For
some time the growing interest taken in
Lineoln's birthday and Jefferson's
birthday and some others was the cause
of aeglectirg George Washington
natal day. Now the day is observed,
not so lnuca as holiday in which ev-
erybody does nothing as memorial
day, when ali do something 20, recall the
| life Of the illustrious soldier and states
mar. Attention was called Yesterday
a the state house to the fact that there
is no law requiring that work shall be 4
suspended on Washingtonss birthday in
Iowa. The orly way in which ii is made
a holiday is by providing that bank pa
per which becomes due ON tha. day
1 shall be deemed due the following day
j at court and the service of papers on
that day. This is done by the Iowa code
sin the matter of January l. February
%, May 30. July 4 and the first Monday
lin September Christmas day, election
day Thanksgiving day and such other
sdays as may be designated for fasting
/ or as holidays by the governor or the
president. Labor cay is not yet a full
! holiday in Iowa for one may be re-
quired 70 answer summons on that day.
/ The making Of February % a flag day
in the schools has had the effect sots Civ
/ ing it more general observance than
4 ever before and in almost every school
sof Iowa today the day will be observed
/ in some manner.
The newspapers of the state have
been republishing a good story from the
Washington Press about the late SEN
ator Gear, who is represented to have
Won the votes Of some Quakers by his
frankness on one occasion when he was
running for congress. The story is a
y good ore. but Maj. Fleming, Of the gov-
ernars s office who has the history Of all
i Iowa in his head. calls attention TO- he.
Il fact that the story was not located
lsfis NJ as to time place. The incident
occurred when Giea, ran for governor
the first time. He was then speaker of
the Iowa house. There was a temper
4 ance Lecturer named Jim Pinkham who
/ lived al West Branch, in Cedar county,
i and who he'd circulated the stories
\ about Speaker Gear and his propensity
i Tor drinking good liquor. MIR Gear
+ thought he would begin his campaign
right Where the fire of the enemy had
been first directed against him ard he
! opened his subernatorial campaign at
s West Branch in good Quaker nei igh-
/ borhood. During the meeting one
I Quake arose to interrupts
Mr.. Gear, would thee answer a cues
i tom asked the Quaker
Certainly; it would give me great
pleasure was the reply
Does. thee ever drink liquor
take drink of whisky when 1 feel
like it, said the speaker.
We'll. Well circulated the Quaker.
II like Thy frankness. but would rather
thee would not drink.
That was all that was said. The
Quaker did rot then and there premise
Gear the Quaker vota-but he go. it,
The Iowa state capitol was visited
yesterday by three gentlemen from
Minnesota who came to obtain infor1na-
1 ton for Use in their state in urging a
bill before the legislature for a state
board OF control like that in Iowa. They
We're c. A. Alorey. ex- Speaker William
lsE< Lee and ex-senator Leayitt. They.
lhad letters Of introduction from Gov
isernor Nan SAINT who stated that they
We're deeply interested in the state
board OF control idea and wanted in
i formation When the bill before the
Minnesota legislature was prepared the
/ Iowa lawawas followed closely Mlen 1t
4 was introduced the st. Paul and Mime
apolis papers, or at least some Of the.
I leading ones, denounced the proposal
i viciously and made an attack on the
Iowa state board and msrepresensed ii
Ioutrageously. This was all done with
view to preventing the following of the
/ plan in Minnesota. The committee
which visited Des Aioines yesterday was
/ shown the books Of fsthe board and its
workings We're explained in detail BY
Judge Kline and Mr.. Cownie. They
expressed themselves as delighted with
what they had found and will return
home better prepared to make fight
for such law in Minnesota.
Several new cases of smallpox have
been reported 70 the state board ol
health. Ths new places where it has
been discovered are in Oakfield town
ship, Audubon county; Buffalo town.
ship, Linn county: Newton township.
Jasper county, and keystone. DR.. Adj
ans reported fifteen cases at Peterson
and sixteen cases at Kiron. AS usual
the largest number of cases comes from
the northern part of the state.
State Superintendent Barrett has re-
cetved circulars from persons interest
ed in educational work in the Philip
pines giving information in regard to
teachers who are to be sent there to
educate the Filipinos. Applications for
places should go to Fred w. Atkinson.
superintendent of education. Manila
The qualifications for teachers are that
they shall be graduates of normal
schools or colleges. shall now be en-
gagged In educational work. shall be
physically sound so as to Withstand the
climate, shall be willing to ACCEPT any
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