Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-04
CENSUS TAKEN POORLY.
State Officials Complain of the
Work Being Done at Mar
slaIItown and Cherokee
CITY WORSE THAN COUNTRY
Many of the Questions Not Fully or
Properly Answered = Some Of the
Particulars In Which the Enumcrat-
ors Fail - Decoration of the State
House-Garnsey's Views.
,ecial TO Times Republican.

the work done by the census epunera-
tors is concerned according to Secrc-
tary Davidson of the executive coun-
Gil Mr.. Davidson says the country
districts could improve perceptibly but
that the farmers are doing much bet
ter work than the bright young fellows
i'm the city. He says the farmers do
not write as we'll but get the facts very
much more accurately and IL Is facts
that the census bureau wants. The
city people" says Mr.. Davidson fail
to tell whether the person enumerated
is II male or female, white or black,
married. single or divorced. and 1a1l
to tell the age and whether or not they
can read or write. These are matters
that are of Importance and we have to
send the cards back when they are
not answered. 1t can be presumed
that Il child under three years of age
can't read but they fail to state when
they are seventeen and over some
times The census is valuable, IL ac-
curate, and If not accurate. II isn't
statistics One of the most frequent
errors by the assessors is to lall TO
state whether or not the person Is
naturalzed.
"All of these questions are very
plainly given on the card and if the
card is followed carefully and each
question blank is filled in as it should
be there will be no trouble. Very fire.
tiuently, too, the assessors fail to state
= Hare H.; the card OF
a railroad engineer unemployed" 1t
says, twelve months Evidently it
should be employed" twelve months.
out in the country the farmers who
take the census seem to stick to the
text better Down in Abba there is one
man who is causing more trouble thus
far than all the rest of Monroe coun-
( ty. His work is very bad. Al nrSt
when the work began TO come in was
pleased that 1t was as good as IL was
but Il work coming in now is causing
us to return a great deal Oh IL.
Wherever the county auditors nave
taken an interest in the matter ana
have taken pains there is very much
better work being done.
Artist Elmer r. Garnsey, who reach
ed the city yesterday states that ac-
cording to his idea the painting 10 go
in the great panel at the mead OF the
grand staircase should be typical. OF
the great western movement OF CIVIL
zation representing the greatness or
the state of Iowa and its wonderful
growth. He does not favor the paint
ing of a national idea and thinks TOO
that any idea of n painting OF some
scene marking an epoch In the history
or Iowa is too small an idea. You
would not want one typical scere III
the history of the state to stand Tor
the entire state and It's ideas said
Mr.. Garnsey. I'm your own life you
can look back and see important
events and one of them you might pick
ont as the most important, but you
would not be content to stop with that
and let that stand as the best OF your
life"
There will be an abundance of OPP
portunity about the state house for
puttine other paintings such as the
landing of Father Marquette and the
like, but for the greatest painting IN
the capitol the idea should be big
one. NIY lued Woulo We ollS ASPi SA'SAAs
ing the vast development of the west.
While of course Mr.. Blashfield has that
work and have nothing to do with 1t,
my idea would be one representing the
development of the west" Mr.. Garh-
sew will begin work Monday probably
on the work of decorating the rotunu
Of the state house. This will be COM
pleted down to the floor OF the hall
of representatives first and then the
scaffolding taken out and placed In the
corridors and the work done there.
The first work will be to prepare the
walls which must be thoroughly clean
ed and it will be some little time be-
fore any color work will be done.
The state board Of control has found
that it is a. great saving to the state
to wreck the Iowa building and use the
materials. Illinois sold it's building,
furniture and all for $4,000. Iowa APP
propriated $4,000 to tear the building
dow, and care for the materials. The
furniture which has been shipped from
the building to the various state In
situations is worth $4,000. 1t will cost
practically the entire $4,000 approprla-
ton ty the legislature to tear the
building down and ship 1t to this state.
Plans for one of the buildings at
Knoxville were drawn in such a way
that the windows and doors of the
Iowa building can be used at Knox
VILE. Some of the material is already
arriving there A vast amount of the
steel is also to be used at Knoxville
and othe~ places where the state is
erecting buildings. The board has not
let the last of the contracts for the
erection of the buildings at Knoxville.
All that remains is the contract for the
equipment Of the laundry and indus
trial workshop and the contract for the
rest of the furniture and furnishings
for the buildings, and also the horses
and farm implements.
While the campaign proper is near
ly year away yet 1t would seem that
the slate for the standpatters is about
completed in every respect, with the
exceptions possibly of q candidate for
attorney general and for railroad COM
missioner. The slate as understood Is
Trewin Of Cedar Rapids for governor,
Richards of Waterloo for secretary of
state, Morrow of Kretschmer for treas
urer, Crockett for clerk Of the supreme
court The term Of Auditor Carroll
expires but according to precedent he
| is entitled to another term. The terms
| of Mccain and Sherwtn as supreme