Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-23
CITIZENS Hold
MISS MEETING
Mr.. Boardman Delivers His Re-
port of Investigations of
Water Supply
PERSONALITIES INDUCED IN
PERSONALITIES INDUCED IN
Dissention in the Committee Brings Oh
a Fisht-Report is Not Adopted, But
Resolution introduced to Displace it
Tricks of Dishonest Evidence Dis
eovered-Mr. Woodbury. Talks.

As one of the leading and most pro-
gressive citizens of the city expressed
it, sitting on II back seat, last evening $
mass meeting was lots of fun but q
damn bad thing for u town." The
meeting was fairly well attended. the
east court room being threefourths
filed. Practically every 'knocker,
every curb stone politician with an
AK to grind, every eN-employe dis
charged from city service. and men
who had been in a police court and re-
ceived unwelcomed publicity in the
local press We're there because the word
had been circulated that Mr.. Board
mans committee was going to jump
on to the city council and censure the
newspapers. The outcome OF the row
was n compromise which threw out Mr.
Boardman's report with its charges
against the city council. the Reflector
and the T.-R., and adopted a resolu-
ton providing for a new committee.
newspapers.
dissention had arisen within his
committee which grew fiercer at each
repeated meeting until the third one
was held yesterday afternoon and re-
suited in Messrs. II. E. Sloan, c. III.
Hull, a. G.. Click and L. S. ketchum
voting to reconsider the report wit
ten by Mr.. Boardman because they
wished to have eliminated from it that
portion which condemned the city
Mr.. j. P. Woodbury., DR.. II. l.. Getz,
DR.. G. w. Harris and DR.. w. S. Nc
Bride voted against reconsideration and
Mr.. Boardman cast the deciding vote
to retain the report as he had written
it.
The meeting was organized by the
selection of the Hon. Henry Stone as
chairman and Thad d. Evans secretary.
Mr.. c. III. E. Boardman read his re-
port and moved its adoption. H. f..
Sloan Immediately arose TO state for
himself, Mr.. Hull, Mr.. Click and Mr..
ketchum, that they had disapproved of
the report in so far as 1t condemned the
council or censured a newspaper and
moved that the report be referred to
a new committee of seven, selected
from the audience, who should retire
and go over the report, eliminating any
Objectionable language, II they saw
fit, and should report it back to the
meeting for adoption. DR.. Getz made
one of his characteristic right hand.
knock out orations. demanding that the
matter should not be taken from the
hands of the committee which had
formulated 1t. Mr.. Van Law compli-
Gated the situation by moving a substi-
tuition that the committee be substi-
ute city council Of ten members. two
from each ward. Debate then waxed
furious ana mere bitter personalities
were INDUCED in than have ever been
heard in public meeting in Marshall
town before.
Dr. Getz said that anyone who would
charge him with being influenced by
the interests of an artificial ice com
pany was "a liar from the ground up
N. A. Evans, bearing Il political grudge
against the chairman of the water
works committee of the council said
that his wife had been sick which
would cost him nearly $500 and he
wanted somebody censured. Senator
Carney counseled peace believing that
the proposition to refer to commit
tee was fair because there seemed to
be a great division of opinion on the
first committee. Ex-Mayor Pierce
thought that the committees report
would accomplish more If it left out
censure of anybody altho he, person
ally, did not care particularly how
much the Times Republican might be
censured.
The debate was conducted upon g
very low plane OF personal abuse. di-
rected toward different members of the
council. Dr. Devine, Delano T. Smith,
Professor Dudley and others spoke dig
nifiedly in favor of doing something for
pure water Mr.. Boardinan arose to de-
liver one of the most Incorporate and
dishonest harangues ever heard before
a meeting of citizens. He was mad. He
charged Van Law with speaking be-
cause he was city attorney and mad a
job at stake; he accused Pierce oil
catering for the councils favor be-
cause he had paving contracts to Sc
cure: he insulted his fellow members
of the committee, Sloan Hull, Click and
Ketchum by stating that they voted
as they did because the Times Repub-
lican had threatened them with a fight.
When questioned from the audience If
it was true he replied Yes sir, they
told us that was why they refused to
vote with u.s." Or. GetZ said he heard
the same conversation. Mr.. Sloan later
in the evening rather charitably stated
that MI Boardman had misunderstood,
that he had told the committee that II
any man they would precipitate fight,
Ard, my God, man haven't you got it?
You don't call this a love feast do
you?" shouted Mr.. Sloan and the as
senbly applauded.
Boardman's Trick Exposed.
Mr.. Norris, of the Times Republican.
then arose to call attention to the dis
honesty of Mr.. Boardman in presenting
G report which quoted from each head
line in the T.-R. only half of 1T. He
read an editorial which had praised tbs
action of citizens committee in pur-
suing Investigations of The water sup
ply, but questioned the professional
motives of the lawyer in charge" He
then read an insulting letter he had re-
ceived from Mr.. Boardnan inviting a
Quarrel and which he had suppressed
because he did not want TO involve per-
sonalities in the discussion of the water