Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-14
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Rumored He Is to Have Con-
sultation With President at
Latter's Request
MUCH INTEREST IN THE MEETING
1t is Thought in Des Moines That
Growing Out of Consultation Will Be
!. Developments as to Line Of Policy in
Things Political to Be Pursued There
--oratoricaI Contest. 49,
Special to Times-Republican.

! Special to Times-Republican.
1 Des Moines, Feb. 14.-The rumor is
Icurrent here that Gov. Cummins has
within the past week received a long
4 personal letter from President Roose-
welt, and that it is at least in part
because of this letter that he has can
| aeled his speaking dates for this month
land will go east and south. The gov
Iernor has not been in good health and
| especially has used his throat SO much
| that he speaks with difficulty. He will
therefore take an extended trip east
and go south, possibly taking sea
voyage to the Bermudas or Porto Rico.
But in political circles it is rumored
that he will also go to Washington
| for q consultation with the president
land the Iowa leaders and this by re-
quest OF the president himself, VINO
/ is understood to be a great personal
adInirer of the governor. In case such
a. conference is held 1t is probable that
1.-The attitude of Iowa republicans toward
the administration and especially to-
ward it's policy on the trust question
Twill be discussed, and there will be
some developments as to the line OF
policy to be pursued here. Gov. Cum
Minis will go east next week.
4 The state college oratorical contest
will be held next month in Oskaloosa
and already most most OF the high
grade colleges and universities of the
state have selected their contestants.
There are eleven Of them and the
event is equal in Importance in col
Ilege circles to the state college field
inject Drake university of this city has
! not won the contest for several years.
tho it has theological school in con-
|nection and would therefore be ex-
pected to develop orators rapidly; but
t.is year the Drake people are quite
iconfident. They have selected ais their
contestant Roy Caldwell, OF their de-
partment of theology. Mr.. Caldwell
| Is in fact an ordained minister and for
NEARLY three years has been preaching
regularly In the pulpit of the Christian
church at Perry. one of the strongest
| of the churches of that denomination
in central Iowa. He has just resigned
| his pastorate there to accept a call to
| be assistant pastor OF the Central
Christian church in Des Moines with
Rev. DIR. Breeden. He will at the
same time continue his theological
studies at Drake. 1t is learned that an
effort is to be made to shut Drake out
of the oratoricai contest at Oskaloosa
on the ground that the Grafton on
which Rev. Roy Caldwell won his posi-
| ton was not his own. A story has
been started that he is guilty of plag-
iarism and that his oration was cribbed
| in a large degree from a sermon by
Rev. Newell d. Hills, now of Brook
Ilyn, but formerly of Iowa. This was
discovered, SO 1t is alleged, at Perry,
when Rev. Caldwell delivered the same
address as his farewell sermon there.
As result committee Of the faculty
| of Drake is making a quiet investiga-
ton of the alleged plagiarism. Per-
sons connected with the state orator.
ical association are also making in
quiries for if they can prove the plag-
iarism it is likely to shut Drake out
of the contest. Friends of Caldwell
assert that it can not be true and
Istoutly defend him. He is one Of the
most brilliant young speakers in any
Iowa pulpit.
| That the rural school consolidation
movement is making some progress not
only in Iowa, but in other surrounding
states, is evident from the correspond
ence which is coming in steady
stream to the office of the state super
| intendent. Within tie past few weeks
| Superintendent Barrett has received q
large number of letters making in
| quiries in regard to consolidation. He
has received a pressing invitation from
Il. +. Tompkins, principal of the Lloyd
| township central school in Dickinson
county, for him to deliver commence
ment address at that school soon.
Professor Tompkins iE his letter added:
I'VE believe we have one of the best
systems that can be found In the state
! of Iowa. We are centrally located,
have good four-room building, run
seven buses. and have just disposed of
our entire rural school property. school
houses, sites, appurtenances and ALL.
And again he stated: "A township on
the south of us has built central
! building. but has not begun operations
| yet. There are several other town
ships that are inclined in the right di-
rection and believe this will be a nu-
| cleus in this part of the state" Super
| intendent Barrett Is in southeastern
Iowa, where he lectures to meetings OF
teachers and farmers Institutes. and in
all these meetings he discusses rural
school consolidation and the township
school district system. He has a let
ter from a school man at Prairieburg
asking him to come and lecture and
| stating that there is much interest IN
the subject there. Similar letters have
been received from E.any parts or the
state. Superintendent Barrett also re-
received a letter from a Minnesota man
asking for a bulletin on the subject to
be used In meeting at st. Cloud, ana
stating that the department OF educa-
| tion of Minnesota is soon to issue some
literature on the subject. He received
a request for information from widely
circulated farm paper in chicago stat
ing that movement is taking form to
get legislation in Illinois to permit OF
. consolidation. superintendent Barrett
ISSUED Z very valuable bulletin on the