The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-10
RAILROADS ARE
GIVING PASSES
Executive Council Will Investigate
Right to Extend Same.
THE VOTERS DECLARATION
How He Voted at the June 'o8 Pri-
mary Will Govern the Ticket He
May Call For Next June--Mrs.
Carroll Praised and Criticised.
Bureau Iowa Evening Press,
Des Moines, Feb. s.

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The executive council is confronted
with an interesting problem in con-
lnection with the use of passes by en-
ployes of railroads and interurban
roads. Under the anti-pass laws of
the state no persons but employees of
the road can have a pass. The rail
roads and interurbans. according to
their reports now being filed with the
executive council. have been issuing
reciprocity passes, that is, the officials
of one railroad have been giving
passes to the employees of another
road provided the other road grants
the same courtesy. The report of
the Des Moines. Ft. Dodge and South
ern Railway company filed today
shows that during 1909 that company
issued 504 passes TO employees of 9TH
er roads. Secretary Davidson of the
executive council believes that this
wholesale issuance of passes is a yio-
lation of the spirit of the anti-pass law
or else there is loophole in the law
itself which permits the companies to
issue the reciprocity passes. The ex-
ecutive council will take this matter
up for investigation and according to
advices may possibly ask Attorney
General Byers for an opinion on the
right of railroads and interurban roads
to issue reciprocity passes. Some of
the roads operating in Iowa have re-
fused to issue these passes but others
are INDUCING in the practice.
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With the primaries coming along in
a comparative short time, city and
county auditors find themselves con-
fronted with the proposition of max
ing the poll lists for the state and mu-
nicipal primaries. AS these lists con-
tain the names of the voters who are
entitled to vote for party nominees
the question has arisen as to what
declaration of party utilization shall
govern, that made at the June pri-
maries of 1908 or that made at the
municipal primaries preceding. In
his opinion today Attorney General
Byers holds that the declaration made
at the June primaries holds good for
all time unless that declaration is
changed as prescribed by law. This
method Is for the voter desiring to
make the change to do so by a writ
ten declaration filed with the county
auditor ten days prior to the primary.
He must not only state the party with
which he is now affiliated, but must
also name the party he desires to
change to. He can then have only the
primary ballot of that party until he
again changes his declaration. This
has no effect on the election for no
matter what party affiliation he may
have for the primary election, for the
other election he is free to vote as he
sees fit. Under this decision only
those republicans who voted at the
June primary have the right to get a
republican ballot at the coming state
primary. The same is true in refer
ence to the other parties. f..~,..
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The action of Mrs. b. F. Carroll,
wife of the governor, in declaring her
self in favor of teaching sex problems
in the public schools, has stirred up
stream of protest from many club
women. from ministers of the gospel,
and in fact in many other quarters.
Those who are opposing her plan de-
clare that such things are only a
proper study in the home and that not
one in hundred teachers are quail
fed by experience of learning to teach
such problems. The question is one
that is causing considerable of a stir
in other states as well and requests
from the big New York papers for in
terviews are pouring in fast on the
Des Moines newspapers. Mrs. Carroll
maintains that it is perfectly proper
subject for a public school to give in
struction and says that she will con-
tinue 10 advocate that plan. The
women temperance workers are now
claiming the credit for originating
that plan. They. however, give their
endorsement to the work which Mrs.
Carroll is seeking to do and declare
that they are glad that she has joined
them. That 1t will he tried in Des
GMoines schools is entirely improbable
for the majority OF the people, are at
present totally opposed TO such a.
scheme. They hold that the teaching
OF sex problems is solely function of
the home and one that under no con-
ditions should be injected into the
public schools.
The law class OF 1889 of the State
university OF Iowa was never honored
by having the, names OF It's members
inscribed upon official register as hav-
ing the right to practice law in the
district and circuit courts OF the Unit
ed States in the southeastern district
OF Iowa. How this strange oversight
ever took place is mystery unex
planned, but upon rhe request Of Judge
Smith MCPHERSON, Judge Bollinger o.
Davenport has forwarded the names
" the surviving members of the class
md they will be legally enrolled.