Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-06
INV Ora Milliams.)


pes Moines, Feb. "A proclama-
tion--"To all whom it may concern:
Come gather here at the capital OF the
state of Iowa, bringing implements
meet for the occasion, for the carnival
of the knockers, the doletul festival OF
pessimism, the stupid days of the
sroundhog retirement
BE it known, far and wide. this Is
the open season for the rare sport o!
hunting down public servants and all
regulations are subject to attack with
out notice or defense. This is the open
! season for mercilessly applying the
safr to all those deluded mortals whose
conduct fails to conform to the rules OF
the Knockers Club None are under
protection Of the game laws, male or
female, young or DID, faithful In SER
vice or gifted in making short Jop
long, The warders are busy and the
fields are fair.
so, come all with hammers and
clubs and like weapons and get busy.
If you have been disappointed, have
Your say out, no matter who 1T hits. Ii
YOU wanted job. expose the fellow
who got it. Swat the one who failed
to notice you as he passed by De-
nounce the man who doesn't agree as
to your way of running things. If you
and the other man don't exactly hitch,
air your grievance. If you are in a.
minority, show up the other bunch in
their true light. If there are too many
men employed show plainly that the
other fellow is not needed on the JOB.
Don't let anybody keep your ill-will in
quarantine.
Its the open season for every one
with a crouch or srudge or griev-
ance, who wishes to get back at some
one else. the open season for every one
with hammer, and with the added
advantage that. Just now while the
fashion is at it's height, every knocker
is assured of abundant advertising,
free, mayhap top head, first page in
the leading papers of our charming
villa ge where state affairs are admins
tered and the law making goes gravely
on.
"The open season is only for few
weeks; so all who desire to take ad
vantage of the same should make
haste 1t is for all whose livers are
not in perfect order. all who have de-
veloped an abnormal bump of conceit
all who crave notoriety and revel in
the cheap sensational.
Welcome to our village, all such;
and welcome to all the facilities here
afforded for the destruction and ami
hilation Of those who have broken the
rules of the club, all who appreciate
an open season for hunting down the
man higher up
A somewhat anomalous situation is
presented here at the legislature in re-
gard to one thing. The general assem-
bly, Is of course, in supreme authority:
but under the code the state executive
council is specifically charged with the
duty of looking after the minor details
of state government. handling funds for
emergencies, auditing bills and attend
ing to the business management of the
state. Two years ago the Legislature
spent $4,000 in hiring some bookkeep-
ers to do a lot of probing around to
see wherein criticism could be offered
of the way work is being done 1t was
also decreed that the committee of the
legislature which was. by statute, CIV
en- the duty of preparing the omnibus
appropriation bill and joint resolution
for each biennial period. should take
over some of the duties of the council
as to emergencies. Thescommittee be-
icame a probing committee. Then the