Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-28
lists, more persistent and more irsist


zssssssszss.szszzszsssrzzxa
ISIS, more persistent and more insist.
eht tnan any railroad lobby which has
ever been known in pes Muiaes rhe
Dill creates board OF regents ef IF.
teen members, to have charge OF the
state university at Iowa City. The
normal school at Cedar Falls and the
state agricultural college at Amas.
me board is to replace the present
regents and trustees of these institu.
uohs, and its membership is 10 be
made by appointments by Governor
euinmlns. Ii is TO be nonpartsan, six
OF the fifteen members at least to be
democrats From outside OF its mem.
Eership the board iteelt Is to chcose
a finance committee cf three men. two
Republicans ana one Democrat. ,rhe
laitsr are 10 devote their eptir. lime
to the service OF Che schools and ore
OF them must visit ore of he schools
at least once each week. The members
of the big board are to meet not less
than four times each wear. and their
compensation is TO he s. NOR day wbile
they are in session. and expenses.
The members OF the finance committe,
are 10 receive salaries OF So. 600 each
per year. The argument in favor OF
the beard was that il would oentralize
the efforts towards betterment of the
tbya.
responsibility for their continued sue.
cess and prosperity. Those who on.
posed the measure feared that politics
would creep into the board and thar
each of the schools would direct all
its efforts toward the selection of men
friendly to its own interests regard.
less of others.
Maytag Father of Bill.
The first move toward the creation
of the single board of control was sup.
gested by the demonstrated success in
dealing with other state institutions
by the present board OF control com.
posed Of three members. At the 1904
session of the legislature Senator F.
L., Maytag of Newton introduced a bill
creating single board for controlling
the schools. His bill passed the seq
ate with 81 votes, but was held up in
the house, ana just before the session
adjourned an agreement was reached
for the appointment of a committee OF
members Of botb bousee ia conduct ON
Investigation and report their find
ines to the present assembly. The
result of the work OF the committee
was the bill which has Norwegian seen
its way through the INNER house of
the legislature and stands n very good
chance of becoming a law.
The vote on the bill in the senate
was 81 for and l6 against Its massage.
The senators recorded their prefer.
ences as follows:
Ave-Brooks. Rrnce. Crawford Dun-
ham. Eckles. Flericl,. Carst Harner
Hartshorn Hssselouist uonl,i,s
Hughes. Kialmel. Kline. lambert
Lewis. LYONS Mnvtag Nevherrv
Saunders. smith 1Des Mo;nesl Smi.n
(MitchelD Stirton Taylor Turner
Wade, Warren. Winnie Wilson lFay.
ettel. Ycune G.eeA yonnp ,calhorn)
yorrp yVaebtnqton,
p,sa1.laS corrtr;stt nouou
r,ricl,son caia cf,I,i:a,.- t4a,,n,ar1
uornc jaclson Iomfso, ,roIsfar,,.
ctoc,,.,,, ct,,o1..,,.,, Vs.
I'D
Absent or NOT yotinp-Crosslev and
wiisop rclirtom f,,ose1a,. 100
AGAINST the hin and u;,so, 80 ean +.
coverno, SIR, Ed,,r ,+jo,,, nil,
Tho warren aS,ooTjor.I Nm VII,
las heen optjined IL, tbasa 1,itnrs h,s
heen sipned Inv Coyarno,. cr1,mim.
ana is INV !. I3,, ~ ~ st,to t,r.ina
effect rayt octn,,o, ~ Nm mas
nassea nv the house mi h. = n,ara
maioritv Teter Of No.
rion countv castine ire dacidi,c, vore
At the same time he eynI.ined tbat
persouallv he was onnosed "a tne
hut realizing that his con.
stituents were in favor of If he yotal
their wishes Tho hill, nroyj5as for
uniform examination of ann,icante for
Il