Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-30
GROOMS AND SERVANTS.
rDes Npipes Reyister.1

y Winston Churchill in his bitter
speech against British army manage
ment made one specific statement
thar we may as well be taking to our
selves If we are in our houndless
American way to set forth as tho
! makers of a real army.
Two hundred thousand officers
new with the army are employing
, zoe. 900 servants and $4,000 grooms,
which is an army in ITSELF. said Mr..
Churchill. - (
To be sure it is an army in itself, Tor
these officers servants and grooms eS-
act.y tally with the number OF men
this congress has set fer us, and for
which we are preparing to pay each
year with other items Of war expendi-
ture some $500. eoo. 600
/ Win the American officer be salts
fed with anything less than the Eng
fish officerc
Win grooms and servants be any
less indispensable on this side of the
ocean where we can SO much better
afford them?
England's present daily expense is
SEA. eco. 600. And yet the army officers
need $4,000 servants and grooms.
There can be no economy there. What
chance will there be that with us We
shall be able to economize In servants
and grooms. once our fat purse has
been tapped:
GOVERNORS RESPONSIBILITY.
ISioux City Journal
All this talk about the question of
law enforcement being Involved in the
campaign for governor is bosh. VIII
somebody tell what part Governor
Clarke has played in law enforcement?
What part did Governor Carroll take?
What part did Governor Curumins play
in law enforcement? Not any, and this
is not, said with any spirit Of criticism.
These men have done their duties we'll.
Law enforcement is not a part of the
executive function. as that term is
generally understood. In extreme cases
the governor can call out the militia
and that Is the limit of his work as
forceful agency in law enforcement.
The laws place that duty upon the at
torney general He is giTen exception
al powers. He, not the governor. names
the special agents to gather testimony
IN particular cases. and he goes into
the courts to enforce iaws.--Iowa City
Republican. 3. 70. -. Il
The foregoing comment from an
Iowa newspaper supposed to be faily
well informed was reprinted by the
Sioux City journal and no effort was
made to correct the inference drawn.
Il viii be noted that the Republican
makes the point blank statement that
,he attorney general, NOT the governor,
names the special agents" This Is
not the case. The legislative act Gre
ating SPECIAL state agents provides for
the selection Of these officials by the
governor.
Under the new conditions the COVER
nor will be an important factor In Sc
curing law enforcement. IN iowa and
this important point should not be
overlooked. The special agents. whose
operations will have an important
bearing on the success OF the new sa-
loonless condition, are sure to work IN
harmony with the executive who ap-
points them.
II Iowa should elect governor no.
toriously unfriendly to prohibition the
newly esta blished dry" regulations
will not get fair test IN the state II
that official can prevent
No lukewarm policy OF general law
can cope with bootleg
gers These violators can be handled
only thru an enthusiastic and ag-
gressive campaign directed at that
particular evil.
Such tactics can not be. expected
from any governor who desires to- dis
credit prohibition.