Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
STATE SHOULD HAVE
MORE CONTROL
Iowa Is Behind In Work of
Placing Wards of the State
Into Homes
PARENTS OFTEN TO BLAME
They Arc Frequently Found to bo Moro
at Fault Than tho Children, consc-
quentIy tho Authorities Arc Now
Advocating That in Such Cases tho
Parents be Punished.
NJ 10 TImes-Republican.

Special to Republican.
les Moines, Jan. 16.-There are
about forty orphans In the state IN
stitutions OF Iowa. In the work OF
placing the ward OF the state into a
home, which is recognized by all high
authorities now as the best place TO
raise a child, Iowa Is behind many of
the other states. Minnesota has had
a home finding agent for the past ten
years 1T now has not one for the
state only but one for each of its state
institutions, where there are children.
In It's Industrial school last year 1867
children were received and 100 placed
into homes thru the home finding agent
This work was inaugurated In Iowa
by the last legislature but the bill like
all new measures does not meet the
needs. The state is not given enough
control over the children placed under
Its care. Frequently they must be left
for u long time in an institution be-
cause the parents viii not allow 1t to
be adopted into another home. Free
quently It's own parents are the people
to blame for it's having been sent to
the industrial school, and it should
be kept in the state institution or sent
to II new home.
Miss Glare Lunbeck, the agent of the
board of control for finding homes for
the children Is very deeply Interested
in the work. With three large insti-
nj inn to 1rfl
IA large task. Not seeing the children
except at long intervals prevents her
to some extent In studying their
traits OF character as she would like
to do before placing them In homes.
1t Is found some times that the parents
are more at fault than the children
and authorities In this line of work are
now advocating that the parents In
such cases be punished more than the
children. The work is progressing
with leaps and bounds In this state and
the first reports will be awaited with
great interest by those who have talk
en- an interest in the work In every
way nowadays the plan is to reform
more than punish and to follow the
wishes of the child In its tendencies as
far as possible. 1t is found never de-
sirable to k.ap a child bound by in
denture for long term of years. TO
children the years pass slowly and the
hope OF. receiving large reward at
the end of the term is not as promis-
ing as the expectations of the immed-
late future.
While the hearing In the investiga-
tiOn of tha actions nf I,o hoo <,f
afniners for mine inspectors was con-
cluded at noon Saturday the governor
reserved his decision and action i'm the
matter till he has had time to go care
fully over the testimony and the ex-
animation papers of the candidates
who failed to pass. The candidates
were represented by an attorney who
presented their side of the case, while
the members of the board stated their
own cases. The hearing was open.
According to the evidence it would
seem that the candidates for certifi-
cntes depended upon D. C. Phillips of
Hiteman for evidence that there was
politics in the board of examiners
which was the cause of every candi-
dates at the 1904 examination falling
When the members Of the board sta
ted their side of the case they testi-
fled that Phillips at the 1902 exam
ination has stated that If Tom Isaac
passed the examination it would mean
the political death Of himself, Phil
lips. At the next examination he was
very anxious to have Isaac pass The
examination questions were in Phillips
hands for one week and the members
<c %l,o
ton changed them and substituted
harder ones, Just as a precaution," ac-
cording to Mr.. Booth, the chairman.
He said they hadn't the slightest sus-
picion of Mr.. Phillips intentions, but
thought it wouldn't hurt to change the
questions and thought harder ones
should be substituted as the position
of mine inspector was so much more
important of late years. Some who
followed the hearings think that both
walls have fallen in on Phillips.
The capital commission which has
been in session several days this week
finally adjourned Saturday for the pre-
sent. The commission had vast
amount of routine work to do and
CledTeu away SIedl ucetl VI lIiilol
business IL finally arranged for bring
ing the veteran flags in the rotunda on
the second floor down to the first floor.
they will be placed in the four recess
ses in the rotunda. The marble wains-
cotting will be brought out to the
curve of the rotunda and the flags
placed in cases with concealed electric
lights behind them to show the flags to-
good advantage. 1t was also decided
to fix the rest of the plumbing In the
state house at once. The electricians
have completed their work in the base.
ment floor of the state house and are
now nearly thru with the work on the
first floor.
Miss Alice Tyler. the secretary of th,.
state library commission. was the vic
tim Of an accident at Mason City At