Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-24
FOR THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
Enthusiastic Mass Meeting at the Grand
Opera House Sunday Evening.

The citizens OF DecOrah united in q
mass meeting at the Grand on Sunday
evening for the consideration of the
ravages of the dread disease, consump-
tion, and to devise plans and methods
to prevent its spread, if possible. In
spite of the inclement weather the
house was crowded. and very inter-
esting meeting held. Music was
rendered by the Congregational church
choir, and after brief talk by DR..
Willett, DR.. Dana Jewell read an in
teresting and instructive paper on
"%he Present Status of tuberculosis. -
Rev. Paul Koren also gave an inter-
esting talk, commenting upon the
rapid spread of this disease, and
advocating the organization of a
society to assist in preventing it's
spread, and looking toward the
establishment of a sanitarium in De-
corah. This was followe ed by an ex-
ceptionally strong paper on "Asepsis
as Applied TO the Prevention of
tuberculosis" by DR.. A. J. Swezey, a
carefully prepared treatise upon the
disease, with com preheusive statistics
relating 10 its growth and present
status. 1t was practically the same
paper which he read before the
Medical Society here last fall, and
which they unanimously requested
him TO publish, and presented many
new and appalling facts to the
audience, together with recon-
mendations looking towards the pre-
vention of the spread of the disease.
Before the meeting closed Rev. Paul
Koren was elected president of local
society, who is to call meeting in
the near future to complete the or
ganization
1t is quite probable that the legis-
lature will appropriate sum sufficient
to erect state hospital for consump-
tives at this session, and there is con-
siderable talk of making an effort to
have it located in Decoran. There are
so many cases il this section, and
there being no state institution in this
part of the state, we should be given
Favorable consideration in locating
this Institution.
Ex-GOv. William Larrabee, president
of the state society, expected to be
present at this meeting, but on account
OF the distinguished honor paid him
by the state legislature on Saturday
in celebrating his 74th birthday, it
was impossible for him to be here,
much to the regret OF all.
The primary election law advocated
by Gov. Cummins is plurality
measure. Any county seat that starts
one candidate out can nominate him
If they get enough others to run in the
other various localities. It is the
sane old question that we have seen
in our county primaries every year for
the past ten years since we adopted
/, the primary system for county affairs.
With the primaries held in August,
the large towns can make the ticket,
for they can get the vote out to man
any day in the year. With plurality
primary all the politician has to do is
to get someone to run in the locality
where his show is poor and draw from
the other fellow. And then comes
the election, and strife enough has
been engendered at the primaries sc
that the eleventh hour democratic
dark horse has trotted under the wire.
The only good feature to the bill is
in making both parties hold their
primaries ON the sam3 date. And
does the public pay the expense OF
both primaries? Evidently yes. And
the biennial election was to save SC
much money by not holding an election
in every year. Now they want to hold
three elections in two years. Folderol,
thy name is Iowa legislation, and
election tinkering Britt Tribune.
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