Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-18
IOWA At ST. LOUIS
Meeting OF Louisiana Purchase
Fair Committee Unsatisfac.
tory..Guessed Expense.
New, Legislation to Be Asked for
Dealing With Infectious
Diseases.
President MacLean Talks OF the
University..Praise for Cum.
Minis Inaugural.

address of Gov. Cummins which heart
proper representation of Iowa al the
exposition at st. Louis in commemora-
ton of the Louisiana Purchase, has in
terest for a larger number of persons
than generally supposed. The meeting
of the commission yesterday was far
from satisfactory. So far as made
known at the meeting practically Moth
Ing has ever been done by the commit
| tee on publicity and promotion. AS far
as that committee of the commission
is concerned. the people of Iowa know
no more about the exposition, its plans,
/ purposes, scope and Importance, than
/ they did before The committee on
plans had nothing definite to bring be-
| for the commission. What was wanted,
| as stated by some of the members, was
same definite information as to how
| much this and that would cost, what
/ could be done with a certain amount
of money, how it could be spent or
| ought TO be spent, etc. There was none
/ of this information at hand. The most
/ that the commission had done is to
/ guess at it and call for an appropria-
| ton of $250.0O0. But the legislature Will
want to know just what can be done
| with this or any other amount of money
| and what will be done with it. Some
| criticism was made of the fact that for
| the Columbian exposition at Chicago
the commission paid over $4,000 to one
\ The amount seems
/ large and yet there are many who be-
lieve that the music was the best in
yestment of the Iowa Columbian COM
mission. A great many inquiries are
heard about the work done at Chicago.
1t is the general belief that to do as
much or more at st. Louis
Various special interests must be
looked after. For instances, Iowa had
| a creditable educational exhibit at Chi
/ cago: but at Omaha had none at all.
The commission at Omaha simply de-
clared that it had not dollar for
school exhibit Opinions differ as to
whether most of the money should be
nut into a shell of building or into
brass band or into exhibits of the
states resources and achievements.
FTOI. AIOUZO hpGlAGti AOi iASA $500
SUPERINTENDENT, who was in the city
yesterday is deeply interested in the
thought that Iowa schools should have
proper exhibit at St Louis The state
ought to spend at least $4,000 for this
exhibit Every department of educa-
tional work should be shown there-ru-
raj schools, town schools. city schools.
high schools academies. parochial
,tn N1,nf ia1A
is a broad one. Prof. Abernethy sug-
gests that the legislature should see
to it that there is a division OF the
funds available 80 that the educational
interests OF Iowa shall not be overlook
ed, as at Omaha and Paris. The de-
partmcnt of public instruction will. of
course, cooperate. ana also the colleges
and universities will help, but they
cannot do 1t all. And this is only one
of the things that must thought of in
connection with the Iowa exhibit
The reorganization of the Iowa Edi-
torial Association yesterday accom-
rlished in manner to indicate that 1t
will proceed to do business. An excur-
sion is as good as assured.
At the meeting of the state board of
health this week much consideration
was given to measures for the strength
enins of the hands of the board in cop
Ing with contagious diseases. Some
legislation Is regarded by the members
as essential--just what is not easy to
state off hand. 1t is known that the
quarantine regulations as regards
smallpox are but little observed in most
cities of the state. and the board will
ask some new legislation on the sub
ject that Will make 1t possible to meet |
emergencies with strong hand. An
other pet project of the board relates
to an institution for the study of bac- |
teriology and for analsis in this science. |
For instance, doctor has case OF
diphtheria In town of the state but |
the symptoms are such that he thinks
it is not serious. Examination is made |
at the institute and 1t is shown that the
disease is in virulent form. Stringent |
quarantine is enforced. There are
many uses for such an institute. The
board will press a measure to establish /
it at this session.
THAT was a fine compliment we re-
ceived from Gov. Cummins in his in
augural address" said President Mac
Lean of the State university. And I
best of all 1t was spontaneous and from
the heart. Gov. Cummins said what he
did because he believes it and not be-
cause he has been asked to say it. We
realize that the state university Is at
the critical stage of its life. Two years
ago the legislature did the right thing
by us We have made the most CT our
opportunities and today We feel that
the university has attained that stand
ing in the state that the eyes of the
whole state are upon US. We must go
forward. AT this time, when we are
being so closely watched, when we are
making such fine progress, we cannot
afford to fall short in the least of the
of the people, for If we do
it may take years 10 again regain their
confidence as we have 1t now. But for
the fire which was an act of Providence
and should be considered separately