Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-24

for this Complete record of the crimi-
mails of the country like other states,
MIR. NcClaughrey said to the commit
tee. There Is very great need OF
classification of these in the prison.
We should make record Of each case
and secure records in depulicate from
other states and to do this Will take
money. We can not deal properly with
the criminal population Of the state
without classification Of the men we
send to prisons and reformatories. Iowa
Is behind other states. 1t Is time to
get action
The one first thing we need in
Iowa." said Warden Sanders. lis sys-
tenn of segregation for those in the
prisons. We need great many things,
but this We need more than any other,
and to do it there must be money
enough to carry on the work. We can
not get good help and competent SUI
pervision unless we pay for the same.
Better support at the prisons is aoso-
lutely necessary before we can begin
the work OF Classifying prisoners ana
then the segregation which is neces-
sity. We have been treating all who
are sent to prison alike. They are not
"a
those who are outside the prison differ.
We must decide as TO classes, based
on the character of the men, and on
their reformatory possibility. and then
segregation so that we shall not be
making criminals instead Of unmakins
them"
There is very strong sentiment in
the legislature in favor OF a redist-ict-
ing of the state as 10 judicial matters,
or other relief for the courts SO as TO
get better results. Very probably sew
eral redistricting bills vii! appear.
One suggestion comes from Assistant
Attorney General Robbins which is to
adapt plan tried out in Des Moines
to the whole state. In Des Moines
where there are FIVE judges for one
county, one Judge is DESIGNATED as a
sort of presiding judge and he makes
ali assignme He tries probate and
other matters that can usually be laid
aside any time. When one judge is
cut of work case is transferred to his
court or the presiding judge takes 1t
up. Thus all the judges are kept at
work and there is much less loss of
time than under the old system. Now
it is suggested that the law provide
that when a judge in one district is
ont of work he report to The supreme
court and judges who are swamped
with work also report, and the supreme
court would assign a judge to leave
his district and go into another and
help out. In this way the work would
be more evenly distributed and more
would be accomplished without any ad-
dition to the number Of Judges.
Unless something of this kind Is done
it is certain there Will be some add
tional Judges provided.
Some members are working on plan
for a general sedistEis:ing of the entire
state. and generally to have the dis
tricts with two or three judges. 1t Is
said that an investigation will show n
great discrepancy as between different
districts in the amount Of work done by
each judge.
Members Of the state board OF edu-
cation have been informed that the big
fight which was to be started before
the legislature against the board by
the homeopathic doctors Of the state
because of the changes made In the
medical school which the horneops
declared was to take their college away