Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-23
.|R[ REAL POPUug|S
True Blue Middle.of.th Road.
Populists Will Name Their
Ticket Today.
Republican State Central Com.
mittee Also in Session
Today.
Insurance Men Getting Ready to
Go After Some Desired
Legislation.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Aug. 90, 4:3O p. m.-The
popullst state mass convention convened
at 2 o'clock this afternoon to place a
full ticket in the field Not to exceed
fifty delegates We're present. EX-Con-
gressman Weller, of Nashua, will prob
ably be nominated for governor. The
platform will affirm the principles laid
Gown in the Omaha and subsequent
platforms, declaring for paper money
and coinage of only enough silver to
meet the ordinary demands for coin. 1t
will ask for the abolishment of the of
fees of state printer and binder and the
securing of such work in the same man
ner as government printing and binding
is done. Free silver was not discussed in
the convention. The leaders declare that
the free silver populists went to the wall
after the Sioux Falls convention andare
now either openly allied with the
straight populist party or with the dem
ocrats. "A railway taxation plank does
not differ materially from planks in the
republican and democratic platforms.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 23.-Our populist
friends commenced their state conven-
ton yesterday and held small gather
ing, but their ticket will be named this
afternoon. These are of the middle Of
the road variety. The others were in the
meeting at the auditorium on Wednes-
day and there are persons mean enough
to suggest it was the populists and not
democrats who controlled the conyen-
tion, as usual. However that may be,
the real populists are not at all de-
pressed because Of what was done last
Wednesday. Ali Reed, the secretary of
the populist state committee, stated to
your correspondent two or three weeks
ago that in his opinion it would be folly
for the democrats of Iowa to get onto
the populist platform. The democrats
have chance to do sonnet thing in Iowa, .
he said. They can give Cummins a
hard race in the state campaign il they
will just leave all the populism to us
and get back to democratic principles,
and then nominate some conservative
and safe man like Judge Kline. If they
will only do that they will make hard
campaign in Iowa this year" But they
didn't, and 80 the populists are going
ahead to make fight to hold their or
ganization together, to be of some use,
as they think, when the democratic par
ty has shaken off populism. which they
believe will occur before the next presi-
dental election.
The annual meeting of the anti-saloon
league is to be held here next week. II
is anticipated that there will be a warm
time. Some members of the league are
decidedly opposed to the movement to
call convention and nominate an anti
Cummins republican state ticket; but
the last issue of the organ of the league
contained the call for this convention in
Plymouth church, Des Moines, and a
Itwo-column editorial roast of Cum
Minis and the whole republican party
in this article to convince the reade,
that Conger was dead sure to have beer
nominated up to the time of the fake in
terview with him which crept into the
newspapers thru the misplaced enter
prise of newspaper subordinate, who
| little thought of its effect on the cam.
paign. In view of the facts as they ex,
ist it seems incredible that any on,
should put before the public such {
glaring attempt at deception at this lats
| day. From the tone of those who have
called the so-called convention. they in
tend to make a go of it, while other!
equally In authority in temperance mat
tiers are determined not to do so.
Des Moines persons who are interest
ed are glad to know that Fred Kauf
man is to be brought back to Iowa to b.
tried for his crimes, even tho it be tina
Cedar Rapids has secured this prize
! Kaufman, aside from his swindling op
erations in connection with the Ameri
can Paper Stock Company, is alleged t
have got away with quite a lot of mon
4 ey belonging to persons here on one kin,
| of dodge or another. But his feat o
swindling dozen banks in about tw
/ weeks with the aid of confederate her
has not been equalled. Requisition pa
pers were issued last week by Governo
] Shaw to bring him back to Iowa fo
4 trial.
The proposal of the insurance mer
| VINO nave 1OTlleu compact 10 lNCuC
/ Legislation to have series of lectures o.
insurance delivered at the Iowa Stat
University, is indeed an innovation
/. They claim that this has been done a
the Chicago University and elsewhere
and that the study of insurance is be
coming recognized as something worth
of the attention of young men attendin
college. The fact that the insuranc
men have not permitted in the platform
of either party any expression on tn
issue they intend to present to legisla
ture, gives them a great hope of sue
cess. They believe that they will be abl
to Secure the repeal of the obnoxiou
anti-compact law and the revenue law
relating to taxation of the companie.
An Illustration of the manner in whic
the laws of Iowa are alleged to be work
ing to the disadvantage of the local in
surance companies was given recentl.
when the attorney general decided tina
i the companies must pay on their busl
ness done outside of the state as we'll a
ON business done in the state This dc
cision caused the Des Moines compa
I! MES to hand over good many, thousan