Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-05
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Political Emissaries Waiting at
Honolulu for Conser--Will
Talk Goyernorship.
Thought That He Might lnjure
Cummins in the Seventh
District.
Cummins Wants Early Conven-
ton in Polk County-.En-
emies Afraid Of II.

Special to Times-Republica
| Des NIoines, March "a prominent
Polk county republican politician who
returned on Sunday from Cedar Rapids
has disclosed some interesting inforn,a-
l.tion he CLEANED there. He learned that
/ far from permitting the Conger
candidacy for governor to lapse for
want OF attention interested persons are
preparing to make a forward move.
ment as soon as Conger arrives from
Pekin- That there may be no miscar-
riage of their plans Two persuasive poll
7ticians have been dispatched to meet
Maj. Congerl on his way back from Pc.
kin They slipped away with the party
sof Shriners making the pilgrimage to
Honolulu, but they are to remain at
/ Honolulu ard meet Conger and return
4 with Kim They are supplied with all
Information on the subject of the gllber-
! material situation in Iowa and VIII be.
authorized to make offers 20 him OF
support from powerful influences which
Twill give his candidacy a good start
1 Conger is being used and is kept to the
/ front after he has virtually taken him
/ self out of the fight indicates a belief
/ on the part of some persons that he
4 would be able to divide the seventh
congressional district as no other could.
At any rate the Conger boom IS being
carefully nurtured with the hope that
lit may be the means of injuring Cum
minis.
chine managers is to hold back the call
/ for the state convention until Il late
date ard then have conventions first
tcalled in counties that are favorable to
itfeir candidates. In Polk county there
is a general desire for an early conven.l
Istion that the strength of Cummins may
| be shown to the state. The opponents
of Cun,mins are planning to have the
convention held off. The call for the
state convention will not be maie for
4 some time and In the meantime 1t can
be and will be represented genera ily
thruout the state that there is a divided
sentiment in Polk county If Polk
county should hold an early convention
and start off with about sixty dele
gates all for Cumrnins the anti-Cun-
minis men fear the result the state at
large. Hence they are DELAYING mat
tiers. A number Of Cummins clubs have
been formed in Polk county and others
are to be formed al once. Thus far it
has been impossible to create any en-
thusiasm for any other candidate.
| The request of the governor of Ne
| brasha for permission to temporarily
quarter some of the Nebraska prisoners
| in the Iowa penitentiaries while the Ne.
braska prison is being rebuilt has
brought out the fact that the state
board of control has practically the au-
| hority to make whatever contract 1t
may deem proper for the accommoda-
ton of prisoners from other states or
federal prisoners. The board was in
doubt as 10 its powers in the matter and
secured an opinion from the attorney
generals office. Charles Van Week, the
assistant attorney general. looked the.
matter up and presented to the board
| the exact facts in regard to its powers.
The board has full power over the peni-
tentiailes and can do whatever IS best
in regard to them There is practically
no limit. Inasmuch as the needs Of Me-
braska are great and the Iowa peniten-
tiaries are most convenient for the Me-
braskans. with the exception OF the
penitentiaries in Kansas and South Da-
kota, it is the opinion of the board that
Iowa should take good many cf the
prisoners and thus accommodate the
Nebraskans Inasmuch as Judges Kline
and Robinson are TO be at Cherokee to-
day, where the grounds for the new
hospital are being plated. the bdeter-
nina tion of the exact number Iowa Will
be willing to take has been put off a few
days. 1t is a. matter of qualification to
Iowans 10 know that our penitensiaries
are not full to overfiowing
The Des Moines city officials are do
ing now what ought to hav.a been done
long ago and should be done in every
county of tie state-they are planning
for a special hospital for contagious dis
eases. The public will call ii pest
house" particularly that portion Of the
public near to where it will be built.
and of course there will BE- trouble in
locating it so that nervous people will
not feel that their rights have been in
fringed but the council has ordered it
built. Hospitals where contagious dis
eases will be cared for are not common
and Polk county is going to set an ex-
ample good for all the state.
Dispatches from Helena. Mont. tell
of an encounter between Editor A. B.
Keith. of the Herald, and Senator Gel
ger, of Flatheadi county. over a criti-
cism of the senator by the editor The
senator came off second best. but the
dispatches say he has gun and is
looking for the editor and the expecta-
tion is that trouble will ensue The
Editor Keith referred to once had the
distinguished honor of running for sec
retary of state in Iowa on the demo
cratic ticket, with the expected result
He was better known. however, as the
editor of the Dcnison Bulletin. which he
edited with signal ability and made it
one of the strong weekly papers of the
state. He aiso had a brief experience
in newspaper work in Des Moines, but
for several years has been in Montana
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British Comment on inauguration.
London, March 5.-The afternoon pa
pers today make little comment on the
inauguration yesterday OF Mckinley.