Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-07
Blaming the Governor.

blaming t'7S SOSS'hOTs
Al the same time Representative
Koontz. democrat. Ia .ile- Of the
house" also holding the lucrative Of
nca Of mayor of Iovi City. has started
out 10 axe war Gn tire governor Of
Iowa, With intent to hold him wholly
responsible for everything the .egis-
lature has done, including measures
for which democrats nave voted and
thru him TO MAKE capital asains: the
republican party in Iowa. 7: +; said
that he has been over on the senate
side urging that democratic senator's
withhold their approval { appnint.cs
Of the governor N t,e hope ;hni
middle viii co;na about tiiit %in re
feet on the rep.t.iraa administration
of the affairs % state.
Members Of ~ senate nave PORTED
out that as ,na:.er IF fi:- the five
r,ile limit" bill re re- would have stood
q ghost Of a sho" OF passage IN any
firm but for the fact that the .ie,uo-
Gratis were divide! an that Consider
OF ie number of item stood ready a, all
tines TO pass the bI! IL most any
form. In short. ere IL - responsibility
for the bill must rest " itn democrats as
with republicans. ant. = VAS not I.arty
measure in an sense. The same is
true, also. as to the daylight; saloon Dill,
which was carried by the divided vote
Of both parties and was treated strict
~ as non-partisan. The woman sUf-
fraee amendment also depended OF the
votes of both parties to get thru. In
fact there has been actually no parJi-
sanship in the treatment of any ut the
measures before the Legislature.
1t is supposed that the .ette- Uncle
Dave" has written serving formal no.
tice on the republican party Of his sew
erance therefrom is intended 10 BE- ne
keynote Of a campaign that will not end
until after the next election for gov
ernor and senator.
The Robinson resolution regarding
the saloon question in It's relation TO
the state university is being kept care
fully hid away. II was referred 10 the
printing committee. tho Il has 70 more
10 do with the problems of printing
han il has with buying coal: and il
is presumed that the committee having
il concealed will keep it hid away' fer
some time. In the meantime curiosity
Il increasing as 20 exact contents tho
resolution. If il had been DISPOSED q
in the senate late Friday evening with
out any debate it probably would have
attracted small attention. The fact
that il stirred up a storm has let the
impression that IL was important.
The resolution provided that the gov
ernor should appoint a committee Of
three TO make thorough Investigation
into the conditions at Iowa City m tire
matter of the relations of the sra,e ;:ni-
versity and the saloon Issue there and
TO report to the next Legislature. 1t re-
cited that as matter OF fact the exist
ence of the saloons in the city whore
the university is located is preventing
the growth of the university. and also
referred 10 the fact that members OF
the legislature from that county aid
district seemingly are under irstruc-
tons to sacrifice everything to save the
saloons Of the city.
Mr.. Robinson offered the resolution
on his own motion and without con-
sultation with another member Of the
Legislature or any state officer. In fact
ne wrote it himself during the day
while the debate was going on over the
five-rnile limit bill.
My thought" he said, "was to bring
to the attention OF the people Of Iowa
lily ana All W mo are interested tQdl me
time is coming when they must choose
between their saloons and the untver-
stiy. The idea Of a state university in
prohibition state located in saloon
city Is wholly inconsistent. The plain
facts should be faced. for they must
be faced sometime and be settled"
Unless the committee consents TO
permit the senate to vote down the
"a - ~wvA1I
probably demand recall Of the same
before adjournment. So far as the
public knows there was nothing in the
resolution beyond statements Of fact
and suggestions for the future.