Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-26

1t Will be recalled 9 during the cam
paign which resu :: the election of
Hugh Langan he subjected to a
mean onslaught on this very question,
but the voters of Crawford county de-
Davie was elected. Now the old story
of the non-residence of Langan is being
revived to help the democrats elect
Davie to the office again. The whole
matter was exploited and dismissed
long ago but the democrats are taking
II up again with great zeal.
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When Chairman Spence returns to
his desk on Sunday he will find await
ing him an immense stack of mail need
ing his attention. The response to let
ters sent out by the republican state
committee was generous and prompt
The republicans of the state owing
largely to the excellent organization
which has been effected In the past
years, are ready to start off their cam
paign with rush. There will be
things doing before the close of the
month, and Chairman Spence and Man
ager Dawson will be able to put UP such
der where they are at.
Judge VIM. II. McHenry, OF the dis
trict court of this county has given a
great deal of time and study to the
matter of the selection of grand and
petit juries and to methods Of making
the selection in some way that will be
an improvement over the present
method. Leading judges of the state
and members of the bar have long been
convinced that the method of rejecting
juries is essentially weak in that it. pro-
ceeds from political basis. Judge
McHenry declares that the present
method is not productive of good re-
suits, and makes the following sug-
gestions in connection herewith:
There are great many reasons
why the method of selecting juries pro-
vided for under the present Iowa law
Is defective and inefficient. In the first
places the judges of election In the var
ious precincts are In the practical
working of this system named by the
supervisor of the district, in CO. les
where the foard is elected by districts
The supervisors frequently name their
political friends as judges of election,
and thru them name their political
friends for the jury list. II this is
not done, 1t sometimes happens that
persons are named for the jury for 9TH
er reasons equally bad, either because
they may be needy or out of employ
ment, or some other pretext: and in
practice they are generally named for
some reason other than that of fitness
for the service to be performed Out
of list of names thus prepared the
county officers draw and take what
they get in d blind lottery sort of 4
performance that leaves no possible
discretion in the selection. would sug
gest the following as an Improvement
on the system. Let the judges of the
district court name jury commission
of three responsible persons to draw
jury for each term of court, these per-
sons to be summoned without warning,
and to have new commission for each
term. Let the judges instruct the
commission thus selected as to what
constitutes a legal juror. This jury
commission should be composed of men
of large acquaintance in the county,
and of the highest integrity. When
properly instructed they should be fur
nished a poll list of the county and
should then be locked in room under
the care of bailiff, and no one per-
mitted to communicate with them IN
any manner until they have made out
and returned to the judges list OF the
petit jurors, grand Jurors and talesmen
In the number ordered by the court.
They should be instructed to select men
for jurors of the highest character and
intelligence. This system, If adopted,
would furnish more intelligent and bet
ter qualified men for the jury service
than can possibly be secured by the
lottery system. The system Is in fact
in operation In number of states and
proves eminently satisfactory. The
i,1ry commission could, if desired, dis
tribute the jurors over the county, and
draw a given number from each town.
ship, as directed by the court, or pro-
yiaed by the law. This system would
result. in my estimation, in more intel
ligent verdicts and less scandal on the
subject of jury fixing"
A. G., Hutchins, in charge or the
manufacturers exhibit for Iowa at st.
Louis. Stateu WHliG III Tic SitS ieas'e
evening. that he was finding 1T pretty
hard to interest the manufacturers OF
Iowa in the matter of agreement TO
make exhibits at st. Louis. They are
all too busy and much too crowded
with orders He has been in the east
ern part of the state the past week and
finds that the most active manufacture
ers are - pearl button people. They
will not consent to make an exhibit at
ST. Louis, however, since they fear that
for them to make an exhibit at the eX-
position would rouse such interest In
the industry in the south that the In
dustry would be developed In A.kan-
sas and other states. Many TONS OF
shells taken from the rivers In Arkan-
sas are being brought to Iowa to De
made into buttons. The principal busl-
ness is in cutting the blanks but the
large factories make the complete but-
tons. one button maker expressed
Willingness to make an exhibit Dut
the majority of them decline to take tue
risk. 1t is said that much of the ma
chinery they use is of secret cons'ruc-
ton and it is difficult to get into the
factories.