Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-18

WHAT DID HEDGE MEAN2
His Interview in Support Of J. D. Pal
mer, for Governor, Causes Comment
Telephone and Telegraph Compan-
les to Appear Before Commission -
Butter Makers Have Grievance
Against Railroads.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to imeS-Republ1can.
Des Moines July lS.--School teach
GERS who graduate from universities ana
colleges and make application for state
first grade certificates on their radua-
ton diplomas, will not have to be ex-
amined in reading and writing. rms
is on the opinion of the attorney gen.
eral.
Under the law, as it was previous to
the last session of the legislature ev-
cry person who secured a firts grade
state teachers certificate had to pass
an examination before the state board
OF educational examiners and among
the subjects which the law provided
that they should be examined in were
reading and writing. The new law pro-
vided that applicants who are grad
yates of universities and colleges can
be given certificates by the state board
If it approves of the institution, and
if the applicant is shown to have
passed In the subjects named In the
old law or their equivalent.
None of these diplomas showed any
thing as to reading and writing and
the danger was that applicants would
have to be examined in those. The at
torney general has held that the intent
of the law must govern and that the
diploma is evidence that the applicant
can read and write.
Considerable interest is attached to
the fact that ex-Congressman Hedge
is out in an interview in favor of Col.
D. j.. Palmer for governor. Since Con-
gressman Hedge lives in Burlington,
the home of Blythe, and is a CLOSE
Blythe follower, it is being intimated
that he is speaking for his chief The
occasion of the interview was the sug-
gestion that a great many Lee county
republicans were for Hedge for COVER
nor. Congressman Hedge is quoted as
saying: Il desire to see my friend
Col David j. Palmer, Of Washington
county, become our next governor and
would ask any friends of mine TO
give him their support in preference
to me. His distinguished service as a
soldier was promise of the service
as citizen and his usefulness and eff
ficiency as a public officer which he
has rendered constantly from the day
of Lees surrender until now merit the
honor. AS an example of distinguished
patriotism, of high character, clear in
tellieence and ample experience 1t
seems to me we cannot better justlfy
ourselves than by selecting Colonel
David j. Palmer as our candidate IN
terest in the interview is as to just
what he meant by we and our
candidate"
The next hearing to be held by the
Iowa railroad commission will be next
Tuesday, when it will take up the mat
ter of the law relating to telephone
and telegraph wires crossing, railroad
tracks. The Nearing will be at 10
o'clock and the railroads and the tel
egraph and telephone companies have
been invited to state their cases. The
law went into effect July 4th. 1t pro-
vides that the commission has control
and authority to regulate such mat
ters When the bill was first intro
duced last winter, 1t was proposed in
it to regulate the matter OF wires
crossing railroad tracks. AS COM
promise 1t was turned over to the rail-
road commission.
The east wing of the new historical
building. above the basement floor,
will be occupied some time next fall.
The work of moving the miscellaneous
section of the state library to the
building may be commenced before
that time. Ali of the steel castings and
shelving for the first floor of the IL
brary is in place now. 1t will make
an excellent library room. The first
and second floors in the east wing will
be occupied by the state library's mis-
cellaneous collection. The second floor
is now temporarily occupied by the
archives department, tho the cement
floors, window castings and other in
terror finishing has not been COM
pleted.
The first floor. which Is in readiness
for the library Is irepoof. Even the
window castings are Steel The third
floor in the east wing is to be occu-
pied by the museum and the archives
department is to go to the third floor
in the west wing. Very little work
has been done on the archives depart
ment thus far that will make a show
ing. A vast amount of material has
been removed from the offices in the
state house and dumped in chaotic
mass in the historical building. The
work of asserting the correspondence
is being done by one clerk at this time
and will take several years according
to the rate of progress.
The last legislature left the appoint-
ing of someone to take charge of the
archives department to the executive
council 1t Is understood that sDan
Hites deputy secretary Of state under
w. B. Martin, is a candidate for the
position. No one has been selected
yet.
Dairy men are not altogether satis-