Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-20
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Allison, Nov. 10 All along the line
last week the uppermost subject OF con-
versation was the possible and probable
effect of the biennial election amend
nent 10 the constitution of Iowa. Ger
tain county officials, whose tenure of of
fee Isl affected. We're very much OPP
posed 10 the published opinion OF Attor-
ney General ReInley. 1t was the poor
est opinion, law and evidence considered.
ever handed down BY him, said these of
ficials whose term expires Monday, Jan.
eth Before the to be expected test case
reaches the supreme court, even Remley
Will reverse Remleys opinion, thought
an ouf-goi official These men We're
discussing the rights of officials whose
term of office commonly supposed is to
end Jan. i. i900 but legally does no. end
|till Monday, Jan. Z, 1901. So the infer
ence is fair one that rot only will.
these officials, but many others, refuse
to ALLOW their success sor.s elected Nov.
g. 1900, to take possession Jan. {, 1901.
Meanwhile ii will be impossible TO start
a test case before Jan. I, and the Lord
only knows when the supreme court Will
rule on it.
For the benefit of such "hold-ons''
they should know an almost unanimous
opinion exists among the people that
such action will be considered an out
rage. Many have said TO the writer:
IF --- does not give UP the office 10 1900
(naming Outgoing and incoming Off
cialsD he will never have another office
at the hands of the voters of $500 coun-
| ty. His time is out morally, whether
legally or not. shall be in favor Of an
injunction to prevent him drawing pay
for services. We elected to that of
isfice: he has spent time and money in
l;canvassing. and arranged his business
! affairs expecting tooccupy the oftic.
Jan. Z, 1901. If 49, by any legal trick
cry keeps him out Of the office tie the
| last chance he'll ever have to do any.
public dirty work" So iti s easy to see
the voters will take hand If the hold
ons. attempt to get in their work.
The same kind of talk is heard regard
1 ing the personal action of state officials
whose time expires in 1901. II any Of
4 these men desire any future fayors al
the hands of the people they will end all
/ possible controversy by resigning their
Office on the day when their legally
Ielected successors ar, entitled to the
/ possession Of the Office Talk about
/ bondsmen being affected is regarded as
Epetifogging of the rankest kind. az al,
know their designations can be sent in
any time and When the appointee quail
/ fies and his bondamen are accepted all
legal liability ends Attorney General
] Remley's preposes, action 10 much com
inended and other Interested Will do weIl
ito hold their ears CLOSE TO the ground be-
i fore deciding TO continue themselves III
office by "a clerical error
And here comes another funny buai-
mess. that would seem too nonsensical Il,
4 believe if the writer had not been told
SO. Hear the Intelligent democrat III
i-------. The effect of the bennia, election
amendment waa under discussion. He
A had just heard of it, but didn't knos
the Why and wherefore of it, neverihe,
4E8less was free toEexpress himself "Yol
4 fellows put up tlia job to keep thos;
men in Office. voted against this
amendment because knew ii was !
4 put UP job My taxes will be just The
= same as long as you republicans run
things We Won't save a cent OF thai
Il 10000 YOU claim it cost to have ar
election. (naning the county at
4 torney whose time expires Jan. 18th ant
is thinking of holding on) had finger ii
j this pie. He goes to all of the conven.
tons and helped fix it up, SO he coult
il stay in Office a year longer, and you
state officers were II, too. Things WI
/, always be this way as long as you re-
kpublicans run iowa" And then III
: writer thought Bryan will still have nlei
70 vote for him, even II he runs for til
! third time.
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