Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-12
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Must Limit Primary Expense.

Des Moines.-The state executive
council has issued card of instruc.
lions relative to the notice of the pri-
mary election which the primary law
requires the auditors of the counties
to give to the people.
1t is understood that some OF the
auditors are planning on having fac
smile of each of the party ballots
published as notice, just as the
sample ballot for the general cleo
ton is published prior to the Novem-
Der date thereof.
The executive council does not re-
gard this as necessary: 1t will in.
struct the auditors that all that is
necessary is for them to have pub
lished the lists of candidates in the
order that they will appear on the
official ballot at the primary.
II the former method is followed 1t
will take four pages of newspaper
to print the facsimile Of the ballots.
If the latter scheme is followed it
will take but one page of newspap-
er. or less.
There is probably nothing that will
compel the auditors to follow the lat
ter plan rather than the former, but
1t Is thought that letter from the
executive council on the subject will
i be sufficient.
The interest of the state is embod.
led in the provision Of the law that
half Of the expense for its admins
tration is borne by the state treas
ury. The bills incurred by the coun'
, ties will be forwarded to the council
and audited by that body. Undoubt.
eddy it has the power to scale the
bills down, but it is probable that
this will not be necessary in any
|, case. On the other hand it will be
impossible for large amount of ex.
ira expenditures which are unneces-
sary to be contracted in order to sus-
tain the objection raised to the pri-
mary election that it is excessive.
Liquor Interest Demands License.
The liquor interests of the state are
demanding the repeal of the prohibit
tory and mulct law and the enact.
ment of high license law. They
would accept township local option
| and high license. Their literature is
being sent over the state and its
effect is finding expression in news.
papers assailing the mulct law.
The movement is in the hands OF
the Independent Citizens league Of
Iowa with headquarters at Daven-
port. DR.. August P. Richter is the
chairman and John Berwald is the
secretary of the executive committee.
This committee has sent out letters
to every candidate for the legislature
asking him questions as to his atti
tude on the repeal of the prohibitory
! and mulct law and on the enactment
of high license law, asking them II
they will introduce and work for such
statute and declaring that cate
gorical answer is necessary.
Can Remove Names from Primary.
The decision Of the attorney gen.
eral has been made to the secretary
of state that after candidates
nomination has been filed, while the
primary law will not permit the
withdrawal of the petition, he can
remove his name from off the pri
mary ticket. The question arose
over the request of two candidates to
have their names taken off the pri-
| mary ticket. The ruling permits
such procedure. Those withdraw.
ing are w. A. Dowell of Cass county,
candidate for representative on the
republican ticket, and L. T. Rich
| mond, candidate for the democratic
nomination for senator in the Mar
| ion-Monroe district.
| Must Pay in Advance.
Beginning with the May term Of
court 1t will be strict case of pay
In advance for your divorce decree
Judge Brennan laid down the rule
and says it will be enforced. He
| hopes in this way to stop the prac.
tice Of attorneys to secure divorce
for client and then refuse to file
the decree until the client pays fol-
his services. In this way, DEGREES
are sometimes not filed for months.
In one or two instances, parties who
thought they were divorced have mar
ried again only to find that the de-
cree was never filed and they were
bigamists.
State Portraits Unveiled.
The historical department Of lows
will add two valuable portraits of It'll
collection on June 20. 1908, with ap