Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-12

from his predecessors for several years
III took the ground at the start that the
governor should presume that all sem
tences are just and that all convictions
We're fully warranted therefore that
prisoner should not be released from
the penitentaries except for eXtraordi-
nary reasons or because of some in
formation that could not possibly have
come to the knowledge of the courts.
He would grant paroles only because
of new and unusual conditions, not be-
cause of desire to reform a man or
to apply any test to him. He has done
very little in the pardon and porole
business. and he believes that this is
the right policy. for to make paroles
and pardons too easy is to bring the
law into contempt and encourage law
lessness.
The attention Of the equal suffragists
is called to the fact that w. r. Ben
kert, of Davenport, promoter OF
new political party, . rts out with
bid for the support 6 the women by
suggesting that the didate for vice
president of his ticl g hall be wom-
an His national ention is to be
held in st. Louis n = Nay.
The selection of = 5. stone, or FL
don. as successor :. late p. NJ. Ar
thur. as the head = e locomotive en-
gineers, caused {. Use among Iowa
engineers. Stone not been very
conspicuous as a delegate from Iowa,
not nearly so conspicuous or aggressive
as some others. 1t has been under
stood that Iowa might again present the
name of Herman Wills as candidate for
grand chief of the order next year.
but the appointment of Stone by the
executive committee may change the
entire plan and lead to an effort to
make Stone permanently the head of
the brotherhood.
An interesting fact has developed in
connection with the recent gossip In
regard to the letters of w. r. Curtis In
which he gave the Iowa insurance laws
and the Des Moines fake insurance con-
Germs a trouncing. THAI Curtis did not
intend to deal fairly was shown by his
course while here. He went to the Of
flee of the auditor of state, which has
charge of all the banking and insur-
ance business. He made inquiries OF the
clerk in charge of the banking depart
ment in regard to the Iowa banks ana
secured vast collection of statistical
Then he turned to the in
surance bureau and pulling out or MS
pocket a gold bond" certificate which
he had brought with him and began
TO make inquiries. When he was In
formed that the company issuing the
certificate had closed out and the busi-
ness had been removed to Chicago he
ceased to ask questions. Then he sat
down and wrote up his letter about
banks and financial affairs and instead
of stating that the information was OBJ
tanned largely. or at least in part, OF the
state auditor he credited the whole
thing to Senator Allison, giving him
credit for information the senator could
rot possibly have secured except from
the state auditor. Then he wrote up his
Insurance story and instead of confin-
ing it to the company which is now do
ing business in Chicago he applied 1t
to the insurance business in general.
it may be stated that there
Is very little sentiment In Des Moines
in defense Of the Investment business
under the guise of insurance. There
will be no mass meeting to protest
against the Curtis letters, for that
would force an issue direct between
.he legitimate business and that which
IS regarded by many here as disgrace
tul and to the harm of the city and
state. The suit begun in court the 9TH
r day to test the legality of doing
business on false preteEses is only an
,ther step in the fight which has been
going on for several years, and there is
much interesting information yet to be
disclosed that will be of greater sig
1ificance than anything Curtis has
urned UP.