Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-08
ATTITUDE NOW TO-
WARD SENTENCE AND PAROLE
LAWS OF STATE.
CRITICISM REVERSED
SINCE LAW WAS ENACTED
Complaint Now M ade That Prisoners
Are Kept Too Long Before Cases Are
Notwithstanding on Application
for Injunction in Express Cases Set
for Tuesday.
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones. May S.-A remarkable
change has taken place in regard to the
attitude of the public toward the in
determinate sentence and parole law
which was one of the accomplishments
Cummins. When the bill was first con-
sidered it was driven out OF the legis-
lature on the theory that it was a
wicked device to empty the prisons and
permit the administration to make
capital out of the work. When the
bill was first put into force there was
sharp criticism on the ground that it
was going TO introduce sentimentaHty
INTO the management of the prisons.
Now the tune has changed and the law
is being criticised because under it the
eonVicts remain longer and find it more
difficult to secure release. The trou-
BILE seems to be, however that under
the law the parole board has not the
time nor facilities for handling all the
cases as promptly as should be, and
partly because Of a policy which was
established a the beginning of Writ
ually making the board a reviewing
body to go over the evidence as to guilt
and decide that matter anew Rnt at
ter the 1st Of July the board will go
under new pay system SO that the
members VIII receive compensation
that will justify them in devoting their
entire time to the work It is ex-
pected when this is done the work will
be more satisfactory
The hearing on the application for
temporary Injunction in the express
rate case Is set for tomorrow before
Judge Mcpherson, when the railroad
commission with its attorneys will ap-
pear and defend the rates established
last December. 1t was advertised here
that this was to be in effect final
hearing on the case. but this is not
true. as there is now only a temporary
restraining order and the hearing this
week can be at best nothing more than
a beginning. Very extensive inyesti-
CATION of express rate matters has re-
Gently been made in Minnesota, Mis-
souri, and Illinois. It is expected that
what will happen here will be either
continuance for some time or a tenn
porary injunction to be left standing
until such time as the railroad commits
sion can complete the preparation Of
the evidence needed in the case.
Vaccination for typhoid fever has
been established a successful thing in
modern medicine. A valuable paper
On that subject by Prof. Henry AL
bert, state bacteriologist, will appear
In the next number of the reports Of
the Academy of Science. This form of
90 rf3I in of ho os.
tried out at the hospital at the state
university and experiments upon stu
dents of the medical school have shown
that it is a success.
Virtually all danger to the Iowa fruit
crop from frost is now a an end. This
is the view of Secretary Wesley Greene
Of the State Horticultural Society. His
reports from all parts Of the state indf-
cate that for all fruit except peaches
and Strawberries will be a full crop in
every part of the state The straw
berries were injured by the dry wealth
er last fall which prevented runnering.
and the peach buds were injured by the
sleet in the winter time. But the ample
and other tree fruit crops will be prac :
t1cally full and the small fruits prom :
Use unusually we'll
The machinery hall for the state fair
VIII cost about $4,000 exclusive of the
trading and construction Of long cuI-
vert beneath the building. This Will
build all Of the hall that can be con-
structed out of the present appropria-
ton. The work Is to commence at
once. A firm at Massillon, O., will
have charge Of the construction of the
steel work and a Des Moines contrac-