Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-15
Efforts of Allison Supporters to
Secure Control OF Newspapers
Indicates Trouble
OWN CORNER OF STATE WORRIES
Activity Near AlIison's Home Gives
Rise to Reports That As is Not Well
in Senator's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rea.
sons for Dissatisfaction Among F6r-
mer Followers.
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| Des Moines, Nov. 15.-F. d. Bayless
of Dubuque, formerly the democratic
state senator from Clayton county, has
announced that he will return to his
old home at Elkader and establish
| finest printing plant in that part Of
Iowa-and will support Senator Alli-
son in the coming campaign between
he and Governor Cummins for the I'm
tied States senate. There are already
three papers in Elkader, which is u
town of 1900 people.
Furthermore it is learned that one
w. #. Lake, known to many as Mud
dy'' Lake, who owns the Arlington
News at Arlington, Iowa, recently
made a trip to West Union, in Fayette
county, and secured an option on the
West Union Gazette. 1t is reported that
1.-THE figure at which the newspaper is
priced in the option is one that Is such
as to intimate that Lake has plenty of
money back of him with which to pur-
chase newspapers. He also asked for
an option on the West Union Argo and
a price was put on that which was a
nice round sum. 1t is not known
whether an option was taken on the
Argo yet or not. 1t is reported in po-
litical circles that Lake also will sup
port Allison in his paper. His Airing
ton News has printed indiscriminately
for some years anything that could be
made to reflect or seem to reflect in
any way on Governor Cummins
These two newspaper moves in the
northeast corner of the state seem to
fit in well with the reports some
months ago that there was opposition
in Allison's own corner of the state
to his reelection and that there was
active opposition to his nomination at
the primaries. Kretschmen, of Du
buque, has smarted under the lashings
of public opinion given him when he
attempted to deliver q delegation from
Dubuque. county intrusted to him as II
Cummins delegation for Perkins last
year and has felt that the good politi-
cal name that he lost there was not
entirely recompenscd and has been re-
Allison trouble in his own county. Ar
chic Smith, who was induced to be-
come a standpatter by political pat
ronage and then turned out at the end
of part of Il term. also feels that he
has not .been properly treated
Politicians putting two and two to-
gether are asking whether the disaf-
lection in the northeast corner of the
state is such that more newspapers
will have to be changed there to keep
things in line for Allison.
The state board of control will be
at Mount Pleasant on Saturday and at
that time will probably institute a
careful investigation into the conduct
of the institution in the light of the
magazine charges.
Pending the return of the board the
position of the state with respect to
the matter cannot be known. 1t is a
fact, however, that extreme difficulty
has been experienced by the state of
Iowa in keeping help at the institu-
tons on account of the exactions upon
perintendent Apologize has established
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absent and requiring two weeks no
tice when they leave.
Mr.. Hourihan has complained of
other things. He has cited the case of
a Mason City woman who was an inc
briate and who took her case into
court, complaining later that the in
stitution management did not in spirit
carry out It's promise to the Judge.
The case Of a timer named Wells
whose tools were lost in a fire, is cited,
but this claim IL under adjudication
now.
Attorney General Byers has sent to
for the decision of the court i
which held recently that the attorney |
general had common law powers and
could proceed to remove prosecuting
attorneys who fail to do their duty in
Of the law. He and his |
assistants will give careful considera-
ton to the powers Of his office in this
state on the same line, in the light Of |
The Iowa constitution and statutes.