Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-25
POLITICS AMONG TEACHERS
Scramble for Position Of President Of the
State Association.
RETAILERS OPPOSE PURE FOOD BILL
Insist such n Measure VIII he of
BENEFIT TO the Mail order Houses
which Are Not Subject
to Its Provisions.
RETAILERS OPPOSE PURE FOOD Bill
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent


ton of president. There are four candi- |
dates in the race, and while the associa- |
ton processes each year to rule out poll |
tics there is always big scramble under |
the surface for the position of president, |
which is Office with much honor and |
with little real power. ]. H. I. Main of
Grinnell college seems by force Of circum- |
stances to be in the lead for the position, /
but is far from having the position Sc
cured. According to custom which rotates
the office between the college men, city
superintendent, county superintendents
and secondary school men, the election
this year goes to a college man. Dean
Stanton of Ames is a candidate, but Prof.
r. c. Barrett, also of the State Agricul-
tural college, is president of the college
conference, and the other colleges object
to two such offices going to the same in
stitution. Prof. +. E. Bolton of the State
university is talked of as a candidate,
| but year from now will be the ranking
member on the executive committee, which
has the real power of the association,
| and will then be made chairman. w. II.
Bctz of Cornell is a candidate, but four
| years ago when the college men had the
| office Methodist college man held the
| position, and the UNCONVENTIONAL schools
| object to its going to Methodist again.
! This leaves Main of Grinnel with
| rious objection made against him.
Boost to Pure rood
| The objections of the retail grocers to
| the pure food bill on the ground that 1t
would assist the mail order houses to do
! bigger business because by doing inter-
| state business they could not be reached
| by the state law is being turned to account
by the friends of the pure food measure.
! The wholesale grocery firms will be
reached by lining the retailer, who will
then refuse further to do business with
| the wholesaler unless the firm pays the
fine. The friends of the bill have made
an investigation and discovered by watch
| ing the freight depots in smaller towns
and by inquiries of the agents that in any
number of towns the freight direct to
consumer amounts to fully 30 per cent
of the total received at the town. 1t has
also been ascertained, according TO the
same people, that half of the mail that
goes from Iowa to Chicago goes to mail
order houses. With these facts to show
the Importance of the measure it is pro-
posed to require the state food commits
sioner to secure samples OF all foods COM
ing into the state. have the same examined
by the state chemist and publish at in
tervals bulletins showing the results. 1t
is claimed that the mail order houses will
then be forced to conform to the pro-
visions of the law the same as all others.
Membership Clause Questioned.
| At the convention of the Iowa State
Travelling Mems association, to be held
here next month. there will be a lively
discussion of the membership clause OF
the constitution. The membership clause
admits travelling statesmen and any per-
I son who has been so engaged in the bust
ness OF travelling by public or private
conveyance as a buyer, collector or so.
licitor for himself or any other" Under
the Interpretation that they are solicitor:
, ! and collectors of information, state Off
/ Gals and employees have been admitted t
membership, including Auditor of State b
f. Carroll, State Dairy Commissioner II
Il. Wright and others. Including stat,
officials. it is claimed that about 5000 o.
| the membership of $1,000 have been ques
. uonably admitted. If not legally admitted
they are not entitled to the benefits o
E the society, and If not entitled to the ben
q eits they are entitled to the return o
their money. which has been 50 a year
This would bankrupt the order and henc
there is grave question as to the out
| come.
Teachout for Chairman.
II. q. Teachout, representative from Poll
county, is slated for chairman of the com
mittee on municipal corporations of tn
house, one of the important committees
!. to succeed the late Representative Blu
:. chanan. Mr. Teachout is the ranking
member OF the committee.
5 Bill AboIishes Delegates.
, According 10 Representative Emory Eng
I 1iSh of Mason (ttv who W. the anth0r n
a the present primary election law. says tn
b state wide bill which will be introduce
at this session Of the legislature will abol
ish the delegate system. The count OF tn
Is votes at the primary will determine tn
= selection of a candidate and delegates I
the state convention will he provided
4 At all only for the purpose OF drafting tn
party platforms.
Governor Urges Pure Food Law.
lie Governor Cummns' message to the stat
legislature will recommend the enactmen
y of a pure food law. The governor ha
N lately inquired into the matter with cor
siderable care, and it is ascertained fror
4 those who have conversed with him o
= the subject that he is strongly In favor c
s. such law.
Many Renters in Iowa
70 The agricultural statistics published
IS the census volume soon to be ready Il
= distribution shows that there are 13s, q
~ farms in the state occupied by the owner
Id and 1880 occupied by renters. There al
o, 49, ,464 acres, valued at 1915 204 z35, occl
u pied by the owners and II, 20, AS acre
Ne valued at s5O7, PA. occupied by renter
at The total value OF farm lands, buildins
Z and implements il $1.S29, 0S9, 7g2 The nun
"a Der OF head of cattle Of all ages is l. $3.50
and the value $50 se7,se4 As regards nj
u tivity the native born white farmers a.
IS shown to own 1851 farms and the foreie
k born white farmers own 4O,Oo7 farms.
rs Was Hearst's Manager.
m A. W. Maxwell, who has been appoint,
e. by President Roosevelt receiver OF the pu
as lie moneys at LAwton, Okl.. was Il
NJ | chairman OF the state central committee
nd the democratic party OF Iowa during Il
last presidential campaign, and favor,
a. Hearst. On the nomination of Parker
at left the democratic party and support
ne Roosevelt. He resided at Seymour befo
~ ~ leaving for Oklahoma.
m Asks for RehearinE.
Jennie NJ. futile has petitioned tho S
~ preme court for a rehearing in the 81
n brought by her against the Iowa Sta
ay Travelling Mems association. The suit
M volved difficult legal questions and has a
b. tracted considerable interest