Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-08
RESOLUTION OFFERED CALLING
Foa JUDICIARY com.
MiTr0G.
VOTE PROBABLY fAtoEN
At MONDAY SESSION
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Give TsstImony-'EMort 70 Involve
Havner IN Hearing Falls.

l.. Harding In regard TO tho pardonins
OF Ernest Rathbun, the house Judiciary
committee yesterday afternoon passed
a resolution asking for q thorough in
&. vestigation Of the pardon scandal. and
the following resolution by Representa-
tive Springer will be presented to the
house today:
BE 1t resolved, By the house Of re-
representatives. Of the Thirty eighth gen
eral assembly, That the committee on
judiciary Of The house be and Is hereby
authorized ana directed TO make full
and thorough Investigation Of all mat
tiers pertaining to the granting by the
governor Of 4 pardon to Ernest Rath-
bun, convicted OF the crime OF rape In
the District court Of lda county, and
for that purpose said committee is au
thorized to employ such counsel and
stenographic assurance ~ It may
deem necessary, and to toke such steps
as may be necessary to procure the
attendance Of witnesses and the pro-
duction Of books. papers, documents
and records. and the proper SUD
poenas therefore shall be issued 10y
the OFFICERS Of the house, upon the re-
QUESTION Of tho chairman OF said com
mittee. When such investigation Is
completed, said committee shall make
report to this house Of its findings and
recommendations"
Havnsr Not Involved.
The committee refused to drag in
to the pardon investigation the fight
between Governor Harding and AT
The committee voted down an am.
endment by Representative oertel
which provided that the investigator
also take in the procedure USED III
having the pardon revoked.
An attempt may be made to tack. on
tho Oertel amendment to the resolu-
ton when it comes up for passage IN
the house. The resolution will be pre-
scented today, and under the usua! pro-
cedure would lay over until IMonaay'
II the resolution passes in the mouse
il will mean that Ernest Rathbun. the
Ida Grove rapist who is now servins
life sentence at Anamosa- Aasle
Hargens, the girl in the case ueorse
clark attorney for Rathbun. ana many
others will be called as witnesses oe
fore the committee.
The resolution. If passed by tne
house will give the judiciary commit,
toe the right to incur expense ah0
power to call witnesses.
Rogers Backs Motion.
representative. Douglas Rogers. OF
Carroll county, caused somewhat OF
surprise when he voiced secono ~
Snr,poer's motion.
Rogers, who was on a suocommi''ee
with Springer appointed to lnVes.iea'e
The Rathbun report, refused to sign
recommendation earlier In the week
asl,ina that the Judiciary committee De
Given authority to make thorough
investigation.
Rogers, previous to the mee.ins ~
tho judiciary committee yesterday a.
ternoon, complained to newspaper men
that his name was incorrectly con-
'nectcd with report recommending an
investigation of the pardon by the ,u-
dietary committee.
Recanse of his complaint it was tax
en- for granted that he would oppose
any resolution incorporating the re-
commentator. l.
Representative NJ. l.. Temple OF
CLARK county, who was chairman OF
the subcommittee investigating the
governors pardon report, was not IN
attendance at the judiciary committee
meeting when Springer's resolution
WAS passed.
Temple Dodsss Meeting.
He was seen seated in his chair in
the house Of representatives when the
committee was celebrating on the
Springer resolution.
Representative Temple, who is con-
sidered the spokesman" OF the gov
ernor on the floor Of the house, has
wayered a bit in his stand in regard
to the investigation.
During the early part of the week
he drew up a report recommending an
Investigation by the judiciary commit
tee. This was the report printed IN
the newspapers and to which Rogers
said his name should not have been
connected.
TO the house judiciary committee
Wednesday Temple surprised the COM
mittee by introducing another recon-
mendation altogether different than
the one he first drew up. To this re-
commentator his name and that OF
/ Rogers was signed. Springer refused
to sign It.
Tho investigation win mean the ere
hashing.' of the complete pardonins
case in IN attempt to>get at the bot
tom Of things.
z IoWA's HONOR ROLL.
Three Iowans Listed Among The Gas.
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