Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-18
The WAR ISSUE F|g'
Democrats Evidently Intend lake
Silver Subordinate to *
pansion Issue.
Bryan's Lead to Be Followed by
Those Who Have Campaign
In Charge.
Candidate White, Sells and Bashor
To Begin Campaigning Early
The Liquor Plank
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, aug. 1S.-Now that the
smoke of the conflict has cleared away
and the democratic delegates to the
state convention of Wednesday have re-
turned to their homes, the leaders of
the party here are beginning to take
survey Of the situation and see where
/ they landed. 1t hasn't taken much aft
er reflection for them to discover that
they are where they did not expect to
go when the convention assembled.
| In the first place, 1t is generally ad-
mtted that while silver has not been
abandoned, 1t will have to be subordin-
ated to the war issue. Few of the ultra
silver men like to admit this, but are
forced to confess that the war question
| is the one that Bryan is giving the
most attention, and the one which the
people are the most interested in. 1t
| is safe to say that the war issue will be
the one emphasized in the democratic
campaign this fall. along with the anti
trust and free silver issues as secondary
| considerations.
This situation is far removed from
what had been planned by the conser-
vative element was desirous of keep
ing free silver in the background, but
wanted Cato Sells for the candidate of
| 1.-THE party for governor. The silver men
are satisfied with White as the nom
inee. but don't like the relegation of sill
iyer to a back seat. The dissatisfaction
was apparent all day yesterday and to-
day among the stragglers and stayovers
l from the convention.
/ Nevertheless the new chairman of the
state central committe, George Huff
man, of Des Moines, says that the par
tty Will make the hottest campaign in
/ Iowa since Boies ran and was elected.
In conference with ex- Chairman Town
lsend yesterday and other members of
| the committee it was decided to nave
another meeting of the state central
|committee. Aug. %. Headquarters will
then be opened. and the campaign in
Iaugurated. Candidate White, Cato Sells
and S. Fl. Bashor. the latter two of
4 whom withdrew to elect White, are all
Ito take the stump early in the cam
sfpaign and set the ball rolling.
1t is notable fact that the liquor
plank in the democratic platform this
year is the first that has appeared in
! an Iowa democratic platform for the
past three years. The party managers
have managed to keep liquor planks
out OF the platforms for the past few
conventions. The same attempt was
made this year. but without avail
Judge NJ. j. Wade, of Iowa City is
leredited with writing the plank this
L time. 1t is compromise, however,
lpure and simple and does not neces-
Wade. j. S. Murphy, of Dubuque led
1.-THE faction that tried to keep the liquor
plank entirely out of the resolutions.
lin his district caucus. Murphy had a
hard fight to be elected on the COM
mittee, and wen out after stating his
position on the liquor question While
tone might have difficulty in believing
lit from the plank itself, it was written
by the temperance faction. The plank
says that it is the desire of the party
to amend the present mulct law, so
that all of its objectionable features
may be eliminated and TO substitute
therefore such legislation as may be in
the interests of true temperance. said
a prominent democratic leader this
morning: The plank is broad enough.
for anybody. 1t Will suit equally well
a prohibitionist and a brewer"
A case of great Importance to the
finances of the state is that just begun
in the district court here by C. Lamb Il
Sons, Incorporated. of Clinton. This
firm is big lumber company of Clinton
and has been in business for the last
twenty years. Its articles of ncorpora-
ton We're first filed in 1878. This made
4
ago. Application was made to Secre-
tary of State Dobson for an extension
of the articles for another twenty
years claiming that articles once filed
and accepted by the state are perpetual,
unless the state law is in some way in
fringed. They offered to pay the 5o-cent
fee for making out the papers. but re-
fused to pay any more. Secretary Dob
son held that the company would have
to file new articles and pay the regular
rate under the new law. which is so
much per thousand dollars, in this in
stance 81 thousand. AS the company
lis incorporated for s100.0oo, the filing
/ fee was a little more than $Te0. This
the company refuses to pay and has
4 filed suit in the district court to COM
pei the secretary by a writ of mandam-
us to issue the articles. The case will
! be made a test one and is of great
Importance. About twenty years ago
there We're a great many companies in
lcorporated in Iowa. These articles are
now expiring, a great many every year.
Then there are many new companies in
cooperating. and the total amount of
fees from them all the next few years,
I if the old companies have to file new
articles, instead of getting the old ones
extended for a nominal charge. An.
agreed case will probably be made and
the question submitted at an early date
I to the district court. Whichever way
the decision goes the case will probably
be appealed to the supreme court to
settle the question finally. Should the
state lose its case 1t would mean loss
of many hundreds of thousands of dol
4 lars to the treasury during the next
decade.
/ The movement for good roads now
being inaugurated by William H Moore
of st. Louis. president of the State and
Interstate Good Roads and Public I'm
lprovement Association. seems destined