Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-25
NO POLITICAL OBJECT
ON PART OF coWNlE
Effort of Governor to Create Sympathy
by Alleging a Progressive Plot a
Trick of Small Poitician-Expos
ure OF CARROTS Methods Injuries His
Cause.
Special T. Times, Republican.


to the desire of the progressives 10
use it in the campaign, and his declar-
alton that Mr.. Cownie was urged to
make statement for political reas-
ons, are absolutely and unqualifel.y
false in every particular
The separate statements made by
Mr.. Cownie We're written by himself
entirely without the knowledge Of amy
person having TO 90 with any politi-
cal work. He was not advised n1r
Urged by anyone having any relation
whatever 20 the progressive campaign
committee TO make any statements in
his own defense
There is nothing new in either the
statements of Mr. Cownie or the gov
ernor beyond a plain exposure Of The
Carroll methods Of conducting state
affairs. The governor now admits thar
he has been pursuing Mr. Gowns
since the first day Of May Of last year.
which avs almost Immediately after the
adjournment of the legislative session
which rebuked The governor for has
ing tried to displace the farmer mela-
Der by worn-out politician. In his
last statement the governor confesses
that he has been engaged for owe, a
year in accommodating the material TO
be used for getting rid Of Mr. Cownie
There are several points of differ
ence between 3ir. Cowrie and the gov
srnor, which merely raise an issue Of
veracity as between them. or Between
Mr.. Cownie ana Mr. Robinson.
The matter Of the trouble over a
Plain by an Omaha house for cows al
legged to have been diseased was made
public at the time and the board al
ways defended itself strenuously from
any accuse ton that II was derelict in
looking after ne interests Of the Iowa
taxpayers There is no doubt what
ever that if Governor Carroll had not
been on the wrong side Of the qLes-
ton and had been anxious 70 protest
The interests Of The taxpayers the
Omaha commission firm would still be
loking for a refund because there was
no evidence whatever that the cattle
said TO have been diseased were the
ones which came from Iowa Il the
board Of control mad been stlstainel
the state would not have been out the
FUN paid.
AS to what transpired when the
governor called Mr.. Cowrte before him
and demanded his resignation there
is no doubt whatever that the state
ments Of Mr.. Cown;e are correct The
writer told Mr.. Cownie personally. be-
fore he saw the governor. the contents
of the afidavits and Of the fact that
the governor intended 10 use them
for bludgeoning him into a resi- grari3r,
and the information which leaked out
in a dozen different ways from the gov
ernor's office fully confirms Mr. Cow
MES frank avernent as To the char
acter of the interview 1t Is still fur
Their confirmed by the fact that almost
identical methods have been used by
Carroll in several other instances.
While the matter is on par with
other petty matters in which the stand
patters have sought to base their cam
paign, yet there are some matters in
connection with the accusat ions against
DR.. Thomas. former secretary OF the
board of health, which probably will
have to be explained in court after the
primary is over.
Officially, and b. declaration Of Gov
ernor Carroll DR.. Thomas stands ac-
Fused Of violation Of the law in several
respects.
He is accused Of having received fees
not warranted by the code; yet in an
other department Of the state, under
appointees Of Governor Carroll. exactly
the same thing is being done now every
week.
He is accused Of failure to make
report on fees and failure to turn over
fees received; YET in fact the report
he made to the president Of the board
lies on the table Of the present secre-
tary and the check DR.. Thomas gave
in settlement remains there with no
effort to collect il, while the governor
goes about the state telling that Thorn
as has not yet settled.
He is accused of making unwarranted
collection of expense money from the
colleges for anatomical material: yet
his successor has in his possession now
$3.50 which he collected and which has
neither been returned to the colleges
nor turned into the state treasury. The
governor is aware of this fact but has
made no mention of it.
In the meantime DIR. Thomas denies>I
he ever collected any money illegally,
denies that he ever converted any Of
the fees of the office to his own use, de-
clares that he made a report ard ten
dered the balance in settlement, and
the state itself has gone thru the books
AnQ accounts anu MUS no Sl IOI anu
no irregularity.
The whole matter. however. is of in
terest only as showing the method of
doing business under the present state
administration.
Not least remarkable in the change
Of tactics on the part of the standpat
leaders in the state is the sheer aban-
1onnent of all honor and decency on
the part of state and federal office
holders who are enlisted in the cause.
A striking illustration of this was af-
forded in the matter of the use of the
"tissue ballot fa1sehood in regard to
the progressives of Des Moines. The
man delegated to make this play was
w. ". Wilcox, Hull's pension agent who
il holding on because Taft has Iowa
On his boycott list and regards the
Iowa senators as not republicans.
AS mater &c eec. wilcox is the
man wholly responsible for the original
faleehood about tissue ballots. 1t was
used by him in one campaign to elect
Hull, but in the next one, Judge
Proutys notice that he would prosecute
anyone guilty of the SANDER caused
WILCOX to shut up Later and at time
when there was no campaign in pro-
xress. he apologized for what he had