The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-24
M.asure Providing for Pensions Goes
to the House Today Without
Any Comments on
Document.
CLARKE NAMES SEVERAL
Governor Has Re-AppoInted superin-
tendent DeYoe, and Puts coWles
on Education
Board.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 24.-The
Grason bill to provide annuities for
school teachers will be reported to
the house today without recommends
ton.
discussion Of The bill was lodged
h., the schools committee. When a
report recommending that the COM
mittee report the bill for passage was
brought in by subcommittee, made
I'm OF Wigdahl, McDermid and Slaught
the members engaged in brief lis
mute over the action which should be
taken, but did not discuss the merits
of the measure. After refusing to
send the bill out to be referred to the
committee on appropriations or to
report it for indefinite postponement,
as was proposed by Rogers OF Carroll.
agreement was reached on the propo-
sition to report without recommends
ton.
Representative Grason, author Of
the bill, sat quietly through the meet
ing until the committee had deter
mined its action. Then he thanked
the members for letting 1t go out on
the floor without handicap. II should
have felt rather badly If a matter Of
this Importance had been killed In
the committee, he told the members.
81 have. made no effort to influence
the opinion of any one of you, for l
believe j am big enough to grant you
the same right to your own belief that
] maintain have to mine. But | ask
In oil IN n
bill very carefully.
"One thing that .annoys me is the
continual imputation that this is a
charity proposition for lot of teach
ers. The fact is that the state of,
Iowa has been the object of charity
on the part of the teachers for
good many years and they are Just
beginning to get belated ray that is
due them.
= THE teachers annuity bin is
planned to give more efficient
working 81 our teaching system. 1t
would take les, thans1 per cent of
the amounc paid the teachers to paw
all the expenses of the fund. 1t is
einply a business propositicn for the
betterment OF the schools
Appoinfnc ants From Clarke.
Governor Clarke sent five important
appointments to the senate for con-
frmation. He named A. NJ. Deyoe to
succeed himself as state superintend-
ent of public instruction, William
Hennis of Marion to 5ucceed w. H.
Perry as member OF the state board
Of parole. and F.. P. Schoentgen Of
Council Bluffs. Gardner Cowles of
Des Moines and Paul Stillman of JET
Ierson to be members of the state
beard of education.
Paul Stfllman was named to take
the place of Roger L9avitt of Cedar
Falls on the board OF education. The
governor decided not to reappoint
Mr. Leavitt because one Of the educa-
tional institution, the state teachers
college, is located at his home city.
The governor told. newspaper men
this morning in making his announce
ments. that the work of MIR. Leavitt
mad been perfectly satisfactory, that
only his residence barred him from
reappointment
Mr.. Stillman has been editor Of the
Jefferson Bee for several years He
was speaker Of the house in the
thirty-faurth general assembly. He is
q sraduate OF the University of Michi-
gan.
Mr. Schoentgen was one Of the first
men appointment when the board of
education was created AS an archi-
lect he has proved extremely valu-
apie on the board, the governor de-
Jared and his reappointment was
eminently desirable.
Fills Trewin's Term.
MI Cowles had been appointed to
III cut the term of j. H Trewin,
Nhen the latter resigned His appoint |
inent today is for a six year term be-
ginning July L. The other two mem
oe -, are also appointed for six years
ne appointment of superintendent
peyoe ends situation which has
neen the source of much uncertainty
LOT the governor. He admitted that
Mhen he entered his office this morn
ing he did not know to whom he