Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

bridge combine doesn't want. and SO
the bridge men combine with the SUI
pervisors and trustees and q big
"holler" is made about the awful things
that are happening because OF the new
road legislation. This Is one issue.
The exact animus OF the fight made
against the legislative act to provide
a nlillage tax for capitol grounds eN-
tension is disclosed in two recent
newspaper utterances. j. w. Rowley.
who brought all the suits thus far
brought. refers in his paper to the
efforts of state officials backed by cur
rupt lobbyists" which is referred to as
"outla wisn''. and says they are deter
mined IF necessary to vote into re-
tirement every official who is a party
to it." And c. w. Junkin in his paper
refers to state officers and Des Moines
real estate specula tors who are ensi-
neering this deal,' and adds that lit is
within the range Of probabilities that
q state ticket may be chosen on this is
sue next year" Thus far. however.
NEITHER has pointed out single cor
rupt lobbyist" nor a single real estate
speculator" as having any connection
whatever with the action OF the legis
lature.
On the other hand. as local poll
tician has remarked, the work done by
President Wilson at Washington has
been OF such character, both as to
the tariff bill and the banking bill, as
to make almost Impossible any injec
ton of national politics into the state
campaign. 1t is pointed out that be-
cause of this fact the politicians are
cropping about for some petty issue on
which to make a campaign.
The National Democrat edited by
William Hutton, organ of the demo-
cracy in this part of the state, is earn
estly for Claude Porter for United
States district attorney for southern
Iowa and for Nick Reed for marshal.
The National Democrat declares that,
Mr.. Porter has always been at the
head of the progressive democratic
forces of Iowa. and while he was a
Clark supporter at Baltimore he sup
ported Wilson in the campaign. But. it
adds. IF Mr.. Porter is turned down
as district attorney the progressive
democracy will elect him to the higher
office OF United States senator" This
is official
For some time the Sutherland Cour-
Ter has enjoyed the distinction of being
the only simon pure bull moose party
weakly paper in the state which never
fails in a single issue to stand up foI-
Usher, now offers the Courier for
sale.
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TO the Iowa legislature to make a po-
litical point, has declared that
Bills have been passed and enforced
as laws that Were never signed by the
presiding officer of either house or
senate; one bill passed was lost in the
governors office; another was passed
and never printed: some laws have
been amended that We're repealed by
former legislature"
Partly true. In the history Of Iowa
a legalizing act is shown by the records
to have been delivered to the gov
ernor four years ago but was not de-
livered to the secretary Of state. There
IS nothing to indicate 1t was lost. 1t
might have been vetoed. But at any
rate the man interested in it was not
concerned enough to say anything.
And it is true and has been scores OF
times, that bills have been passed
amending sections OF the code that
have been repealed already.
But SO far as has come within the
knowledge Of the code commission.
which is compiling all the recent laws,
the other two statements are wholly
without foundation in fact.
The governor spoke in Knoxville the
other day and congratulated the people
Of Marion county on their unbounded
prosperity and the evidence every
where Of accumulated wealth. There
has been some grumbling in that
county over the capitol grounds mill
age tax and the m ember of the house
from that county will make the race
again on an issue Of attacking the leg
islature and the state officers for hav-
ing made taxes so heavy. But show
ing in the Knoxville Journal Of Marion
county wealth figures out that the
farm lands of that county alone are
actually assessed this year at $4,000
600 less than they are really worth.
This figures out, also. that on farm
lands alone. at the average rate of
taxes, the property owners of the
county are fudging to the extent of
over half million dollars in taxes. In
other words. if their assessment was
What it should be- by their own state
ment. they would pay a half million
dollars more of taxes than they will
pay. Still some of them are complain
ing about how badly taxation matters
are handled
4 Mount Ayr newspaper gives credit
to a new law for the increase in as
seased valuation Of railroad property
in that county by which the county
treasury will get $4,000 more in taxes.
7. IS not new law but application by
state officials of an old one.
Brief News Of Ham pton.
Special to Times Republcan.
Hampton. Oct. 1s.-Mr. and Mrs T.
e. pollock, Of Flagstaff, Ariz.. spent
few days this week at the Dr. J. c.
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