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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
3
A column of homely humor contrasts manners with a sharp analysis of a proposed Iowa bill creating a county board of education. The draft would centralize power, set textbook control, and cost counties about 120000 dollars, risking rural representation and home rule while drawing opposition from educators and legislators.
Lorenzo H. Mormon reveals plans to take a second wife, sparking a debate with Mrs. Mormon about age and heaven. She urges an older wife for greater glory, while he frets over her claim and ponders heavenly rewards in a rough shanty scene.
From Des Moines March 2 The state capital reports a bill in both legislative chambers to restructure school laws. It targets reform aimed at reducing costs to taxpayers by shifting funding and organization, citing a potential annual expenditure near 120 000 dollars. The measure is identified as Senate File No A8 and attributed to lawmakers including Daniel Che ot Wabater.
Senator Owen summarized the push for popular election of senators in his January 9, 1911 Lorimer case speech. He argues it would prevent deadlocks in state legislatures, force candidate scrutiny through campaigns, and promote selection of qualified men while avoiding unfit governors and unworthy senators.
The text argues that legislative detours waste weeks or months of sessions, harming public business. It warns against improper use of money and political corruption, noting how individuals with means can influence state legislatures and threaten democratic systems, citing Frederic Austin Ogg.
A moral vignette recalls a dying girl funding a church, a slave boy who became Bishop Crowther aiding Africa’s liberation, early colonists reaching Massachusetts and Virginia, and the spread of Sunday schools. It links small starts to vast religious and national growth with a global church and education theme.
An Archdeacon Sinclair quotation tells of a mother trying to comfort her dying child with visions of heaven. The child fears light and noise in heaven, but seeks Jesus’s arrival. The scene ends with the child asking to be taken to heaven if it is like this.
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