Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-03
Magazine NOTES
IOWA SITUATION
Albert Shaw Sizes Matters Up
Right In the Review of
Reviews
BETTER TIMES ARE COMING
Shaw, Formerly an Iowa Man, Regards
Effort to Misrepresent cummins on
Tariff, a. Partially Successful, But
Not Permanently Effective - County
Normal institute Session.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 3.-Copies OF the
last issue of the Review of Reviews,
published IN New York. magazine of
world wide circulation, have been
much in demand In Des Moines the
past few days. The magazine is
edited by Albert Shaw, formerly an
Iowa man, who has never failed to
keep in close touch with western af-
fairs. The account he gives of the
various state conventions in the west,
after mentioning Ohio has this as to
the Iowa convention.
The Iowa republicans. on the same
date, held their convention, attended
by all the distinguished Hawkeye
party leaders. and dominated by an
element working in accord with po-
litical manager named Blythe. who is
In opposition to Governor A. B. Cum-
Minis. The country Is asked to be-
lieve that Governor Cummins unpar-
donabie sin is the expression of cer-
tain mild and obviously truthful views
to the effect that President Mckinley
was quite right in thinking that the
time had come for tariff modification
in the direction of reciprocity. Gov
ernor Cummins real offense, perhaps.
lies in his being a man of much ability
and force OF character, with great legal
knowledge, rare training for public
service. and. worst Of all. an undis-
guised ambition for high Office. Gov
enthusiastic Roosevelt supporter,
while Mr.. Blythe is reputed to have
acted. in Iowa, as the chief agent OF
the opponents Of Roosevelt for as long
time as there was any possible
chance Of doing damage to the presi-
dents case. On the tariff question,
Governor Cummins' views are those
sensible and progressive ones that,
whether avowed or not this year, the
republican party must adopt and act
upon in the congressional elections
two years hence or go down to humil-
iating defeat. Fortunately the wisdom
of the great leaders like Senator Alli-
son restrained the momentary ma
jority in the Iowa convention, contro-
versy was avoided, and Governor
Cummins was properly named as one
of the delegates -at-large to the ma
tional convention. with Senators Alli-
son and Dolliver, and, as fourth
member, the victorious Mr.. Blythe.
The effort to misrepresent Mr.. Cum
Minis position on the tariff question
has been to some extent successful but
1T will not be permanently effective"
The unanimity with which the coun-
ty superintendents of Iowa have this
year designated that their county nor
NAL Institutes shall be of two weeks
duration indicates that the old notion
of requiring country school teacher
to spend a month at an institute has
Seventy five of the
county institutes to be held this year
are of two weeks each, only one
Floyd county-of four weeks, and in
Marshall one of one week in March
and one of two weeks in July. The
other twenty-five have Institutes last
ing only one week. The tendency for
several years has been to reduce the
terms of the institutes and confine the
work only to general matters. The
of dates is as follows:
Early Dates-Delaware, March %:
March %: Ida, March 81;
Marshall. first session. March %; Os-
ceola. March 2S; Scott. March "a;
Tama, March 2S; Webster, April 4;
March %.
June Dates--Adams, Carroll, Cass,
Cedar. Cherokee, Decatur, Des Moines,
Floyd. Greene. Henry, Jefferson.
Louisa, Muscatine, Plymouth. Potta-
Sac, Taylor Wapello, Wash
ington.
July. First Half-Audubon. Bremen,
Clarke. Fremont, Hamilton kossuth,
O,Brien, Poweshiek, Wayne, Wood
bury.
July, Last Half-Buchanan, Chicka-
saw, Clay, Franklin, Iowa, Johnson.
ZONES. Keokuk, Lucas, Marion, Mills,
Mitchell. Monroe, Sioux, Warren, Mar
shall.
August, First Half-Wright, Union.
Van Buren,. Shelby, Ringgold, Polk,
Palo Alto, Monona, Ma
ma ska, Lyon, Lee, JdSpci, AAohipo.Nse,
Harrison, Hardin, Guthrie. Dallas,
Fayette, Crawford, Clayton. Calhoun,
Butler. Buena Vista, Benton, Adair.
Appanoose and Allamakee.
August, Last Half-Cerro Gordo,
Boone, Black Hawk, Dickinson, Clin-
on, Davis, Hancock, Dubuque, Grun-
,v E,nmet, Jackson. Linn. Madison,
Page, Story, Winnebago
Worth.
The death of Mittiin e. Bell. architect,
n his Chicago home last Tuesday. re-
,alls that it was the firm of which he
vas a member which was supervising
,rchitect of the Iowa state capltoA
building during most Of the time of the
building. The architect who made the
original design died almost before the
building was commenced, and the firm
If Bell & Hackney, then of Peoria. was
lamed to have charge Of the w J