Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-23
PERSONAL ORGAN OF CARROLL
MAKES UNJUST CHARGE
AGAINST GRAND JURY.
INSPIRED ARTICLE ARoUSEs
RESENTMENT OF PEOPLE
Defense of Governor is Revealed by
Newspaper Friends-To Rely Solely
on Plea That Indictment Was In
spired BY Revenge and BY Corrupt
Methods.
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Des Moines, July 23.-The character
CT the defense that Is to be made. at
least before the public, in the matter OF
the Carroll indictment. was disclosed
by one Of the governors personal or
gans. at Atlantic, whose editor claims
to have been taken into the confidence
Of the governor and was shown all the
evidence he had as to wrong doing by
the board OF control He was called
before the grand jury In the Polk
county court in the division OF Judge
DeCiraff where the whole proceedings
were had.
In an inspired article in defense of
the governor he makes a bold attack
upon the court and says that the hear
ing was allowed to drag for a month.
and
Long enough to get to and corrupt
any Polk county jury if anybody de-
sired to do SO, and there We're corrupt
ible men on the jury"
This was shown to officers OF the
court yesterday and they declared at
once that it must be taken as an at
tack upon the court and a fiat declara-
ton Of corruption from the Carroll
people. The article added that
"The fact that Governor Carroll did
not turn over to the grand jury the
affidavits upon which he based his
charges against Cownie would seem to
indicate that the governor was sus-
picious Of the situation and preferred
the indictment to exposing the cards in
his hands, and especially would this be
true if he had reasons for believing
that the machinery was fixed to grind
out an indictment, no matter what the
defense"
Local lawyers denounce this as n
base Islander on the courts OF Iowa and
especially an unjust and malicious at
tack upon the court presided over by
Judge Lawrence DeGraf. an appointee
of Governor Carroll and an incorrupt-
ible man.
An eastern Iowa newspaper editor
who has been staunch defender OF
most radical standpatism. in CONVEX
sation here while attending the edi-
torial association meeting. defended
Governor Carroll by a fierce attack up
on MT Cownie, denouncing him as I'M
tn1thful, a disgrace to the state and
having at all times been an unfanhful
public servant He frankly confessed
that this would be the main defense
Of the governor and that the public
would be shown that there was nothing
to It but desire for revenge on the part
I OF Mr.. Cownie.
1t Is expected THAT an arrangement
about to be concluded as to a change
In the coal rate on the Iowa Central
railroad will dispose Of the contro-
versy between the coal operators and
the railroads over rates as affecting
Interstate competition. The iowa Cen
trail has proposed q schedule which
will make some reductions at COM
petitive points In northern Iowa and
at the same time will take care OF
the southern Iowa coal market. ut is
said to be satisfactory to the operators
and dealers and It will be filed by the
company. 1T may then be that the COM
plant of the operators before the rail-
road commission Will be withdrawn.
Tho date for hearing arguments on the
controversy was put off until late In the
fall so as to permit of an agreement
If one could be reached and represem-