Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-11
LIKELY TO BE SOMETHING DOING
UNLESS DEs MONIES CLEANS
UP ERE FAIR TIME.
CONDITIONS NOT IMPROVED
UNDER COMMISSION PLAN
Attorneys For Governor Working to
Rush Libel Case to Trial and Evil
dently plan to Have Suit Quashed on
Technically Enormous Insurance
susiness-other state Affairs.
TO Tirnes-Republican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des MONIES, Aug. 11.-Unless there Is
a cleaning up OF the city Of Des MONIES,
morally prior to the time of the state
fair, or within a very short time. there
is likely 10 be something doing that
will call attention sharply to the facl
that the Des Moines plan ds not nnlch
better than any other in the hands OF
police officers who have instructions
not TO be too inQuisitive about the af-
fairs Of others. Within a few days a
number OF raids" have been made, at
the nstigatiorl of residents. which show
that vice is rampant in the city and
that there is apparently no effort being
made to prevent it.
The complaint of reputable people IS
becoming louder all the time and the
situation is becoming critical 1t Is a
matter of common knowledge that the
condition very nearly approaches that
OF the old days of the red light" hc-
ensed system when Des MONIES was
a veritable plague spot for the whole
state.
This is a condition Of affairs which
was in the minds OF a great many per-
sons when the last city election was
held; and fears were openly expressed
that the result of that election meant
perhaps not a wide-open town but GER
ainly a little wider opening Of the doors.
While Des Moines people have been
making faces at other towns and cities
and pushing along the cleaning up
process 1t is found that things are not
the best possible here.
In many other respects the city Is IN
fine condition for the coming crowds in
the fall
The attorneys for Governor Carroll
have asked that the case in which the
state is the plaintiff and the governor
defendant involving alleged criminal
libel of another state official be taken
up first on the calendar for the Sep
teTnber term. There is now no doubt
that the attorneys for the governor
will rush the case to completion. There
IS no doubt. either. that the plan is TO
have the case quashed on a technical
ity. The main contention will be that
IN fact the governor did not even init
mate that there was ever anything
wrong with the board Of control or
with any member thereof. and all he
did was to make mild statement as to
certain papers contained in his office.
This was privileged communication
and was within the right and duty OF
the governor. That the case is also to
be tried largely in the newspapers was
shown by the fact that the governor
had the facts as to the action taken
yesterday fled with his personal organ
IN this city exclusively several hours
prior TO letting the court know any
hi Oh 81,
preventing other newspap ers from hav-
ing the facts.
The people of Iowa are paying an
nually nearly s25, 900 900 for insurance
Very few people realize the enormity
of the business done and how stead
ly the stream of money flows into the
offices of the companies. The following
table shows the cost last year divided
as to classes OF insurance:
Life insurance ...........s 7.T45, SIC. SO
traternal ...... ...... 6.0T5. or. so
Assessment life ...... 614.565 CT
Accident ........ 434,e6S.99
Fire insurance ......... 1o.055 1925
:24,e25. oe5.o2
At the two state COMMITTEES head
quarters the preliminary work IS well
under way. Chairman FRANKIE will be
able to take hold very quickly from
the fact that when the campaign was
closed last year the republican com
nittee left things in most excellent
shape Chairman FRANKIE had reduced
everything to system and had card In
dexed the state. preserving lists Of
committeeman and party workers. He
no l4%
which 10 commence for the republic
cans. Chairman Reed did not find
things so good for necessarily the
democratic state committee could not
do as thorough work; and it will be
necessary 10 build from the founda-
ton. Both committeeman intend to
call conferences Of their com msttee
members and the candidates before
the end of the month TO plan for the
campaign The campaign will be for all
candidates. both the candidates for
congress and also for all the min1r
places on the state ticket as we'll as
the head, The wishes of all candidates,
and not merely a few, will be taken
into consideration in the planning for
the campaign.
The Crossley welding did not cause
any surprise here. L is the outcome Of
one Of those familiar committee clerk
romanees which crop out periodically
in the legislature. When the Madison
county senator was making his final
stand for a statewide primary law,
for which he had been laboring zeal
ously several years, ne had as his
committee clerk. Miss Cherry Hyde. of
Winterset. Soon after the close Of the
session Senator Crossley, thru the In
fuence Of Captain Hull and Major
Lacey. secured appointment as an
assistant United States attorney for
ALASKA and ne went away. Within a
few months a divorce was granted In
court here Now the senator Is home
on vacation and secured license TO wed
Miss Cherry Hyde
Within recent years, under the board
of control system, a change has been
effected in the manner Of handling in
sane cases by the state which will be
appreciated by all with afflicted rela-
tiyes. At Independence, for instance
there has been completed a fine, large
building styled the inf1rmary, or hos
pttal proper. All persons suffering
from mental arrangement, unless very
violent. are taken to the infirmary
which is technically separate from the