Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-23
1h. Purch..e Of suppIies.

and one for Mitchellville. The insti-
tut1ons had been wanting them more
than a year. At Mitchellville they had
ponies and harness year before they
could get the wagon. He had tried
and failed to And one Just right. Final
ly he secured specification which had
been prepared for similar wagon at
Glenwood and used 1t for the one
wanted at Mitchellville. In regard to
purchase of cloth for the prison and
reformatory Mr.. Cownie admitted that
the record showed the purchase before
the estimates were filed, and he in
sisted that was because Of the neglect
Of the wardens. The purchase was
made under bids made by Sheurman
Bros, on samples submitted He made
the order at the time he did because
the makers were out Of that kind Of
cloth and he knew that unless he made
the order then the prison and reforma-
tory would soon be out and would have
| to wait to have the cloth made.
| Mr.. CoWnie testified that Judge G.
s. Robinson and John Hamilton were
the other two members of the board
| during most of the time complained Of.
| He also said Judge Robinson was the
! lawyer member of the board The de-
fense refused to permit him to state
that Robinson had been chief justice.
The attorneys said they wanted to
show who was the lawyer Of the board
and to whom all law questions were
referred. A question had been raised
| as to the construction OF a statute by
the board and they wanted to show that
| a lawyer was member OF tho board
along with Cownie. The attorneys for
| the governor objected. They also re-
fused to permit 1t to be shown that
the whole board acted as unit in re-
gard to these matters. The attorneys
| insisted they had right to show that
all the board members were respons-
| ible and yet the only ono whose resig-
nation was demanded by Carroll was
! the one who was not appointed by
him.
| Severe Cross Examination.
| There was severe cross examination
| of Cownie during the afternoon OF
Thursday. The attorneys for the gov
ernor had in their possession the rec
ord Of what was said at the Carroll
Cownie conference. They read long
sections of this and asked Cownie to
say .'shether they were true. Then the
state read other portions and asked
Cownie what he said to the governor
| lOlu luo SOSSIIOi, no Setld, tHo>S
had served IL years on the board
at great personal sacrifice to myself.
that I had tried to do my duty, that
| had tried to protect and help the wards
Of the state. and to care for the in
terests Of the taxpayers; and that any
charge against me as to my personal
character or official conduct was alb
solutely and unqualifedly false. I
told him that those who were critics.
| ing me had no sympathy whatever
with the unfortunates and that that
was what seemed to be the matter with
him. He threatened me that IL I did
not resign he would publish the charges
and he added:
| "Even If they are false. some per-
sons will believe them and they will
stick to you as long as you live
| Then I told the governor when he
said I could not afford to have these
charges made, that I could afford to
have them made and that could AFFORD
| to have then investigated. I chal-
lensed him to show his proofs and said
that what objected to was the false
and malicious accusations and that I
would not object to publication of the
| truth about me. said would court
the fullest investigation and asked only
! that the truth be told"
Governor Didn't Know.
! Testimony was read from the gov
ernor's notes that he said to Cownie in
effect that he did not know as to the
truth or falsity Of the charges, that
CoWnie could, Of course, defend him.
self If they were made, that If made
! that would put it up to the legislature,
but IL the charges wore made many
| persons would believe them anyway,
| and that CoWnie could not afford to
| take that chance. .There are very seri-
Gus charges against YOU" said the gov
ernor, some Of them recent and some
dating back several years. / have tried
to keep this from the newspapers. I
had hoped you would relieve the sit
uation by handing in your resignation
which will avoid the necessity OF a
construction Of the statute. then I will
appoint someone else in your place but
| if you are going to force me beyond
! that. / must take action. 1t is en-
barrassing to me but do not see how
am going to avoid it,
| Mr.. Cownie denied emphatically the
correctness of some portions Of the al
! legged report OF the interview between
| the governor and himself on March
1S last, declaring that not nearly as
| much was said In the conversation as
the attorneys for the defense had read.
| This report was made by the clerk in
the office Of the governor. 1t Is the
report which Mr.. Cownic demanded a
copy OF the following week and was
refused. 1t was at this Interview tina.
the governor stated the con-
tents of the papers he had and
against Cownie.
Defense Doesn't Want Whole Truth.
An interesting phase Of the case
came up in relation to the publication
OF the Cownie letter and the Reki
and Leader in answer to the govern
or's attacks. Mr.. Cownie went to an
office in the Fleming building and
there met soine OF his friends TO
whom he showed the manuscript which
he had prepared. He stated emphat-
ically that he did not go there in ac-
cordance with any arrangement for
meeting or conference. He did show
the letter to several persons. including
Harvey Ingham, and then gave 1t to
the latter for publication. He denied
he was. called into conference in re-
gard to the matter.
The testimony that is being secured
for the state Is being dragged before