Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-25
FAcTloNlsTs WHO FORCED COW.
ME FROM BOARD OF CONTROL
READY TO DROP CONTEST.
cHURcHMEN BECOME INVOLVED
IN QUARREL OVER INCIDENT
Treat Not Politician and Stands Lit
tie Show Of Being Eleeted-Stand-
patters Out to Capture All State Of
fees in Sisht-Pickett to Make Open
Fight Against Riggs.
to rimes-Republicar.

I Lies MOlnSS, March Z0.-lI uSSc1Ops
that among the heads of state insti-
tutions who attended the quarterly
conference here this week there was
practical unanimity in expression o!
regret over the retirement of Chairman
! Cownie. But for the fact that they
/ are forbidden by law from taking any
part in politics they probably would
| have gone on record in regard to the
matter. For the same reason, they vii
| refrain from having anything to dc
with the selection of the successor tc
! Mr. Cownie; but individually they are
! generally in favor OF some one other
! than a politician, and they would be
much pleased il Secretary Forrest S
| Treat should be named. once before
! however, the name of Mr.. Treat was
suggested TO the governor and dismiss
I ed on the ground that he had no poll
! teal backing. During all the years OF
/ his connection with the board Mr.
CoWnie never, SO far as known, took
the slightest part in politics nor did
anyone ever succeed in getting him 10
talk on political matters.
II seems probable that the whole
matter Oh the administration dildCh Oh
the board OF control system and re-
formatory methods will become in
volved in a petty quarrel between
churchmen. Dean Bell. of the Episco-
pal church, who is pretty hard hitter,
demanded investigation. Rev. Mr. Med
berry, OF the University Christian
church, replied with some personalities
and defended Miss Garrison. Then
Bell came back with an insinuarion
that the Superintendent was one OF
Rev. Mr. Medberrys church members,
which sufficiently explained why he
was in the game. Later the matter has
been taken up by the humane society
and some investigation may result
The. effort of the administration Is
10 suppress all discussion of the mat
ter and all investigation. In this most
Of the. I>es Moines newspapers nave
aided by steering clear of the main
question as to the general fight Whlch
has now been running year and
half 20 bring about an excuse Tor a
| complete change. Nothing is being SAID
here OF tie evident political bearings
( # the whole case and the activity OF
| well known politicians in fomentlng
| discord for factional advantage.
II is now asserted that as soon as
the ruction has accomplished the pur-
! pcse for which it was started, thefe
/ will be accomplishment of order ana
return to the old quietude at the school
The girls are being returned 10 lhs
school and soon It will be announced
that all trouble is at an end. IN the
meantime the changes will be effected
v.hfcn failed of success by the legisla-
ire after hard fight.
When the organization of the Iowa
standpatters was perfected during the
week of the conferences called by Gov
iernor Carroll and associates, It was
stated by those who assumed to speak
for their organization that no WORK
would be done until after the primary
that no work would be done for can
didates, but that the entire matter was
solely to get together all republicans
who support the policies of Taft.
Yesterday James Bryan, from Inc
heart of the reservation called the
district leaders" together and started
a campaign the purpose of which Is 70
get as many offices as possible. Five
or six others met with Frank D. Jack
son. of the Royal Union Insurance
Company, and planned for the cam
paign.
Incidentally report was received
from Washington as to the progress
made and the assurances of financial
support.
/ The work of organizing clubs is un-
der way. Mr.. Bryan has held sew
eral conferences for organizing pur-
poses especially in the Eighth DIS
Itric+. where the contest between ToNHner
and Darrah is supposed to be very
close.
The attorney general has decided
that where a political party did MOI
cast 9 per cent of the vote in the state
and is therefore not legally a party III
the state at large but where the
same party did cast per cent IN a
county it is a legal party within thaz
particular county and can claim party
| column on the county ticket. rms Is
different from the view which mas
generally obtained. The only place
where this ruling viii have effect so
far as known is in Appanoose county
! where the socialists claim the right
to a party column.
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1t is understood that DR.. Adam Pick
EFT, the Eighth district candidate for
state superintendent, - gyms ~ 4i'eAAN-
! a SQUARE and open fight for nomina-
ton in opposition to the Riggs program
which has been announced, that he is
opposed to abolition of the school
treasurers and placing the school money
at interest and opposes the plan OF
| closing temporarily the smaller schools
with Incidental transportation Of pu-
pills. This will raise a fair issue on
which the matter can be fought out
IT was demonstrated during the legis-
tlative session last winter that the
school treasurers and the bankers who
have the school money without in
terest are very powerful in state pol
titles for they were able to fairly ter
rifv the legislature into abandonment
of all bills calling for reform in school
government.
The railroad commission will soon
dispose of the little controversy over
the coal rate in Iowa in a manner thai
will be entirely satisfactory to the
operators and railroads. Virtually ar
agreement was made at a conference OF
operators and the railroad attorneys
and the details will all be worked out
before the meeting April z.
i The plan is to have the Interstate
rate on coal, especially the rate from