Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-11

the enumerators. In most of the city
districts enumerators are employed and
paid for doing the work, and fairly ac-
curate census returns are made, but
in the rural districts it too often hap
pens that the enumeration is made by
haphazard methods and is not thor
ough at all. He hopes for a com
plete enumeration this year, as upon
this enumeration will be based what
ever of showing is to be made at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition next
year in regard to the educational work
of the state. 1t is also desired that
tfte work be thoroughly done because
imperfect enumeration cheats some OF
the counties out of their portion of the
schools fund.
Members of the state board of con-
troll have learned with some interest
of the new scheme being tried in Pot
tawattamie county for keeping the
confirmed inebriates in the state hos
pitas. AS is we'll kr the superin-
tendents of the state q ,itals have no
authority whatever s 1t the inebri-
ates at work or to &C 2 them in cells
or to restrain them g any way and
they receive the 81 treatment, as
far as being allow, = oerty. as the
insane patients. = practically all
mechanical restrain = Is been done
away with in rela +. to the insane,
the inebriate hospi - lave practically
none other than wh 9 unfairly remain
for the treatment - cure. OF this
the state board complains. and the
superintendent feel that it is an impo-
sitlon on them. But new scheme is
being tried in Pottawattamie county.
1t Is proposed that the inebriates who
refuse to stay at the hospital shall
be arrested and sentenced to Jail as
vagrants. and that they can take their
choice Of hospital or Jail treatment.
To manyiof them this will be no terror,
but others will prefer the hospitals to
the jails. 1t is believed that the plan
will have a good effect. One OF the
superintendents has already suggested
that the legislature distinctly make it
a crime to break away from an inebri
ate hospital. and thus subject the Of
fender to punishment for refusing to
obey the civil writ of commitment
which bears no penalties and can not
in itself be enforced by restraint.
The flood relief committee which
had charge Of the work of caring for
the hundreds of Des Moines people,
who were rendered homeless for a
time by the high water in the rivers,
have never used more than half Of the
funds contributed. About $4,000 re-
mains in the hands of the committee,
and besides 1t has train load Of old
clothing and shoes on hand that was
not called for. The committee has
been criticized for not making immed-
late distribution of the funds, but 1t
was decided that some would be held
back for use later. The committee
found a year ago that many who really
suffered from the flood of 1902 did not
call for aid until In the following win
ter. They anticipate that they will have
mnay calls next winter for assistance,
which may be traced directly to the
flood of last spring The committee are
also using the funds in ways that are
now regarded as generally good; for In
stance, one girl is being given busi-
ness education as the cheapest way to
dispose Of the wants Of herself and her
aged mother, who might otherwise be-
come charge on the county. One old
couple had lot and two small houses
upon it near the river. They rented
one house and lived In the other, and
to exc out an existence. The
flood washed away not only the houses
but the lots and the savings of their
lifetime are gone. They will be given
a home at the "Old Folks Home" The
belief prevails that Des Moines handl-
ed its flood relief work admirably.
The republican state committee Is to
meet here Sept. /, with the candidates
for state office, the congressional dele
CATION and prominent republicans who
may be especially interested in the
campaign. This will probably be the
only general meeting Of the entire
during the campaign as 1T
is unusual for the committee to hold
many meetings. 1t is also unusual for
the members of congress to be called
in for consultation in the years other
than congressional years, but members
of the committee who attended the last
meeting desired that there shall be the
utmost harmany between state and
campaigns and that
nothing should be left undone that
would contribute to this harmony.
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