Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-26
VICIOUS ATTACK ON STATE OF.
FIciALs AND LEGISLATURE
FROM IOWA CITY.
ATTEMPT TO sEsMlRcH
NAMES OF MANY GOOD MEN
Charges Of Graft in Connection With
Capitol Grounds Extension Contain
Falsehoo ds-Dssisnsd TO Overthrow
Present Administration and Put Old
Machine Back In Power.
special to mines Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, April 26.-The political
game for 1914 is being disclosed. There
is evidence rof the early unfolding Of
the plot to condemn the administration
of state affairs, to besmirch the gov
ernor, to SANDER the legislature and
by the sowing of the seeds of discord
by artful falsenood to bring reproach
on the state Of Iowa and all who have
had part in its upbuilding.
The signal has been given at Iowa
City, from within the shadow Of the
university, and has been echoed in
Cedar Rapids and elsewhere. The at
tack is on the legislature for having
provided a small millage tax with
which the state may acquire by con-
demnation sufficient property around
the state house to give it proper
grounds. Dave" Brant fathers the at
tack and declares it to be the height
of folly, disgrace, a scandal, a graft.
a steal. His article is a mass of false
hood from beginning to cn1, without n
shadow Of foundation, not designed to
carry information 81. e. deceive the
people and conceal til, truth.
According 20 the Brant s'ory the III
was railroaded thru by stealth and
without any discussion and that there
was a tacit agreement entered into be-
tween the "Des Moines boosters" and
the Des Moines papers and the Des
Moines correspondents for outside
papers that nothing should be revealed
about the deal until it had been con-
summated." AS for this latter it Is suf-
ficient to say that Dave Brant knows
it's utter falsehood, for details OF this
bill were given in full and accurately
in this correspondence for outside
papers weeks before the bill ever came
to a vote, and Brant was himself how
ering about the legislature and knew
all about 1t and could have given the
facts had he desired to do SO. The
record will show that the plans for the
millage tax were printed and printed
freely long before the legislature came
to act on the measure and there was
and could have been no concealment
from the public or the members Of the
legislature.
No RaIroadins Done.
Brant is quoted In a Cedar Rapids
morning paper as declaring that the bill
was "railroaded thru the legislature in
one day. enrolled and signed the next
and went on official file the next
which is an indictment Of the legisla-
ture for either stupidity or worse.
The fact is. as every one knows who
kept at all In touch with TIE legislature,
this bill had been the subject of a
score Of conferences between members
Of both houses had been considered
and was put into shape by sub
committee of the appropriations
committees that the main provisions
l'of 1t were made known generally be-
fore it was introduced. that it was in
troduced by the appropriations COM
mittee of the house on April and
printed in the house Journal OF that
day. and that maps showing the ex-
tent Of the grounds sought were dis
tributed and the fullest and freest
discussion and criticism was invited
OF the same.
The bill was introduced on Thursday
and later Representative Larrabee.
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, had the bill made a special
order for l o'clock the following Tues
day, April 8. at which time it was
called up, discussed, amendments Of
fered and voted on and the bill passed
50 to %. Already the sitting commit
tee OF the house was at work and the
bill was sent to the senate. where the
same day it was called UP and passed
"a to 6.
Besmirching Good Names.
The bill was handled in the house
by Mr. Dixon and in the senate by Mr..
Mates. Are these men grafters or
guilty Of steal? Is Mates to be
charged with inexcusable extrava-
gance? Others who had very large
part in the framing Of the bill were
Senators Spaulding and Robinson. Do
the Dave Brant epithets apply to
them?
Among the republicans Of the house
who stood for this bill and believe it
great step forward are Barry, Bern
brock Lounsberry. Griffin, Grout. Pick
ford and Ring. all of whom represent
large cities Of Iowa; and such men OF
honorable standing as Bingham, Brady,
Huff, Hunt, Hutchins, Power, Sherman.
Chapman and many others. If the bill
was such a bad one. why did not the
democratic Watchdogs find it out in the
six weeks it was under discussion, such
men as Black, Boettger. Miller, Hazen,
Jamison. Hamilton. Kelso Mccullough,
Scholz and Trumbauer of whom
were for the bill.
And over in the senate but six men
could be found to vote against the
bill-three republicans and three demo-
Gratis: while for the bill were these
republicans: Allen, Ames. Arney, Bal
kema. Doe. Cowles, eCrist, Darrah, Eel
lows, Francis. Hilsinger, Jones. Kim
ball. Larrabee. Malmberg, Mates. Per-
kins. Robinson. Savage, Smith, Spaul-
ding. Sullivan. Taylor, Thomas and
Wilson OF Appanoose: and these demo-
Gratis; Balluff. Ciarkson. Crow, DeWolf,
PUDT n s.