Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-13
MEN SMILING
News Of Greene County's Action
on the Governorship Brings
Satisfaction.
An Iowa Editor Comes Near Do.
ing Penance Before the
Supreme Court.
Examiners Report to Legislature
WillRecommend Change in
Bookkeeping.

Special to Times-Repblican.
Des Moines, June 13-Cummins sup
porters are deriving considerable salts
faction from the news of Greene coun-
tvs convention. 1t had been supposed
all along that Greene would endorse
Judge Church's candidacy for supreme
judge. Judge Church's refusal to cast
ton, however. ended in the somewhat
unexpected. 1T was well known that
the Cummins sentiment in Greene is
controlling and that the delegation
could not we'll be anything else than for
Cummins for governor. There was a
general impression, however. that the
candidacy of Judge Church could not
be taken with much seriousness. The
situation is all wrong for him. He
is in a congressional district which
has been battle-ground for the
candidates for governor and next
to another such district Then
there was the feeling that Church
Is too much of politician and
not a man devoted TO his profession TO
win out Not that judges do not dare
TO be good politicians, for some of them
are quite active in politics For in
stance Judge Ladd is credited here with
having more to do with fixing up the
Eleventh congressional district IN the
way 1t is than any other man in that
corner of the state He is active in
pushing the claims of Ed. C. Brown, OF
!, l;f.r Il,
big man should seek to kill off other
aspirants in his own town. But Judge
Church has neither congressional dis
trict back of him, nor a judicial district
nor senatorial district.
Referring to the members of the SUI
preme court 1t may be proper to say
that the recent case of pair of law
| yers being hauled before the court for
\ saying offensive things about the court
came near being followed by an Incl
| dent in which an editor would have fig
ured as the humble penitent before the
august body of Judges. And the Of
fense came right out OF Judge Ladd's
town, too. where Mccormick, of the
Eagle, commenting on the policy of the
lawyers started off az follows:
That most contemptible body of as
sumed sacred bulls-the supreme court
of Iowa-fetehed a couple of little law
yers before 1t yesterday for expressing
contempt Of it. The little lawyers
bumped up and abiectly apoogized
What else could they do? The court
alone IS the sole judge of the offense
and has the exclusive power of intlict-
Ing punishment Such courts make
more anarchists than all other causes
combined
This was a para graph sufficient to
make the Cherry sisters smile all over
A copy OF the article found its way to
Des Noines ard altho all the Judges
had departed some of their friends felt
scandaiized over the use Of sucn Ian
guage directed 10 the supreme court
OF Iowa. 1t was evident that some OF
Judge Ladd's friends also felt Of
Tended for the Eagle was called to ac-
count and explained" the matter. but
without making it any better. for after
saving the thrust was not to the judges
Eagle concluded:
: Bull goes On all four legs. has two
horns. frequently long bushy TAIL and
usually a ring in his nose. Zone of the
judges Of the supreme court fills this
description. Then again, ii we We're go-
ing 10 call them bulls at all. we'd not
describe the as sacred but 'profane'
bulls. Oh. no, not one of them from the
pretentious Given down to the trner-
lest runt of the whole gang. comes up
10 our idea of a literal bull
.*.
Incidentally 1t may be remarked tina
a high state official came dangerously
near to being In the same fix as the two
LAWYERS who dared to critcise sharply
the supreme court. This state official
approached one of the judges while the
case 81 tbs Titus amendment was
pending and by artiflce tried to draw
the judge into a talk upon the status of
the amendmeEI with the court. The
judge got mad and wouldn't have it'll
influence him wrongfu!ly Only the
high standing Of the official prevented
him from being called before the court
to apologize.
Something has been said in the Des
Moines papers about the report af the