Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-12
ANTS HOLD STATE MEETING IN
DIES MONIES AND FLAY BET (
TER HIGHWAY BOOSTERS.
POLITICS BEHIND j.
PRESENT MOVEMENT
Supporters o. Harding Manipulate
+. Conferences, at Which Only Twenty
!. two Counties Are Represented
Speakers ,FIay Highway Commission,
Individuals and Newspapers.


the newspapers, the highway commits
sion, D. w. Norris. Woodworth Clum;
Ralph Bolton, their organizations and
all other organizations and candidates
for office who are now advocating or
have ever advocated improvement Of
the highways at public expense were
the recipients of cordial hatred and
vigorous expression Of that feeling at
the meeting of the United Taxpayers
League held yesterday at the Slavery
hotel, at which Senator Doran pre-
sided. NJ fr.Ss
The name Of Lieutenant: G overnor
Harding was not mentioned, but a
more enthusiastic collection of Hard
ing boosters 1t would be difficult to
find. In view of the profession Of
nonpartisanship of the league, the
secretary, +. w. Dusey, of Creston,
spoke always Of Candidate whom
will not NAME" = }T'& - { 4 N.
About 200 men, chiefly farmers, rep
resenting twenty two counties. were
present at the meeting. They enjoyed
a long session Of denunciation of'road
boosters and passed two resolutions IN
hSSOI WITH Zig oPAA ~, teAA> S>e
sion. They also decided upon the
opening Of headquarters in Des Moines,!
which will be in charge Of Columbia:
Mahaffa, corresponding secretary. who
expects to secure the office. rooms to-
day. a-s-@.' -
Resolutions Adopted.
The anti-good roads resolutions
adopted were taken bodily from the
,Io I1- 70 ,cnatinp Of
Shelby county taxpayers held last
week at Harlan, and were approved
by the state league yesterday after
long Endorsement by H. L. Exley, OF
Charlton, democrat, who spoke for
greater Iowa Of more happy homes,
regardless of the politics Of the men
necessary to elect in order to secure
results" The body of the resolutions
follows:
Resolved, That we are opposed to
Capitalization of power and that we
favor home rule and local self govern
ment.
"Resolved, That we will not support
any andidate. either for governor or
for the legislature, who is in favor of
the hard snrfaeing or paving of our
public highways, ~ -
any bond issue for the purpose OF pay
ing for hard surfaced roads either by
the county or state.
Resolved, That we are unalterably
opposed to any scheme whereby the
burden of taxation will be increased.
Resolved. That we are unalterably
opposed to state control Of road build
ing where state or county funds are
involved, and we brand this as an I'M
warranted interference with the right
of self-governing community to
manage it's own affairs"
Newspapers Attacked.
Rising to move the adoption Of the
resolutions, Mr.. Exley launched into
an execration of the Des Moines news
papers. He characterized Des Moines
newspaper men as mossbacks and the
most ignorant men in the world. He
declared that he had to cancel his sub
scriptions to Des MONIES newspapers
because he wanted to raise his boys to
be Intelligent and patriotic and his
girls to be virtuous."
1.-The good roads fellows say that
there is leak of about so cents On
the dollar that never gets onto the
roads," he shouted. Them fellows is
after the leak. They want to ride
across the state on great white way
in y automobiles bought with money
they have filched from the. poor farm
ers.
"They talk about the Appian way
built by the Romans. Look where
Rome Is today She built that road
with slave labor and she enslaved
everybody by doing it. That's what
ora peftinr hark fn
Let us. go down on our knees and
pledge ourselves never to support any
one who favors the grating scheme
Of bonding the state to build a great
white way, for the red light districts
and the men, ..-zr a. 49, r..