Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
WOMEN CAMPAIGN
FOR R[F)RMAI0RY
Desire Separate Institution
From State Prison at I
AnamOsa
REEoRMAToRY, NOT a PRISON
w. C. T. U. and Other Women's Or
sanizations in Charge of the Move
ment-state Board of Health to Ask
for Radical LesisIation-Harsh on
Normal School Board.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Nov. 26-Efforts to Sc
cure woman's state reformatory sep
arate from the Anamosa state prison
will be renewed with additional energy
before the general assembly this win
ter.
The movement will be in the hands
of Mrs. Anna Edworthy, of this city.
and will have the backing Of the Wom
ems Christian Temperance union, and
other women's organizations of the
state.
Des Moines will be held up this win
ter as striking need of such an insti-
tuition. Recently when Superintendent
Hamery, of the department of public
light" district. women of questionable
reputation scattered all over the city.
Authorities refused to send them to
states prison and efforts to get a char
liable home for their reformation has
been an absolute failure That the state
needs home for the reformation of
women, which is not prison, will be
drawn as a conclusion of this condi-
ton. The bill will probably be intro
duced in the house by Representative
Hunter, of Polk, and in the senate by
Senator Dowell, of Polk county.
Senator Newberry, author of the
the Iowa pure food legislation. re-
manned inIDes Moines over the speciak
session of the legislature to have
long conference with State Food Com
missioner H. r. Wright. He discussed
the working OF the present law and
the needs of the department. 1t is prob
able Senator Newberry will draft
number of amendments to the present
law and several new bills perfecting
the work that has made such good
progress during the past two years.
J. B. Marsh, of Creston, has been
appointed as member of the board of
trustees of the state normal school at
Cedar Falls to succeed the retiring
member, Mr.. Mcintyre, Of Ottumwa.
That some radical recommendations
will be made by the state board of
health for legislation in Iowa is rum
ored at the state house. The annual
report of the board of health will no.
be filed with the governor until De-
cember. It is said by members of the
board that this will contain some in
teresting and new suggestions for re-
form in Iowa.
To consider proposed amendments to
the Iowa child labor law the executive
committee of the child labor law COM
mittee of the Iowa Federation of La
Dor met at the state house yesterday.
Among other amendments to be pro-
posed is one placing the burden of
proof of the child's age on the parents
instead of on the employer as at pres
ent. The members Of this committee
are: DR.. Isaac Loose, of Iowa City;
Mrs. A. B. Cummins, of Des Moines;
Professor r. G. Barrett, of Ames; Mrs.
j. c. Hallam, of Sioux City; A. L.
Urick, of Des Moines, and Mrs. T. j.
Fletcher, of Chicago.
Coincident with the appointment Of
Benjamin Shambaugh of Iowa City as
curator Of the Iowa historical building
there is a general understanding that
the legislature will be asked to in
crease the salary of that office, which
is now $1,000 per year.
Only two parties the republican and
the democratic, will participate in the
next primary election of Iowa, in June,
1910. At least that is the indication
from the vote cast at the general cleo
ton for president and the state Of
ficers. Under the primary law a politi-
cal party entitled to participate in the
primary election of candidates for Of
flee is defined to be an organization
which cast for it's candidate for gov
ernor 2 per cent or more of the total
vote cast in the last preceding general
election. The prohibitionists and So
cialists appear to have cast less than
2 per cent Of the total vote cast in
Iowa on Nov. 3.
The total vote in Iowa for president
was 494,76O. The prohfbitionists cast
9,s37 for president or fifty-eight less
than 2 per cent. They cast 1854 for
secretary of state, or 1,211 less than
per cent The socialists cast S,2S7 for
president, or 1908 less than 2 per cent
They cast 7,219 for secretary of state,
or 2,676 less than 2 per cent.