Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-29
Iowa Board to Hear Ia Peti-
tions for Release from State
Prisons
slxTY-FouR NEW
CASE Es
Applications Of Prisoners Sentenced
Under Indeterminate Law to Be Re-
viewed - Republican Speakers Bu-
reau Soon to Arrange for Several Big
Meetings.
Special to Times-Republican.

Spec1ai 10 meS-RepuDlican.
Des Moines, Sept. 29.-At the next
meeting of the state board of parole
there will be ia cases submitted to
the board. OF these sixty-four are
cases under the new indeterniinate
sentence law and are the first cases
of that kind to come before the board
The new law provides that persons
convicted must be sentenced to the
penitentiary or reformatory by the
court and that the board of parole
at this time, the case of Pell of
shall serve, this term depending on
the conduct of the prisoner after con-
victed. and on his past record of crime
or morality. The board will take UP the
sixty four cases to determine the
length of time they will serve. Not
all will be acted upon ait this time.
probably. Those of the more hard
ened criminals or more heinous crimes,
will be put over. There will he one
under the indeterminate sentence law
at this time, the case of Pail of
Marshalltown, who killed a man in O
saloon brawl at Marshalltown.
The speakers bureau Of the re,publi-
can state committee expects soon to
begin to make definite dates for a
number of the greater lights of the
republican party and great many
from out of the state will speak here.
The bureau. however, has word from
the national bureau that it cannot
give as much attention to Iowa as to
1.-The doubtful states," which shows
that the national committee has not
classified Iowa as doubtful" 1t was
for this reason that such men as
Hughes and Beveridge can only spend
one day in the state, as they pass
thru on their way to the doubtful"
states.
3 The state committee has been in
formed that Hon. M. ID. O'Connell, So
licitor.of the treasury in Washington,
AN orator of ability, will come to Iowa
Oct. and speak in the state all the
rest of the campaign down to cleo
ton day. Mr.. O'Connell is an orator
of ability and is veteran campaigner
and the committee believes that he
will do great deal of good. ~
DR.. w. I. Vernon, the colorsd man
attached to the treasury department,
and recognized as national figure
with colored people, will speak in the
state Oct. 26.
Hon. Charles F. Kincheloe, special
attorney of the department of justice
of Washington, will speak hl Iowa
Oct. 19 to "a. ss
Hon. Smith Broohhart, one of the
most popular young orators sof the
state, is going to devote all his time
to campaigning in Iowa with The ex-
ception of a little time when he will
be ON national guard duty. E[e lives
in Washington, Iowa, and has stirred
things up in the reservation country.
AS denoting some of the changes
worked by time, when the TAFT party
reached Burlington last Friday it was
escorted from the train up thru the
city AT the head of the parade was
carried a large banner as big as.
barn door, Oh which were three words:
Craft and Cummiris.' Burlington is
the home of Blythe, and headquarters
of the reservation" country. and a
suggestion to the astute should SUI
flee.
The receptions to Governor Cum
minis on the trip thru Iowa with Sec
retary Taft were feature of the at
fair. Raymond Patterson, wiring to
the Chicago Tribune. spoke CT 1t. IN
his letters, and said further tn at there
seemed to be no question but Cum
MINIS wo,rld 90 to the senate from this
state.
The regents of the state university
meet at Iowa City today and the -trus-
tees of the State Agricultural college
meet at Ames tomorrow AZ, these
meetings it is expected that in addl-
tion to the regular business the re-
ports to the legislature will be de-
termined upon.