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Show IOWA GOVERNOR 1 TO BE IMPEACHED House Asked to Try Governor for Malfeasance in Rathbun Pardon Case. DES MOINES. Ia.. April 14 Charp-Ins: Charp-Ins: him wiln malfeasance in office for bis part in the Rathbun pardon case, tli o lowa house judiciary committee com-mittee will present a majority report io the house tomorrow recommending impeachment of Governor W. L. Hard-ins;. Hard-ins;. A minority report will recom- mend censure. Final approal of the majoritv re-, port w.is giVen by the committee late today la executive session by a vote of 17 to 11, three committee members i not votinc, but joining with the dissenting dis-senting eleven in the minority report. Majority and minority reports will be I prepared tomorrow mornins: in regard to Attorney General H. M. Hnvner. I " hose methods in looking the pardon i tlso hae been under in estigation by Hie committee. Exoneration will be the majority recommendation, while the minority report will urge cen-1 sure. Plana of house loaders had not been j ompktcd tonight in regard to the action on the several reports, but ten-tatlve ten-tatlve arrangements call for consider-ation consider-ation of tlie reports as a special or - , der of business ;ii 10 o'clock a. m. I Wednesday. An agreement probablv j will he reached on this point before J i he assembly convenes tomorrow. The majority report on the governor's gover-nor's case declares the evidence obtained ob-tained by the committee does not show he received any money for granting ihc pardon, but charges he iolated his oath of olfice and is guilty f negligence and carelessness in -ranting clemency without thoroughly investigating the case. "Battle lines" in the house were be-Ing be-Ing drawn tightly tonight, preparatory 'o action on the tloor of the house. A number of the prominent Republicans Republi-cans of the state, not members of the legislature were here in conference with legislative leaders. There were renewed assertions tonight to-night from the Harding forces in tho house that their unofficial poll of the;, house assured them of enough votes toj i i defeat declsivelj thr impeachment recommendation, though there arei. many indications that the issue will b hotly contested in debate before it comes to a final vote. |