Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-07
WILL WASTE NO TIME m START.
ING INVESTIGATION OF
RATHeuN PARDON.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
WILL De OWEN TASK
hardins's Frinsds Point TO Contention
Of Governor That Hs should Have
Been Shown Error " One Was N AIDE
a. One Of Strongest in His Defense
Suffrage Bill Certain TO Pass.
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Des Moines, March with both the
governor and the attorney general urs-
ing that a house committee proceed'
with its investiga tons OF the Rathbun
pardon II Is the plan Of the lVwer house
to begin it's probe at once.
The governor says 1t is due him ana
is due the state and the attorney gem.
eral says he Jean assist the inyestigat-
ions with the information available in
his office.
1t Is probable that the plan suggested
to the house judiciary committee by
its subcommittee to select special in
vestigating committee which may in
cur expense and go into the matter
thoroughly. subpoena witnesses and 20
into q probe similar to grand jury
probe will be carried out.
Not few of Governor Hardings
friends declared he presented one OF the
strongest arguments in his case before
the general assembly Thursday when
he pointed out that if he was wrong
in granting the pardon the matter
nave pCcil NdhSH up NA'h '''
| just as when a case in court is taken
up with the judge if it is believed The
| judge has decided wrongly. On this
| point the governor declares:
when it is believed that a district
i court or supreme court has commit
| ted error in determining the issues he
fore it, either of law or of fact. the
| litigants do not go into some tribunal
but go back TO the court and giving
that court an opportunity TO correct if
| it believes error has been made.
In this case the power to pardon
vested In the governor is constitu-
tional power and the right to revoke
! the pardon likewise lies with him.
If | was deceived to the record or
proceeded illegally. the proper place to
| correct either of these errors was by
| formal application before me to set
, aside the pardon indicating clearly the
grounds of irregulari.y."
Suffrage Bill Certain.
| 1t is expected that the Weaver bill
providing primary suffrage for women.
| which passed the house Thursday by
vote of s. to 10. will be adopted by
the senate without any considerable
debate. lnasmuch ~ the governor in
tdorsed the plan in his message he is
committed TO the measure and will
| sign it promptly. This will then mean
that Iowa women will have. the right
of suffrage in The next primary in
1920 as well as the right to vote in
conventions and in caucuses.,
Senator Holdoegel of Calhoun county
! introduced a compa Mon bill to the
Weaver bill in the senate but inasm uch
as the Weaver bill was adopted first
| 1t is expected that the Weaver bill will
be substituted lin the senate for the
Holdoegel measure.
The senate Thursday passed the
| Stoddard bill providing for the estab-
| lishment of part time schools for chill
dren between the ages of IA and 16
who work portion of the time. 1t
authorizes boards Of education may es-
| tablish such schools and the attend
ance thereon by minors between the
age of fourteen and sixteen who are
| working is made compulsory. The bill
Is designed to supplement the present
child labor statutes. II is expected the
bill will pass the house.
The Frailey bill authorizing the levy
| ing of an additional five mill tax each
year tor the next two years for the
| general fund to meet deficiencies which
| have occurred under the budget sys-