Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-05
70 TAKE OFT LII!
STANDPATs OF IOWA PROMISE
wipE-oPEN STATE If CAR
ROLL is REELECTED.
NO CURB ON SUNDAY
TAEATERs OR BASEBALL
Carroll Has Not Moved For Better En-
forcement Of Laws During Entire
Term Of office-campaisn Against
Byers Based on Same ldea-old SOL
diers in State House Rebel.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, May 5.-EvideToe &C
! cumulates that the s~tandpatters or
ganized under the Jackson
and financed from the profits OF an
Illinois congressnan's speculative deals
are preparing to make their big fight
for control Of the state On the basis
of non-enforcemen of the laws, or in
| other words of liberality and permit
ting the open town idea to prevail.
On behalf of their cause they are
! preparing to circulate purported rec
| ords of the legislature of many years
ago to show that once Governor Garst
when a member Of the senate, intro
duced by request, a bill to regulate
| Sunday amusements for pay, which
they claim would have stopped profes-
sional baseball and the Sunday thea
tiers.
This is to be used as a reason why
Governor Carroll should be continued
in office. the assumption being tnat
| he is for Sunday theaters.
In this connection they took care to
eliminate from the record OF the
achievements of his administration all
reference to the passage OF the Cossoh
laws or the Moon bill or other oills TO
secure better enforcement of the laws
of the state.
They will also point to the fact that
there has not emanated from the ex-
ecutive office of the state the past
wear anv hint of the necessity for bet
ter enforcement of the laws. All the
initiative in his direction has come
from the office of attorney general.
Governor Carroll has not taken a step
for the enforcement of the laws 10
clean UP the cities and efface the soclai
evil, nor to stop prize hight unde
the guise of boxing matches. In snort
they will show that on all matters
about which men differ the present al
ministration is "non-comnittal'
y 4
Much of their fight IN Attorney Cen
eral Bvers in the Ninth is based on the
same idea and they do not hesitate 20
attack senator Cosson. Governor Jack
son himself it is recalled, was the pro-
duct of the reaction of 1898 against
prohibition and similar laws and jack
son was made head of the committee
to manage the state campaign IN the
firm belief that he would be just the
man to rally the liberal element n
unite it for the standpat cause.
while Barber, the man n mas
charge of the anti-saloon league, IS
claiming that the league really elected
Carroll and that he will do whatever
they dictate, yet it is known that the
organization of liquor dealers worked
to a mar for Carroll and insist tina
they also were responsible for his be
ing in office. But the Jackson COM
mirtee feels very sure of the temper
ance vote and will play persistently to
catch the liberal element on a pat
form of never one nothin TO no
body"
1T has been known about the state
for nearly a week that some OF the ola
soldiers in the pay Of the state We're
determined not to submit to the assess
mert of 2 per cent OF their salarles ZOE
the benefit of the campaign. Several of
them have complained loudly and say
that il is an imposition unlike any
thing ever before attempted in the
state house. 1t seems that the manag-
ing committee in charge of the cam
Daien for Carroll called a goodly num-
her of the faithful into conference some
time ago and discussed frankly the sit
uatfon. They were not asked to make
a contribution at once, but It was hlnt-
ed that Immediately after the pay day.
April 80, they would be expected to
help OIL. 10 pay postage and send out
literature in the cause Of real standpat-
ism. Under the Cummins administra-
ton nothing of the sort was ever sug-
gested. Some of the force have con-
trfbuted to the fund while many others
refuse to do so.
There is going to be disappointment
in Des Moines over the report OF the
census enumerators, showing less than
80 900 population. AS the same time
the figures are a little larger than anti
cipated by those who had made a study
of the school enrolment n the direc-
tory figures. Major Fleming, formerly
secretary to the governor, who has been
doing much figuring on general census
results. states that in his opinion it is
dead sure that Iowa will lose one con-
gresham unless the number OF mem
bers of congress is increased.
SO
1t is now anticipated that Governor
Carroll will carry out his original in
: tention of making some use in the
campaign of the troubles which have
come to the state reform school for
girls under his administration. He has
had transcribed the notes of what pur
ports to be an investigation into the
situation. The investigation, however
has not been an open one and the fact
of it's being under way has been KEPT
secret. Whether the governor will also
: undertake to justify his cours in re-
GARD to the hoard Of control nv refer.
ence to the affidavits which his detec.
tives have secured the past year, re.
mains to be seen. It is known that HI
has a mass of affidavit material on hi:
desk which he has shown to a few
lchoica friends and which he claim: