Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-24
Passes Peddled Among Doctors
and Lawyers in Violation Of
Recent Statute
HUNTER ONE OF RECIPIENTS
Sixty or More Passes Issued in Six
Months That Are Illegal = Campaign
Story Circulated in North Iowa to
Catch Votes for Carroll for Cover
nor.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, April 24.-The Buring-
ton railroad defies the laws of the state
of Iowa, and altho the law expressly
states that passes shall not be issued
to lawyers and doctors except where
their chief and principal occupation
is to render service to common car
riers of passengers the Burlington is
issuing passes to local attorneys and
local doctors whose service for the
road is plainly only a minor part Of
their work and whose compensation
from the road is manfestly nothing
but the pass they carry.
The anti-pass law provides that ev-
cry road doing business in Iowa shall
file with the secretary of the eXecu-
tive council a list of all passes and re-
duced fare transportation issued by
the road since the anti-pass law went
into effect The Burlington has just
filed it's report, which covers the time
from July l, 1907, to Dec. 81. 1907.
Hereafter the reports will be made
The Burlington gives list of thirty
or more lawyers and as many doctors
TO whom passes were issued during
that six months, and it is plain in ev-
cry case that the lawyers and doc
tors are not giving all or the prin-
~, IN
ployment of the road.
One of the passes issued by the :oad
is to George B. Stewart. Mr.. Stewart
is assistant United States district at
torney for southern Iowa, the reserva-
ton territory, and yet according to the
report of the Burlington he is given
pass as an attorney giving all or the
part of his time to the road.
AS assistant district attorney he may
be called upon to prosecute the road
for violations of federal law, and as
attorney for the road to defend it.
Another pass was to Ed. H. Hunter,
railroad lobbiest when the legislature
is in session. manager of the Perkins
campaign for governor in 1906, owner
of a wall paper store and bank in
in Chicago. He is set down as "spe-
cial agent" for the Burlington in the
report made. The road is not re-
auired to report on passes issued be-
fore July l, 1907, when the law TOOK
effect, but politicians suppose that
Hunter is working in the same capa-
CITY now that he was in 1906, Whe' ne
was managing the campaign of G ,rge
D. Perkins.
Another pass was issued to Chr
Lock witness" according to the
report fled 1t is supposed he was
witness in lawsuit in which the road
was interested The law does not al
low issuing passes to witnesses
The list of passes issued by the road
gives state officials the impression that
if so many passes can be issued since
the anti-pass law went into effect, 1T
must have been something horrible pe-
fore the law was passed.
This is not the first time that the
Burlington has defied the state OF
Iowa. Soon after the railroad commits
sion law was passed in 1888 the Bur-
lington put in discriminating rate
on coal against the state school for
feeble minded at GlenWood. 1t charged
more for taking coal to GlenWood than
it did to Council Bluffs, tho Council
Bluffs was farther away from the sup
ply, thus directly violating the long
and short haul clause.
Governor Larrabee wrote a letter to
President Perkins of the road and no
tilted him that he must correct the
$1A n
the law 1t will be remembered that
President Perkins wrote back letter
Indicating that the Burlington railroad
was bigger than the state of Iowa and
would charge what it pleased. Then
Larrabee did things. He started
suit Immediately against the Burling-
ton road and the result was that with
in a short time Mr.. Perkins visited
Governor Larrabee and as a result Of
their conferences the Burlington got
down from a high horse and on it's
own account and on that of the other
railroads of the state, agreed to obey
the law.
A suit is now pending in the courts
of Iowa to test the validity of the anti
pass law. This suit was brought
against an attorney of the Iowa Cen
trail on an agreement to test the law.
1t is reported here that Senator ].
l.. Bleakley. of Ida county. is telling
thru the northern part of the state
that B. F. Carroll should not be elected
governor for fear he will appoint
Cummins senator in case of a vacancy.
l9leakley is standpatter. as is also
Carrol OF course the idea is TO
spread thru the progressive localities
the idea that Carroll is pretty much of
a progressive and thus win for him
votes. The Daily Capital
here some days ago declared that If
Carroll was elected governor of Iowa
and there should be a vacancy. in no
case would he appoint Cummins Mr..
Carroll has never denied but that this