Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-19
SCHEME ON FOOT TO SELECT
FINANCE COMMITTEE FROM
COLLEGE TOWNS.
THREE FOR FAT POSITIONS
REMAIN TO BE SELECTED
Some Opposition to Proposed Method
of Choosing Candidates for salaried
PIaces-carrolPs Wishes Will Pre-
vail-Neat Sum Collected from In
surance Concerns.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, April 19.-The new
state board of education may not be
able to perfect its organization at the
meeting held here this week 1t is
probable that the board will meet on
Tuesday and elect president and Sec
retary. and discuss plans for the gem
eral work. and later the members may
go to the various colleges before they
members of the finance or managing
committee. The politics of the game is
beginning to crop out and strenuous
campaign under cover Is being carried
on for places on the finance commit
tee. Because of this fact the board
may not select the committee now but
defer action. The line of the cam
paign now is to secure three men, each
one the representative of a college,
and each one the strongest man in his
leanngs toward his college. There is
an impression out that the committee
is to distribute itself about, one living
at each college. and therefore it is
planned to have at each place a man
who will be particularly expected to
look after that institution. But In fact
it will be almost necessary that all
three of the members live in Des
Moines, for the central office will be
here and all business will be done thru
the central office. AS representing the
normal college the man most talked Of
is Alfred Grundy, of Cedar Falls; for
the university; w. c. McChesney. of
Iowa City, and for the college either
w. J. Dixon, of Sac City, or Ole Roe,
Story county. Among some persons 1t
is being advocated that the commit
tee should be picked entirely from men
not having had anything to do with
either college, hut the political pres
sure is all the other way 1t Is ex-
pected that the wishes of the gov
ernor will largely govern this case.
The new weed law Is as yet un-
signed by the governor. This is re-
measures ever passed--in fact it is
said by lawyers who have tried to fig
ure it out that farmer may be sent
to prison for permitting the weeds to
grow in the highways near his farm.
The enforcement of the law will be,
however. with the local authorities, so
that unless there is a general move
ment for the eradication of weeds but
little will come of it. The governor
will undoubtedly sign the bill.
The office of auditor of state has
turned over to the state treasury the
past three months. and chiefly in the
past thirty days. total of 1851. 1.sS0.O2.
| which represents the payments to the
state by insurance companies for the
privilege of carrying on their business
in Iowa. OF this sum, $44.405.07 We're
fees of various kinds including the ex-
animation fees. The remainder was
/ taxes, distributed among the various
kinds of companies as follows: Iowa
lcompanies, s50.775.97; United States
companies. $249,4S962; foreign, $l7.-
| 2O9.36.
| 1t is understood that Harry Winsted
local insurance agent, is to become
insurance actuary for the state. which
is the highest paid clerical position in
the state, the salary being $4,000 a year
Two years ago. upon urgent request OF
Auditor Carroll the salary for this po-
sition was raised and an actuary was
secured, but he was offered moro With
a local company. The place has since
| been vacant.
B. W.. Garrett, secretary of the state
board of parole. returned from a few
days at the Fort Madison prison, where
| the parole board interviewed the con-
vlcts who appeal for clemency. Mr.
! Garrett states that to all appearances
conditions at the prison are ideal and
that everything Is working alona
smoothly. There is no complaint
among the people, and the discipline
doubtful If ever there were such goo5
conditions at the prison.
| John Junkin, the negro confined al
Fort Madison for the Ottumwa out
rage, intends to claim innocence, has
employed good lawyer and hart
fight will be made for his acquittal
When members of the parole boar;
saw him. the negro trembled with emo
ton, because he believed that the,
| were OIIlCeTS come 10 ldke ullu away
for trial. He is in mortal terror.
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After July county attorneys will
have a means Of finding out just how
many pints Of whisky and how man,
quarts Of wine were sold In any on,
month by druggists in their counties
Senator Hammill's bill requiring
druggists to number consecutively al
i applications for liquor was signed
yesterday by the governor. the last o
the temperance measures to pass thr,
his hands. II provides that the mum
bered applications must be filed eacl
month with the county auditor, ant
they must correspond with stubs to b.
kept by the druggists open to inspec
tion at any time.
a BY looking over the numb bered ap
plications . county attorney will b
abie to discover Just how much liquo
\ has been sdld by each drug gist,, an,
thou IN any Times anles have been mad