Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-08
No CHAAP|ON
FOR TIE WOMEN
Suffrage Movement MakesLittle
Progress In the Iowa
Legislatures
ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 26
Three Hundred Women are Expected
to Attend the Convention Which Will
be Held at Sheldon = Subject of
Child Labor to be One Important
Topic of Discussion.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. S.-When the an
nual gathering of the equal suf1fasls.s
of Iowa is called to order at Shelaoh oli
the 26th of the present month one OF the
nr;nc;nal reports to be delivered VIII pe
that of Miss Daisy Deighton, chaiiliian
of rho committee on legislation, relatlns
- +hx. attitude of the Thirteenth gen.
a,al assembly of Iowa toWaiu 'ne
scheme to allow women to vote IN iowa
The renort will not be very cneeriiis'
eor there has been no legislature 1or
MANY wears so fully determined hol ~
ha bothered with the question OIL alio"
ing women to vote as the last one. heeii
observers declared that there heVei
ues /, time when there was any cheiiee
~ Getting the proposed amenuHlene
tbu, the legislature. There We're mere
o,, there persons who would IaVoi dl-
lowing the people to vote on the pr
nosaI Int there was not in either mousse
ope nerson who would come OUT anu
hacor,e the ayowed champion OF tne
cause of the women. AS result .ns
eoual suffrage proposition attraceeu '1
,.arv little attention in the Legislature
I.ct vear. The report will rather mol
cat. that there has been no progress
wade in that direction in Iowa, for two
Years ago and on several previous occd-
sions the subject has been much urged
before the LEGISLATURES 1t Is expected
that about 300 women Will attend 'ne
convention at Sheldon. Mrs. M. ..
Coggeshall of this city, a veteran
worker in women suffrage, is president
Of lie state association. one supjece
70 he discussed at the meeting Will pe
that of child labor in Iowa, ON re-
port by Mrs. Iona I. Robinson. Ihere
IS at present much agitation IN the
state on this subject and it is regarded
as certain there will be some legls-
lation at the next session.
The will of the late James Callahan
has not yet been filed or made pupnc.
,he latest estimate of his wealth plac-
es it at about $3,000,OO0, and one VINO
has long been very close to him states
his belief that he has given away about
so5G 600 in charities. 1t is regarded as
possiblc that he may have so arranged
matters that other portions OF his es-
fate will escape payment Of the collat-
eral inheritance tax, but if not, then the
state will get from s125.OO0 to $15o,00o
in the special tax provided In such cas-
es. This is the sum anticipated now
by the state officials.
An interesting controversy is going
on here over whether or not 1t is right
for a church to accept money from a
saloorkeeper as a contribution. Ben
IA -ker. the wealthy owner of many sa-
looms and dealer in liquor, was asked
nv OK. Chief Justice Cole to contribute
TO fund to raise a debt on the Sixth
PRESBYTERIAN church and he agreed to
nav $40. He sent the check to Rev.
Charles Lee Reynolds, the pastor, who
returned it. Then Judge Cole proceed
ed TO collect the amount again and ap-
ply IT, on the church debt Now every
body is discussing the ethics of the case
and orin,on is divided as to whether
or not the money Of men engaged in
any business denounced by the church
shat! he accepted
A law class of forty-two young men
were examined by the state examining
board this week and thirty-four OF
them were granted certificates to en-
gage in the practice of law. The pro-
portion of those passing was larger
than usual. At the last previous exam
ination here some trouble arose over a
report that the students had obtained
surreptitiously copy OF the questions
to be asked, and that in the case of "a
number of the students the examina-
tions were unfair. large number
were rejected, and some of the stu
dents felt that 1t was due to the unjust
suspicious aroused. This time no scan>
dal was suggested and the class went
thru nicely.
Assistant Attorney General Law
renee DeGraff has returned from Onar
wa, where he argued to Judge Wake
field the case of the state treasurer
against the executors of the estate or
Laura D. Whiting. involving about
$1.500 of tax due the state from collat-
eral inhertances on money deposited
in banks in Onawa and Sioux Clty.The
deceased lived in another state and the
heirs claim the money was IN fact In
other states. The case Involves much
that is entirely new In the application
Of the collateral inheritance tax mat
ter, and Judge Wakefield will not de-
liver an opinion until the opening or
his next term of court. No matter how
the decision goes the supreme court
will be called on to pass on the mat
ter.
The state of Iowa has just flled for
for the first time it's new state w.sre-
house where documents and old books
are to be kept Already over 100000 ola
documents have been placed IN this
building. and now the state officials
are engaged in the problem OF provid-
ing for disposal Of the great majority
OF the old documents reserve Hist viii