Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-12
Effort to Make Political Capital Out
Of Monument Dedication Trip Re-
jected by Veterans Of tho State
Jasper Mason, ParoIed Convict,
Working in Iowa at His Trade.
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partment commander to succeed Col.
Charles A. Clark, of Cedar Rapids. A
local organ of factionalism featured
the matter with q two-column portrait
of Mr.. Herriott and demanded that he
be given this honor. The avowed oc-
casion for it was that the old soldiers
might thus express their indignation
because OF the failure of Mr.. Herriott
corrective special invitation to accom-
pany the monument commissions to the
southern battlef1elds on the dedication
trip. 1t was said that the old soldiers
had been ignored and insulted because
Mr.. Herriott was not given prominent
place on the program, and the only way
for them to show their disapproval
was by electing him to the highest po-
sition in their order. And at that time
the program was clearly outlined.
Since then it developed that the SOL
diers who had charge of that trip made
the invitation general and that Mr..
Eerriott might have gone on the trip
us any other one il he had SO chosen.
The subsequent events in the legisla-
t,ire when an effort was made to get
the matter into state politics for fac
t.oaal purposes are well remembered.
Now that the incident served it's
temporary purpose OF arousil1g some
cheap farttoaal feeling it has been
dropped and there is no delegation go
ing to Dubuque to demand that Her
riott be honored just to show indigna-
9tion over fancied slight. 1t is to the
credit of the soldiers themselves that
the suggestion never came from them
and not one has been found by the po-
litical grafters willing to carry such
politics to the state encampment.
.
Jasper Mason, the only convict who
was deemed by the legislature to have
sufficiently expiated his crime SO as to
be worthy of parole, did not go to
South Dakota s was announced at the
time Of his release he planned to DO.
He is working In an Iowa town at
trade and earning good money and as
soon as he has earned enough to take
him he will go to Oregon where he has
friends and is assured position. AS a
matter of fact investigation showed
that the man who had offered Mason a
position in South Dakota had formerly
been in the Iowa penitentiary where he
met Mason and that, his record was
such as to make it unsafe for Mason
to be with him. Hence Mason was in
duced to look elsewhere and the report
is that he is doing well.
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The Iowa State Federation of Labor
at the meeting year ago unanimously
adopted a resolution in regard to
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone, in
which it was stated: "These men
were denied the right Of hearing
and were taken out Of the state Of
Colorado by special train. No extra
dition papers were issued. In fact all
the forms of law were ignored and the
men were Kidnapped The resolution
therefore declared that the delegates
"deprecate and condemn the actions of
the governors Of the states of Idaho
and colorado and all other officers who
were parties to the unlawful kidnapping
and deportation of these men from
their homes and state" A demand was
made that these men be given fair
trial by jury SO that the rights Of ev-
cry citizen be safeguarded."
The interurban railway managers
have discovered that there was some
queer things done with the Des Moines
commission government bill In the leg
islature. AS the bill was prepared
and introduced it required that before
any extensions or franchises can be
given any public service corporation
like gas or water company
or a street railroad or inter-
urban or a steam railroad, the
matter must be submitted to vote
of the people at a special election and
the company asking the privilege
must pay the cost Of the election. But
in the legislative committees it was
so that steam railways were
not included while interurbans were
left in the list. Now the interurbans
IRE operating under the general rail-
way law and they hold it would have
been proper to have classed them with
railroads generally Inquiry fails to
disclose how and where the railroads
were thus favored and the interurbans
left holding the bag.
Theodore P. Shonts. now president
OF the Interborough Metropolitan Com
pany of New York, presided over the
meeting of the trustees of Drake uni
.versity yesterday for the first time.
Mr Shonts is a son-in-law of the late
Governor Drake. whose original con-
-.ribution of $4,000 was the cause of
She establishment of the university In
MS city. Governor Drake was the
,trst president. and all his life contrib
u ed Largely to the unversity's sup
Dort. On his death it was known that
HI, would have appreciated the perpet-
utty of family interest as well 8 fam
~ name il the institution he had
founded. hance Mr.. Shonts, who has
himself contributed largely to the
school. was selected to succeed his
father in-law. Mr.. Shonts delivered
the commencement address last year,
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