Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-13
ATTORNEYS ATTEMPT TO SHOW
MAYOR VICTIM OF ENEMIES
Case More Earnestly Argued Than
Any Recent Controversy Before Court
Combine Between Postoffice De-
partment and Express Companies
Alleged in Railroad Commission Case.
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preme court, is the elimination of long
local political fight in the capital of
Iowa county.
"These charges of intoxication were
all thrashed out in his first campaign
and he defeated his enemies" said
Judge Wade. "Then they We're used
again in the second campaign and he
beat them more than ever; and de-
spite all this he will run again and
get more votes than ever before"
This was the defiance hurled at the
supreme court with vehement gestures.
According to Judge Wade the whole
case grew out of the long time desire
of certain persons to "get the mayor
in certain local fights, and the charge
of intoxication was not supported by
the evidence. In fact it was admitted
that Mayor Henderson is suffering
from rheumatism which probably
caused him to walk wabbly sometimes
and led to the evidence that he had
been seen to walk crooked. No case
has been more earnestly argued before
the court for many day and both
Judge Wade and Attorney General By
ers were frequently interrupted by
queries from the bench.
1T has been put up to the state rail-
road commission to break an alleged
combine between the postoffice depart
ment and the express companies to pre-
vent distribution of catalogs of job
bling and other houses at reasonable
rates. John H. Taft, of Cedar Rapids.
makes the complaint. 1t is in effect
that since the postoffice department has
become so strict about catalogs in the
mails, that the express companies have
also frightened up and have enforced
rude that a catalog with more than
three samples pasted in it-samples or
paper, cloth or material-can not be
handled as printed matter. The Iowa
commission is asked to order a. return
to the old system so that such catalogs
can be sent out at reasonable rates
This puts it right up to the railroad COM
mission to get into the game regarding
the mail order business of the coun-
try. 1T is the first time a complaint
Of this kind ever came to the atten-
ton of the commission.
| Some surprise is expressed here over
the apparent desertion of Clifford Pin
chot by Secretary Wilson, and fear is
expressed that when the congressional
committee finishes it's investigation il
Will leave Wilson in bad light before
| the public. 1t is known that UP to a
very recent date Wilson has approved
of everything done by his forestry bu-
| reau and its leading men and that he
has sustained the most intimate and
confidential relations to Mr. Pinchot
1t is also known that Senator Dolliver
has been very close to Wilson and has
counseled with him, and it is asserted
that Wilson had actual knowledge OF
the fact that Dolliver was seeking and
getting information regarding official
matters from the chief of the forestry
bureau. The only explanation is that
there is desire on the part of others tc
get Wilson'S place in the cabinet and
that Wilson was literally forced tic
abandon Pinchot or lose his place ir
the cabinet.
| Judge S. F. Prouty, who has beer
absent from the city for some time, has
returned and states that he will inn
mediately commence active work in
his campaign for the republican NOM
ination for congress. He makes a con-
sentative estimate of 5000 progressive
majority in the district among the re-
publicans and believes he will have
easily that majority. He will make his
campaign strictly on the line of sup
port of the republican party and the
policies which have been announced ir
republican platforms in Iowa and in the
nation. Announcement that the loca
union labor forces, or that portion
which is in politics, is for Hull has
caused no worry to Judge Prouty an6
it is believed has not had great effec1
in the six counties outside of Polk.
Insurance circles are agitated ove1
the fact that in some cities of the state
the agents will not live up to the rates
which are decreed to be correct ant
because of the Iowa anti-compact law
there is decentralization of rates. The
Western Underwater, leading insur-
ance journal, calls attention to chi:
cuses an agent at Mason City of ad.
i
"gentleman's agreement" He is alleged
to have insured the property Of tht
Hawkeye Oil Company at Mason Cit,
for $1.s71s per thousand. while similal
property of the same company at Wat
erloo pays $3.50 The insurance pape7
says:
1T is such things that lead to STATE
rating laws and other troublesome leg
Iislation and stand in the way of repea
of the Blanchard law The public
naturally believes that If companies
will accept business at $1.371a the.
should not be allowed to combine on {
rate of $3.50"
Nevertheless. it is learned, anothe
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