Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-30
GATHERED BY THE WAYSIDE

Additional columns have been put in.
granite substituted for limestone in
some Of the columns. and a Ihorough
6reproot roof determined On, and the
south wing partially covered with II
Your attention is respectfully directed
70 the reports o. the board Of commits
s;oners. the architects. the oyerseers,
and the superintendent OF finance.
am persuaded that the path Of true
economy lies in the direction Of the
mast vigorous prosecution OF the work
upon this edlsce, and its completion
al the eariies; day the states financial
condition VIII permit"
This was q bold proposition 70 be
made at time when the state hal
over half billion bonded indebted
ness and nearly as much floating debt
all Incurred without vote Of the people,
and only S2s in the state treasury as
officially reported by. The governor.
But legislature formally directed the
commission 70 keep the plan Of the ar
chitect intact and TO provide for cen
trail dome. and appropriated for the
roof and turrets al that session.
But after all. q half million invested
IN the dome and turrets, had and has
not now particle OF utility There
are no Office. IN the dome nor turrets.
and the building would be Just as use
tul without them. And $4,000 vas
spent q few years ago in putting
second coat Of gold on the dome
The death Of Judge Charles T. Gran
ger again reduces the number Of per-
sons living who have been on the su-
prene court Of Iowa and leaves but
four on the list-Reed, Robinson. Wat
ern1an and withrow. Th,se who have
recently departed are Cole, Dillon ana
McClain. Granger went upon the APP
peliate bench the first OF 1899: Robin
son had preceded him one year and
Reed I'VE years. Waterman and Sher-
win came on the bench before Granger
retired. So, also Gid Deemer and Ladd
who are stu on the bench Granger
was On the bench twelve years and was
not candidate for rem animation He
was good deal o. an old fashioned
lawyer and Judge. The law school he
attended was at the camp fires along
with several thousand of other boys
who carried nuskets. He had his law
books with him. when he was assisting
in putting down the rebellion SO he
was not in any sense a learned man,
not college trained. but like most law
yers Of his time he had vast fund OF
information quite useful
Judge Changers characteristic was
his prob;ty," .s!d Chief Justice Deem
err He was not much Of digger nor
great student. but he had an album
dance of horse sense and his first i'm
pressions were good He ana1yzed a
case and got right at the root Of II
IL ~
elaborate much in the opinions he
wrote. He was fair and honest and
sincere"
AS man, Judge Granger was held
In high esteem by all who knew him.
He was fine man, very fine man"
said Captain Pickett. veteran messen-
ger for the court clerk, who came into
daily contact with him in all his
twelve years on the bench. Captain
Pickett says that Judge Granger was
| loved by everyone who had any ded-
i tnss with MIN or the court.
In his later years Judge Granger de-
voted himself largely to work In the
Masonic lodge. He was chairman Of
the committee on Jurisprudence. or
| something OF that sort. for many years
| and had to do with Masonic law and
procedure. When he made a report
from the committee he often differed
from the majority. But he would state
the majority view with eminent fair
ness and then perhaps state his own
view. Such was his hold on the grand
lodge that what he said generally went
regardless Of the views Of any others.
The members Of the grand lodge had
| implicit confidence in what Judge
Granger decided or said.
| While he was on the bench Judge
Gsangers wife died. His son IL living
in Arkansas where he had the distinc-
ton at one time Of being the only re-
| publican in the legislature Later he
| almost accomplished the miracle Of be-
! Ing elected to congress az a repub-
ucAn in Arkansas.