Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-19

club at the dinner in the evening
Neither OF the men has ever spoken
before the club and while both are
well known among lawyers and poll
ticians they are not club men and not
very we'll known among the people OF
Des Moines, tho both live in towns
only a short distance re from
the city 1t is expected q lis wii.
be a sort of love feast. Z 6 onstra-
ton that there is an era d feel
ing in the republican pa e i'd that
here in Des Moines ther OF nov
since the election any g onalism
visible. Everybody kno, : t there
was abundance OF 1t befol = election
and that the only real eresting
thing in the campaign 10 vas cer-
tain exhibitions of facti under
the auspices of the Polk 49, J repub-
lican club wherein some persons who
defended the party in the state and ma
tion got unmercifully drubbed for their
pains by others who believe that the
party is going all wrong in its present
leadership. But the election settled all
this and since the big majority for the
ticket has been counted up nothing
more is heard Of opposition to the plat
form or of criticism Of the candidates.
Tonight the Grand Club has invited
two who have been commonly reputed
to represent opposing factions In the
republican party. Personally they are
good friends and they have worked In
harmony In their legislative expeH-
ences. It would not surprise anyone II
Mr.. Temple should come out squareiy
for Clarke for speaker and make Y
unanimous. or at any rate indicate that
he will not put up any hard fight for
the place. He has not spoken since the
election of his plans.
I'VE are making a beginning" said
Gov. Cumnins. ''in the direction OF
bringing order out OF chaos In the mat
ter OF preserving and circulating the
state documents and publications.
feel that 1t is something that has been
too much neglected. We have had pre-
check list of all the documents ever
printed by the state. We are having
made complete inventory of the doc
uments In possession Of the state. BY
the time we are ready to move into
the state warehouse some time about
the first OF the year we Will know bet
ter what the state has and how to han
die 1t than ever before. The document
matter has been neglected for many
years. 1t has not been the fault Of any
one in particular but no well digested
plan OF taking care OF this important
work has been devised. After we have
got the documents catalogued and In
ventoried we plan to have room some
where in the state house where we will
have complete set OF all the docu-
n1ents available for reference by all
persons. We desire to also& place In
each office full set Of the documents
OF the particular omce-something that
has never been done. There are few
offices in the city that now possess all
the printed documents issued from the
Office. To make these documents val
liable there should also be general
index and the legislature ought to make
provision for the printing of an index
to all the documents. These documents
are now going to about $50 public IL
braries in Iowa. Every one Of these
libraries should have as many Of the
documents as can be spared and they
should have catalogues. The members
of the executive council have reached
the conclusion that THE disposal of the
documents should be left finally in the
hands of the council and not be left to
the various state officers. There Is neel
of some business management of the
whole and careful supervision and the
council is better prepared for thos than
any other body Of the state. At present
the documents are circulated by the
secreary OF state and the residue goes
to the various Offices. We believe that
this is one Of the most Important mat
tsrs in hand at the present time; and
when 1t is set right 1t can be kept right
thru all time and in the coming years
this work will be appreciated by the