The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
keo4euk Man Who 10 Active In Agita-
tIon Of Tax Question and One
Court House, Was Bit
Tardy.
CHANGE MEETING DATE
Suspicion Seems 70 be That There
Was Reason for This Switch
in Graneers'
Hearing.

| The following is from the Fort
Madison Democrat:
There's no way OF definitely set.
Ting the point but there is a pro and
con argument that the grangers who
came in to see the board Of supervis
| ors Monday about the power com
pany's taxes slipped up one day Oh
/ the meeting purposely to send the
Keokuk delegation off on the wrons
| track When the matter was talked
over with the board once before, the
talk lasted all day, with Rev. j. F.
Sanders Of Keokuk as the principal
speaker It's a safe bet that the court
house officials and the grangers as
we'll approached q possible second
session with the Rev. J. F. as spokes-
man with more or less apprehension.
The second hearing" was sched-
uled for this week. The grangers re-
quested an audience with the super
visors at some convenient date, stat
ing they would send in a representa-
tive from each grange to talk the
matter over. 1t was informally an
nounced that the meeting would be
Tuesday Of this week.
The meeting was held Monday.
Rev. Sanders was not present Mon
DCS
sion which he supposed would be held
Tuesday. With him was Chas. Shat
fer Of Keokuk and Messrs. Shafer and
Sanders intended to register their
stand on the tax question before the
board. They were surprised and sus-
picious when they learned the meet
ing had been held the day before,
the matter talked over fully and annie
ably, all concerned apparently leav-
ing well satisfied with the results,
and no meeting Of the board even con-
tempated for Tuesday.
Rev. Sanders has entered whole
Sheartedly into certain division of Lee
county and Keokuk politics. 1t can
not be denied that he has startled
the city of Keokuk in the progress he
has made, as attested incidentally by
the vote he received in his race FOL
the Keokuk mayorality. Tails year he
bears the distinction of being the only
candidate in the county on the pro
gressive ticket, having been nomin-
ated by the scattering votes at the
primaries for the ONCE OF state rep
resentative. The discovery OF his
nomination was made by the execu
tive council of the state in checking
over the Lee county vote, after loea
officers had never suspicioned thai
anyone had received sufficient mum
| Der of votes to have his name placed
on the ticket. His opponents will bt
C. w. Storms, of this city, democrat
Farnk Oertel OF Keokuk, republican
and Henry Sommerfield of Keokuk
socialist
| Rev. Sanders stand that county OF
! ficials should declare themselves OF
issues such as the power compan.
tax matter are not shared by othe
candidates, and apparently not by tn
voters in general. The opinion tina
is taken. however, and the one whicl
seems general, is that such matter
are specifically covered by law, wit
the duty of each county officer dc
tailed. 1t is presumed that each off
cial holds his oath of Office sacre
enough to do his full duty in each c
isuch cases, !. e., see that the prov
sions of the law are applied impartia
ly, and when he does not, the r,
course is open to any citizen.