Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-04
Movement For Submission OF
Question to Vote of People
Gathering Force
GRIEF FOR THE POLITICIANS
Question Likely to Become Involved
With Interests of Candidates and
Parties-Mulct Law Needs Enforce
ment-New Court Martials Neees-
sary to Try chantland and Parker.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 4.-The Des
Moines Ministerial association will at
its meeting Monday take up the pro-
posal of agitating for a resubmission
to the people of constitutional
amendment prohibiting the sale and
manufacture Of liquor in Iowa. This
movement is not one on the part OF
the Des Moines Ministerial associa-
ton only, but was suggested In a let
ter from the Waterloo Ministerial as
sociation and it is understood that the
associations in other cities have been
solicited to take the matter up also.
1t is considered not improbable that
out of the movement will grow re-
submission Of the prohibitory amend
ment. At the last session of the leg
islature 1t was disclosed thru petitions
presented then that the movement was
being revived by those favoring abso-
lutte prohibition. When the legislature
failed then to act 1t was stated that
the movement would be presented in
more formidable manner when the
legislature met again. The present
| law enforcement sentiment that has
swept over the state has given impetus
to the movement.
! 1t has been anticipated for some
days by public officials and those who
follow closely public affairs that just
such movement was likely to start
as a result of the aroused sentiment
and the evident determination Of the
saloon element in many cities to refuse
to obey the mulct law. They see. fur
thermore, something of grief and trou-
bic for the politician in the days to
come If the movement gains a for
mdable headway. In the coming cam
paign If prohibition is to be an upper
most question along with other public
questions it will place the complexion
of the next legislature in doubt. The
United States senatorship is to be one
question. 1t has been hoped by poll
/ ticians that thru the statements of
Governor Cummins and Senator Alli-
son there will be no complicating cir
cumstances as to members of the leg
islature on that score but if prohibition
| is also a question of uppermost inn
| portance the members of the legisla-
ture will undoubtedly be hard
| squeezed.
| Many politicians have been hoping
| that the present agitation would end
with the insistence Of law enforce
ment. They have hoped that the min
listers of the state would be content
with the enforcement Of the present
mulct law and they are frank to say
that the law needs enforcement sad
ly.
The state board of educational ex-
aminers will have a meeting with the
representatives of Iowa colleges Dec
81, when the state teachers associa-
| tion meets here. When the state
board decided the grades into which
the various colleges would be placed
under the new law in regard to the
teachers certificates that would be
granted to graduates of Iowa colleges,
| the colleges included in these lists
were not made public. 1t was decided
at that time that the colleges should
first be notified Many of the colleges
came close to the line and it was more
|tor less Of an open question where to
place them. In such cases they were
placed in the lowest class. On Dec.
| 81 the board will give hearing to
these representatives and where they
can show that they are entitled to
better rating this will be granted.
After the colleges have been heard the
lists will be published.
| Under the new law the state board
of educational examiners is given the
power to grant certificates as teachers
to graduates of Iowa colleges. The
board placed the colleges in grades.
To the graduates of the best colleges
the board will give first grade certif1-
Gates. To the graduates of the other
schools certificates of less grade win
be given 1t was considered that it
would be unfair to the colleges to an
nounce the ratings till the colleges
were given chance to appear in their
own behalf 1t is whispered about
that aside from the state institutions
there were but two colleges in the
state that were placed in the first
grade.
|
1t will evidently be necessary to
call new court martial to try Major
Chantland, and if charges are pre-
! ferred against Major Parker, as there
IS hint will be done different court
martial will have to try him. The
necessity for this is due to the fact
| that Major Chantland outranks sew
eral of the members of the court called
| to try Kulp, and Major Parker out
ranks them all but one or two.
| It is part of military procedure
that an officer cannot sit in trial on
a superior officer for the very simple
reason that if the superior officer is
discharged from the army as re-
suit of the court martial the men con-
| stituting. the court would be promoted
result Of the vacancy, hence ie