Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-15
Iowa
BOARD OF CONTROL ON TRIP
Members Will Make Careful Inspec-
ton of State Institutions.
DRYS PLAN THEIR CAMPAIGN
viii Lose No Opportunity During
Next Year 60 Gain Advantage
Tax Levy stays
same.
RVS PLAN THEIR CAMPAIGN
(From a staff correspondents

II III a tAANHRtAAaNhNf
DIES MONIES, Ia, April l4-(Sbecial)-
The state Board of Control has gone on
its semi-annual visit to the state institu-
tlons Of Iowa under it's management. The
members will, probably, be gone for two
weeks as they will visit the penitentiary,
the insane hospitals, the schools for unfor-
Inmates, etc. I the penitentiaries the mem
bers of this board will encounter the MEM
bers of the State Board Of Parole, vino are
giving hearings to the 1874 men charged
with crime who must have their time of
release fixed by the board.
1t is quite likely that the board will
make thorough Investigation of the help
at the institutions this time because Of
the claims made by the committee of the
house in the recent legislature that patti
ents had been treated cruelty by attend
ants. The board, under the law, must at
these visits to the institutions hear all
complaints of inmates of the institutions.
This includes insane inmates as we'll as
others and 1t was at these Institutions
the house committee claimed cruelty ex-
listed, they will undoubtedly give careful
hearing to all complaints and exert extra
diligence to discover If there be any at
tendant who is not conducting himself
properly.
Cosson to, Practice Law.
State Senator Cosson, who fathered the
radical liquor enforcement laws, that
passed the recent legislature. is planning
to enter the general practice of law. Just
before beginning his term as member he
was an assistant to Attorney General
Myers and stepped from that office right
into the senatorial chair. He has for some
time been making Des Moines his home.
He now proposes to enter general practice,
but has not definitely decided whether Il
will be in Des Moines, Audubon or some
other place.
Drys Are to Organise.
There will be a meeting of the allied
temperance organizations In Des Moines
tomorrow, for the purpose of perfecting
the dry organization. opening state head
| quarters and outlining the campaign for
the coming year to defeat the legislators
who voted with the vets so they will
not return and try to get the passage
| next year at the general election of the
/ proposition to hold a constitutional con-
~vention.
Hamilton Urged to Run.
An additional name is now added to the
many mentioned as possible candidates for
governor at the next election. In view of
the temperance agitation it is urged by
some that John J. Hamilton of Des Moines,
who ran last election and received a large
complimentary vote. will be a strong can
didate for the office of chief executive.
To Fix Tax Levy.
The executive council OF the state will
meet in the course of a few days to fix
the state tax levy. While the legislature
made increased burdens upon the treasury
l a. L. A--.A4o1 Am a.
the size of the tax levy because of the
greatly increased value Of prouerty during
the last year.
Allison Memorial Fund.
The Allison Memorial fund Is rapidly in
creasing and with the $4,000 appropriated
by the state 1t is now anticipated a fine
memorial shaft can be erected.
Iowa Men In Marble.
Acting Curator Harlan or the State His
torical building has made a suggestion
that there be formed a society for the
purpose of raising funds with which to
purchase life-sized statues Of Iowa's really
great men to place in the corridor inches
Of the new State Historical building. He
urges that this would be a fine way of
honoring the memory of former Iowa men.
The sculptorship should be such, he urges.
as would bear the criticism of the most
scrutinizing who visit the new Iowa build
ing.
Children Have Tuberculosis.
An investigation conducted by the Des
Moines Tubercular association has resulted
in the discovery that six out OF every ten
children are infected with tuberculosis.
Thu majority of the cases are inclpient.
but in many the disease has progressed
far, The association is considering estab-