Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-15
Julien Richards Got His Wires
Crossed in One of His Poli>.
ical Statements
PRouTY CAMPAIGN FOR cUMMlNs
Richards, of the Allison Press Bureau,
Reported Disagreement at Time
When Prouty Was Making a Cum
minis Speech - Iowa and PennsyI-
vania Contest for Prisoner.
pecial to Times-Republican.


are enjoying a good joke. In dis
patch sent by Julian Richards to the
Chicago Tribune it is represented that
Prouty will not make any speeches for
Cummins for the reason that there has
been disagreement between the tW9
men on how Allison's record shall be
discussed. On the same day that the
dispatch was published in the Chicago
Tribune Judge Prouty was making
speeches in Decatur county urging the
people to elect Cummins to the senate
and he will make others. He made two
speeches the day before it was pub
lished and has other dates arranged
all of which are outside of the Seventh
district. What is more the Cummins
people are circulating thousands OF
copies of Judge Prouty's speech deliv-
cred in Des Moines at the opening OF
the campaign.
The Richards dispatch to the Tribune
discloses some further information on
the activities of the Allison bureau
Richards was candidate for the re-
publican nomination for secretary OF
state but his own county went back on
him. After he had lost out at the stats
convention two years ago he took po-
sition and worked for wages for the
democratic campaign and according to
| the testimony of democrats was paid
several hundred dollars for his serV-
ices about two months. This year
when the senatorial campaign opened
lat looked for a time as tho the Allison
people were not going to engage Rlch-
ards to do anything for them. Rich
ards wrote several articles to the Chi
cago Tribune that came very near to
telling the truth about Iowa politics
He is not employed by the Allison bu-
reau.
In a dispatch to the Chicago Trib-
une he says: cat the Allison headquar-
tiers in Dubuque tons of literature are
being handled. Senator Delivers
Council Bluffs speech. the Cummins-
Torbet correspondence, and extracts
from Governor Cummins Canadian re-
ciprocity inaugural are the principle
documents thus far sent out from Du-
huque" "Tons of literature" is more
than the Cummins people will be able
to find the money to pay the postage
on. 1t is presumed possible that Sen
ator Allison's government frank will
be used on the tons of literature from
Dubuque.
80 oV1
sylvania, are fighting for the possession
of A. w. Katerman, of this state, who
is now in Pennsylvania. In the con-
test is involved new question of law
relating to eXtradition of persons
charged with crimes. which is likely
to determine an important feature OF
the relations of states in this respect
Governor Cummins has issued a
proclamation revoking the warrant OF
arrest under which Pennsylvania Sc
cured possession of Katerman in Feb
ruary, and without expense to the state
Ida county will send an agent, M. M
White, who has been appointed an as
sistant attorney general Of the state, tc
Pennsylvania to prosecute in the courts
the claim made by Iowa and by Ida
county for the possession of young
| Katerman.
It is this revocation which raises q
new question in respect to the law oil
extradition. 1t is said that never be-
fore has a state undertaken to exercise
the right to revoke a warrant of that
character. after the person arrested
under it has been taken out of the jur-
isdiction of the state. OF course the
question Of the validity Of the requisi-
ton has been raised in courts, often, ir
defense Of accused persons.
1t has developed that the application
Of the persons prosecuting Katermar
| in Pennsylvania for the requisitior
from the governor Of that state on the
governor of Iowa, for warrant for the
arrest and return to Pennsylvania o.
Katerman, was not made in good faith
| in the Judgment Of the governor. More
over, no opportunity was given t
Waterman to defend in court agains
| the requisition. And, besides, at the
time the young man had been adjudget
insane in Iowa and was in custody o
| his father, by order Of the insane com
mission of Ida county.
| For these reasons Governor Cum
Minis has revoked the warrant. 1t wa!
disclosed yesterday by w. Z. johnson
and M. M. White, attorneys Of Id
Grove, that the agent, w. A. Geise, o
Pennsylvania, went to Ida Grove will
the warrant issued In the ordinar.
course of executive business, and CAV
| it to the marshal, P. O. Van Wagner
who served it only about five minute
before the train left. The agent caugh
1.-THE train with Katerman in his custody
Effort was made to stop him at Ceda
Rapids, and there he took carriag
and conveyed the young man about 2
miles across country in the COLI
weather of the middle of February, II
order to get to another railroad and on
| of the state.
The charge against katerman wa
forgery and cheating by false pre-
| lenses.
DUBUQUE county republicans ar:
| splitting over the congressional sue
cession in the Third district. due t.
! the intense activity Of the two riva
leaders, Fred kretschmer for B. Z
| Sweet OF Waverly. and G. B. Scher
for c. r. Pickett of Waterloo A
present there are no Indications of al
amicable adjustment of the fight. ant
the situation IS likely to lead to q bit
ter contest against even Senator ALI
son. whose friends have sought t.
patch up the whole affair.
/! The announcement of the two com