Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-04
CAN MOORE HOLD TWO.
PLACES AT SAME TIME
Has Been Done Before When One Po-
sition Was Considered Merely a Job
Commission May Find Difficulty in
Securing Druggist for Place-Lar-
son-scores Commission Vigorously.
Special to Times-Republican.

err he can legally serve without re-
signing his office as representative.
The question has come up on other
occasions. Representative John Kelley,
of Polk county. flied the position of a
clerk in charge of the archives de-
partment while still holding his office
as representative.
Some are inclined to make dis
tinction between a "job" and an of
fee" A job is where a. man draws
wages and does a certain amount of
more or less mechanical work An of
fee is where he draws a salary and
has more or less initia tive in the dis
charge of his duties. II is claimed that
job doesn't interfere with man
holding an office. The law of course
prohibits a person holding more than
than one state office at a time.
It is claimed that man working in
Inc archives aereaa -tt-..eaee Or a man
working as secretary of the pharmacy
u.
There was considerable criticism of
Representative Kelley because he did
NO. resign as representative
It may be found to be difficult for
the state pharmacy commission to re-
tain druggist as secretary When c.
W. Phillips was secretary there was
frequent talk that the secretary should
be a pharmacist. Since the election of
Mr. Larson. of Red Oak. who resigned
Yesterday ii has been discovered that
unless the pharmacist is willing to
leave his drug store he can't hold the
office very we'll. Mr.. Larson found that
his drug store in Red Oak suffered
( from his absence. Both of the candi-
dates being considered by the board
are the owners of drug stores.
Mr.. Larson is perhaps as well quail
fed pharmacist as there is in the
state of Iowa. When he took the .ex-
animation before the state pharmacy
\ commission in 1894 he received the
H persons and in which only twenty were
successful.
Mr. Larson was a candidate for the
case he could have devoted his time
and ability to the work of tho board
and still conducted his drug store in
Red Oak. Political contingencies. how
ever. resulted in the appointment of
others and Larson was offered the po-
sition of secretary.
He took the position of secretary
under protest. In written staten ent
given 10y Mr. Larson to the press yes
terday, he said:
Il wish to state to the druggists of
the state that l have filed the office
y the best of my ability and for the
best interests Of the majority of our
profession. | have had the courage and
conviction at ali times to give a square
deal 10 everybody. have taken the
initiative in suggestions to the board
for the betterrnent of conditions of the
drug trade of Iowa and I find that
TO do this is apt to create friction.
It is my opinion that the members of
the board should be more aggressive
and because of their dilatory tactics ]
have rendered my resignation"
1t is understood that the condition;
70 which Mr.. Larson refers is to The
enforcement Of the laws. The state has
for some years under the old board:
collected about $4,000 annually in fee:
from itinerant vendors of patent medi.
cines Members of the old board. fur.
thernore. were very vigilant in gettins
after druggists who operated withou
being licensed pharmacists, or for VIC.
lations OF the liquor laws of the state
When reports reach the office unde,
the new commission telling of peddler!
|. operating without licenses or other VIC.
iations the secretary notifies the mem.
5srs as vas done under the old board
But the new members have not beer
vigtlant in getting after the violator
as was the old board members. Th.
law does not permit paying the travel
1 ing expenses of the secretary He il
paid salary of $1,000 year and il
expected to remain in the office II,
can not travel about the state and pa,
his own expenses out of salary of 81,
500 and have anything left for himself
The new commissioners have failed t,
get out and this is understood to be tn
friction that Mr. Larson speaks of.
Mr.. Larson has made scores o
friends during the short time he lla
] been secretary to the pharmacy com
liASSicf duu lIeFe mas never Deen al
employe or officer of the state VIII
was more careful and vigilant in tn
discharge of his duties.
The people of Oakley, Iowa, f1av
complained to the railroad commission
because the railroad is about ito chang
"a very weak man physically for
/, WOMAN vino is under the doctor /, larrs
Y as a station agent. They claim tina
D the man was bad enough in that h
d fcouldn't juggle freight and express bu
the woman is still worse.
> Altho 1t has been intimated tina
Governor Carroll will follow the lea
of Governor Cummins and appoint
physician to the board of parole, ID
!, Enlnert, who died recently, being
. physician, democrats are still suggest
= Ing names OF leading men of the part
whom the governor might appoint VIII
are not physicians. Among these ar
NJ Hon. Claude r. Porter, of Centervill,
the democratic candidate for goverHe
three years ago and for senator on
yearaso. v. r. McGnnis, Of Leon, an