Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-22

SPECIAL FEATURES THIS WEEK
Sets of the Volumes TO be Prepared
Will be Placed in the Historical De-
partment and Public Libraries OF
Iowa-Railroads May Refuse to OBJ
serve Law Recently Passed.

serve Law Recently Passed.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 22.-This week the
weekly newspapers of Iowa and many
of the daily journals are. getting out
editions with some special features or
descriptive or historical interest, ana
make one or more great volumes for a
newspaper exhibit at the st. Louis ex-
position. The Iowa commission will
secure the copies each Of these special
editions and of every newspaper and
periodical published in Iowa this week.
They will be classified and be bound
up into large volumes, and one set will
be on exhibition at the Iowa building
III st. Louis during the exposition. Tho
scheme was devised by w. w. Wilmer,
chairman OF the publicity department
Of the exposition commission, and r. II.
Conaway, secretary Of the commission,
both newspaper men OF experience.
They conceived the notion that this
would be the best method of showing
Iowa newspapers to the exposition visl-
tors and at the same time it would be
novelty worthy OF, the state. The
newspapers were asked to prepare spe-
ciai articles for this week to make them
especially valuable as historical vol
umes. Sets of the volumes OF Iowa
newspapers will be placed in the his
torical department and in public libra
ries of the state.
The ease with which legislators
overturn the well-devised plans OF
those who ask legislation Is shown In
the experience of the stockmen and this
railroad men in rela.tion to the law to
compel railroad companies to issue re-
turn passes to stocksmen from the point
OF destination of their shipments. The
bill was passed under an agreement.
But the law as II stands materially Diff
fers from the draft of the bill as
agreed upon. While the matter was
pending In the committee OF the house
an agreement was reached that the bill
should provide for return passes which
must be used within thirty-six hours
after the shipper arrived at his desti-
nation. The railroad managers greed
to make no opposition to this ard to
abide by 1t. even tho Iowa legislation
could not reach beyond the state bor-
ders. but they expressly provided that
the time limit should be no more, than
thirty-six hours. This was to avoid
the misuse of the return passes and
to prevent their going into the hands
of scalpers The house passed the
bill just as agreed upon, and the sens
ate amended 1t by making the time
limit forty-eight hours. The stockmen
had desired seyenty-two hours But
the bill becamesa law with the limit at
forty eight hours. With the agreement
thus broken it Is doubtful IL the rails
road managers will pay any attention
to the law. and have thus far refused
to give 1t sanction. The terms Of the
agreement were published before the
bill came out of the committee and
We're well known in the legislature at
the time the change was made.
There is very little doubt that the
depa rtment encanlpment G. A. r, which
NETS in Mason City in June, will elect
r. T. St John as the department COM
maniIer. This has been recognized for
some time by those who are con-seYsant
width affairs in the department.. Mr..
st. John lives at Riceville, in Mitchell
county and Is an extensive
farmer stock breeder. He serv-
ed long on the state agri-
multure board and was president
for two terms, having charge of the
best of the state fairs. 1t is known
that he has practically the pledges of
a majority of the delegates who will
attend the encampment There are
place namely, A. H. Hamilton. Ottum-
wa John A. Spiislman, Fairfield; and
p. A. Smith, Scranton.
Hon. John A. Kasson, of Washington,
expects to visit Iowa again the coming
summer He lives in Washington where
he has had official business many
years: His last great work was in the
negotiation of reciprocity treaties with
different nations, and when the senate
rejected these treaties he resigned, but
was afterwards induced under t he pres
ent administration to take UP the work
again and carry 1t on While living in
Washington mary years Mr.. Kasson
has never ceased to be interested in
Iowa and Iowa men. He is now 81
years old. and in the past two or three
years has had to go to q hospital for
operations four times. and it isSregard-
ed as remarkable that he has had the
strength to revive and carry on his
work. II he visits iowa during the sum-
mer,an effort will be made to have him
deliver an address on public questions
and to give his views on the trend Of
American politics.
The Iowa Funeral Directors Associa
ton, now twenty-four years old, will
hold it's annual meeting in Des Moines
commencing May "a, and j. M. Con-.
nelley. of Charleston, S. C.. president
Of the national association, VIII be pre-
sent and lecture. A feature of the
program is the Introduction Of three