Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

Special to T;mes-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 21.--The Chauncey
Depew club of this city will discuss at
its meeting tomorrow the great ques
ton of public Importance: Does thu
publication of scandal have a bad in
huence on the morals of young peo-
ple?"
The Chauncey Depew club is the
most unique organization in the United
States and there is only one other like
it and that is one by the same name
on the Pacific coast that was organ
lied by member of the Des Moines
society The Des Moines club was or
ganized when Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw was
the first lady Of Iowa. 1t is a club
of women and Mrs. Fletcher Howard
wife Of the late member of the state
pharmacy commission, was also a
member.
The club was organized for the pur-
pose of developing the art of after din
ly named after Chauncey Depew since
he was the leading representative or
that art in America. He was then at
his zenith. Later on when 1t became
known that as senator of the United
States he was a director in several
score corporations and regularly drew
his fees as director without attending
any of the meetings the club here
found it necessary to repudiate DepeW
as a senator and servant Of the PEG
pie but still retained his name for
what it stood for in after dinner speak
ing. Since he had acted as straw
man. on boards of directors where his
name only was used they thought 1t
not amiss that he continue little
longer in the business and allow the
use of his name for club where his
name only was to be used and nothing
of his character.
During the halcyon days of the club,
Mrs Leslie Nj. Shaw gave an after
dinner speech to the members OF the
club and following out the rules OF the
club she was criticised during the
speech and following it, the purpose OF
the club being friendly criticism and
assistance.
The friends of State Superintendent
Riggs claim that more credit is due
the new state teachers certificate law
from the action of the state teachers
association that what the reports of
that meeting gave. When the resolu-
ton to approve the new law was intro
duced it read as follows:
THAT While we recognize the fact
that the present certificate law is by no
means perfect in all its features, we do
recommend that no radical, change be
made it in before it has been given
a fair trial"
There was a substitute offered by
Hon. Henry Sabin. formerly state SUI
perintendent and the substitute was
adopted. 1t read as follows:
"Resolved by the State Teachers
association that we heartily approve
the present law for the certification of
teachers, as wise in it's conception, and
as tending to raise the educational
standard Of our state; that we also
commend the efforts of our state de-
partment and our educational board of
fective and reasonable interpretation
A firm at Preston, Iowa, has COM
planned to the railroad commission that
it costs him $50 to get car of light
ming rod glass balls from Bellaire, o.,
to Savanna, I'LL, a distance Of 900 miles,
and $62 to get the car from Savanna
to Preston, Iowa, distance of twenty
three miles. OF course it is an inter-
state shipment and the Iowa end of the
rate Is the proportional. The Iowa rail-
road commission cannot give the man
any relief and he has been directed to
write to the interstate commerce COM
mission.
Governor Cummins today addresses
the farmers at a meeting at Bows, Ia,
at a farmers institute. Wednesday he
will address the navigation convention
at Sioux City and Friday the meeting
of farmers institute at Bayard, Ia.
He will not be one of the speakers at
the meeting here Thursday.
The state hospital for tuberculosis
patients at Iowa City will be opened
February /. This announcement was
made today at the office of the state
board Of control. The board does not
expect to have but a few patients at
the first till the institution is under
full running order and everything go
ing smoothly Furthermore the institu-
ton can receive only cases in the In
cipient stages Of the disease and it Is
necessary that persons seeking admit
lance be examined tfrst in order to
determine the matter The idea is that
only the incipient cases can be cured
and there is no use attempting to save
those in the last stages tho some OF
these do in exceptional cases recover.
The full capacity of the institution is
eighty patients.