Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-13
NEXT RALLYiNo PLACE FOR WAR
VETERANS FOR sEMi.cENrEN.
NAL CELEBRATION.
IOWA ASKED TO SEND
SOLDIERS At STATE EXPENSE
Hawksys State Would Have Much
More Interest in vieksburs Reunion
Than in osttysbure-ssvsraI Thous.
and Survivors Of Campaign Belonged
to Thirty. Two Organizations.
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1915. That Is the next rallying place
Of the veteran Of the civil war for a
big semi-centennial celebration.
Congress is being asked to appropri-
ate for aid for the celebration. The
legislature Of Iowa will be asked to APP
propriate to send the veterans of the
Vicksburg campaign to the scene Of
the great western battle.
The National Association Of Vicks-
burg veterans has been formed with F..
A. Rozeine of Chicago at the head, and
committees have been formed with
prominent veterans in number Of
states, and this is one of the plans
they have in mind.
Col. David ]. Palmer has been named
for member of the executive commit
tee for Iowa. Col. e. B. Soper of EN-
metsburg was suggested but he de-
clined on account of Ill health. Colonel
Palmer will take an active part in ar
ranging for the reunion.
The plan is to have the survivors Of
the Vicksburg campaign gather there
in 1915 to celebrate-the soldiers Of
both armies-and to have a reunion in
every way the equal of the great
Gettysburg meeting Of this year. But
Vicksburg was taken July 4, which in
the Vicksburg country is usually pref
ty hot, and SO the promoters plan to
have the big celebration take place IN
October of 1915. The precedent set
for the Gettysburg celebration will be
used to get thru congress a bill for an
appropriation and it will be followed
in the states.
Iowa would have q much larger in
terest in a Vicksburg celebration than
in the one in Pennsylvania. Iowa sent
about 800 survivors to Gettysburg; but
probably could send several thousand
to Vicksburg. There were thirty wo
Iowa organizations at Vicksburg and
several hundred Iowa soldiers lie bur-
led in the cemetery there. The move
ment for big celebration started in
Illinois because Illinois had more
troops at Vicksburg than any other
state, but Iowa was not far behind.
If Mr.. Feely. speaker of the Thirty
third general assembly should happen
to drop into the office Of secretary Of
state some day and looking over the
was speaker, SHOULD find that the red
light injunction bill did not receive his
signature as he intended 1t should, and
as the record shows 1t was intended TO
have. and should then affix his sigma
ture-would the law then be legal?
That is the question put by Henry
Saberson Of the secretary OF states Of
flee anent the decision in district court
that the only thing lacking about the
transaction is the signature Of the
speaker. II that is all it would not be
hard to correct the error.
Optometry does not appear to be
unusually popular in Iowa. At the
regular examination for certificates by
the state board only eight appeared for
examination in optometry.
Work on the new chemistry building
at Ames will probably be commenced
in the fall. The foundation has been
laid and the building committee Of the
state board of education will let the
contract soon. At the opening Of bids
here 1t was found that Of the nine bids
only two could be considered as COM
ing within the appropriation and the
anticipated revenues Of the state
board. One Of these was for $4,000.
The building will be as fine as any Of
the building on the campus at Ames.
The turn that the litigation has TAX
en- in regard to the Webb-Kenyon law
was shown by the fact the federal
judge in st. Paul who held that the
Rock Island railroad would have to ac-
cept beer shipments into Iowa when
offered also entered the order that the
brewing company would have to label
each package INTENDED for personal
use and private consumption. While
the label might not mean anything or
prevent the sale of the beer after de-
livery it would safeguard the company
to some extent. Notice of this peculiar
order of the court was received by As
81 Sfa Attorney General Robbins.