Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Hon. George w. Clarke, candidate
| for governor of Iowa, in an address
| in the campaign, concluded as follows
in summing up the main issues In
VolVed in the state campaign:
The great necessity Is that every
effort be made to place Iowa at the
head of the procession as the idea
modern State. She has every natura.
condition--unexcelle fertility of soil
a climate conducive to a strong, rug
ged, forceful people, an intelligent
righteous citizenship, gathered from
the best nationalities Of the world, ano
location unsurpassed for future
greatness As an agricultural and man
ufacturing State. The question is
What Is Iowa going to do with hei
unexampled opportunities? The an
swer is, she must give herself unre
servedly and with an absolutely dis
interested devotion to the perfectine
here of a State that in her citizenship
and in her wise, just and beneficent
laws and the intelligent application OF
them, will distinguish her as the finest
example of the application of modern
thought to human welfare. Her devo
ton must be to the common good
There must be no discrimination, nc
injustice to any, no advantage, but
her sympathies, her moral force and
her justice, must extend to all. ]
thoroughly believe that the end oil
government should be the good OF
mankind, the betterment of human
conditions, the protection of human
welfare. see no reason why the state
should not be great moral force,
positive good, why she should not be
humane, why she should not be help
full to her people, why there should
not be an ideal for State, as we'll as
for individual life, why there should
not be State as well as an individu
al conscience. l cannot see why bust
ness and human betterment may moi
increase side by side. The destiny oil
the State Is included In the destiny oil
every man.
The Public School Problem.
ITO the end that we may with de
termination, set out toward the re
alization of these ideals, we ought to
consider our common schools. Oul
rural schools have done a great work
but they are not meeting the condi
homes and good schools lie at the
very basis of good citizenship and
they 60 hand In hand. No State can
be better than it's homes and schools
The rural schools of today were
adapted to early Iowa, but the last
fifty years have made new world
Whether or not there is widespread
discomfort with rural conditions as
10 OF inf &c
for much Improvement in the country
school, and It ought to have the best
thought of men of public spirit an6
especially OF those engaged in public
affairs.
1T may also be suggested that oui
| State educational institutions ought
to be brought more closely In touch
with the life of the people. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars are going into
them annually and there ought to be
return of rich dividends. There Is
no substantial ground of complaint
but it seems to me the State should
see to Ii that their influence should
be wider and that they touch more
| closely, intimately and helpfully the
| people as whole. There should be
! correspondence courses along many
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OF the State not now inspired by theil
| influence. The worker ought to be
| taught as to his trade and all should
have course in good citizenship and
as has been suggested by another, in
self sacrifice, justice, sensible, frugal
habits of living and sense of obi
| cation to the State. The University
| should be a veritable servant of the
1 Eafn In tn
\ the State and in research work, es
| pecially in the interest Of the public
| health.
THE good roads problem should re
ceive most careful and intelligent con
| sideration. The millions of dollars
annually expended upon our public
highways should, 1t seems to me
| bring greater and better results. We
shall never become a great State un
| til we have good, permanent roads. II
is matter of long time, but fixed
| policy of road building should be de
vised, and entered upon. Every con
| sideration of ecoaomy of transporta
| ton, increased value of lands. desir
| ability of rural life and even the bet
terment of rural schools demand 1t
Reform In Prison Management.
"In the interest Of humanity, econ
omy, and in accordance with the best
up-to-date thought on the subject
there should be wrought out reform
in the management of our prisons. Nc
modern State should be disgraced by
federation of the contract labor sys
TEN. The report of the committee
appointed to investigate the manage
ment of one of our penal institutions
only confirms my long settled convic
ton on the subject. 1t is shown that
many State prisons are managed al
a profit to the State, the well-beine
of the prisoners conserved and that
they are returned to society without
being embittered against it. Above all
else we should abolish the contractor
and his profit AS suggested in the
report let portion of that which the
prisoner earns go to the state to re
imburse for the expense of conviction
and portion to his family that they
may not receive the greatest punish
ment. There Is need of vast reform
here, and in the Jail system of the
state which should be placed upon q
thoroughly modern basis of due re
gard for the interests of society as a