Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-31
RING TURNED down
/. S. Hise Nominated President
OF State County Superin-
tendents' Association
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
A Straw Vote Was Taken and Resulted
in Only Three Of More Than 100 vot-
ing for consolidation-county Super
intendents to Appoint Committee to
Lobby for Them.

Des Moines, Dec. 31.-Declaring that
the legislative committee of the Iowa
State Teachers association would not
look after the interests of the county
superintendent, the round table of the
latter yesterday afternoon passed a
resolution empowering President Clif-
ford b. Paul, of Anamosa, to appoint
a committee of three to lobby for
them, and arranging for a subscription
to bear their expenses.
Among the various things they vii!
ask the legislature Will be to fix a
salary of at least $500 per annum for
deputies to perform the clerical duties
OF the office, to remove the Office from
politics by placing the selection in the
hands of the board of education. and 10
Increase the emoluments of the Of
fee
Superintendent o. j. McManus of
Pottawattamie county, will probably
act as chairman of the lobby COM
mittee.
This. the overthrow of the ring" III
the election, and STRAW" vote de-
claring almost unanimously in favor of
the consolidation OF rural schools. con-
stituted the principal work Of the
meeting.
The political end of the meeting yes
terday was the one in which the great
est interest was conferred. 1t was
claimed that the offices OF the organi-
cation for several years had been dom
mated by ring" OF which c. J..
Adams and Clifford b. Paul We're the
present leaders. The opposition claimed
that the plan this year was to elect
G. J. Adams president to succeed Mr..
opposition worked lining up the inde-
pendents against what they termed
ring rule"
The fight opened Immediately upon
the converting of the afternoon meet
ing with the naming Of the nomination
committee. j. e. Vance, of Linn coun-
ty. led the independents and C. ].
Adams the ring. MIR. Adams made
q motion that the president name the
nomination committee.
King Turned Down.
A storm Of protests Immediately
arose and Superintendent Thornburg
of Polk county, arose and moved that
j. Z. Vance, OF Linn county. A. W.
Grisell, of Lyon county and Miss Libbia
Dean. of Jasper county, be made the
nominating committee. His motion
carried by a. two-thirds vote, hopeless
ly downing the opposition When the
reported, there was no oppo-
sition to its acceptance. The report
was as follows:
president. c. Hise, of Plymouth
county.
.Secretary-Miss Matte Lee Lair,
OF Fremont county.
Members Educational Council
George e. Farrell. of Clinton county
and j. f. Durkee, of Buena Vista coun-
ty.
Members Reading Circle-Mary F.
Hostetler, of Marshall county. Annie
Packer, of Henry county, and A. NJ.
Deyoe, Of Hancock county.
nominating Committee to Coop
crate With Committee of General As
Hardin county, w. r. Sandy, of Call
houn county, and p. O. Cole, OF Cerro
Gordo county
Whether the superintendent should
express themselves by straw vote on
the consolidation OF rural schools was
earnestly debated. The question was
brought forth by an able paper by w.
r. Sandy, of Calhoun county on I'm
der What Circumstances Should We
Urge Consolidation Should We Util-
ize Existing Centers or Create New
Ones?" Mr.. Sandy expressed the be-
lief that consolidation was inevitable.
and that Its application should depend
on local conditions at present.
There was considerable discussion
pro and con upon the various features
of the township high school, the con-
solidation of township schools or con-
solidation in any form. The large de-
crease in the attendance of the rural
schools in many counties and town
ships was the greatest argument for |
the consolidation.
After heated debate o. ]. Nc
Manus made a motion that the super
assembled should express
for or against consolidation by straw
vote This was opposed by many who
reared tHat tHe superIuteHueHla H's III
oppose the consolidation. which is a !
pet hobby with many. State Superin-
tendent Barrett opposed the straw vote
saying that it might be made an inn
portant argument against consolida-
ton If it failed, and that its appiiea
ton for the present depended entirely
upon local conditions and the superin-
tendent who did not know when TO
apply 1t should resign. Finally the
motion carried and the straw vote re-
suited in only three of more than one
hundred assembled, voting against 1t.
sTookEY BUYS PAPER.