Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-11
POLITICIANS ARE
MUCH INTERESTED
They Believe the Denison Trial
Will Expose Interesting
Political Corruption
sHERcLlFFE WILL STAND FIRM
Efforts of Denison Crowd to Get
Him Out Of the Way Seem to
Strengthen His Determination to
Give His Valuable Testimony at the
TriaI-That Requisition Matter.
.necial to Times-Eepupllcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April IL. = Now that
| the governors declaration not to honor
( a requisition for Shercliffe till a1ter
| the Denison trial settles that matter
| for all time there is considerable dls-
cussion as to what the next move Oh
the Denison crowd will be against
Shercliffe. There are great many
who are convinced that all the at
( tempts to get Shercliffe on requisltiohs
have been at the instigation of the
| Denison people. 1t has leaked out that
| Shecliffe's friends are little Worrieu
| for fear more drastic measures will be
| resorted to. Shercliffe's testimony Is
! conceded to be the strongest there Is
| to he introduced against Denison at
the forthcoming trial In Logan. 1t
| is learned now that Shercliffe himself
was appraised some three weeks ago
of the fact that another attempt was
to be made to get him away iroin the
| state on reauisition. He was told
| where the request was to come Ifoiii
| and further that 1t was at the lhsll-
CATION of friends of Tom Dennison. lie
/ had no fears Of that particular effort
| because he claims he was never III
1 that part of Oklahoma and hence
would have little difficulty in proving
| an alibi.
| The first story to the effect that the
/ charge was for murder was incorrect.
| The requisition stated that Shercillle {
was implicated in a burglary and was
| shot as he was escaping and the shlrt
| with a. hole in it is alleged to have
kbeen the one Shercliffe wore when ne
( was shot. 1t was claimed the hole
! in the shirt would correspond to scar
in Shercliffe's body. Just how the
shirt came to be captured without the
man was not explained. The papers
we're exhibited by Sheriff Charles
| Wooden at the state house when ne
first called there, but were taken away
with him and as the governor refused
to consider the question the facts on
| which request for requisition was
ba sed were not learned. The more the
efforts of Denisons friends to get
Shercliffe out of the way either on
reouisition or otherwise the stronger
seems Shercliffes determination 70
stick and those who have been foi-
lowing the case closely now declare
that there is no question but that
Shercliffe will testify on the stand
against Denison, and scout at the ldea
of his weakening. 1t is not certain
!, that the trial will be held at this term
hnt a. strong effort will be made to
have the trial early. Politicians IN
Des Moines are waiting eagerly LOT
the opening of the trial In the oelleI
! that some interesting political history
/ will be brought out in the examlna-
t;on of some Of the witnesses, 1T be-
ing claimed that a former administra :
tion was closely connected with some
Of the Shercliffe- -Denison crowd In a
political way.
The suggestion of Auditor Of State
r. T.. Carroll as compromise candt-
| date for governor while meeting with
considerable approval has brought out
some discussion as to the geographical
1 distribution of the offices. 1t is
nointed out that If Mr.. Car
i roll should be nominated for
i governor anu oClIebGOA AA~S ~. =
for secretary Of state that would be
about the limit for the southern part
i of the state. Either Mr.. Morrow or
senator HAYWARD would find hard
sladding to secure the nomination.
The position of attorney general
could either go to the central part o..
the state to Speaker Clarke or to tht.
northwestern corner to Hallam. Fretl
Ketschmer of Dubuque is supposed TO
be a candidate for treasurer which
would distribute one office to tha-
corner. But there are some supreme
court judges to nominate and other
important offices to be filed besides
the four state offices of governor, au-
ditor, secretary Of state and treasur-
er.
1t was suggested today that in the
event of the nomination of Auditor
Carroll as governor there would be a
vacancy in the position of auditor and
that Hon. B. F. Robinson of Emmet
1 county would make good material.
4 The suggestion comes from some Of
Mr.. Robinson's friends here and it is
entirely possible that he has never
| thought of the idea. Mr.. Robinson S
previous political and business train
ing it is claimed, eminently fit him
for the position. He is a banker and
represents the nine third district
in the house of representatives. In
the organization of the house at the
last session he was the ranking mem
Der of the committee on appropria-
tions and was member Of the COM
mittee on banks and banking and
] judiciary At one time he was mem
ber on the committee on insurance
AS banks and banking and insurance
are matters of first Importance in the
auditors office, his experience has
been of considerable value to him
should there be any movement to
nominate him for that position.
According to the figures of the in