Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-30
GOVERNOR GIVEN
CLEAN BILL BY JURY
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in favor Of or against the defendant
He is entitled to the same fair and
impartial trial to which every other cit
izen. when likewise accused. is en-
titled, neither more nor less; and the
court charges you in this respect to
obey. enforce and carry out. the let
ter and the spirit Of the law.
This is a case in which the state
Of Iowa is PLAINTIFF and B. F. Carroll
is defendant. John Cownie is not a
party hereto, nor in any sense on trial
herein. You will not speculate upon
or consider whether the said John Cow
ME or any person, will or will not in
any manner be affected by the result Of
the trial."
Reads Concise Statement.
Attorney w. L. Read. chief attorney for
the prosecution, gave to the jury In
summing up the entire Carroll trial,
the most concise statement of the en-
tire case possible, and it was in such
striking contrast to the labored hours
of exasperated elaboration Of imma-
terial matters that it seemed as II set
for an entirely different kind OF trial.
After discussing some general princi-
pies Mr.. Read gave a running narra-
tive of the events which are material In
the case
Governor Carroll was inaugurated
in 1909, in January" he said in sub
stance. HE found that John Cownie
had been for many years m ember Of
the board of control, with a record of
honorable service and the confidence of
all who were familiar with his work.
His term was to expire, and it was the
right of the governor to appoint sue
cessor, right which has never been
questioned. He did name two persons.
1t has been said they were men against
whom nothing could be said, but Of
this there is nothing in the evidence;
but it is in evidence that the senate
refused to confirm both these nominal
ton, why or by what vote, we do not
know and it is immaterial. The senate
had a right of refused equal to the
governors right of nomination. But
however it may be, the fact was that
the governor was condemned and criti-
cised for his attempt to deprive the
state Of the services of Mr.. Cownie The
people believed, or at least q great
many Of them believed. rightly or
wrongly, that John Cownie was val
liable man to the state, that he had
done good work for the state, that he
was the right man in the right place.
Right herein this feeling and in this
criticism-was the keynote to this
whole case; here is where it started,
and in this fact lies the explanation for
all that followed.
Governors Motives Political.
1.-The attorneys for the governor have
hot ho ho 40 n
as to the Glenwood cattle deal. and
other matters, at that time the COVER
nor never would have removed Mr..
Cownie from office. Most certainly
that is true. But the fact Of the at
tempt made to supersede John Cownie
with another and thee riticism which
followed stood in the way Of his am
bition to succeed himself as governor.
Then and there was commenced this
excursion into the realms Of the muck
and mire of scandal to gather together
this mass Of vile stuff to be used to
justify himself before the voters in
what he had done. He wanted to break
down the standing of John Cownie in
the community. He realized that it
would be necessary to destroy him by
attacking and OBTAINING his character
in order to make an excuse for what
he had done and what he expected to
do. It would be useful If John Cow
ME could be deprived Of the confidence
of the people and be left without
friends when the approaching cam
paign was on. So the governor COM
menced to gather up this dirty mess.
He found willing helpers. One mem
Der of the board, at least, was whis-
pering into the eager ear of the COVER
nor the insinuations which he sought
And these things, if true, indicated no
more guilt for John Cownie than for
his accuser.
Clubbing Newspaper.
Now having gathered all this putrid
mass of filth and accumulation Of in
decency, what did the governor do? He
commenced to call in others to tell
them what he had. and among them he
called Harvey 1ngham and said to him,
See, what bad man Dis this Cownie
whom you have been upholding' Then
what? Did he say to his counselors, T
am going to suspend this man? No;
what he said was, There now Mr.. Ing
ham, if I get rid of John Cownie will
you stop lambasting me? Will you let
up in your criticism of me and permit
me to be renominated for governor
without cpposition?' That is what he
said in substance. That is what he
was getting at
"Now, the governor had the right to
suspend John Cownie and if he had
done so the most that could have been
done was to question his Judgment and
the senate would have passed on that
in view of the evidence the governor
would have been able to present to it.
But he demanded his resignation, and
demanded it then and there. i'm
mediately and without opportunity to
consult a single person. 1t is to the
credit and the honor Of John Cownie
that he denounced these charges I'M
reservedly and defied the governor. But
he did talk with his wife and as q re-
suit handed to the governor his resig-
nation. Now he asked. will you pub
fish these false. malicious vile charges
against me?' And the governor said,
NO But 1t was .No-unless there is
a candidate against meg He would
publish them if he deemed it to be nee
essary in furtherance Of his political
ambition.
"Then he became a candidate and he