Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-12
TAFT EVIDENTLY is HAVING DIFF
FIcULTY IN FINDING OUT
TRUE CONDITIONS.
POSTMASTER WITH COMMITS
SION KEPT OUT OF OFFICE
Appointments at Marion Hold Up Sew
eraI Days Until. Congressman Good
Got Busy and Lifted standpat Boy
oott-county Attorneys MisIed as to
Cosson Removal Law.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines; July 12-An illustration
Of the way in which the political re-
ceivership for the republican party OF
iowa operates to interfere with the Or
Derby procedure Of business comes from
Marion in reference to the recent
change in postmasters there Senator
Alexander, lifelong republican. was
recommended for postmaster by the
congressman, and after long delay his
name was sent to the senate. Confirm
alton was secured promptly, the COM
mission signed and forwarded; and one
day about a week before the expiration
Of the term of Postmaster Rathbun,
the new appointee, with the commits
sion in his pocket and a telegram from
the department telling him to arrange
to take possession, appeared at the
postoffice to carry out his orders But
Postmaster Rathbun showed later
telegram. in effect telling him to pay
no attention to the man with the COM
mission and not to turn over the office.
OF course there was deadlock. The
self-appotnted receivers or trustees for
the party in Iowa had Overruled the
republican organization and had seen
someone in the postoffice department
later. Even good republican with
commission in his pocket and an order
to take possession had no standing as
against the receivership. OF course
Congressman Good became busy at
once and the boycott on the party was
lifted and Senator Alexander became
the postmaster; but 1t was an embar-
RAISING situation for few days while
the administration was finding out
who's who in Iowa
1--WE expect to elect congressman in
the Eleventh district" said a Monona
county democrat in the city yesterday.
"Or at least we are going to poll an
enormous vote for a democrat. The
conditions in the district are such that
we believe there will be very large
bolt from the republican ticket this
year. The feeling is very bitter and it
is evident that there is to be no com
promise"
The democrats expect to nominate
W.. M. .ttulll6, VI. ANd SSAAA~JS - S.N~
business man who is capable Of making
a hard fight. They believe that the
standpatters will flock to him in large
numbers this year as the fight against
the regulars is bitter in the extreme
and talk Of boiling is said to be the
common thing.
The starting Of the Phillips case at
hi 0fffca
brought out the fact that the county
attorneys in their recent convention
took action which indicates they did
not fully understand the removal law.
Mayor Phillips was given ten days
notice, as provided in the law, yet the
attorneys wanted the law amended to
give the accused person ten days not
ice. Some Of the attorneys are said to
favor the unprecedented rule of CIV
ing the accused person ten days notice
Of intention to serve notice on him, or
in other words a notice of a notice
While nominally the accusation against
Mayor Phillips as sent by the governor
to the office Of attorney general for &C
ton related chiefly to a statement that
on one day the mayor is said to have
become Intoxicated, yet 1t Is known
that when the trial Is reached the probe
will go deeper and that the manner Of
handling gambling and similar vices
will be taken up by the court.
It has become known here that the
grand jury Of Polk county, in the mat
ter of investigation of the accusations
against the board Of control for mis-
management, threw the doors wider
open than ever before and invited the
presentation of every scrap Of testi-
mony which could possibly be pro-
duced to show that in the office Of the
state board things had been going
wrong the past twelve years. Governor
Carroll appeared before the jury and
presented not only his oral evidence
but the documentary evidence on
which he is said to have decided that
Mr.. Cownie had been guilty Of sundry
and various crimes. The persons who
are alleged to have made the various
afAavits were called to give original
testimony. Everything that could pos
sibly have bearing on the conduct Of
members Of the board or the transact
tons at the Mitchellville school was
presented to the grand jury. It Is
known that on the grand jury there are
several democrats and it was felt that
Al IAcI0 WAS $a1Iy QOGAlICS Ill ll0 uldItoE
they would likely bring it out and make
the most Of bad situation. While
the grand Jury adjourned last week, 1t
will have another sitting and there isY
still regarded q possibility that an in
dictrnent may be brought out in ac-
cordance with the accusations made
during the campaign and which were
used so well to aid in the denomination
of the governor. If any indictment Is
brought it is known to be the inten-
ton Of all interested to insist upon an
immediate trial on the issues so as to
get it out Of the way Of the campaign
to come.
KEEPING WELL
is an easy task with the aid OF Hostel.