Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-16
POINTS TO FRIENDSHIPS sANo
BUSINESS CONNECTIONS
WITH HIS ENEMIES.
REPORTS ON HAvNER
SUBMITTED TO HOUSE
Criticism But Not c'"'ure For Att0''
roy Generai--Primary Reform Bill
Defeated BY House and Old Law
viii .. acknowledgements Reap.
points Several officials.
Special 10 Times Republican.


Des Moines. April 16--That the COM
plexion OF the judiciary committee
which voted to recommend to the
house of representatives impeachment
OF Governor Harding was unfavorable
to the governor because OF business
connections of at least two of the
members is now being charged by the
friends of the governor.
Frank f.. Messer representative
from Johnson county, a member Of
the judiciary committee which made
the Rathbun probe and voted for i'm
parchment. and also ii member of the
subcommittee, of seven which drew up
the majority report. of the committee
to be presented to the house, is a
member of a law firm at Iowa City in
which Attorney General Havner is in
terested.
T. p Harrington. chairman of the
house judiciary committee and one of
the members who voted for impeach-
ment, representative from Kossuth
county, is a law partner at Algona of
Congressman l.. J. Dickinson. Dick
inson is brother law of Gardner
'Cowles, of Des Moines. publisher of
the Des Moines Register which has
opposed Harding thru his public life.
The majority and minority reports
as to the attorney generals methods
in the Rathbun pardon affair were
submitted to the house late Tuesday.
The majority report summarized was
as follows:
L. The attorney general was at fault
in not consulting the presiding judge
relative to the final settlement Of the
Rathbun case.
2. The committee does not attempt
to say whether the attorney gener-
ais methods OF procedure were prop
er or improper.
3. The committee finds that the at
torney general acted in good faith.
Primary Reform Defeated !,
The primary election reform ; bill
went down to defeat in the Iowa. lib use
late Tuesday in much the same way
as it was defeated two years ago.
There is apparently but little chance
now of its being resurrected thru any
motion to reconsider. as neither branch
Of the assembly is in any mood TO
again consider in these closing days
measures which have been defeated
by previous action of the legislature.
The bill, which was the kimbaN bill
and provided for the nomination OF
state officers below lieutenant govern
or in the convention. passed the senate
and after being amended in the house
was up for final consideration Tues
day. A substitute measure was intro
duced into the house by Mayne OF
palo Alto county and was defeated II
to Y. Amendments to the kimball
bill were disposed of and the vote on
the main bill resulted in its refeat. 2s
to 75 Two years ago the bill passed
the senate but was amended in the
house and then failed of passage.
Governor. Appointments.
Governor Harding late Tuesday sent
to the senate appointments of state
officers whose appointment must be
confirmed by the senate and whose
terms begin next July. With the ex-
ception of State Fire Marshal Ole Roe,
who rendered his resignation to the
governor last fall, all of the present
officers have been reappointed by the
governor and their confirmation by the
senate is a foregone conclusion. The
appointments follow:
Members Of the state board Of ed
ucation-P. X. Hoolbrook Of Onawa;
d. d. Murphy, of Elkader, and Charles
r. Brenton, of Dallas Center, reap
pointed.
Board of control-M. McColl, OF
woodward. reappointed.
Board Of parole-D. M. Mott, OF
Indianola, reappointed.
Industrial mmissioner-A. B. Funk
reappointed.
Document editor-Ora Williams, re-
appointed.
J. A. Tracy, who has been deputy
fire marshal since the department was
organized eight years ago, was ap-
pointed to succeed Ole Roe.