Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-24
Man Attacking Board of Con.
troll and Warden Sanders
a Sorehead
DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER
Member of Legislature Makes Digest
of Meals Charges and Gives an
Outline That Makes Complainant
RidicuIous-LittIe Heed Being Paid
to Attacks.
,ecia, TO Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Des Mones, Feb 24-Representative:
from Lee county in the legislature are
becoming embarrassed by the desper-
ate efforts being made to force the leg
islature to get into the game of max
ing war on the state board of control
Zone of the Lee county statesmen mas
received a letter from DIR. Neal, who
seems to be alone in the war thus far
lin which the said Neal plainly in
formed the statesman that unless he
gets the legislature to mix in the game
he will not have a dozen votes to his
name in the county should he ever
come up for reelection. The threat
was made to the republican member
from Lee county, who turned the mat
liter over to the democratic representa-
tive and democratic senator.
+ 1t appears that DR.. Neal wanted TO
break into the legislature but his can
didacy did not meet with favor and so
Ahe got out of the republican party and
tried a new tack on it. This also. failed,
and when he failed to be named as
prison doctor the climax was reached.
Thus far not single member of the
legislature has been disturbed by the
matter The Neal tracts have been
distributed but most of the members
have read no further than the head
lines, which they say of themselves
show that the pamphlet is the work OF
IL.
! Dr. Emmert, one of the members Of
the parole board, also a lifelong friend
IF l.x- Warden Jones, after a visit TO
the prison. states unhesitatingly that
at least the most of the charges made
by Neal are untrue and a gross injus-
tiee to the present management.
- great deal of talk has been had
about the policy of having music at the
time of the meals of the conVicts," said
DR.. Emmert. Now do not know that
any great good can come from the use
of an orchestra in the dining room, but
l can not see how any harm can come
from it, There has been criticism Of
the policy of having schools. But the
school has long been maintained there
There has been criticism because some
of the cells have been left unlocked.
Well one night about 2 o'clock fire
broke out in the shops and the fire
brigade, including some lifers, rushed
to the rescue and succeeded in putting
out the fire. If their cells had been
locked it would have been hard to
reach the fire in time While it is prop
able that some things the new warden
does are not as we would do them. yet
it is certain that very much of the fight
upon him is without any foundation
whatever"
1t is learned that when Neal first
commenced to fill the newspapers of
the state with his harangues the board
of control wrote him asking him to file
charges if he had any to make and
they would be Investigated. He did not
even reply to the invitation.
Digest Of Meals Charges.
One of the members of the legisla-
ture undertook to digest the Neal
pamphlet attacking the board of con-
troll to find out what was in it and he
culled the following choice phrases as
indicating the nature of the attack:
There is a rumor in the air that n.
N. Jones, ex-warden of the peniten-
tiary, may be appointed by Governor
Carroll as a member of the state board
of control to succeed Mr.. Cownie."
1T appears that during the ten years
that the board of control of Iowa has
been in existence no examination or
investigation has been made by the
state of its accounts and affairs"
1.-The sudden and unexplained super
sedence of former Warden Jones by the
present executive on the order Of the
board Of control"
1T is the duty Of the legislature to
investigate the board of control as we'll
as the warden"
ut is a strong reason for change
of warden and of the board of control
the latter body at least as their guilt
is undoubted."
The board of control and the war
den are under fire at this time"
This is not a local fight, but rather
a general assault, coming simultan-
eously from all parts of IoWa's do
main
The responsibility of the appoint
ment (of Warden) rests upon Judge
Robinson. The judge has long since
reached and passed the line Of useful
ness"
The innocuous Mr.. Hamilton of the
state board of control manifests an
arcadian simplicity which is SO rare in
individuals capable of divorcing $4,000
per annum from a state treasury. tho
his case is truly marvellous, bordering
on nature taking; marvellous is in
adequate-the proper adjective 10 yet
unborn"
The rumor concerning the POSSIBLE
ity of the appointment of former
Warden N. n. Jones to a membership
on the state board of control to succeed
Cownie. has aroused much favorable
comment
Under Warden Jones the writer was
acting as substitute physi-
clan with DR.. John w. Philpott; he
was and is a friend of n. n. Jones'"
What is known as the board of con-
troll of the state of Iowa, syndicate |
of gentlemen appointed by the gov
ernor"
State institutions should be kept
absolutely out of politics"
Three men of ordinary ability to
vagaries of . Cold.
You can never be quite sure where a cold