Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-04
Next Session OF Legislature Will
Enact Law Enforcement Meas
ure OF Some Kind
MARsHALs BILL is IN DIsFAvoR
Believed Plan Will be Adopted of Giving
Attorney General More Power-state
Teachers Would Take Superinten-
dency Out of Politics-certificat
Law Favored.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. AT the next
session of the legislature the agitation
OF the temperance question may be re-
duced to the question between the
state marshals bill and giving the at
torney general a sufficient amount of
funds and assistants that he can do
the work. 1t will be remembered that
the state marshals bill got past one
branch of the legislature last winter.
The advocates of the state marshals
club idea believe that the next legis-
iature will pass the bill
Members Of the legislature believe
that a more effective and far less ex-
pensive method could be found by CIV
ing the attorney general more funds
and more helpers. On the first appear
ance of the question of law enforce
ment. Attorney General Byers used all
the influence Of his office to enforce
the law. The legislature has never
given the office any funds for use Of
the attorney general in travelling about
the state or for his assistants to travel
about to try cases and enforce the
law. Nevertheless Mr.. Byers made
trips to Davenport and sent his two
assistants there to investigate condi-
tions and start movements that would
result In the saloons living up to the
law and it has been understood all
along that he would start court action
to enforce the law If need be. This has
thus far been unnecessary.
Just now there is an aroused public
sentiment on the matter and 1t Is am
ticipated that there will not be much
call for the attorney general to start
prosecutions at this time but it is sus-
pected that there may be later on. To
provide for state marshals would en-
tail a great cost which the state mar
shals law advocates prospose to raise
by fees. 1t is claimed for the other
idea that at a very small state expense
the enforcement of the law could be
ensured thru the attorney generals of
flee without the state taking on the
state marshals law in which so many
people find Objectionable features.
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In face Of .the allegation that the
county superintendent do not wish it
themselves. the state teachers assoc
citation at Its closing meeting yesterday
decided that the office of county sup
erintendent should be taken out OF
politics and made appointie rather
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perintendents do not wish to legislate
themselves out of politics, the state
association, by its endorsement Of "a
resolution yesterday. assumed the mi
tiative to having that office removed
so far as possible from politics by flu
ture legislation.
At meeting Of the county super
intendents' section Thursday afternoon
this question created much vehement
discussion from the opposition. If the
matter had been allowed to come to
q vote and not quietly killed by a call
for adjournment the general vote, it
is haid, would have swung the ninety
nine members entirely against the
question. The superintendent con-
tended then, as they did on the floor
of the general session yesterday after
noon. that the offices of other boards,
including that Of state superintendent,
Should be placed in the same plane.
were not analogous, and sustained the
first motion despite the protest of the
county superintendent. The associa-
ton would ask that the office Of coun-
ty superintendent be appointive, the
power resting in county board to be
appointed by the legislature.
The state teachers association with
out a dissenting vote voted yesterday
afternoon in favor Of the present state
teachers certificate law and ask that
no major changes be made. There
are several smaller defects which the
association will leave to the educa-
tional commission to change in its
work Of recodifcation. The present
office of State Superintendent Riggs
was indorsed and no attack was made
on the law enforcement. The Hon.
Henry Sabin offered the resolution for
adoption.
A law is also asked by the associa-
ton providing for the minimum wage
scale for teachers In Iowa and an in
crease for teachers salary based on
experience, success and scholarship.
The state teachers association may
not be held during the Christmas holi-
days again. BY change In constitu-
ton yesterday afternoon that part
making this compulsory was changed
and the selection of such time and date
left to the executive committee with
the statement of the association against
a winter holiday date.
Believing that the best interests Of
the high schools of the state could be
served by state aid, the association
yesterday voted to ask the legislature
not to have the proposed agricultural
high schools supported by state aid,
but leave the matter of agricultural
training to the direction of the high
school receiving of such aid in fur
nishing an agricultural department
While there is pending bill before
the federal congress which proposes to
give to each state a proportionate aid
for installing agricultural high schools,
the association believes that such
would mean but a. state
tax eventually and that it was re-
version back to state aid and ask for
no divisional resources.
For a third time in the history of the
association woman was elected to the
office of state president. The report
of the nominating COMMITTEE was
adopted without change and includes:
President-Miss Abbie S. Albeit
Cedar Rapids.