Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-29
CLARKSON d An
OBJECT 0F ATTACK
Democrats Claim Roosevelt Is
inconsistent When He Re-
tains a Spokesman
ROOSEVELT LETTER is DUG UP
Supreme Court Decides Story County
Case and Refuses to Consent to an
Injunction Restraining the Breezes
From Carrying Cookie Burr Seed
From One Farm to Another.
to Ttmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 20. - James S.
Clarkson, he who was known in his
palmy days as Ret" appears in a
new role, that Of horrible example
held up by the democratic national
committee to illustrate the alleged in~
consistencies of President Roosevelt as
civil service commissioner and as pre-
sident. Mr.. Clarkson sold his inter-
est in the old Register eighteen years
ago at time when he was still rep
resenting Iowa on the republican nat
ional committee and when he was even
then practically living in New York
City. Several years afterwards Oh
his return to Iowa for a visit he
claimed he would never desert Iowa.
But as the years passed he became In
fact a resident of New York. Then
he was appointed by President Roose-
Welt to be surveyor Of the port OF New
York From Iowans who have visit
ed there and have become familiar
with the workings of his office 1T Is
learned that he is most capable or
ticial, and that he is devoting himself
entirely to the duties of the office.
When special committee of republi-
cans was organized more than year
ago to look after politics in the state,
Mr. Clarkson was sought out and Of
fered the craftsmanship of the commits
tee, He declined on the ground that
in his position he had not the time to
attend to it.. Governor Odell was
made chairman. This shows how well
he stands among. the republicans OF
the state. But now comes the demo
cratic national committee with an at
tack OH President Roosevelt on the
ground that as president he has not
lived up to his pretensions as a civil
service man, and in illustration of this
is cited the case of Mr.. Clarkson. The
committee says that his principal
duty in that office seems to have been
to aid in securing the presidents Mons
ination for another term. Then what
Roosevelt once wrote about Clarkson
is quoted. He said:
1.-THE civil service commission Is
most undoubtedly hostile to Mr..
Clarkson and the ideas which Mr..
Clarkson represents. We should fail
in our duty if we were not. We can
no more retain the goodwill of the
spokesman than a policeman who does
his duty can retain the goodwill OF
the law-breaker. He and his
friends believe that if they cannot get
the offices the party ought to disband.
That is to say, he and his friends be-
lieve they ought to be paid for sup
porting the party That sounds like
a harsh way of putting 1T, but it is a
perfectly just way. There is a GER
tain difference between being paid
with ar office and being paid in mon
ey, exactly as there is a certain differ
ence between the savagery Of an Ash
antee and that of Hottentot, but it
is small in amount"
Then the democratic committee
quotes from Good Government" for
May, 1902, in which it was said:
"Mr. Clarkson has been in practice
and in profession, in public and in pri-
vate life conspicuous, offensive and
enemy Of the merit sys-
tenn
The attack will hardly cause any
votes to be changed from Roosevelt
to Parker in the state of Iowa.
The supreme court Of Iowa came
upon a proposition yesterday a little
out Of the ordinary. The court refus-
ed point blank to apply the govern
ment by injunction" process to agricul-
tural pursuits or to the management
of farms. It was in the case of Harm
don vs.. Stultz, from Story county, in
volying a line fence which was not
on the line between two farms. After
disposing Of the fence controversy the
court adverted to another phase of the
case. One Of the farmers had COM
planned that his neighbor allowed
cookie burrs to grow and that they
flew over the fence and seeded the
neighboring field. He asked for pay
for cost Of removing the burrs. But
the court refused to consider this.
since he had not shown that he had
actually removed the burrs and courts
cannot allow pay for expenses incurred
until after they are incurred. Then it
was also asked of the court that an
in Injunction issue, restraining the con-
tinuance. of the cookie burr seed and
weeds being blown and drifted upon his
land" The court balked at that also.
and said it was not in the books. The
gentle breezes of Story county will
continue, to play with the cookie burrs
and boost them over the fences without
being subject to imprisonment for vio-
lation of an injunction.
There is some speculation as to why
Frank Shercliffe has gone to Logan at
this time. The district court is in ses-
sion this week, but the Dennison case
cannot be tried. 1t is learned that he
will be taken before the grand jury for
some further Investigations and inquiry
and it is hinted that other indictments
in connection with matters OF which
he has recently talked freely will be
returned.
A quiet investigation is being made