Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
APPOINT THE COMMISSION.
IVinton E,agle.1

fArTo1A\T IdE COMMISSION.
CVinton Eagle.]
Public sentiment in favor of an APP
po1ntiVe railroad commission is rapidly
developing itself. Enough has already
been said to determine that there is a
strong sentiment IN its favor among
all interests which have business and
dealings with a railroad commission. 1t
is admitted that in our method of Sc
lect1ng public officials that it is impos-
slble to select trained men. With present
method the best that can be done is to
select novices. None of whom would
have ever read report of the commits
sion or ever known of a single tr'ansac-
ton of the boards. 1t is more than
likely that a resolution will be intro
duced at the coming republican state
convention endorsing the appointive
system. 1t is likely also that the demo-
cratic state convention will pass such
resolution. 1t is matter strictly out
of politics. Business men and COM
mercial bodies contain every kind of
political belief. The business of the
railroad commission has nothing what
ever 10 do with politics. It's members
should be men of skill and they should
be compensated for their skill Put the
the very best talent There is nothing
the people need to be so close TO as the
railroads, and there is nothing in which
the "sqpare deol' should 50 closely
reign. Every shipper should feel salts
fed that he is getting the same square
deal his neighbor and competitor is
getting. The people must have such
confidence in the board that when a
decision is against them they will feel
that it is just and right. This same
confidence must exist among the rail-
roads. The Eagle believes ii is pos
sible 10 have a state railroad commits
sion that will meet the requirements
of both people and the railroads
DRY" LAW BOOMS \ COLLEGE.
tSioux City Tribune1
The registrar of Columbi University
has recently given out statistics show
of the few state institutions that shows
a marked gain in the student registra-
ton for this school year
In a recent discussion of this fact
between Chancellor Avery. of the Ne
MacLean. of the Iowa State University.
tised dry condition OF Lincoln IS hav-
ing an effect to boom the Nebraska
school.
From the data gathered by Colum-
bia this appears to be an off-year as
to attendance at the big state schools,
Missouri is at standstll: Kansas has
made only a slight gain; Iowa has lost
this year in registration. and Mime
sofa has lost in spite of her heavy ap-
propriations of money
The Minnesota State University has
nearly twice as much money for its
use as the Nebraska State University.
but Chancellor Avery gives it out as
his opinion that the moral conditions
at Lincoln, the absence of saloons, is
attracting students and helping TO
compensate for the small amount of
money appropriated.
The natural pride that Lincoln citi-
zens have in the state university and
the other uniyersitiesand colleges there
would seem TO prophecy the, certainty
of a continued dry" Lincoln, whatever
happens TO other parts of the state.
If the saloon defenders lose in this
preliminary contest at Lincoln the eff
feet will be a serious handicap 70 their
cause in the fall election. Some of
the saloon defenders are already ac
cusing their management of not using
good Judgment.