Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20


solute neceesity, and whatever power
Ia, vested In the state will be used to
see to It that our people are supplied
with this necessity.
. .The matter OF who Is first to go,
under the selective draft, is an I'M
portant one. The idea of the selective
draft " to put every individual, as Tar
as possible, In a place where ne can
render the greatest service TO ms
country. Men who are valuable ana
necessary In some particular place az
home within the seleGtive age snou$a
be exempted. The county counciis
have no, legal authority in this matter
but should be a vigilance committee
seeing to II that those who are needed
are kept at home, and that those VINO
can 20 are sent. The manner In which
this draft ie made will be one OF the
tests OF our form Of government. You
should help the local board, and the
district board as well, so that the real
aim and object of the law Will be car
ried out. This selection must be MADE
in our state without scandal. In some
places. pressure will be used. The men
and women who compose the counclis,
as well as others are especially charged
with the task of seeing to 1t that raw
oritlsm Is not shown.
Protection Of Property.
constantly, we are being warned
that there will be attempts made to
destroy grain, both in the held ana IN
the elevator during the fall and WIN
ter The question Of how to safeguard
the food supply after it is gathered IS
an important one, and one upon winch
large amount Of thought has peen
given. The legislature passed an act
making an appropriation Of Soo.oou
which was placed at the disposal OF
the governor and full power vested in
him to call upon any citizen or cltlzens'
or any agency of the state to assist
him in the protection of life and prop
erty. The governor is authorized 10
vest such citizen or citizens with fun
power to make arrests, with or VIII
out process, or to perform any OF ths
duties now vested in any special aSen~
sheriff, or other police officer Of the
state. The governor is also authorized
TO organize such secret service or state
constabulary as to him may seem nee
essary and to- empower such persons
to bear arms.
"yarious suggestions have been made
as TO the best method of policing the
state during these war times against
the foreign foe who as an individuals
may attempt to burn property or take
life. Upon this subject. we are open
for advice. 1t is my opinion that We
are justified in having one or more
men, as necessity may demand, IN ev-
cry township, in the state clothed with
this special authority and charged with
the special duty Of watching for indl-
viduals who might be inclined to DO
harm 1t is not my thought that these
people should receive pay from the
state, unless in cases where they were
actually called upon to perform some
task, in other words that citizens from
a patriotic standpoint. clothed with
this authority located in the various
communities. working with the local
officers, can handle the situation bet
ter than to place individuals on pay
and expect them to do the work.
Registration Of Alien Enemies.
an this connection, another statute
was passed authorizing the governor
by proclamation, when in his judgment
public safety or interest required such
action. to direct every subject or citi-
zen of an enemy country who may from
time to time come into the state to go
before some public authority and reg
lister his or her name, residence, length
of stay, and such other information
as the governor may require. Every
person to whom such proclamation is
applicable to comply with such rules
Of personal identification as the gov
ernor shall from time to time pre-
scribe. Penalty is fixed making failure
to comply with such proclamation a
misdemean punishable by fine not
to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for
one year, or both. 1t has occurred to me
that by the issuing of such aproclama-
ton it would be possible in very
short time to have almost absolute In
formation Of everyone in the state, and
their purpose in being here. realize
that this would cause some inconVen-
ienec, but am satisfied that we are jus
titled in taking whatever steps may be
necessary to preserve lie and property
without our state. Yor.r advice and sug-
gestion Is asked for on this subject. II
such a measure shall go into effect we
will need the active cooperation and
help of the citizenship of the state. So
far. our state has been free from any
open break end it ought to be matter
Of pride that we keep this record in
tact.
II may SAY that it is vitality important
that disloyalty, wherever shown, should
be Immediately dealt with, and in no
uncertain way. To put 1t in another
way. the individual who lives within
the borders Of our state must be loyal
or silent and inactive, and just as soon
as he uters a disloyal word or does a
disloyal act he should be dealt with
in such a way that he and others will
know that we are not going to COM
promise with disloyalty. We can not
be super critical at time like this,
and we ought not to attempt to have
every man say or think the same thlns
that we may feel that we have the
right to say or think, but any word or
act of disloyalty uttered for that pur-
pose should be finally and conclusively
dealt with.
Care Of Public Health.
.The health If our own people and
the soldiers is matter Of vital i'm
portance at this time. The one question
Of tuberculosis, and refer to It simply
to illustrate. Is going to tax the re-
sources Of our people. Food has much
to do with this dread disease. Our peo-
place at home are being to be more sub
iect to it on account OF food conditions
than they have been in the past. am
reliably informed that this disease Is
anann the snldiers due of