Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-23

ONCE WAS A KITCHEN CABINET
Those Men Were Not Pleased When
President MacLean Began to Run the
School Himself-Regents Are With
Him-FacuIty Opposition Seeks Help
From Alumni.
Special to Times-Republicar-

the StlrrllS up oI Olu NusiAASic "AitN-A
some members of the faculty Of the
state university have with the presi-
dent and regents is not without knowl-
edge of those who are In authority at
the university. Some time ago Presi-
dent MacLean acting for the regents
and with their authority, gave notice
to the disturbers that there was to be
a cleaning out, that the faculty mem
bers unwilling to abide by the orders
OF the regents should be asked to re-.
sign, and that all the malcontents
should be summarily discharged unless
they cease their agitation to the injury
OF the university. An Iowa City man
not connected with the university, but
who is in a position to know what is
going on. said:
II believe the matter was brought to
a head by the regents themselves and
by their executive officer. the presfdnt.
We all know that sore spots were left
when MacLean was selected as presi-
dent There We're those Of the faculty
who believed they should have been Sc
lected in his stead. and they have never
acquiesced in the situation. Then 1t Is
common knowledge that under a pre-
vious administration small coterie OF
the faculty had assumed authority and
run the thing to suit themselves. They
had formed a kitchen cabinet which
us,lrped the functions of the regents.
The clique was called the regency and
knew who composed it.
President MacLean had different no.,
tinns abo1t his DUTY. ana these nsNfi
were ignored. He has been In fact the
head Of the university. The most that
can be said against him is that he has
managed the university as a one-mar
power.
These deposed members of the fac
ulty have kept UP guerrilla warfare
all the time. and have, thru their init
mate acquaintance with many of the
former students of the university. been
able to cause the university manage
ment much trouble. The regents be-
lleved it was time to have a showdown.
The disturbers were given, notice that
they must come into camp and be good
or get clear out Naturally they turned
to the alumni associations to make a
fight against the president.
That, in the belief of the friends of the
will be good thing. Fac
,lty members will be forced now to
show their hands. 1t is believed that
not to exceed dozen of the nearly two
instructors are In the move
ment. Many of the strongest Of the
professors are coming right out In sup
port Of the president. When all have
taken sides in the matter the regents
will then know to q certainty who are
responsible for the mischief and for the
agitation which has been in1uring the
these past five years. In the
end the stirring up will be good thing
for President MacLean and the univer-.
sity"
Governor CumnlinS will return to-
morrow and probably will make the APP
pointment of the members of the An
monument commission this
week A large number of names have
been considered. He has yet TO narnc
the state oil inspectors, but does not
contemplate any change from the pres
ent working force, unless there are
those who do not desire reappointment.
He has the appointment of member
Of the state voting machine commits
sion, which has never done anything
toward establishing voting machines in
the state.
The price of butter will not be as
good this year as 1t was last. So says
state Dairy Conlmissioner H. r.
Wright. Last year" he said. "at the
season when there is a surplus of but
ter the commission and storage men
bought heavily and later in the year
they lost. They paid too much for their
butter and failed to realize their ex-
pectations This year they are going
10 be more conservative. Unless they
get their butter cheaper than they did
ast year they will not buy it. Conse-
luently the market will not be as good
for the early part of the season"
Sir William Thompson, physician to
King Edward, who died recently, knew
i great many Iowa men, at least was
n correspondence during his lifetime
With number. He was the man who.
started the crema tion fad q good many
ears ago and made it popular all round
he world by his arguments. A NUM-
,er of Iowa persons became interested
n it. and society was formed which
established the crematory at Daven-
port. where in the past twenty years
,undreds of bodies have been turned
% ashes. Iowa persons interested in
he subject wrote to Sir William for in
formation in regard to the subject, and
1e always answered their letters con-
AS a. result he had quite
IN extended correspondence with a
number of Iowans Charles Aldrich be-
,ame interested in the subject and for
!, number of years kept up a corre-
,pondence with the eminent physician.
It is rumored that Major John +.