Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-26
SHRINE LIBERALS WOULD PRE-.
VENT VAN LAW AND EGER-
MAYER FROM JOINING.
PoLiric HEADS COME TO THE
RESCUE; VOTE RECONSTRUCTED
Because Of Employment OF Senator
Van Law and Ex-County Attorney
Egermayer in Anti Saloon Fight,
Three Members of Temple Would
Debar Applicants.

That "a -Ga-LlS Temple tAiSietA1
Arabic Order. Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine, soldiers Of the water wagon. is
not without its backsliders, was dem
onstrated in the special ceremonial
session here Thursday, as the result of
two sets of blackballs being placed
when the vote on the petitions came
I'd at the business session early in the
afternoon.
The blackballs were placed against
the petitions of State Senator c. h
Van Law and Ex- County Attorney
Joseph H. Egermayer, Of this city.
both Of whom have been employed as
attorneys by the ants in the present
liquor fight. The fact Of the 'black-
balling" created no end Of q stir, and
il did not take the majority Of the
members long to figure out from
whence the blackbaIls came, and why
they were placed.
Snriners Get susy For Recall.
It also did not take long for the
shriners, especially local members Of
the temple to get busy in an attempt
to have the action reconsidered. and at
q special business session, held late in
the afternoon, at which every member
Of the temple in the city was present
the action was reconside-ed, and the
petitions went thru without any vote
being registered against them.
Wiser Heads Smooth Troubled Waters.
That the wiser heads Of the local
liberal clement were able to carry the
day was responsible for the change in
sentiment and the reconsideration of
the vote.
Several Of these members spoke on
the petitions and the individuality Of
the candidates. and an especially ear
nest plea was made by one member
who declared that. If any one would
be excused for placing a blackpan
against the candidates in question, he
should be the man to place them. for
the political activity shown against
him by the two candidates during
years past However, he declared that
g lodge was not the place to give vent
to personal or political grudges. and
he pleaded that all ani:nosittes should
he forgotten within the confines Of the
lodge room.
See Reaction In HlackbalIs.
Apparent to liberals in a moment
was the reactionary effect upon the
liberal cause which would have resulted
were these two attorneys denied
adnittance to the Shrine after having
qualified in the requisite organizations
simply because they We're actively OPP
posing saloons in Marshalltown.
It was happy action that was
brought about when the reconsidera-
ton of the vote was taken. and leading
members Of the Shrine here regret very
much that any members of the temple
would have carried their personal ami
nosities so far as to have placed the
three black balls, necessary to prevent
the acceptance Of the two petitions In
question.
Class Of Twenty Eight.
In addition to the twenty-five candi-
dates whose names appeared in the list
published Thursday evening, three
more petitions were filed and acted up
on following the hour when the list was
made up. The additional candidates
were Senator Van Law. of this city:
Mr.. Hawkins, Of Des Moines: and VIII
liam l.. Kuser. superintendent of the
Iowa Industrial School for Boys, Ell
dora.
The secret work Of the order and the
vaudeville performance that followed
were finished at the Odeon at about
1890 this morning. The banquet at
Forney's hall at 6 o'clock was served
by the ladies Of the Eastern Star.
shriners Well Pleased.
The visiting delegations of Shriners,
and especially the membership from
Des MONIES. which was between seven
ty and eighty strong, were more than
pleased at their reception and enter
tainment by the local members of the
temple. The Des Moines officers and
members pronounced the visit here far
beyond their expectations from
standpoint OF both success and pleas
ure.
The Arab patrol, which had charge
Of the secret work, gave very pretty
exhibition drill In uniform at the court
house square following the parade.