Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
OFFICIALS DISCOVER THEY HAVE
BEEN INTERNATIONALLY
VIOLATING LAW.
MADE A MlsDEMEANoR
TO CIRCULATE NEW LAWS
Various Departments Have Been Fol.
lowing Custom Of Issuing Vital Stat.
utes in Pamphlet Form-A Demo
cratic View Of lowa's Senators and
Tariff Revision.
Special to Times Republican.

g special 10 Times ReDuDllCan,
Des Moines, May s.-The startling
+ discovery has just been made that not
only have various and sundry state Of
fcials been. guilty of most hagrant
violation of the laws, thus subjecting
them TO danger OF Jail sentences, but
because of the habitual criminal act
they might even be invited to make in
side inspection of Warden Sanders re-
treat. 1t has been the custom for var
ious departments to issue in circular
or pamphlet form copies of the new
legislation affecting each department
for distribution. Now it is found that
this is a nisdemeanor unless the con-
seEt Of the executive council is OBJ
tanned in advance, and there is great
scurrying TO get the matter before Gov
ernor Carroll, Secretary Dawson and
the others.
But this is not the worst, for the law
Very plainly torbids any publication in
anyway OF any law or part of a law
or any part of the code or para
graph or section, from any part of the
laws of the state, without the matter
coming before the council and its au-
gust secretary. Now it has been called
10 the attention of the officials that
a great many newspapers of the state
nave printed wnoie bills without All
thority and others have printed the
essential parts of new laws Every
such publication is a nlisdemeanor and
il is the duty OF the executive officers
Of the state to put stop 20 such vio-
lations of law.
The primary election and drainage
law pamphlets and some others were
specifically authorized by the legisla-
ture. but the auditors office has issued
/ the insurance laws, the building and
loan laws, etc; the superintendent has
printed the new school laws and spe-
cial matter OF that kind; the pharmacy,
labor, banking and other laws have
been printed in pamphlet form, and the
attorney general has got out the new.
law enforcement laws.
The code does not prohibit putting
the new laws into the various reports.
The law has been in force since the
twenty Seventh general assembly,
There is much nervousness about the
matter and IN view of the tendency of
the new reform wave to take adyan-
tage OF technicalities there is fear that
the administration will make an eS-
| ample of some of the violators In
practically every case where these
| pamphlets have been issued there is
also involved the question of unlawful
expenditure of money from the state
treasury.
The council will be asked at the next
| meeting TO issue permits, in some
cases, referring back to matter already
printed, SO as to relieve offenders.
Judge Martin j. Wade, of Iowa City,
democratic national committeeman
from Iowa was in Des Moines yester-
Gay attending supreme court While he
says he is attending strictly to the lega.
practice now he urged he could not re-
frain from taking time to smile at the
enthusiasm of the Iowa senators in
trying to Guido each other in urging
the necessity for reducing the tariff.
1t is interesting TO know democrats
view OF the interesting situation. Judge
| Wade said:
Laying aside the fact that the two
Iowa senators are now urging with
considerable oratory the things for
."hlch tney condemned the democrats
some years ago for advocating, I am
interested III contemplating what the
Iowa people and in fact the western
/ people viii think when the tariff bill
Is adopted without the changes our
Iowa senators are so eloquently urging
what will the western people do
When they awaken to the realization
after all that our representatives are
permitted to talk but that the law will
be passed as Wall street fnanciers
want it after all. Will not the people
want change in politics? I am think
lg so, Tor republicans can not always
old their place by talking well and
citing the eastern members, who are
controlled by the money interests.
make the law. Taft is proving a dis
appointment. Times are harder for the
working people and growing so. 1 pre-
dict there will be jolt during his ad-
ministration that will awaken the yot-
ers to new action
4 Legal authorities and long string
OIL clients in Johnson and Iowa counties
are sorely perplexed. In over a dozen
cases have appeals from the lower
( court been taken and the woman short
hand reporter who took the notes, yet
untranscribed. is very sick in bed.
Should she continue so or fail to re-
cover there would be a serious diff
Guilty in the way of those seeking to
perfect their appeal and get certified
! transcripts.
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