Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-03
GRAND JURY 70 ACT
WILL TAKE UP CHARGES OF CAR
ROLL ON DEMAND or JOHN
coWNlE.
SLIGHT DELAY NECESSARY
BECAUSE AFFlDAviTs ARE OUT
Documents Required by Grand Jury
Being Psddled About the State for
Political Purposes-carroIps Para
mount Issue Appears to Be cownie
Juggling of Figures Resented.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, June 3-Immediately
after the primary Governor Carroll will
be called upon to produce his collec-
ton OF affidavits upon which he bases
his accusations of wrong doing against
John Cownie and to show them to the
Polk county grand jury. The matter
was taken up by County Attorney
Guthrie, but the grand jury wanted to
adjourn over for a week following
Memorial Day, hence nothing could be
done this week. The county attorney
made an effort to get at the facts. put
discovered that the affidavits were be-
ing carried around over the state to
be shown to individuals who might
make such use of them as they could
in the campaign.
Some surprise has been expressed
here that the governor should have
seen fit to send out privately TO his
confidential friends a mass or state
ments bearing on the subject which he
has not made public here. For instance
Howard Ram, at Manchester, is said
to have been informed of matters about
which the public has been kept in ig-
norance. Another of the confidential
friends of the governor who appears to
have received private information as
to various matters is Charles f. Chase,
OF Atlantic many years editor OF the
democratic paper there and now doing
yeoman service for Smith. The affl-
davit collection was shown at West
Union and at Leon and in both cases
it is said to have done no good to the
campaign of the governor.
These reports which are being print
ed here indicate that the governor is
devoting himself almost exclusively to
Mr. Cownie The latter is being at
tackled in every possible way as bad
man whose career in connection with
the management of the state institu-
tions has been of little use to the state.
1t has been denied here that Cover
nor Carroll knew when he appointed
the successor to the farmer member
Of the board that he was picking man
who does not scruple to ride ON free
pass on the Burlington. But the Bur-
lington pass report was filed with the
executive council, which is an append
age of CAROLS office, on Feb. 10 last.
1t shows that the Burlington last year
gave to NJ. Bannister Ottumwa, a trip
pass on two separate occasions. The
report does not show where nor when
these passes were used, but they were
in the year 1909, two years after the
anti-pass law went into effect.
Among the state officials there is
almost as much indignation over Gov
ernor CAROLS latest jugglery of finan-
cial statistics as there was over Audi
tor CARROTS representation to the peo-
pie that the state was almost bank
rupt and his prediction of a half mill
lion deficit when it was certainly
known there would not be deficit.
Treasurer Morrow had $S05,000 surplus
at the time when, according to Audi.
tor CARROTS figures there was to have
been deficit of $550,000. Now Cover
nor Carroll is representing that by rea-
son of his economy he was able to
reduce the state tax levy one-tenth
of a mill. AS a matter of fact the exc
cutive council reduced the, state tax
levy because of such an enormous in
crease in the property assessment and
for no other reason. Governor Carroll
had as much to do with one as with the
other But in addition it is figured out
in the state auditors office that the
increase of assessment, or taxable val
uation, which was made at the time
of the fixing of the tax levy, will re-
suit in the taxpayers of the state hay
ing charged up against in the state, for
all purposes. about $4,000 more than
the year before.
The fact is that the expenses Of
state government are steadily increas-
ing and the present biennial period
will show Il greater gain than any in
all the history of the state. AT the
state house it is felt that if the gov
ernor is going to tell anything about
state figure he should be honest
enough to tell the truth