Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-13
GARRISON LAWYER
MUST FAC[ CHARGES
Attorney Allied With Hunter
and Others May Be
Disbarred.
CONNECTED WITH LAND FRAUDS
Was Legal Adviser of Promoters Of
Texas Land company-state Makes
War on Council Bluffs Bridge Com
pany-state Treasury Has Big Sum
on Hand.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 13.-The local bar
bur j. Garrison to be cited to appear
in court one week from today to show
cause why he should not be disbarred.
The accusation against him by COM
mittee of leading lawyers connects
in Texas land for which
a syndicate of real estate men have
been indicted for conspiracy One of
these, G. W. Bibb. of Minneapolis, re-
fuses to return to Des Moines without
a reauistion. c. w Terril, George
Shope and others. are residents here.
Garrison has just returned from Min
1t is alleged he advised these
land men and led them into trouble and
that his course as a lawyer was dis
tinctly unprofessional. Garrison is ac-
cused of making false affidavit in the
case of Bibb VS.. the Des Moines Texas
Land company.
The action against Garrison is likely
to have some political bearing. Garri-
son has played quiet and peculiar
game in state politics. He is hardly
known in Des Moines and but few out
side the justice courts know him by
sight, but he has way of bobbing up
in connection with big things.
Three years ago, soon after the rail-
road bureau had been organized and
installed in spacious offices in Chicago
and had commenced to educate the
people as to the iniquities of the pro-
posed rate legislation, the newspapers
of Iowa commenced to receive news ar
ticles cleverly worded to throw dis
credit on President Roosevelt and his
rate legislation scheme, also to bring
into discredit the men in Iowa who
were causing the agitation for rate leg
islation. With this was a letter indi-
eating that the newspaper editors
would be paid for using the attacks
and giving as financial reference the
bank of which z. H. Hunter. well
political agent for Iowa is, the head.
Later it was disclosed that Garrison
had an office adjoining that of Hunter.
1t was thru this rate bureau that the
so-called federal rate regulation con-
vention was organized at Chicago and
later a campaign was fought out in
Iowa to drive out of public life the chief
disturbers who had been connected in
some way with the rate agitation.
Upon failure of this campaign. in
which upwards of 100000 was spent,
nothing more was heard of Garrison
until last winter, when a big meeting
was held at the Auditorium addressed
by Senator Dolliver and there was re-
organization for political work. The
committee organized there to engage in
politics named Mr.. Garrison as its sec
cretary, but later there was objection
to his being so conspicuously identi-
fed with the political campaign and he
did not openly take any part.
1t would look as if the state of Iowa
has the owners of the bridge line OF
street cars between Omaha and Coun-
Gil Bluffs in tight place. Some time
ago the attorney general was called
upon to intercede on behalf of the Ia
boring men who desired either re-
duction of fares or transfers, or in
some way relief from the present sit
uation. One going from the central part
of one city to the central part of the
other must pay three fares. Attorney
General Byers sought to effect a COM
promise on the basis of, reduced fares
at certain hours of the day convenient
for laboring men, but could not make
it. Now the state officials have dis
closed the fact that the company is do
ing business illegally in Iowa and the
must file articles Of incorpor-
alton here Officers of the company
object to this on the ground that it will
cost them $4,000. But the state officials
do not see how they can do anything
to relieve the company of it's obliga-
tions; and the officers fear that they
made a bad mistake in not granting
reduced fares or in some way satisfy
ing their patrons.
There is much speculating in news
paper circles as to what will be the
effect of the morning Register and
Leader invading the evening newspa-
per field by taking over the Tribune
plant and continuing an evening pa
per. At both the other evening news
paper offices there is an air of indif
ference, and in each one a feeling
that it will be the other fellow that
gets the worst of it. A few affect to
believe that there is not room in Des
Moines for three evening papers, and
others say that it is inevitable this
will lead to another morning paper
also. The sale of the Tribune was
made directly to Gardner Cowles, who
sold to HELEN the press and machin-
ery on which the Tribune has been
printed Messrs. Rinehart and Huff
man have made brave effort to get
a democratic daily started here, bu.
they did not receive the encourage
ment from the democrats of the city or
the state. which they had right to
expect. At the time the company was
organized 1t was understood that Mr..