Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-11
COUNTY AUDITORS SPEND MONEY
usELEssLY FOR PRIMARY
PRINTING.
MUCH suPERFLuous MATTER
GIVEN OUT As ADVERTISING
Some Counties Secured Publication Of
Entire ealiot-lowa Officials 90 East
to Inspect insanity HospitaIs-Ths
Hubbard vaeaney-WiIdeat Insur.
anes Unsarthed.
Special to Times Republican.

Dies MOlneS, June 11.-COuHty au
ditors who have favored their official
papers with primary election notices
including the names of candidates and
other superfiuous matter. may be DIP
against it in the matter of setting the
bills. The office of attorney general
has held that only four things are
needed in the official publication re-
garding the primary, namely: the time
OF the election, the hours during which
the polls will be open. the offices for
which candidates are to be nominated.
and that the primary will be held in
TIE regular polling places. Beyond
this all is surplusage.
An inquiring publisher sent to the
attorney general four newspaper clip
pings showing how widely the auditors
have varied in this matter. A notice
in Lucas county, which is declared to
be sufficient compliance with the law,
occupied space Of less than six
inches. In Clarke county. there was
added to it special list for each
township, setting out line for line each
petty office to be filled. This made
several columns in the paper. In Polk
county the sample ballot was included
and it made three and half columns
fine type. In Union county the sample
ballot was printed and 1t made full
en-column page in the paper.
Assistant Attorney General Robbins,
in decision, declares that the Lucas
county publication was sufficient. II
the legislature had intended that the
names of all candidates be printed it
t. 4 1
case Of the general election, but it has
only required posting of sample ball
lots.
GUS matter published that is a matter
as between the county auditors and
the newspaper publishers, or for the
courts.
DR.. Bannister, Of the board Of con-
troll, with Superintendent Voldeng Of
the state hospital at Cherokee, and
Architect Liebbe, Of the state institu
lions. started east yesterday to visit
number Of eastern insane hospitals
for the purpose Of investigation as to
special arrangements for the cars Of
the tuberculous insane. The board has
an appropriation available with which
W paAAu d. SACHOhCC a SpCCldt IlOSpllAl
for the care Of those who are affected
with tuberculosis and to keep them
separate from the others. 1t is de-
this direction the very best be pro-
vided.
AS stated last week, Governor Car
roll intends to call special election
to fill the vacancy in the congressional
delegation in the Eleventh district, and
It will be called for the same date as
the general election. so as to avoid ex-
ira expense. The law leaves no dis
cretion with the governor as to the |
calling Of the special election in case
is in session when the vacan-
cy occurs, but he can use his discretion |
as to the time. The same candidate |
may be nouinated both for the full
term and for the short term or a diff
ferent candidate might be named for !
each, as both will be named at the |
same convention.
C. S. Byrkit, insurance commissioner
for Iowa, has just got at the bottom |
Of a scheme for wildcat insurance bus
mess which is being attempted in Iowa |
by a company called the Citizens In |
surance agency" located in New York. |
Inquiry from the insurance department |
Of New York is to the effect that the !
company is really an individual with a
checkered record Of at
tempting peculiar insurance methods. |
The plan is to solicit insurance at all |
sorts of rates and then to sell it to
some company not authorized to do
business in the state. The insurance
departments Of several states are at
ter the scheme hard.
Those who want to hold county
fair at Fairfield have won out in the
supreme court in the fight with those
who want to sell the old fair grounds
md divide what there Is among the
The supreme court found
hat court of equity has no right to
step in and decide for a company what
t shall do, and that as officers have
been chosen who want to hold a coun- II
" fair and the association Is not In
Iolvent there is no excuse for appoint
nent of a receiver and winding up the
business. Some OF the stockholders
wanted to quit entirely.