Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-18
No [XIRAVAGANCE
N STATE AFFAIRS
Charges Against the Cummins
Administration Fall Flat in
Face OF Facts
RAILROADS MADE TO PAY TAXES
Governor instrumental in Compelling
Roads to Pay Large Sums Into
County Treasuries-Third Party
Prohibitionists to Vote For HamiI
ton for Governor.

| Special to Times s-Republican.
! Des Moines, April 1S.-The sole and
only attack the standpatters are MAX
ing on Governor Cunlmins' admins
tration is that of extravaganza. This
same attack was made two years ago,
/ but was shot full of holes by the gov
| ernor and his friends. Auditor Car
roll, a standpatter, in written state
ment, himself denied the charge, and
his denial has been printed this year
Other standpatters more devoted to
truth than to attacking Cummins have
also pointed out the inconsistency of
the charge of extravaganza against
Cummins.
The returns from the county auditors
to State Auditor Carroll for the as
sessments for 1905 and the taxes paid
for 1907 are now nearly completed.
Every county has made its report with
the sole exception of Calhoun, and es-
tmating that county at what it was
the year before, the new figures ut
terly refute the claim of extravaganza
and show Furthermore that the in
creased amount of taxes paid by the
counties to the state has been more
than met by the increased amount Of
taxes which the railroads must pay to
these counties. With the exception OF
his own salary and small contingent
fund, the governor cannot touch
cent of the state money any more than
can the most obscure citizen of the
state The legislature makes all the
appropriations and has the spending OF
practically all the money.
But the governor. as a member of
the executive council has the duty of
assessing the railroads, and during his
term of office has raised the assess
ment so that they now pay nearly
million dollars more each year to the
counties in taxes than they did the
last year that Shaw was governor.
Here are the figures:
Total state tax Q90S).. so, ,24O, ,925.73
Total state tax q9OD.... 1,50S,46776
Increase ............S i52,4ot9i
Taxes paid by railroads
(1908) .$z,oio, ,iVo.o1
Taxes paid by railroads
(19O1) j. .............. 1,746,470.91
Increase =. .........$ 93O, ,234.6l
The railroads are thus shown to pay
into the county treasurers in taxes
than the increase which the counties
have to pay to the state In other
words, the counties this year have to
pay to the state treasury. in round
numbers, $73OO0O more than they did
the last year before Governor Cum
MINIS came into office but because of
Governor Cummins having come into
office the railroads are now paying to
these counties s93O,0OO more than they
did when Shaw left the office.
Furthermore, while the taxes paid to
the state treasury have been increas-
ing the taxes which the counties OF
the state have been raising for local
purposes have also been increasing.
In 1901 the counties raised for local
purposes $1S.97983966 and for 1908
an increase of $6,96l,-
O3291 The increase in taxation is thus
shown to be in the local county ex-
penditures and not in the state eXpen- !
ditures On the average each county
of the state is getting $4,000 more each
year from the railroads than when
Cimmins became Governor and are |
paying to the state treasurer $1,000
more. difference in their favor OF
about $4,000 year.
A. q. Coates, the Iowa member on |
the national prohibition central COM
mittee, has brought his family back
to Iowa, and will reside in Des Moines.
He has been away for some months
his stock farm in Kansas. He
said today that there will be vote
of about 10000 prohibitionists this year
and that nearly all of them will vote
for John J. Hamilton in the republi I
can primaries, but that if Hamilton is
not nominated they will not vote the
republican ticket in November.
What will the prohibitionists do this
year? was asked Mr.. Coates.
"They will almost all vote for Ham
ilton" said Mr.. Coates Hamilton will
get vote of about $4,000 at the pri-
mares."
You mean the prohibitionists will ask
for republican ballots at the primary?
"Yes. but unless Hamilton is nomln-
lted they will not vote the republican
ticket in November a great many of
the prohbitionists have affiliated with
.he republican party more on less all
along We don't hope for a very big
tote at the primary ON our ticket, but
- expect 10 poll our fun vote at the
election"
1t is understood that the republicans
If Jasper county have composed their
differences and have divided the offices
straight thru. the standpatters taking
half and the progressives half. In the
half falls A. A. Penauite,
= candidate for the legislature. Pen-'