Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-01
WILL NOT
REPLY IO SHAW
Will Let Secretary Drop a Hot
Poker as Quickly as
He Likes
NEW YORK PAPER COMMENTS
Considerable Interest in the cIearfoId
School ecase Which Raises Question
Whether District Court Can Review
Acts Of a state officiaI-Dissentins
Opinion Expected in Soldiers Pref.
erenoe Case.
Special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines. Sept. 1.--There will not
be any reply from Governor Cummins
to the last letter of Secretary Leslie
M. Shaw on the matter Of the author
#ity for quoting Secretary Shaw as say
ing that the French treaty gave the
French u tremendous bargain and the
United States practically nothing IN
return. The governor gave his au-
thority for the statement and incident
ally told how easy 1t would be for
Young to misquote him and how hard
for Mry Young to misunderstood and
mislnterpret the statements of Sec.
Shaw and it is understood that he con-
siders the matter closed with the re-
ply OF Secretary Shaw. Secretary Shaw
could hardly have failed 1t is thought
to have answered the letter OF the
governor and his reply In refusing to
be held by the Interpretation which
Editor Young put OH his statements
Is considered by many as putting an end
to the affair unless Editor Young wish
es to take II UP and 1t is hardly con-
ceivable that there is any way in which
he could take 1t up. The impression
with large number OF politicians
seems to be from reading Shaw's letter
that he did not know that the end OF
the poker was hot and has let go in as
graceful manner as possible.
The controversy between Secretary
Shaw and Governor Cummins has at
tracted much notice In the east. The
New York Evening Post makes the fol-
lowing editorial comment: Governor
Cumlniils, as even his enemies would
probably admit, has thus far had the
best OF his exchange of compliments
with Secretary Shaw. Indeed, the Sec
retary may possibly lind it hard to de-
eide just what to do next. His orig
inaI letter was in u vein Of vast al
most, patronizing superiority. 1t ac-
cused the governor Of misrepresenting
his, the secretary's, own position re-
garding the, French reciprocity treaty
and Incidentally limited that the gar
bled version must have been obtained
by violating the sanctity OF the banquet
table. The governors answer was
shorter, IL more peppery. His authors
ity on Shaw's position, he said, was an
editorial in the newspaper of La
fayette Young, one Of the secretary's
stanchest supporters and an accredited
expounder Of his doctrines. Mr.. Young
had heard his leader discuss the French
treaty He might have misunderstood
Cummins, but it is unthinkable that he
should have misunderstood Shaw.
Furthermore if anybody spread broad
cast what was meant to be dinner table
talk 1t was he. So Mr.. Shaw's hand
are tied. He cannot turn on Cummins
without confounding his own hacker.
Mr.. Youngl to complicate matters, Is
with the Taft party on the other side
Of the world and cannot be consulted at
less than So q word. AS the story can
hardly improve his position by another
retort this may be an excellent chance
to apply his policy OF standpat."
A letter has been received in this city
by q friend of Miss Nellie v. Walker.
who is now in Chicago in which she
saws she. has been given additional
work on the Stratton monument at
COlOrdQO s1UENlSo. olO Woo own SbO
commission to design and make the
monument some weeks ago and now
has been commissioned to make q
statue of Mr.. Stratton for Stratton
Park, and two portrait busts. This
work will be sufficient to keep her busy
for several years and is a decided
feather in her cap. Miss Walker was
at the state house during part OF the
last session Of the legislature making
q hust of Governor Cummins. and Is
nersonally known to a large number
Of the legislators of the state.
Winfield S. Stratton was the dis
.covereu of, the independence mine at
Colorado Springs, which was after
ward sold in England for $12,000,00O. He
bought a big tract OF land at the foot
of Cheyenne mountain and gave 1t to
the city for a park and 1t was named
Stratton park. He was a leading man
of the city in the point OF wealth.
When the new steel amphitheater is
erected at the fair it is proposed to
build 1T back from the track distance
co that all the occupants will have the
same chance to see the track 1t may
also he built on the three-story style,
like the Minnesota amphitheater, thus
giving more people a chance to get in
front of the wire.
Judge Howe Of the district court
hero took under advisement the matter
concerning the Clearfield school site
matter M. l.. Temple was one of the
attorneys in the case appearing before
Judge Howe. The matter is presented
on demur to the district court con-
sidering the matter on writ OF GER
tiorarai. If Judge Howe overrules the
motion the case will go to the supreme
court. II he allows the writ the case
viii be ended. The demur is on the
ground that district court cannot re-
view, the acts of state official acting
In the nature Of court, but that the