Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-06

! Support of Cummins and Doliiver in
! their struggle in behalf of the interest
| OF the western people;
His attitude of hostility to the AID
rich Cannon machine and all that it
implies in American politics;
/ Governor Garsts admitted superior
/ ity in affairs of state and the fact that
t his administration would be safe.
conservative, sensible one. free from
! scandals and devoted to the welfare OF
! the state
on behalf of Gov. Beryl F. Carroll:
| The alleged second term precedent
under the primary;
| Saving enough money for the state
| so that he reduced the tax levy tenth
! OF a MILL
His controversies with subordinates
! in the state house, and his final sue
! cess in supplanting Mr.. Cownie on the
/ board of control with another;
The organizing work of the Jackson
committee and supper, of the repre-
sentatives in Iowa of the Aldrich- Cam
non organization.
Personal attacks upon Garst, Cum
Minis, Dolliver and others.
This is the campaign in a nutshell
II Will be seen that the issues as joined
at the outset were abandoned by those
who threw down the challenge. AS
made up by the Jackson committee and
the Cfarst statement they involved is
sues that are vital 10 the life Of the
party. But neither the jackson COM
mittee nor Governor Carroll has been
willing to defend openly the Cannon
Aldrich organization and what ii repre-
sents, but the constant effort has been
TO divert attention elsewhere by any
method and 10 almost any other sub
ject.
CAROLS Issues Fail.
The issue which Carroll raised in
regard to state finances has not been
much discussed. The state taxes of
Iowa amount to about 81 per capita.
Carroll claims that by reason OF his
saving habits he has saved each person
I oae-tenth Of mill. Even if true ii
| would hardly be sufficient basis for
claiming the votes of Iowa men. But
/ Carroll had a great dea! more to do
few years ago as state auditor with
raising the state tax levy than he had
! last year with reducing it; and the re-
duction was not du- TO anything he
said or did or thought, but solely 10 the
fact that the property assessments
were put high enough so that the state
will collect more taxes under the lower
levy than it did before under the
higher
Never a Treasury Deficit.
Governor Carroll also makes a point
that at some time he does not say
when, there was a deficit in the state
treasury. This was when he was state
auUltor and audited all bills and drew
the warrants. He has complained be-
/ court his opponent does not discuss
I this matter. For one reason il is a
i barefaced falsehood.
There has not been at any time
since / have been here any deficit in
the state trea sury," said Deputy State
Treasurer Willis, and he has been
there ten years.
The treasury deficit argument is
on par with CAROLS prophesy of two
years ago that at the close Of the fis-
cal period there would be a deficit Of
s55o,O00 when Treasurer Morrow's
books showed at that exact date over
| sS05,000 surplus.
CAROLS Petty QuarreIs.
The governor tried to make much of
his petty quarrels with subordinates.
He succeeded in bludgeoning s2s out
of the pockets of J. S. Goss by a
threat like that which he used upon
Mr.. Cownie. when it was subsequently
found that the money was rightly that
of Mr.. Goss. The state merely robbed
| a deserving servant. He tried to make
q case against DR.. Thomas by claim
/ ing that he has never accounted for
the fees, but DR.. Thomas check for
the balance due is still unpaid SO with
many others. In every case and there
have been a score of them all that
/ = -, ~
quarrel with someone largely to make
a record" For instance, the quarrel
with State Superintendent Riggs over
a 35-cent dinner for which he failed
to take a receipt. the refusal to pay for
a room with bath for state employe
whose duty called him to ride all day
. on an engine, and the vacillation in re-
gard to the hunters license matter.
The Cownie matter is also one
largely personal to Carroll. The group
of politicians who surrounded Carroll
when he was inaugurated never doubt
ed for minute that sooner or later
they would force Mr.. Cownie off the
board. He had been obnoxious TO
grafters and politicians. They laid a
pretty plot to have the legislature do
! the raking of the chestnuts, but it re-
! fused The people of the state know
the rest. 1t is beyond question that the
standpatters had great hopes that they
would gain the approval of the people
| Of the state and make many votes by
the fight on Cownie.
! With these o-called state issues
! of the standpatrers eliminated save as
to the attack upon Cownie and the de-
Tense of the sturdy old Scotch farmer,
the campaign has in the past week
come back very nearly to the place
where the issues were Joined three
months ago. The one thing which is
! today doing more to affect the result
| is the question Of freight rates and the
| power Of the railroads to arbitrarily
| increase rates without review or re-
| straint. This is merely an incident OF
the original lineup as between the
| friends Of Dolliver and Cummins and
the followers Of Cannon and Addrich.
Railroad Rates as Issue.
! The action Of the railroads in order
ing a. raise Of rates, the action taken
under the antitrust 1aw which the
Wickersham bill sought to repeal, and
the disclosure Of the magnitude Of the
hold-up contemplated, have forced this
issue to the front as almost the chief
one Of the entire state campaign Sen
ator Cummins. Judge Prouty, Attorney
General Byers. Governor Garst, rep
resentative Darrah and others have all