Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-11

REGULARS NOT TO PARTICIPATE
Coming Summer Will Be Devoted to
Changing Of Location Of U. s. Troops
and State Guards Have an Unusual
Observation-Disclosures to Devise
System for Uniform Accounts.
oecial to Times-Republican.

Dies MONIES, April Ill ne ColoiAeiS
of the four regiments Of the Iowa Ma
| tional Guard will meet in the adjutant
1 generals office sit the. state house on
| April is, to decide what shall be the
work for the guard this summer.
| Guard members in the meantime are
giving considerable discussion to the
! subject. There ~ sentiment In favor
| Of ..maneuvers.' "Maneuvers," as
fused by the military men, means laying
out and executing a problem in mill
tany science-sfan warfare. IS ex-
pressed in ordinary language
1 Two of the regiments would be ex-
pected to fortify themselves some place
and the other two regiments would be
.put at the task of dislodging the first
1.-TWO from their fortifications. Many
arguments are being advanced for this
4 sort of thing. In the first place no state
1 ever attempted such plan. Iowa
/ would therefore be the pioneer. Last
| year the Iowa guard tried practice
marches across the state which up to
j that time had never been attempted by
any guard. The year before the Iowa
guard camped out and every year be-
fore that they camped out. If the
guard would BIZ in the swim with new
things it is therefore up to it TO try
maneuvers for that is about all that
| there Is left.
Furthermore the legislature has au-
fhn IL nf ho az
grounds in order that other grounds
more suitable can be bought and il
this is done the new grounds will like
this is done the new grounds will hard
ly be in readiness for camping. which
is another argument for not camping
but for trying maneuvers. This year
the national troops will not try rnaneu-
vers. This is the year for the govern
,ment to bring the troops in our island
possessions hGme for q rest and for
sending troops that have been home
to the islands for service. This change
will take a great deal of time and out
lay and therefore the maneuvers will
not be attempted. When the govern
ment has maneuvers the states are
privileged to send each regiment or
two and Iowa has always sent one regi-
ment. Since the Iowa regiments can
not participate in the government
maneuvers there is an additional rea-
son for holding maneuvers of our own.
aAs
The law providing for a commission
to be appointed by Auditor Carroll to
revise system of uniform ac-
counts for counties doeg not
go into effect till July 4 next
but Auditor Carroll will likely appoint
the commission before that so that the
members car give some study to their
duties. The commission will consist of
seven persons who are now or have
been county treasurers, auditors or
clerks.
Governor Cummins spent all day
yesterday signing bills. About forty
were piled ON his desk the last day of
the session and he was too busy to dis
cuss the presidency or the stories cir
culated in the newspapers that he was
ambitious for the presidential nominal
ton, and has friends We're responsible
for the defeat of the Holmes resolu-
ton nominating Roosevelt against his
declaration because they expected him
to be candidate.
The fact that George n. Van Hou-
ten of Taylor county led the fight
against the resolution and for it's ref
erence to. the cemetery kept by the
federal relations committee, and that
Mr.. Van Houten is as strong stand
patter as POSSIBLE, seems to have es-
capped the observation of the persons
gossiping about the resolution.
That the federal relations committee
has on it Jones OF Montgomery coun-
ty Webster Of Muscatine county, Clary
of Chickasaw county. Dodds of Des
Moines county, Baluff Of Scott county
and Baird Of Iowa county-four DEM
ocrats and two standpatter--has es-
ocrats and two standpatters-has es-
eight members.
The state railroad commission has
fixed May as the date for hearing
under the joint rate law recently
passed, giving the board power to es-
tablish schedule of joint freight rates
in Iowa.
This bill provided that within ten
hearing. Its investigation was fixed
by the statute to begin within thirty
days.
The act also gives the commission
the power to fix schedules of rates on
connecting lines. including interurbans
and steam roads. A controversy on
this subject has arisen at Cedar Rapids
and has been referred to the interstate
commerce, commission.