Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-10
UPON OTTUMWA NAN
Business Men Enlist State Aid to
Gust Mayor Phillips.
CALL UPON ATTORNEY GENERAL
Made lie IL NeElectinR
Duties OF His >Office-Badies
Of the &. a. II. I'm
Quarrel.
(From STAFF Correspondent.


DES MONIES. Ia, May Especial Tele-
gram "A delegation Of business men from
Ottumwa including Sumner Hfberall and T.
w Garner, called upon Attorney General
Byers and Governor Carroll today. to enlist
their aid In framing up the charges against
Mayor r. j. Phillips of Ottum~a. whom
they seek to Gust from office. on account
OF alleged neglect Of duty and improper con-
duct. IL is expected that formal charges
will be filed at Ottumwa and the attorney
general will be asked to direct the case.
Phillips has been mayor many years and
was the democratic candidate for COVER
nor few years ago He has been popular
with many at home but has bitter enemies.
He was formerly a miner. -
The national officers of the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic have been
asked to come to Des Mones and settle a
quarrel among members by reason Of which
the officers Of the General Williamson cir
Gle have been suspended from office by the
state president. Miss Vena Barth OF Greene,
Ia The trouble arouse over organiza-
ton Of another circle and alleged efforts
on the part of officers Of the old one to
prevent such organization. u.
Ready for Big Meeting
The progressive wing of the republican
party is arranging for the opening big rally
Of the campaign of this year in the
Coliseum in Des Moines, Tuesday evening"
The speakers will be Dollver and Cum
minis, who make special journey from
Washington to Des Moines for this purpose
and will go back at once to continue the
work of perfecting the railroad bill. II
is expected that in the two addresses OF
this meeting the senator's will explain
fully their position in regard to the neces-
sity for amending the bill in order to pro-
tect the interests of the shippers and
state exactly what Rfey have been able
to accomplish, along this line. There has
been some disposition to criticise them fol-
having taken such a prominent part in
tho work at Washington.
PrOgressives Plan Later Meetings.
1t is the plan of the Iowa progressives
to have the two senators back in Iowa
again later in the campaign, at least foI
the last week and possibly the last two
weeks, when they will urge the voters tc
elect the progressive candidates for state
and district office and the retention oil
the state organization. which is now in the
hands Of the progressves. There will Be
very little speaking in the campaign aside
| from that which is done by the two sen.
ators, as the utmost sole issue of the state
campaign is that of choosing candidates
who are in sympthy with the senator's -ol
in opposition to them. On all hands it is
conceded that this is-their fight.
Cownie May Make Statement.
| John Cownie. former member of the
Board of Control. may soon issue a state.
ment as to his work on the board OF con.
troll. Governor Carroll last week gave out
a report generating the other members
! of the board and throwing upon Mr.
! Cownie all blame for the troubles which
| have occurred at the state school for girls
I The friends Of Mr.. Cownie insists that h,
shall make a statement, and they are
confident that when he does so 1t will show
that he has not been any more to blame
for the dIsagreements on the board thar
others and that he has had far less TO d.
with the Mtchellvlle school than formerly
Mr.. Cownie was the former member o
the board and there had been efforts run
ming through a number Of years to ge
! him off the board
! Favor of the Amendment.
In answer to the 800 letters which tn,
Iowa Constitutional Prohibitory Amend
fment association sent out Wednesday t,
the candidates for the thirty-fourth gen
eral assembly, sixty replies have beef
received to date. In the letter sent out
the following question was fasked; ~
you are elected, will you SUPPORT by YOU
vote a resolution submitting to the voter
Of the state an amendment to the consti
uion prohibiting the manufacture and sal
of Intoxicating liquors for beverage pur
poses? p
Off the sixty replies, two declared agains
10
and the rest in favor of resubmisslon.