Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION
Gov. Cummins Has Nothing to
Do With Rhodes Scholar
ship Appointments
ANOTHER METHOD TO BE TAKEN
1t is deemed Right That the Matter Be
Left in the Hands of College Men of
the country-PIasiarism of Chosen
Contestant Puts Drake University
Out Of State oratorical Contest.
,necial to Times-Kepublican

| Special to meS-kepuDiican.
Des Moines, Feb. 16.-'I have had
great many applicants for appointment
to the Rhodes scholarships, notwith-
standing that l have had nothing te
do with it and have tried to make i
ing to do with it, So stated Gov
Cummins last evening just before he
and Mrs. Cummins started for New
York City and the south for recreation
1T appears that there are large num-
Der of young Iowa men willing to fin
lish off their educations at the great
English university at the expense ol
the estate of the late Cecil Rhodes The
prospect of going to college for num-
Der of years with free tuition and sal
ary sufficient to pay all expenses ane
afford opportunity for travel is very
alluriug. as well 1t might be, to the
young men. There will be no lack OF
candidates for the places
"Hate you received any new infor-
nation in regard to the matter recent
ly?"
No; all that know about 1t is
what l see in the papers. The fact
that the Rhodes committee sent DIR
George Parkin, of Oxford. to the Uni
ted States with instructions to confer
directly with the college men indicates
that the scheme in part outlined by
Secretary Hay of securing advice and
suggestions from educators and others
thru the governors of states has fal-
len thru and they will get at it more
directly. am very glad of it. should
not care to assume any responsibility
in the matter at all. can see thai
the committee will have some difficult
problems before them. And, after all
lit is natural and right that the whole
matter should be in the hands of the
college men of the country. They are
by far best fitted for judging who will
best meet the requirements of the
Rhn.lq.s Will in the matter Of qualifica-
tions to enter Oxford l feel that the
plan now being followed is a happy
solution of the whole matter and will
bring the best reuslts."
1t is probable that the Iowa COM
mittee en- Rhodes scholarships will
meet within the next few weeks. be-
year, so that the plan to be followed
in selecting the Iowa nominee shall be
known early to the candidates. The
committee will issue a definite state
ment of what is to be required of the
nominee. President MacLean, of the
state university, will undoubtedly act
as chairman of the committee and call
1t to meet at Iowa City. The fact that
the committee consists of Presidents
MacLean, Bradley, Bell, Mccormick
and King, makes it reasonably certain
that the person who is nominated for
the scholarship from Iowa will be ona
who is of an Iowa college. He need
not have been a graduate but must
have had at least two years in a coll
lege. The first nominee from Iowa will
go to Oxford next fall, and another
will go in 1904. The puzzling thing
for the committee to get at will be
how to judge Of the respective merits
of the candidates in the matter Of their
moral fitness and their love of many
sports. The educational and physical
qualifications will be easy.
It is anticipated by both the coal
mine operators and the Iowa coal min
.ers that the next meeting of their
joining bodies for the consideration of
the wage scale and all other matters
of mutual interest will be one of the
most harmonious meetings of the kind
ever held. The miners confidently ex-
pect Il slight increase in wages for
next year and the operators are in
a mood to concede something without
anything more than nominal resist
ance thereto. John White, secretary of
district No. 13, mine workers union, de-
clares that there has not been for many
years any such a condition of mutual
satisfaction as prevails in the district
at the present time. Mr.. White says
that there are no troubles anywhere in
the district, that the operators are busy
and prosperous. that the miners are
living up to last years scale and agree
ments to perfection, and that the dis
trict officials are very seldom called
upon to straighten out any tangle. He
cites the fact that a certain operator
who has nearly always had
trouble with his men came to him the
the matter, stating that he had not had
anything to complain of nor the men
any complaint for at least seven
months, that whatever differences there
had been were settled before they
reached him, and he could not under
stand it, This has been the situation
in the mining district generally. Oc-
casionally there has been grumbling
like in one small Des Moines mine a
few weeks ago when the men struck
because the operator refused to allow
la green hand to work in room by
himself. Such troubles last only until
the facts are known. But the sue
cess of the miners of the central dis
tricts of the country in securing an
increase of wages has encouraged the
Iowa miners to believe they will also
get more pay, and the condition of the
tr>de apparently warrants this belief.
The convention meets next month.
The full opinion of the United States
supreme court in the Easton case from
Wir,nishiek county, delivered by JUS
tice' Shiras. has been received by At
torney General Mullan. and 1t indicates