Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-25
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Very Probable That Des Moines
Will Not Have 1t EXPOSE
tion Year
CEDAR RAPIDS WANTS IT
The Business Men of Des Moines, How
ever, Feel it Would Not Be Worth
Much, A,tho Persons Prominent in
Charity Work Are Trying Hard to
Get it for Capital City.


Charity Work Are Trying Hard to
Get it for Capital City.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 25.-If the next
national conference of charities and
corrections comes to the state of Iowa
in the exposition year it will probably
come to some city other than Des
Moines. Persons who are prominent in
the charity work and who are intiu-
entail in this great national semi-public
Organization have initiated move
ment to have the national conference
come to Des Moines. The argument
used in favor of this city is that 1t is
very desirable that the conference be
held in some city not too far removed
from ST. Louis, that 1t is more de-
sirable to have it near an exposition
city than in one because 1t is not de-
sired that the conference should be
overshadowed by greater things, and
because Des Moines is on the great
highways east and west across the
country. All this pleased Des Moines
people very much and the Commercial
exchange, which has In its keeping the
destinies OF the city. generously offered
to provide room for the conference
and contribute 500 to the other ex-
penses. But it is customary for the
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halls, for there are several parts to
the conference all going at once. and
there is expense to the amount OF about
$500 for stenographers, etc. But Des
Moines business men feel that the con-
ference would not be worth much. 1t
would be made UP of about a thousand
philanthropic men from every state OF
the union who would remain only
about week Iowa is going to have
Ia fine delegation to Atlanta, where the
conference meets this year. 1t Will
have such men as Gov. Larrabee, Judge
Clifford s. Robinson, Superintendent b.
f. Miles, DIR. Isaac Loos and others,
"A number are going from Cedar Rap
ids aiss from Cherokee. But thus far
not one has. offered TO go from Des
Moines. Not u delegate will represent
this city It is reported that Cedar
Rapids will make an effort to get the
national conference IL Des Moines does
not make a proper offer, or some other
city may get 1t.
Members OF the state board report
that on their recent two weeks trip to
all the institutions in the southern part
OF the state they found that metoro-
logical conditions are decidedly diff
ferent In the eastern and western sec
tions Of the state. There has been too
much rain in the east and not enough
in the west. The superintendent have
generally got the flaming operations for
the year we'll under way, but while the
season started early it has been slow
and backward. Chairman Cownie is
enthusiastic over the potatoes planted
and predicts an immense crop. He be-
lieves the state farms are in most excel
lent condition. The fruit around Glen
wood is reported to have been some
what injured by the bad weather re-
Gently but still they will have fair
crop. At Fort Madison the new power
house has been commenced, but the
ground for the hospital is too uneven
and it has not been located. AT Glen
wood the power plant Is located and
other buildings are going up. AT Clar-
india the ice plant is in successful oper-
ation but there is not money enough to
complete the workshop and coal house.
The orphans home is now more pa
tronized than even before, over 500 or
phans being housed there.
Apropos Of the visit of President
Roosevelt to Des Moines the fact is re-
called by Johnson Brigham, state IL
brarian, that a number of years ago be-
fore Roosevelt had fairly made his
start in the world, Mr.. Brigham had an
interesting talk with John Burroughs,
the friend and confidante of the presi
dent, regarding the prospective career
of Roosevelt The New York Tribune
had just mentioned the possibility of
Roosevelt running for congress in the
district where Col Astor had just spent
small fortune trying to break into
politics. Mr. Brigham and John Bur-
roughs were guests at the home of
Richard Watson Glider. editor of the
Century Magazine. AS they sat in their
room talking Mr.. Brigham referred
to this suggestion of Roosevelt for con-
STGSS MI. OCSiii SNt tIithI liz
shared in Mr.. Brigham's enthusiasm
for Mr.. Roosevelt, and added that
there are more possibilities in him
than In any young man of my acquain-
tance-and the best of it is they are
all possibilities for good Mr..
Brigham had referred to the Tribune's
suggestion directly to Roosevelt and the
latter declared he could not afford to
run for congress. Mr.. Brigham had ex-
pressed surprise and Roosevelt had ex-
planned He referred to the vast sums
which Astor had spent in the campaign
which failed II could raise all the
money that ought to be regarded as
necessary to make the canvass, but that
wouldn't do, that wouldn't be a begin
ming" declared Roosevelt. If had
millions to spend wouldn't spend them
in other than legitimate ways. Out
in Iowa you would have house-to-
house campaign and that would be all:
but Astor's was a saloon to- saloon
campaign, and you know what that
means. If such canvass is expected
of me, or necessary, I'll never go to con-
praSS tho admit I would like to do |