Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-17
EXHIBIT
Plaus For This Part of Iowa's
Showing st. Louis Exposi-
ton Being Formed
MEETING At CEDAR RAPIDS
State Superintendent Barrett Will Be
There, Altho Not Member of the
committee-Preparation of the Ex-
hibit Will Call for Much Time and
work-More About the jolly Case.
70 Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. I7.-State Superlh-
jtendent Barrett will go to Cedar Rap
lids to attend the meeting on Saturday
or tho committee of The State Teachers
Association on the educational eNhlpll
flor Iowa for the st. Louis exposition.
| Mr Rarrett is not q member of the
committee. but in common with num-
her Of other prominent educators OF
1.-The state has been Invited to attend the
Injecting of the committee with senator
Trewin at Cedar Rapids. But little
consideration has been given as yet TO
the nature of the exhibit to be made by
Iowa. The exhibit from the state
schools or those in connection with the
Various charitable and other instltu-
tions will be arranged with compara-
tive ease. At the Chicago exposition
few wears ago the commission prepared
isome splendid exhibits, including a
number of graphic charts showing the
growth of the school system OF the
state of Iowa. the percentage OF inter
acy. and similar matters, all placed on
beautifully painted glass charts SO as
| to show to good advantage. The eXhlb-
Its of school work were carefully col
Ilected by Mr. Jarnigan, of the commits
sion. and made fine display.
! II am not of the committee nor OF the
lcommission," said Mr Barrett today IN
answer to questions but 1t is my I'M
preston that some one will have to be
employed to go at this school exhibit
work Systematically and devote great
deal of time to it. I do not know how
the commission has divided up its work
and its money, but realize that a
school exhibit such as the state of Iowa
must have at st. Louis can neither be
gathered hastily nor in any haphazard
fashion. l sincerely hope that the COM
|mission will see tosit that the state has
ttho lEst.it kind Of an exhibit. one that
VIII show to the world wl.at we have
done and are doing in educational
work. and I have confidence in Senator
Trewin and the commission that they
Twill see that this is done. ! am glad
to see that the work is being started
now"
There has been published thruout the
state more or less of misinformation in
regard to the supreme court ruling in
the Jolly case from Calhoun county
.lk;, r.,;I ~f
road company to redeem unused tick
cts. The worst blunder that has gone
out in regard to the case is one which
might cause much annoyance and other
lawsuits if not rect;tied before the peo-
pie. This is that the court holds rail-
road tickets not transferable. There is
nothing of the sort III the case. But 1T
held where ticket was purchased con-
.essedly not to be used for riding on,
but as basis for a lawsuit. that was a
fraud or an attempt to misuse the law
and the courts would not sanction it.
But the court did not decide that a rail-
road ticket is not transferable where
lit has been purchased in good faith
from the company and by another. An
other error was made in stating that
and constitutional. The validity OF the
law was not attacked hence that point
was not considered. 1t has also been
widely published that the court holds
that in this particular case. where three
tickets We're actually purchased for use
and the refund refused contrary to law,
the penalty of 500 for violation of the
law attaches in each and every case.
The court does not decide the question,
but rather intimates that the penalty
is a corrective one and would apply
only on one of the tickets in the hands
of one person. But the court did not
decide that question fully because there
was no trial as to the three tickets. In
short the court held that the law im-
posing the penalty is designed to effect
a remedy for actual wrongs and not as
means of mulcting railroad COM
pany out Of large sums. In the haste
of preparing summary of the decision
which is in many respects a very inn
.portant one the newspaper men did
not fully comprehend the opinion or
make it plain.
There are about 100000 Swedes in
Iowa and about an equal number OF
Norwegians. This is the statement of
a member of the famine relief COM
mittee just appo'lted by Governo:
Cummins. There are very few F1nland-
ers in Iowa. The Scandinavian settle
ments are mainly in the north, but
some of the Oldest settlements are in
the southern part of the state. as. for
instance, in Van R;iien and Jefferson
counties. The majority of the Scandi-
navians in Iowa are in fact native
born to Iowa and many of them are of
the third and fourth generation in the
state, and yet they l-eep In close touch
with those of their fellows who are
more recently over from the northern
lands. The movement to raise funds
for the famine sufferers is not at all
to be confined to the Scandinavians In
Iowa. but to include generous persons
OF all nationalities; but the active work
will devolve largely ON those of Scandi-
navian origin. Members of the conf
mittee here feel that the response to
their call, backed as it is by an en-
dorsement of the governor and made so
by the plain facts OF the
case, will meet with a ready response
In the state. The funds are to go thru