Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-27
RAILROADS. BUI1|NGI N.
CORPORATIONS TAKING HAND IN
FIGHT FOR STATE
AuRIroR.
i couNTv CONVENTIONS
TO sE ASKED TO ENDORSE
sieps - Secure Sufficient Instructed
Delegations 20 Tie Hands Of State
cenvsntion-sehoel Districts Must
Provide For Transportation For Chill
drsn Whs Go Long Distances.

Provide For Transportation For ChII-
drsn Whe Go Long Distances.
,speoiak 70 Times Republican.
Des Moines. June 27.-The county
conventions Of all political parties. hav-
| ing legal standing, are being held in the
state today.
A great deal Of interest will attach
to what 10 done in various republican
county conventions. The state auditor
ship fight IL the bone Of contention.
1t il declared that the hands OF the
railroads and other corporations are
appearing in this fight and they expect
to determine the outcome. There are
some evidences Of this cropping out
here. How fer it will go can not be
4 determined. For one thing. It Is GER
tain thew will make an effort to secure
: instructions for certain candidates, es-
, pecially In many Of the large counties
\ OF the state, and thus to tie the hands
OF delegates and eliminate the matter
Of personal judgment on the part OF
delegates. 80.
In this county the convention Will
have . petty scrap over candidate
I for coroner. An effort Is to be; MADE
to decide 1t by adoption OF 9 rule
which would eliminate the delegates
entirely. This would be rule that the
+, secretary cast the vote OF each pre-
cinct for the candidate who received
the LARGEST number Of votes In thas
precinct. This would nominate Koonz.
who IL known as the candidate of the
,court house ring. But In fact not one
of the seven candidates received ma
.1ority Of votes In single precinct
'of the county. unless it was some rural
precinct. Ii cn!y very few cases DID
iany candidate receive IS per cent OF the
vote. II the rule is defeated and the
DELEGATES select the candidate. I'M
.doubtedly 1t will be Garrison, as 1t IS
known the fight is between the two.
It is probable the convention here
will adopt some resolutions comph-
1mentary to Senator Cummins.
There may be little contest in the
tPolk county democratic convention
over control OF the delegation to the
state convention with regard to VINO
shall be the Seventh district member
of the state committee to succeed the
late Henry Reigelman. Ed Meredith
tis after that place. There are signs
OF some trouble. There Is large ele-
.ment Of the party here that is pretty
/, strongly prohibition and this factor
seems to be entering the fight.
90
Two miles and q half, or even two
miles, is too far to send little children
TO school in Iowa without transporta-
mr.
that children go so far. Where dis
tricts have been large to embrace more
taxable acres, 1t is up to the board
"a, provide transportation where there
- small children with long distances
10 60.
These are new things announced IN
= decision BY Superintendent Deyoe OF
the department Of public instruction.
setting important presidents which II
would be we'll for school officials to
understand In the case he had had
for consideration one school patron
was denied transportation facilities tho
others in another part of the ais
trtct were given 1t. The district being
an independent district he was denied
the right as matter of law, under the
transportation clause, and the state
superintendent supports this: but on
the question of discrimination the
equities were with him.
II arose in the Independent district
OF Leland, winnebago county. To AFFORD
transportation for the complainant
would be to virtually furnish rig Tor
pne child. To send the child to another
district would be to deprive him of the
facilities Of small town school. But
Ahe state superintendent found that 1t
q none the less the duty of the dis
erict to furnish the facilities alike for
each and every pupil Of the district.
orhe child or children Of the complain
ant are entitled to go to the school on
terms like those in other parts of the
district. The district can not escape.
And the distance Of two and half
miles is too great for small school
oupil to 70 on foot. Even the distance
10 the school nearest but in another
district is two miles and this is too
lar.
The order is to make an allowance
10 the parent for and in lieu of trans
portation.
transportation and until the district
has raised that fund and used it the
district has not fulfilled its duty.
SO
The state institutions Of all kinds.
as well as county. township and mu-
nicipal corporations. all come under
the workmen's compensation and en-
ployed liability law Of Iowa. But
how they are going to settle the bills Is
= question as yet unsolved.
The department Of agriculture. for
instance, employees number of per-
sons and at certain periods large
number, and in case of accidents the
department will be liable under the
law for damages in full. Yet there was
no provision in the law for an appro-
priation to pay for same. The en-
ployes Of the state hospitals and col
leges and other institutions, will all
have claims for damages in case of
accidents: yet nobody at the state
house has been able to work out a sug-
gestion as to what can be done to set
tie the bills. The board Of control.
board OF education, executive council
and other bodies have considered the
matter but have as yet reached no def
mite conclusion.
The state geological survey in con-
nection with the coal operators will put
up an extensive exhibit at the next
state fair for the benefit of the Iowa
people who attend. and as one way Of
Advertising the resources Of the state.
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