Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-24
RESORT TO MUDsLINelNG, VII
LITIGATION AND CORRUPTION
Congressman Hull Forced to Start on
New Tack in Furthering His Cam
paisn Against Prouty-EHorts to Be
Devoted to Organizing Purchaseable
Districts.
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The jackson committee issued orders
for a complete change OF front before
the voters and to place entire reliance
on a campaign of villihcation, mud
singing, corruption and the use OF
money.
Three months ago Judge S. F. Prouty
Itarted on campaign o. discussion be-
fore the voters of the issues as forced
to the front by the action OF the jack
son committee in challenging duel
along national lines He has conducted
a clean. high-minded, honorable cam
paign of education. He has spoken 70
about forty meetings and always has
discussed the national issues and has
strictly avoided all personalities
A few weeks ago Capt. j. a. T Hull
returned and announced that he would
go upon the stump ana defend the adj
lninistration" and contne his work en-
tirely to live issues. He Went out in
to the district and held about ten meet
ings His committee held a meeting
Sunday and after a heated discussion
and some divided sentiment. started
out on a new tack.
Discussion Of issues is 70 be aban-
doned entirely and resort had TO a per-
sonal attack upon Judge Prouty and
the progressives. A corps OF fund dis
tributors will go out 10 organize the
purchaseabie districts. Hull and Car
roll will be the benefciaries.
1t is an abject confession Of the utter
failure Of tbs campaign on the issues,
and II means that defense of the leaders
at Washington is 10 be abandoned.
The start was made last night. The
a lawyer of this city, for a speech at
Abel and announced that he would dis
cuss the so-called tissue ballot" fraud
In Polk county some six or eight years
ago At the same time they dug out Of
an old vault a quantity Of small pamph-
lets they had printed some years ago 70
use and did not use because of fear Of
libel suits, and these they put in cir
cuiation.
Judge Prouty viii not permit the
campaign to be thus diverted from the
issues which have been made al Wash
ington. He intends 70 go on discussing
these issues and challenging Hull TO
meet his arguments
The. so-called tissue ballot business
was exploded and exposed long ago.
There never was loaser or more mex
cusable SANDER than this one. and the
man who started IL apoogized to Judge
Prouty several years ago and admitted
he was wrong. Judge PrOuty had MOTH
ing to do with selecting the paper,
neither did any person interested in
him, but il was left 70 the printers and
they used old paper stock which they
had on hand for the printing OF cata-
logs. 1t was thin, fine and very
Opaque paper and could no more be
called tissue paper" properly than il
facts are well known to HUI. Jackson,
Carroll and the Des Moines Booster
Club" which Is engaged in fighting the
progressives.
AT the same time the seandpatters
have drafted in a number OF local law
yers to go out and deceive the voters
One of them is Walter McHenry. VINO
has been a lifelong dem ocrat and so far
as known makes no pretense of being
anything else.
But all the significance lies in the
fact that the standpats confess COM
plete failure Of their campaign upon
the issues of the day and have resolved
upon that which is never resorted to bv
any campaign committee which feels
that it is winning-a singing
fight.
The office Of state superintendent
receives many inquiries from the school
authorities in the state in regard 10 the
reason for the repeal of the law per-
uniting small towns and cities 10 in
crease the school tax levy by vote Of
the taxpayers. II seems that this was
due to the very bad method of amend :
Ing laws by Rewriting the entire sec
ton which was urged on the Legislature
by certain persons. The Legislature in
Ie1 d.
Des Moines the right to levy addftiona!
taxes TO build an east high school, but
repealed the old law by a complete r.
writing Of the section and it was not
discovered until afterwards that some
- thing had been done not intended An
5 effort on the part Of the department of
public instruction to have the error
rectifed was opposed because of pre-
JUDGE.
While Governor Carroll is still tell
ing about his great reforms and how
he has cleared the statehouse Of the
graft and corruption" of Governor
Cummins' administration, his own UNI
derlings continue to put in their time
Mt state expense doing political stunts
for the benefit OF the governor and his
friends. One of the political work
rooms Of the state house, which might
almost be regarded as another branch
OF the Jackson committee, is in the Of
fee of state labor commissioner In
addition to having prepared and pTiIitet,
In that office the letters to go out to
miners all over the state regarding the
Office of state superintendent, printed
upon the official stationary of the de-
partment, paid for by the state and the
printing done as other state printing,
this labor department has this week
printed in the same way letter to De
sent out to labor unions giving Car
roll q great boost as the one dear
friend Of the union laborers. The state
OF Iowa pays the bills. It is regarded
~ about the rawest piece of petty graft
ever turned up.
Among the sportsmen Of the state
ss who are here attending the big shoot
there has been some speculation as to
s. how and why Major Lacey was SC
anxious to aid in the election Of Gov
ernor Carroll that he tried to palm
u himself OF as a member OF the State