Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-05

| IlGtQ 10 NC lICISdSSu very Nl0Sll " IhoNS
sure that nothing would happen there
as result of the agitation for mu-
| tiny at Fort Madison. Warden Nc
| Claughry, in fact. has had men search
ing high and low within the walls Of
the reformatory for big stick of dy-
| Mantle said to have been struggled
into the reformatory to be used in case
trouble should start and an opportun-
, ity be given for a general delivery of
| prisoners.
'Of course said one who discussed
the matter "the warden does not be-
lieve there has been any dynamite
brought into the institution, but he can
not afford to relax vigilance, and N
fact it is due that he should make
| the search complete. The incident
however, illustrates how far reaching
may be an attack OH the state officials
and a systematic campaign OF false
, hood and SANDER carried on under the
direction and instigation Of ex-convicts
and their confederates still within the
walls. The demand which is being
made that the prison management at
Fort Madison shall Weld to one mu
tinous convict ana permit him to dis
obey all prison rules. is being watched
by every hardened convict in the in
stltution. II the prison authorities
should yield for one they would be
forced to yield for all. And if prison
discipline should be destroyed at the
prison it would be impossible to main
tain it at the reformato-y.'
Ii is recalled also in the lobby that
four years ago a similar fight WAS
made in regard 10 the Fort Madison
prison and desperate effort to in
duce the legislature 70 interfere. The
only difference is that the attackers
then made the point that Warden San
ders was adopting Sunday school
methods. that he was converting the
institution into a, gentlemen's club. that
he was so lenient that he was making
the prison q desirable place to rest.
and therefore that he ought TO be
ousted from his place Now Warden
Sanders has not changed particle,
no new rules have been made, and the
system is identical with that of four
years aSo-but now the demand OF the
convicts and ex-convicts is that he pc
reprimanded for his enforcement OF
the prison rules.
Incidentally it is stated that at Ana
mosa there have been IN the past year
four or five times as many convicts
sent to their cells for discipline as 1T
Fort Madison.
A great deal has been said about the
lobby which is attendant on the ses-
sions Of the thirty fifth general assem-
bly,. 1t is neither larger nor greatly
different from those Of other years.
save that during a. least two of the
sessions when Cun'mins was governor
the lobby almost disappeared. Ii came
back. however, stronger and more i'm
portant than ever four years ago
Some who have discussed the lobby
have assumed that there was bridge
lobby" which was the most conspicu-
Gus thing: but as a matter OF fact il
there has been any bridge lobby il has
been about the smnothesr thing in ex
istence. for there are scores of the
members who absolutely know nothing
of any such lobby g ..- work. But
there have been lobbyists here in
bers on many bills, as for instance,
banking labor bills. manufacturers,
railroads. liquor interests, insurance.
nunicipa lities. colleges. educational
matters and to oppose any tax reform.
Members OF the legislature do not gen
orally resent the presence Of persons
who are interested in bills: on the
contrary. there is a feeling that men
have a right 10 appear and present TO
the legislature their views on any and
all matters.
Mrs. Nina Dewey. the irresistible
and always cheerful representative Of
the persistent women suffragists Of the
state, who had personal charge Of the
fight to put the constitutional amend
ment thru the Legislature this year.
was one Of a handful of Iowa delegates
to attend the Mississippi valley ,o1-
ference OF equal suffragists in st.
Louis This week. She returned yester-
day. She was on the program to tell
about follow up methods as related 70
the various organizations that assist
in the work of securing votes tor
women. She was able 10 make re-
port, not at all theoretical. but eminent
~ practical, as to this work in Iowa
She had listed some fifteen or twenty
different organizations or bodies that
in Iowa had endorsed the women sui
frage movement. She had and READ
10 the conference the planks II TIE
three state platforms last year all Ell
dorsing the movement, and she vas
able 20 declare that these platform dec
larations had great deal to do with
her ability to get the women suffrage
amendment endorsed. The meeting At
ST. Louis was a conference TO plan for
equal suffrage campaigns all thru the
country and nineteen states were rep
resented. DR.. Dewey declares it %
have haer, tho hest meeting of tAe kind
she ever attended and a strictly bus
mess conference from which good re-
suits for that cause are expected.
The sullivan bill for a commission 10
handle the prepare ton of the code SUP
plement having passed both houses it
will soon be up to Harding and Cu:,-
ningham to name the six members
Z thereof. and later for these men tc
meet and select $4,000 man for code
editor. The salary Of the code editor
was fixed as indicated because 1t has
found that there are many expenses
connected with it and less sum Woutd
not be at all compensatory. In fact the
last code editor came out loser finan-
ciallv and there was an item slipped
into bill somewhere to compensate
him for actual deficit. 1t is expected, OF
course. that Senator Sullivan will be on
the code commission.
| 7. is amazing, as an old timer re-
| o%ber Mr. Par