Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-25
A GREAT WEEK Of WIND
Campaign spellbinders Will
Make the Political Atmos-
phere Ring Next Week.
Prouty Is smooth..Jumped Into
the Band Row for His
Profit.
Board Of Health Much Concerned
Over Smallpox Outbreak
Among Indians.

Among Indians.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 25.-With only ten
days left of the campaign the republi-
can state committe is very busy now.
The list of speakers is SO large and
there are SO many places that want
good speakers that this branch of the
work has been difficult. However, the
list of dates for the last week is now
substantially complete and will be an
nounced tomorrow. The remaining
meetings this week are to be good ones,
but next week efforts will be redoubled.
Congressman Cousins is to speak in
Grundy Center the 30th. in Shellsburg
the next evening, and has an afternoon
meeting at Tama November 2. Geo.
Roberts date at Reinbeck is the 10Th.
Major Lacey is being kept busy, pretty
largely outside his own district, and
he speaks Monday night in Boone.
Congressman Smith is booked for Fort
Dodge November 4. The weather has
been so fine that the speakers Nave kept
in good physical condition. There have
been no cancellation of dates on ac-
count of breaking down and few on
account of inability to reach the towns.
The news regarding Cummins broken
voice is not pleasing to the committee.
but he has not asked for any changes
In his dates on that account.
An interesting phase of the prelimi-
nary congressional contest came to the
surface here this week, illustrating the
way strange things happen in politics
In Des Moines. There has been trouble
between the two bands in the city
TIE Iowa band and the postotfice band.
The former is a fairly good band with
a number of high grade players. The
latter is somewhat amateurish and Is
kept up by the mail carriers and post
office employees largely for their divert
isement. The republican county COM
mittee wanted music for the Fairbanks
Henderson, Lacey meeting, but couldn't
afford to employ the Iowa band The
postofIice band was secured The Iowa
band people raised a row and declared
that this was recognizing scab' labor,
as the postofIice band is non union.
The postoffice people retorted that the
other band is not strictly union, either,
as they employ non union extra players
when they need them. Their row be-
came an interesting one. 1t so happens
that the postoffice contingent is largely
under the domination of Postmaster
Schooler, who is right hand man for
Captain Hull in local interests Judge
sProuty saw his opportunity and came
to the front with protest to the county
committee against employing non
union music. The committee couldn't
afford union prices. Prouty offered to
pay the difference out of his own
pocket. The committee was stubborn.
He would pay the whole bill himself
but this was of no avail. Both sides
are mad. 1t will be carried into the
congressional campaign of next year,
and it is easy enough from this dis
tance to see that there will be more or
less of bitterness.
The officials of the Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy Railway company have
had twenty-five copies made of the
articles of Incorporation fled here last
week with the secretary of state. This
to take the place of the old Burling
ton company. and which is an Iowa
corporation strictly. This means that
the articles of incorporation are to be
filed in all the states thru which the
lines pass. and it may also mean that
the allied lines of the Hill Morgan syn
dicate are to be managed under the
name of the Burlington. 1t begins to-
oil. tt..v, xNf
the Burlington was in fact an absorp-
ton of some of the other lines.
Speaker Dave Henderson made dis
ooyery in Des Moines when he was here.
1t was an interesting discovery, and one
which might well be made by many
ether people of the state. He discovered
the state historical building in which
Hon. Charles Aldrich is engaged in col
lecting historical matter for future gem
erations. Col. Henderson was surprised
at this discovery. He didn't know there
was such building, or had forgotten it,
tho he had dim recollection that Mr..
Aldrich was engaged in making some
sort of collection of historical matter.
AS the result of this discovery on the
.part of the speaker the portrait of the
genial speaker will some day grace the
walls of the art gallery and any valua-
he historical matter he may find lying
around loose in the speakers room at
Washington will be forwarded.
Reuben Good who was convicted at
Waterloo of assault with intent to rob.
ind who was sent to the penitentiary for
six months for the crime. has served out
his time and has been restored. to citi-
zenship by Governor Shaw.
The state board of health is much con-
cerned over the reports from the Tama
indian reservation in regard To the out
break of smallpox, and DIR. Linn, the
member from this district, was sent
there to make special investigation.
DR.. Kennedy secretary ,of the board,
saws that as a rule smallpox among the
Indians is fatal and many die. They
have habit of throwing themselves
INTO the river to escape the itching and
burning of the skin, and this is not the
kind of treatment best calculated to cure
the smallpox. The state board will do all
in its power to prevent the spread of the
disease.
The Iowa supreme court disposed of
1874 cases during the term just ended, q J