Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-16
TEXT BOOK UNIFORMITY AS
PLANNED REFERS GRADES
AND RURAL SCHOOLS.
MAY REMOVE SELECTIONS
FROM COUNTY SUPERVISORS
Choice Of Books if Bill Becomes Law
Will Be Left to Strictly Educational
soard-Unknown Interests Urging
Senate to Reduce Salary of State
Superintendent Of Schools.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March l6-The women
of the equal suffrage association will
give a dinner to the legislators and
others this evening with nearly 500
acceptances. 1t will be kind of jolli-
resolution for the submission of the
amendment. For one thing somewhat
unique the women are not going to
have any speeches at this dinner. They
have program of different charac-
ter, planning to present a playlet hav-
ing the suffrage question as central
theme.
1t is expected the women Will con-
tinue the work of organizing to carry
Iowa for their amendment TO the con-
stitution. They have already sent word
TO their friends that it must not be
regarded that the battle is won. but
that 1t has commenced. They Will con-
duct a great many meetings in the
state the next year.
Among other things it is planned 10
make quite extensive use OF the movies
for encoura cement of sentiment favor
able to votes for women. A number OF
plays have been put into the films re-
Gently that are said to be useful for
this purpose and are being used in
other states.
Failure of the joint resolution to ap-
prove of calling a constitutional con-
vention TO put anti polygamy into the
the United States constitution Will
cause much regret among those inter
ested in the Mormon question. 1t was
stated that the approval Of just one
more state is needed to make the con-
vention a certainty. Iowa was the one
state picked out to make good on the
approval. Ex-senator Frank Cannon
came to the state and spoke before
the joint assembly telling of the work
ings of the polygamy system out west.
The resolution was Endorsed and urged.
But on a vote in the senate 1t lost IL
to 25 Iowa refuses to get into the
game of fighting polygamy by the con-
stitution amending method.
The semi-monthly pay day bill which
passed the senate Monday was opposed
by the railroads and the declaration
was made that it would cost one sys-
TEN in Iowa $4,000 a year if it was
adopted as against the monthly pay
plan. But the railroad men made a
gallant fight for the bill and won. 1t
is certain to go thru the house. There
are now nineteen states with the semi
monthly pay day for railroad men. Last
week Minnesota passed the bill thru
both houses.
The bill to change the policy of the
state with regard to the meandered
lakes Of the state and to enter upon a
policy Of dredging the lakes rather
than Of draining them passed the sem
ate unanimously when it was finally
got ready. The bill is thought to be
now in shape so that it will be work.
able. AS introduced it would have
eau ed chaos in the whole lake drain
age business and virtually would
have required the state to pay for the
assessments against land already re-
claimed. The bill puts into a law a
policy that will meet the approval of
every member Of the legislature and
every state official. The annoyance
and infinite bother of the whole lake
bed business is saddled off on the state
highway commission, which will be an
immense relief to the members Of the
executive council, but there is provis-
ion that students of the State Univer-
sity and Of the state college may be
utilized in the important work of max
ing the surveys of the lakes to deter
mine what ones shall be drained in
| the future
| When the senate met today It had as
unfinished business a bill under con-
| sideration to authorize county treas
| urers to employ delinquent tax col
lectors and they to take over all per-
sonaI property taxes as soon as delin-
quent and collect same and get Is pei
cent for the collection. A question was
raised as to whether or not this would
not be practical way to reinstate the