Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-23
WEAVER A GEAR NAN
Cummins Leaders Said to Be OPP
posed to the Wapello Man For
State Chairman.
They Fear His Personal Preference
For Gear Might Influence His
Political Actions.
Hancock's Desire to Protect Allison
Reason For Resigning-The
Iowa Central
'ecial to Times-Republican.

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Cumnlins leaders are credited with
desire to protest against the selection
of Harry Weaver as chairman. Mr.
Weaver comes from Senator Gears own
senatorial district and they represent
that, being an ardent Gear man, he
might easily find excuse to use the in
fluence of his position in Gear interest.
PROBABLY the protest against Mr..
Weaver has been made to appear more
vigorous because of the discussion that
newspapers have devoted to the matter.
As a matter of fact, there are only two
men talked of in connection with the
lchairmanship, Messrs. Weaver and
Spence, and both are Gear men. Mr..
Spence undoubtedly would have been
the first choice of the committee ii he
had been announced candidate and
the committee had voted tie personal
preferences of members. AS it is there
is apparently a good chance that he
may become a candidate.
| Mr.. Hancock's reasons for retiring
from the craftsmanship are now gener-
Tally believed to relate to Senator Alli-
sons interests. Mr. Hancock is first of
all loyal friend of the senior senator.
Ever since the present fight began to
warm up there have been intmations
from various quarters that Allison was
concerning himself with the outcome.
There is little apparent reason for this
belief. but such has been charged.
Mr.. Hancock, a personal friend of Sem
ator Allison and representing the Alli-
son district, would be embarrassed in
a a MN ba
/ fear that his acts might be miscon-
Astrued and accredited to Allison in1lu-
lence. The chairman of the committee
during the coming campaign will have
! anything but an easy task at best. 1t
4 Will be easy for the friends of Mr.. Gear
to conclude that undue attention is be-
ing given to Cummins legislative dis
! tricts, and the Cummins peopie will not
have to get out search warrant to
find indications that Gear counties are
getting more than their share of con-
lSi1eration. Every act of the chairman
and every arrangement announced from
1.-THE speaking bureau will be subjected
4 to this kind of scrutiny and criticism
/ Mr.. Hancock. SO his friends say did not
1 want to take the chance of Indirectly
involving Senator Allison in any of
these disputes so he retired. 1t is still
uncertain when or where the committee
Will meet. There is opposition to Du-
buque and Des Moines September 6. has
been suggested as place and date by
4 Committeeman Leach and Philips.
1T is my opinion that the Cedar Falls
Normal School trustees Will not object
ito liberal appropriations TO found new
no all sch "a Ia
lclared St9te superintendent Barrett.
Z himself one of the Cedar Falls board
We need at least three new schools,
one in the northwest, one in the south
west and one in the southeast part of
the state. 1t has occurred to me that
a good plan would b.. for the legislature
10 constitute a commission and author
+ ize it to establish these schools, start
ling one each year. There are plenty of
good towns ready to donate sites and
perhaps buildings. L understand that
4 Denison, Fort Dodge. LeMars. Migona,
Storm Lake. all in the northwest. Red
fOak. Corning and Alton in the south
west; Fairfield and other towns in the
southeast, IRE all ready TO make tempt
ing offers. The Cedar Falls school,
Il however. shoulc be given increased ia
teilities. more teachers and more build
iIings by The next legislature, whether
new schools are started or not. New in
Istitutions will not greatly reduce the
4 attendance there. l doubt If they Will
particularly affect it. We need mora
normal schools: we need the trained
teachers for cur town and rural schools.
There are hundreds of teachers or
prospective teachers who would go to
4 the new institutions who do not feel
Iable to go to Cedar Falls.
The announcement that there is a
prospect of securing big brewery for
H Des AIoines has been the signal for a
demonstration of hostility and a mo-
biliZation of the forces of the anti-sa-
loon league and the church federation.
The Commercial Exchange has been
4 Represented as taking charge of the
work to secure a manufacturing con-
lsent petition, but the exchange has done
nothing of the kind. 1t might have done
so but for the serious probability that
lsueh action would have kicked up row
in the organization. But when it be-
came evident that there was serious OPP
position on the part of q considera BILE
number of members the plan was
the brewery if the petition can be had
Those who are interested point ont
too, that one consent petition is as good
as half a Dozen and that once secured
it will open the way to the resumption
of operations at the big distillery. The
owners of this establishment, by the
way, are said to have refused an offer
to lease it for another year. and this is
considered significant of a design to
reopen it if opportunity presents.
4 Unless the railroad and financial au-
thorities of this town are on wrong
j trail something is going to happen to
the Iowa Central road before long. The
Chicago & Northwestern officials some
time ago went into an investigation Of
the system with the view to possibly
buying all or part of it. So did the
.iRock Island. Latterly, the Chicago,
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