Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
WARDEN M'cLAUGHREY URGES
q LEGISLATORS TO PROVIDE
PRISON FOR WOMEN.
INJURIOUS RESULTS UNDER
/. PRESENT STATE SYSTEM
Warden Wants Institution Located on
Farm Where Women Inmates May
Engage in Gardening and Other Out
door Work-Says Iowa is Doing
Nothing for Female Prisoners.
Especial to Times Republican.

Especial to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 22-The move for
a seperate reformatory for women re-
.ceived a boost among members Of the
legislature yesterday when Warden
McClaughrey, of the reformatory at
~Anamosa, mingled among the mem
bers. Mr. McClaughrey is earnestly in
favor Of a separate institution for
women. 1t was contemplated when
the legislature made a start in that
direction some years ago, but there
never were sufficient funds to really get
started.
Il am fully convinced" said Mr. Nc
.Claughrey, that an institution of that
kind for men and one for women can
not be maintained together without
more or less Of intercommunication
between them with consequent injuri
Gus results.
What the state of Iowa ought to do
is to provide special reformatory for
women and locate it on farm not far
from Des Moines, where these unfort-
innate women can be given work gar
denins and in some generally health
full occupation. 1t should be placed in
charge of a competent woman Of high
class. 1t would be a great thing for
the women and for society. Virtually
we are doing nothing in Iowa now for
this class of persons. The plan I have
suggested has been adopted in other
states with excellent results"
Warden McClaughrey also stated
while here that the room thus vacated
at Anamosa by the women would all
be needed in a few years because Of
the steady increase now in population
there.
Senator Wilson of Clinton county
who some years ago tried very hard
to get some needed legislation to pro-
tect counties from the graft of bad Of
ficials, is championing a bill to make
a revolution in the system of handling
county business by the board Of super
visors. 1t provides that supervisors
shall devote their entire time to the
work of the county and go on full pay
or salary, that counties may have the
option Of trying out this system or
continuing on the per diem method,
that all contracts shall be let upon bids
secured from advertising, and all coun-
ty management shall be in the hands
of this we'll paid board. The expert
ence of Clinton county the past sum-
mer and fall in cleaning up the coun-
ty has inspired the measure.
Representative w A. Stipe, of Page
county. introduced today the general
anti discrimination bill which he
schampioned in the last legislature.
Iowa has a good law applying to petrol
cum products, which has been made
TO apply also to creamery products and
noultrv and some other things. Now 1t
IS desired that this same idea snail
apply to all other things in which there
ia traffic. so that there Will be
stringent law against unfair discrlmln-
alton in any and all products. Al the
last session a committee reported ad-
yersely to the measure late IN session
but despite this it lacked only re"
votes Of carrying.
Senator Joe Allen got the woman
suffrage amendment under way py IN
Producing it in the senate today II
merely nrovides for striking the word
"rna1e'' out of the constitution Sena-
tor Allen intends making good H3h!
for the bill. just who will take charge
in the house rs not yet certain, put any
one of a number OF excellent men
stands ready to take up the battle. me
house committee as named by Speaker
Cunningham is regarded as decldedly
favorable to the submission OF the mat
ter to the people, ten Of the members
being counted favorao Die. Inc senate
committee on constitutional ahleIo-
ments is regarded as rather unfaFor
able, tho possibly it will not go SO tas
as to refuse to let the resolution come
TO the floor Of the senate.
Tho hill to establish one Of the state
i normal schools as recommended by the
report of the state board OF educatloh
at Shenandoah, was introduced today
! nv Representative stipe and Senator
: nunegan, 1t is start for the big tight
for more normal schools.
The bill to pay II. H. Rood $500 for
his extra work as a member Of the
vioksh,,re monument commission was
sent to the committee Of military OF
the senate where it will be passed on;
y later it will go thru either the commit
zee on claims or the appropriations
committee. 1t is represented that MI.
h Food rendered the state great service
i nv his devotion to the work of building
+ these monuments.
u, The schools committee Of the senate
held a short session but had before IL
! yesterday afternoon only minor nllts
The big school bills have not yet made
their appearance.
The senate contest committees are
now in position to know what is before
them. The Hunter contest had been
disposed Of at least. Only two remain
in the house and two in the senate. The
weber resolution to notify the lawyers
that $3.50 will be the limit for attorney
fees in any Of the cases will probably
pass. and this is intended to have the
effect Of preventing the drawing OF the
contests out into long cases to be KEPT
before the committees for weeks. The
J.sper county case is in the hands OF
q committee consisting Of Mcssrs. Hal
rrins, Hunt, Whitney. Townsend an6
Bauman. The Audubon contest Is II
/ the hands of Huff. Chapman, Larrabee
Scholx and Boettger.