Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-30
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moinss. April "a. 1908.

Des MONIES, April "a, 1908.
The board of control, after return
ing from its trip to the southern insti-
buttons Of the state will devote good
deal Of attention to getting out its BIZ
ennial report to the general assem-
bly,. This report is in many respects
the most interesting one that is
brought to the notice of the general as
sembly, and the report prepared this
year will be fully up to the standard.
One of the features of the report will
be a separate chapter on the workings
Of the inebriate law. 1t IS not probable
the board will go to the length Of rec
ommending to the legislature that an
appropriation be granted for new
state institution. But the evils OF the
present system, whereby the inebriates
are mingled with the insane, and the
difficulties Of properly guarding the in
ebriates, preventing escapes and get
ting the men to work, will be explained
fully. The legislature will thus be
put in a position to act intelligently
on the question whether new insti-
tuition ought to be provided. Another
new feature of the report will be o
separate chapter on children's homes,
Il uC iCpOIlh llOul tllCSC iuSblIutioho
under the new law have been surpris.
ingly numerous. The report from the
chief executive of the different institu-
lions will not be in the hands OF the
board until about the latter part of
June. Until these are received the
board cannot figure on the appropria.
lions needed from the legislature.
Ad{,,fopt Caparo1 pvara has annr0y.
ed the recommendation Of Inspector
General John R. Prime and his assis-
tant, Major John T. Hume, that Co.
B. of the Fifty-sixth regiment at Perry
be mustered out of service. The in
spectors visited the company March
rs, and found 1t below the required
standard of efficiency. For this rea
son, the recommendation that it be
disbanded was made though 1t has
been organized for number OF years.
Adjutant General Byers has not de-
cided where he will locate the COM
pany that will succeed the organiza-
ton. There are a number of places anx
ious to be allowed to form company.
The company at Bedford,I OF the Fifty
fifth, has been mustered out OF the
service because of the recommends
tons made by the inspectors on their
tour this spring. One reason for the
order was the low standard OF eff
cheney of the company. Another reas-
on was the failure Of the citizens to
provide a suitable armory.
Iowa equal suffragists are looking
ahead to the meeting of the Thirtieth
general assembly next winter, and.
In the hopes of their being able to get
q suffrage amendment through, they
will carry on an unusually vigorous
campaign in the state this season.
The selection Of senator's and repre-
sentatives will be looked after with
care, and the suffragists will throw
their influence to those only who are
friendly to their cause. Mrs. McMil
len, who has been doing much work
as an organizer in the northern part
of the state, will resume work In a
short time. Fayette county will be
her first theater of action. Next fall
II Is planning to bring q national or
ganizer Of ability, whose name Is not
yet announced. into the Iowa field.
What is known as the national organi-
cation plan will be applied to Iowa as
far as possible. The executive com
mittee is considering this. and has not
yet worked out all the details Of its
methods of organizing.
Governor Cummins has announced
partial list OF the delegates that will
60 from this state to the National Con
ferences of Charities and Correction
at Atlanta, Ca, May to IL. Other
appointments will be added to the
list here given. Commissions have
been issued to those whose names
appear below, all OF whom have signi
fed their intention of going to the
conference. The list follows: Hon.
VIM. Larrabee. of Fayette county, and
Mrs. Larrabee; Miss Carrie Marin, Des
Moines; DR.. Agnes Eichelberger,
Woodbury. county; Mrs. E. G. Rhodes.
Henry county: Rev. c. p. Martin. Rev.
Geo. w. Waltz and F. X. Ward, Of
Linn county; Judge G.. S. Robinson.
Des Moines; Rev. Mary A. Stafford.
Des Moines: Mrs. c. A. Boehmler.
Black Hawk county; H. L. Brown and
Mrs. Mary r. Brown. OF Woodbury.
county; Elmer A. Park. Lee county;
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miles, Of Fayette
county.
A telegram was received by Cover
nor Cummins asking him to address
the International Good Roads conven-
ton at st. Louis the afternoon of April
20, Just preceding the address of Presi
dent Roosevelt, Governor Cummins
has consented.
On the goth Grand Master w. 8.
Gardner, A. F. and A. NJ. of Clinton.
set the cornerstone OF Polk county's
new court house, surrounded by the
multitudes Of taxpayers OF the coun
ty, each Of whom had pecuniary In
terest in the exercises and their sig
nificance. The beautiful ritual OF the
Masons. with its sweet music and
symbolic exercises. occupied half an
hour. II was followed by short but
stirring speech from Governor Cum
minis. With one exception all OF the
grand lodge officers of the Masonic
order were present.
The closing chapter Of a dastardly
crime was enacted at Marshalltown
a few days ago when Judge Burnham
of the district court, sentenced Will
liam Andrews to ten years in the pen
itentiary. Andrews is the man that
was arrested at Jewell Junction
charged with the crime of sodomy
committed in Marshalltown last Janu
airy. his victim being little 5-year-old
Freddie Buchanan, living on South
First street.
Sheldon has let a contract for
s29, 400 school building.
Bids will be received May for q
school building near Stanton.
Bids will be opened May for a
school house at Pioneer.
Tramp Bros. have started work al
the brickyards at Creston, Iowa.