Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21
JAePER COUNTY sENAroR RE.
sPoNsIsLE FOR STATE HOUSE
TIME CLOCKS.
SECURED THEIR PURCHASE
ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
Says He Doesn't Know the Men A..
fected by Their tion-ParoIe
Board Meets to Consider $50 Appli.
cations for cIemsney-soms Old
Cases Under Investi satien.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines April Ex-senator May
tag, Of Jasper county, is the man re-
sponsible for the time clock Outrage"
which so stirred the wrath Of DOC"
Newman, formerly secretary of the
senate, and of Tom Graham, the night
watch at. the state house. Maytag put
in the little item Of 5000 for purchase
of the clocks. Someone sent him a
clipping of Des Moines paper in
which some speculation was INDUCED
in as to who might be the culprit
guilty of thus deliberately Insulting"
a veteran of the war. The matter was
carried to the state executive coun-
Gil and Secretary Davidson, the secre-
tary thereof, was subjected to a Sc
we're scoring on the ground that he
must have been the man who con-
cocted the plot.
81 will assume full responsibility for
the time clock appropriation" said
Senator Maytag yesterday. II was sur
prised that it caused any comment at
all. did not know that Tom Graham
was night watch, and did not know
anything about who was the night
watch, and that had nothing to do with
the case But did know that the state
of Iowa has valuable property and that
we ought to take care Of it just the
same as if it was our personal prop
erty. Now I have three of these time
| recording devices in the. establish
ments with which I, am connected, and
the watchmen make their records ev-
cry hour. They do not feel hurt about
1t, in fact regard it as a good thing. 1t
is the only sensible system, and l
could not see why we should not put
the business of the state on the same
basis as that Of any good business
man. There was no thought of INSULT
ing any person or humiliating anyone
and no person has any right to feel
aggieved over it."
Senator Maytag is perhaps the larg-
est employer Of labor Of any member
Of the legislature. He is a practical
and hard headed business man and
with him there could have been no
other motive than a desire to have the
state property cared for rightly. The
fact as to how the item came to be in
the appropriation bill could easily
have been ascertained before any fuss
was made.
The state parole board met today
with the largest amount of bushes:
ahead of 1t on record, there being or
file more than $50 applications fol
clemency. A large number of these vii
be disposed of easily, but others will
require further investigation. At this
time, also the board will take up fol
consideration for the first time {
number Of the applications which
were acted on adversely by the
legislature, including the cases Of Or
man Mcpherson, Betsy Smith, Jo'
Warren, A. D. Storms and w. P. Glyn.
don. The Storms case will hardly b
disposed of now, as there Is need O.
further investigation. The Mcpherson
and Glyndon cases are old ones, botl
having been before the legislature sew
eral times. All are lifers.
It has just been discovered that thu
legislature did not re-elect Col. Charlie!
A. Clark, Of Cedar Rapids, to the board
of regents Of the state university, ant
there is probably one vacancy on thu
board. He was appointed to fill a va
cancy When Governor Carroll came t
report to the legislature the names o
those who had been appointed to va
cancies the name of Clark was over
looked. AS a matter of fact it is ques
tionable whether reelection is nee
essary, as some Of the attorneys 11ol'
that an appointed official on one of TIL
boards will hold over.
The remarkable spectacle Is wit
} messed of the three daily newspaper
of Des Moines getting together on on
propositions namely. that of CRITICISM
the supreme court and holding up tn
members as petty grafters Such
thing is said to never have occurre
before in the history of Des Nome
neXspapers.