Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-07
ASK FOR PATTERSON
Iowa Statistician Invited to Con.
fer With New York City
Committees.
Army Post Controversy Goes to
MISREPRESENTATION In
Des Moines.
Ministerial Association a Bold
Lot..Shaw's Oratorical Ser.
vices In Demand.
Special to Times Republican.

committees IN the new administration
| of affairs there, especially in the mat
| ter of tenement house reform, may be
state of Iowa, as we'll as to the State
| University and to the genial professor.
He has been employed regularly by the
| state board of control to prepare the
statistical tables for that board relat-
ing to state institutions. His work for
! the board the past year was difficult.
He tabulated all the matter which came
into the hands of the board and it will
appear in the annual report now being
printed. DIR. Patterson's paper read be-
fore one Of the conferences of superin-
tendents on the subject of the cost of
supporting paupers in Iowa, in which
he showed that the cost of supporting
paupers is nearly sS00,0000 a year in
prosperous Iowa, attracted national
attention. 1t is still regarded by the
board as by far the ablest paper read
before any of the conferences last year,
unless it is that of Frank Herriott on
the subject of the legislative history Of
state institutions and appropriations.
The city council has finally passed
the army post water works controversy
over to the legislature. and that body
will have to take step in the direction
of deciding the family quarrels of the
capital city. Some persons in the city
are so foolish as to think that the act
of the council in passing an Illegal act
over the mayors veto means that work
will be commenced at once on the
water main to the army post. AS a
matter of fact the legislature is known
to be a hard proposition when it comes
to asking it to set a precendent for the
entire state simply for the purpose of
heinirg the Commercial exchange COM
mittee out of bad hole. A lobby will
be organized at once to go before the
Legislature and ask that the contract be
legalized so that the courts will have
difficulty in taking any action.
| The smallpox continues to spread in
Des Moines, and it is not a surprising
matter, considering that but little at
tention is paid to the quarantine regu-
lations. For instance, the other day a
carrier boy on one of the papers broke
out and was taken to the home and
the place quarantined The boys
father runs a grocery store next to the
house. He confined delivering groc-
cries about town without regard to the
quarantine on his house. Investiga-
ton is being made in some of these
cases and in all probability some of the
viotlators of the quarantine regulations
will be taken into court. In the mean
time Des Monies doctors say they are
running into mild cases of the disease
almost every day.
The supreme court docket closed
with SAG cases on the same. This IS a
little larger than usual.
A good story is being told about the
report of Inspector General Olmsted in
which he severely denounced the Y M.
C. A. for having tents in the camps of
the guard. 1t is related that Colonel
Olmsted and his brother disagree on
the subject The brother happens to
be head of the state Y. NJ. c. A. They
had lively argument over the ques-
ton in the presence of Governor Shaw
and Adjutant General Byers and the Y.
M n.
argument. Now the friends of the Y.
NJ G. A. are saying that the military
brother was merely getting back at the
other one in his official report. good
story, is true, and there are some who
believe it; but at least the report of the
inspector general has stirred up hor-
nets nest.
sss
The members of the Des Moines
Ministerial association are about the
boldest lot which have yet undertaken
to regulate the affairs of this and other
nations. The ministerial association
has frequently dabbled in city politics,
generally without accomplishing very
much. Last fall the association in
dorsed and worked for candidate for
supervisor with the result that the
other fellow was elected by big ma
jority. Yesterday the association pass
ed unanimously the following resolu-
ton:
"Resolved, that we express to our
senators and representatives in con-
gress our deep interest in the moral
and material welfare of the people of
Cuba, and that we earnestly request
them to give the appeal of the Cuban
representatives for a reduction in the
sugar duties their earnest considera-
ton"
This resolution will be duly for
warded to the honorable congressman
who represent Iowa in the house and
senate and they will be expected to
Immediately acquiesce in the aforesaid
reduction of sugar duties for the relief
of the people of Cuba.
Governor Leslie M. Shaw has re-
ceived cordial invitation from Selden
e. Spencer, of the Society of Sons of
the American Revolution in st. Louis,
to be the orator on Washington's birth
day in st. Louis. Mr.. Shaw was in
yited to go to st. Louis February %
last year, but declined on account of
other engagements. 1t is not probable
that he will accept any invitations to
speak in the west this year on Wash
ington's birthday.