Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-21

the result gained through the recent
conference of the ministers of Des
Moines and the governor at the
executive Offices at the state house
This statement was submitted by
the governor to the committee on
public morals of the Des Moines as
ISOLATION of ministers at his Office
and was heartily approved by them
and by the other clergymen who &C
companied the committee to the con-
ference.
The statement, which is issued in
the form of letter to the committee,
is In part as follows:
I'VE are of one mind as to the in.
adequacy of existing statutes bearing
upon the power of the governor in
the enforcement OF the laws of the
state, and to heartily agree with you
that the governor should use all his
influence to create public sentiment
that will insist upon complete obedi-
ence, not only to the liquor law, but
to every law, in every community of
this state. Recognizing as / always
have this obligation, am very CRATE
Aob w Jou III JOul dpplOfdl anu NOi1i'
mendation of my public and official
utterances in this regard and | as
sure you Of my continued purpose to
uphold all law to the very limit OF
my authority.
II am glad to find that you believe
that the law should be amended so
that the governor shall have the
power to remove unfaithful county
n Hni q lie NH n ~ will ~ an
force the law. / have been urging
this change for two years, and ! am
confident that with your help the
next general assembly can be in
duced to confer upon the executive
tLis essential authority.
1T was said yesterday that the
people Of the state ought to know that
any person lawfully engaged in sup
pressing the illegal sale of liquor
would be protected from mobs, riots,
or other forms of turbulence. To
this | most emphatically agree.
have declared it so often that sup
posed that they all did know it; but
this is a good time to reiterate it;
and say to you. and through you to
every citizen of the commonwealth,
that / will employ every soldier in
LhC SudIu W ptOlCtb IIlC
humblest man or woman in the state
against the assault or interference of
mob. If the local police cannot or
will not insure peace, good order and
safety to person honestly attempt.
ing to enforce the liquor law or any
other law, can and will do it through
the militia. This has been my
policy and will be so long as l am
governor
at must be understood. however,
that / cannot act without informa-
ton, and | must know or have reason
to believe that the local peace Of
ficers are either unable or unwilling
to give the protection which all per-
sons in country like ours have a
right to expect"
In order to meet objections raised
to the policy of the governor in re-
hitting fines, the governor says he
has added to the rule in force for
many years the following:
That before presenting to the
governor an application for the re-
mission of a fine. notice of the inten-
ton to so present 1t must be pub.
lished in a newspaper of general cir
culation issued at the county seat in
Which, TIC uuc was liupOScu lOI d.
least two weeks and proof of the
publication must be attached to the
application"
Upon receipt OF the above state
ment from the governor, in formal,
signed statement, the public morals
committee Of the ministerial associa-
tion of Des Moines expressed appre-
citation of the attitude of Governor
T., H..
law enforcement in Iowa, thanked him
for his efforts past and future. approx
ed of his statement of the result of the
conference between the association
and himself at the executive offices
and expressed the belief that law en-
forcement has gained substantially
through that conference.
Must Not Select Jury Lists Now.
%That jury lists selected by boards
of supervisors this year will be
worthless in 1908 is the opinion OF
Judges Miller and McHenry of Polk
county. Judge Miller has forwarded
a letter to this effect to Attorney
General Byers in answer to his re-
cent communication to all the district
judges In Iowa in which the attorney
general warned the judges that jur-
les drawn for the year 1908 must be
drawn by the board of supervisors
upon order of court.
The local judges fear that these
instructions will result in Iowa judges
issuing immediate orders for the
preparation of jury lists for the COM
ing year. According to the statute
they think juries so selected will be-
invalid in 1908. Judge Miller in his
letter points out that Mr. Byers did
not say when the board of supervis-
ors should proceed to selec. the jury
lists.
To Collect Tax on Securities.
An effort to collect taxes amounting
to $258,127 on securities held by trus-
tees for nonresident bond holders of
the Iowa Loan & Trust company has
been started by Tax Ferrets Worth
ington and Boynton. II Is claimed by
the ferrets that during the past five
years the trustees should have paid
taxes on s2,500,000 of securities which
have never been assessed.
County Treasurer Murrow has or
dered the assessment made and G. NJ.
Hfppee, J. r. Rounds and C. A. Dud.
ley, who are named as the trustees,
will take an appeal
Mrs. Hueele Is Out.
G. e. Akers of Oak Park Is now
superintendent OF the Polk County
schools z. C. Thornburg, who was
held by the supreme court To be legal.
ly entitled to the office, rendered his
resignation on the 18th and late in
the afternoon the board of supervis-
prs elected Mr.. Akers to fill the va
cancy. He took the oath at once and
Mrs Huegle, who was elected to the