Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04

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profession. To that end boards should be
allowed to make longtime contracts with
school teachers"
state Assessment of street Railways.
Because Of a seemingly irresistible ten
dency of city councils to be influenced by
the street railways in their cities. it is
proposed to asked the legislature to enact
a law requiring the assessment of all street
railways to be made by the executive coun-
ell which assesses other railroad proper
ties of the state.
want New Charter.
Business men of Des Moines are In COR
respondence with members of the state |
legislature relative to securing for this city |
at the coming session a special charter to |
enable it to adopt, the commission idea of |
government, such as in use in Galveston. |
Tex. The city campaign here has already
opened and the bare possibility Of a spe-
cial charter being granted has caused COM
motion among the city politicians. The
law may be passed, and, being deemed of
special Importance, might be made the law
of the land before the city election next
spring In that event political lines in the
city would be so changed that any previous
arrangements for the campaign would be
demolished. For that reason politicians are
in a auandary which way to turn.
want Camp Ground Abolished.
Three colonies of the National Guard have
Joined Inspector General Prime in recon-
mending that the permanent camp grounds
| in this city be abolished and that the
Guard return to the old custom of camping
| in a different city each year. Adjutant
| General Thrift and Colonel Lincoln are the
only ones who hold out for retaining the
permanent camping grounds. General
Thrift advocates abolishing the inspection
by the inspector general and belives that
the best results are. to be had from the
inspection by the regular army Officer de-
tailed to Iowa. He has been digging through
the former reports and finds that when
General Prime was adJutant general Prime
advocated inspections by regular army
officer and Colonel Lincoln, who was then
inspector general, objected to it. Now
Prime is inspector general and is opposed
to having the inspections by a regular
army officer, desiring to make them him
self, while Colonel Lincoln is now in favor
of inspection by an army officer In his
argument for inspections by regular army
officer General Thrift will produce these
reports.
* May Issue Bulletin.
John c. Simpson, secretary of the Iowa
Department of Agriculture, is planning to
issue a monthly bulletin from the de-
partment. Mr.. Simpson believes that few
people in the state are approaching the
educational advantages of the state fair.
These advantages are being given the
greatest amount of thought by Secretary
Simpson, who argues that the 10000 people
in attendance at the state fair one week
is the equivalent of the. attendance Of
1000 students at the state college thirty
six weeks. To further advertise these ad-
vantages he proposes to issue a bulletin
so as to regularly reach the people of tho
state with the work the department is do
ing.
Would BE RegfmentaI hand.
The Clinton Cornet band is endeavoring
to secure the appointment as regimental
band for one of the regiments of the Iowa
National Guard.
Hunter il Recovering.
Matt Hunter, whs Is serving a term I'm
the penitentiary for the murder of Homer
Holland. an athletic student of Drake uni
versity. and who on being committed tc
the penitentiary swore he would never
work. is recovering from the sickness
brought on by his solitary confinement tc
his cell. For time it was feared he was
: going insane and he was taken to the
hospital of the penitentiary. He has nov
: stood several years of solitary confinement
and has held out longer than any other
I prisoner According to the Interpretation
: put on the law by the warden the tern
OF imprisonment does not begin till h,
commences work
Assistant at Knoxville.
8 DR.. NJ. C. Macklin has resigned his posi-
4 ton as inspector of private and count.
: asylums where insane are kept to accep
1 a position as assistant at the new stat
: hospital for inebriates at Knoxville. Tn
. State Board of Control has determined
e hereafter to have these inspections by tn
star physicians of the various state hos
d pitfalls instead OF by a regularly appointe,
i inspector. 1t is believed that this metho
e will work for greater harmony between
Q the state and county and private institu
a lions. In his report to the State Boar
a OF Control DR.. Macklin recommends tina
y the State Board of Control also regularl
inspect the baby farms" OF the state.
Locate Home at Madrid.
. The Iowa and Missouri synod of tn
Lutheran church has decided to locate tn
= home for the aged for these two state
at Madrid. Ia. short distance north G
Des Moines. The home will cost 5000
and the city of Madrid is asked TO furnis
!. the site OF fve or six acres.
N Would Exempt Reporters.
,r Senator jackson OF Woodbury. county az
10 cording TO reports. is preparing bill whic
n he will present to the legislature exempt
N ing newspaper reporters from testifying q
II witnesses in lawsuits, to be classed wit
ID lawyers, doctors and priests. He argue
A that newspaper reporters now play an in
IS portant part in the AFFAIRS of tho worl
10 and are given many secrets by public me
which they should be protected from d
Z | VuiRinR Senator Jackson holds that