Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-10
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GATHERED IN
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tBy Ora Williams


fine looking elderly man was saunter-
ing about the state house and finding
nobody more likely to give civil answer
to questions than a reporter he OBJ
the legislature had done.
What a beautiful site for a state
house YOU have here he remarked.
1t is finer than any know of, and
have visited great many of them, as
l travel about the country"
\ little further it was disclosed the
man was resident of Boston. He
compared the Iowa capitol to the old
one in Boston. "But," he said rather
sharply looking out Of the south win
dow. why don't you do something 70
make the surroundings BETTER
Whereupon he was informed of what
the legislature had just done.
That's the greatest thing l ever
heard Of he said Il shall take pleas
IRE in telling of il wherever l go. Why.
YOU people here can hardly have an
idea of what it means TO give this
magnificent building its proper setting.
II will make Iowa state envted Of all
the states in the matter of its state
capitol"
And the fine old gentleman found it
hard to break away from coatempla-
zion Of the forward step. His was a
disinterested compliment to the Thir-
ty-tifth general assembly.
Have the people at home mobbed
you or threatened YOU because Of wha'
~. -;e-1, = Il ~
The question in that form or similar
was propounded TO most Of the mem
bers Of the retrenchment and reform
committee who were here this week.
I've heard no complaints, said enc.
The people at home seem TO be very
we'll satisfied Just little grunbl:ns
here and there about some things. for
Of course no legislature ever did every
thing To suit everybody. but on the
whole the people are we'll satisfied
with the work that was done.
This was the spirit Of most of the
answers Not one of the ten men re-
ported any great revolt among the peo-
pie such as one might infer from the
excited reports in some places. Even
the provision for the purchase OF ad-
ditional ground around the state CAPT
state buildings has not caused any
10 these men.
Some one here has been pers.stently
trying to make il appear that in the
selection Of oscar Hale for judge in
the Twentieth judicial district the gov
ernor showed himself a .eactiona-y. or
y
unfortunate situation in the district
with two candidates representing
strongly opposing factions: but as 2
matter Of fact. the factionisnl vas not
the controlling matter in the case. And
besides il was c. A. Carpenter. who
supported Roosevelt, who made the
suggestion of Hale for appointment as
judge
Jerry sullivan. who went to New
York the other day, hopes to be able
TO stay week or two and then &c;
leave Of absence for month or two
so that he can close up quite bit OF
LAM business in which he is interested
and arrange his affairs SO that ne can
become 4 permanent resident of New
York
Justice Winfield = Wi,nrow. the
new man on the supreme bench. has
profile which suggests, as he sits IN
thoughtful repose, the late Judge
George g. Wright. one of the most de-
!ightfu! of the big men who have &C.
cupieG a seat on the bench of the Iowa
high court. The resemblance has at
tracted the attention Of several OF the
veterans OF the bar who have visited
the court room this week.
Former Senator c. H. Van Law. OF
Marshal. VINO took hold Of the prob
lem Of dealing with public service cor
porations win q viii while ne was in
the senate. visited the state house on
business this week and remarked tina,
the public utilities bill met the same
old fate. But Van Law believes that
in The present state Of affairs a public
utilities commission in Iowa would be
q mighty expensive luxury and that
better results could be got in some
cheaper and easier way. He fatherec
d bill 10 give cities greater authority
to secure information regarding their
public service corporations and ne
you'd have some state department
clothed with power to get facts and
publish them and require proper ac-
counts from Ali such corporations. III
the cities and towns can posses them
selves Of ali the facts regarding their
service corporations, the ex-senator
believes, they will be able TO deal prop
erly and justly with them. 1t is the
secretiveness OF the companies that is
largely responsible for the trouble.
a. w Wilkinson. expert accountant
for the state highway commission, be-
Iieves that great good will come from
the new Iowa law providing for uni
form county accounting and state ex-
animation Of the county offices. VIII
kinson has been engaged for several
years making examinations into couh :
~ affairs and he worked with the oio
highway commission in making PROBES
into rottenness in various counties. IL
is amazing" said Wilkinson the other
day. "how careless some county Of
fcials are in the matter OF keeping ac-
counts and how difficult II is to ge.
them to adopt better methods, There Is
hardly a county in the state Wnere
the accounts are kept as they should
be. The field for work in getting tnese
accounts right is large one.
Not until ne abandoned his rebel
uous attitude and agreed to go to WORK
| at whatever work the warden may as
sign to him did Leonard w. Haley.
| convicted, convicted Of the murder OF