Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-28
STANDPAT SCHEME TO APPRO.
PIRATE DELEGATES TO BE
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
BOTH SIDES USED Pastors
IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTY
Attack on System In Vogue Would
Throw Out Majority of Delegates to
State convention-Prosre Do
Not Propose to Divide Counties
Railway Age Roasts Commission.


Des Moines, June 2S.-It seems that
after ali the standpatters perhaps are
not 70 be permitted 70 make clean
steal OF Lucas county. as had been
the stickers was taken before Judge
Anderson a second time. His first de-
cision, on which the standpatters
boosted they had been able to get the
county. was merely tina. as the pro
ceediags were brought he had no turiS-
dictioa. The main question was that
OF arriving at the intent Of the voter.
The p-og-ess.ves had used sttckers
with squares printed on them. and the
standpatterS had seized upon this as an
excuse for DISTINGUISHING the progress
sives and taking county that had
been fairly won.
Judge Anderson decided that the
srandpat board Of supervisors acted
without legal power IN seating stand
pat delegates in the convention 10 rep
resent Charlton precincts when pro-
g-assives had been elected. The court
annulled the action OF the supervisors
and directed the county auditor TO
notify the progressives that they had
baen elected and were entitled 70 the
seats in the convention.
Some Investigation has been made
and Il IS found that the printing OF
stickers with squares on them was done
in almost every county, Il was be-
cause OF This that the srandpatters
stole Allamakee county, or think they
did But they used similar srickers in
Po-tawattanlie and elsewhere.
In Dallas county, according TO the
staadpa1 organ AZ Adel, the standpat-
ters went even further and had these
s.ickers printed with heading Car
-oll-Taft delegates" which was IN clear
violation OF the law; but the progress
stves made no effort to take advantage
Of this and disfranci1ise the stand
pa-ters.
II one ward Of this county, Polk. a
dozen or more OF the standpa, ballots
were cast with the voter forgetting to
mark a cross IN the square but the
count them. as the intent Of the voter
was plain. Il these had been thrown
out a good many OF the delegation
would have been different
In view Of the bold effort on the part
and Al,amakee counties after they had
been in fact carried by the progressives
and their boast that they would send
solid standpat delegations from every
county where they have even so much
az one majority IN the county conven-
ton. the progresstves are not disposed
TO be giving away any delegates just
to show they are generous. II is not
anticipated that at any place IN this state
will there be any other than friendly
contests to secure delegations. but both
sides are insisting upon all that they
secured, and II delegations are to be
divided anywhere it will be because of
local conditions. II is certain now thai.
in more than one way the state
convention Will be called upon for a
division on the line Of the recent cam
paign.
The Railway Age-Gazette. In its cur
rent issue. contains roast" for the
Iowa railroad commission on It's report
regarding the Green Mountain railroad
wreck. The commission IS denounced
for having decided that the testimony
showed the track 10 be soft and that
the evidence was TO the effect that the
trains were running at what might be
regarded as a safe speed The com
plant, however, assumes that the com
mission decided this as a committee of
experts and without any evidence ::
when as a matter Of fact the commits
sion merely acted in judicial capac-
ity and reviewed the testimony which
was given by experts.
If the contention Of Dean 2 3.
Evans. Of the Iowa law school, is cor
rect as TO the ownership Of the Iowa
shallow lakes and that the state has
never had title to than, then the state
may be in for some more litigation In
regard TO the drained lakes. He has
carried to the United States suprey
court the case involving Goose lake in
Greene county. wfoch has been in lit
igation long time, and will ask the
highest court OF the land to decide on
the point.
Secretary Dawson reports that he
received from quite a number Of coun-
ty auditors bills for the expenses of the
primary, they evidently not knowing
that the law was changed by the last
legislature SO that the county must
pay all the cost. Inasmuch as the en-
tire cost comes from the people any
way IL was thought that the safest wav
was to have the counties foot all
bills.
A very much larger number Of teach
ers took the examinations for cer.if-
Gates IN June than a year ago. The
number this year will probably reach
5000, which would indicate that there
is not going to be 50 much danger Of
shortage in teachers next season. The
state board Of examiners has a. force
Of sixty persons at work reading the
papers.
The total cost Of Iowa state char
table and correctional institutions IN
the biennial period which closes day
after tomorrow, was just s245, 8oo.42
more than in the previous biennial
period.
The aggregate cost for support OF the
fifteen in stitution was $3,12s,2s2, o3
as against s2,sss.24121 for the two
years ended June 80, 1908.
This IS an increase in the total cost
for the period OF nearly 9 per cent.
But figures compiled come time ago
from the DOCKS or rne state treasurer
show that the actual increased cost per
month at the present time az cornpared