Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-25
ANTS ARE R[C0NC|L[D
Friends and Foes All Rally
Around cummins at
Centerville.
Senator Fairbanks will Be Given
Some Good Speaking
Dates.
Judge MCPHERSON Decides Ne.
braska ANTI Compact Law is
Void.-Affects Iowa.
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Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. Sept. 25.-The reports
from the big meeting at Centerville,
where Mr.. Cummins opened the repub-
lican state campaign, are reassuring to
the state committee. Mr.. Cummtns was
received with manifestations of pleas
ure by all the republicans of that sec
tion of the state. The men who had
most bitterly opposed him before the
convention We'd with his friends in
showing him honor. There We're no
factional lines drawn. All were filled
with enthusiasm for the cause, and
after his speech they were still more
delighted with the candidate. One who
was there, writing to a friend, in Des
Moines said: ut was grand demon
stration for our candidate for governor.
IL those who have been known in the
past as anti-Cummins men are not
fully reconeiled to him and fully and
sincerely for him. then they are capable
OF acting the hypocrite in the most
mastery manner have ever known.
The people in the south part of the
state are prouder than ever of the can
didate for governor. His speech was
an able presentation of the issues and
has done great good here. In Des
Moines even those who have been
known as the most unrelenting foes of
Mr.. Cummins express qualification over
his able address on the issues and pro-
fess surprise that he should have given
the platform such clear analysis.
Within a few days there will be an
nouHced large number of other dates
flor other speakers. The members OF
the committee are at work on these and
will soon be ready to send out the or
ators.; Senator Fairbanks. of Indiana,
who is to fill few dates in the state,
will be given good places because he
is understood to be candidate for
president and is Of high standing as
an orator. Governor Shaws starts ont
next week at IndianoIa. John Her
friott, who will preside over the senate
next winter, will be given dates soon
and viii respond to the many calls for.
his services. Mr.. Cummins is to speak
in Red Oak one day next week, and on
Saturday he goes to Toledo. where the
republican county convention meets
October s.
The decision of Judge Smith McPher-
son in the insurance cases at Council
Bluffs. in which he decided that the
Nebraska anti-compact law Is void Is
a matter Of considerable interest in
Iowa. AS lawyer interested In the in
surance business In Des Moines said
yesterday: "The decision might as well
have been directed against the Iowa
anti compact law. The two are iden-
tical in principle. Judge Mcpherson
knocked out the Nebraska law on the
ground that 1t violates the freedom of
contracts. That is just the objection
insurance men make to the Iowa law.
1t prevents the entering into of con-
tracts between companies or persons
engaged in one business. The Iowa
law has never got into the courts be-
cause the insurance men have obeyed
lit and there has been no occasion for
treating 1t; but If 1t ever gets into the
federal court it will go the same way
as the Nebraska law. OF course there
is possibility that the appellate court
will not agree with Judge Mcpherson,
but the chances are 1t Will. The Iowa
insurance men have organized in strong
force to secure the repeal of the
Blanchard anti-compact law. This de-
cision may cause them to change their
tactics.
Hon. Fletcher Howard, OF the state
pharmacy board, has returned from st.
Louis where he represented the Iowa
Pharmaceutical association at the ma
tional meeting. He reports that it was
an interesting meeting. One matter
reported to the meeting of special in
terest was that of securing recogni-
ton for the profession of pharmacy
by the army and navy departments. A
committee, at the head of which iss a
pharmacist of Atlanta, Ca, has been at
work on this for several years. They
We're stoutly fought by DR.. Sternberg,
surgeon genaral, and the army sur
geons generally opposed any change.
They worked up sentiment in favor of
it among congressman and found that
Sternberg controlled the committees
and they could do nothing. But finally
they effected compromise with the
doctors and it was agreed that the
pharmacists might be commissioned in
the army as first lieutenants II the
grade of doctors was raised to that of
captain. This has been done. 1t is not
entirely satisfactory to the pharmacists,
but they regard it as important that
they should have received some recog
milton. The committees are at work on
the pharmacopoeia and it will be fin
ished in 1903. This work is revised
every ten years. and much of the time
of the ST. Louis meeting was taken up
with consideration of matters relating
to 1t.
Secretary of State Martin has been
lin in Minnesota making investments
in land. He Travelled extensively over
the famous Red River valley and was
greatly pleased with what he saw. He
purchased fine farm in the valley.
Newspaper Men Not Forgotten.
Des Moines. Sept 25.-Congressnan
Conner. of the Tenth district, is follow
ing the policy long since adopted by his|
predecessor, Senator Dolliver in giving
recognition to the working newspaper
x,en ~ the district Mr., Dolliyer had a |