Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05
Still another Nl.
Socialists Hold . State Conven.
tion In Des Moine s..Few
Of Them.
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classification Of Iowa Freight
Rates Just Issued l6. .000.-
600 Collected Yearly.
Four New Savings Banks Are
Going to Start in Small
Towns.

Towns.
Special to Times s-Republican.
Des Moines Sept. 5.-One more state
must be credited to Des
Moines. Altho Cedar Rapids got the
big one it lacked several of getting all
the state conventions held this year.
The socialists are in session in Des
Moines today. The socialist party is
not strong numerically in Iowa as yet,
but the socialists have hopes that their
theories will take strong root in the free
soil Of Iowa and bear great political
fruit. Last year the two socialist par
ties polled about 5000 votes in Iowa,
which was largely in the cities-in Dav-
enport Clinton, Des Moines, Boone and
elsewhere. In all of these cities where
there was a considerable socialist vote
the socialists maintain strong socialist
clubs and carry on the work Of distrlb
uting literature and holding meetings
where their ideas are presented. This
year. according to Chairman A. w.
Kicker, of Lone Tree, the socialists ex-
pect to poll many more votes in Iowa.
They will make a vigorous campaign
and run the populists hard for a place
as an official party under the secret
ballot law. They may even establish a
newspaper organ in Iowa thru which to
present to the people their views, and
that is one of the questions which is be-
tho nflep To- nm m
here today. The convention is being
held in Trades and Labor Assembly
hall. The attendance is not as large as
Chairman Kicker estimated, for he had
counted on about one-third of the coun-
ties of the state being represented. But
the socialists are not organized in that
many counties. A state ticket will be
placed in the field before the convention
is over. The fact that the Labor day
address of John Collins, of Chicago.
which was socialist argument and ex-
hortation, was loudly applauded by the
large crowd of enthusiastic laboring
men of Des Moines on Labor day, is
pointed to by the socialists as evil
pdence that socialist doctrines are taking
deep root here. It is reported that 9TH
er similar speeches were heard at sew
eral labor day demonstrations in the
state, and were generally we'll received
except by those who did not hear them.
The socialists believe that the time has
come for them to make forward
movement in Iowa.
The convention of socialists organized
with j. W. Bennett, of Sioux City, as
chairman, and L. b. Patterson, OF Des
Moines. secretary. The following were
appointed on the committees:
Resolutions-R. S. Spurrler, Taylor
county; A. w. Kicker, Johnson; w. A..
Jacobs, Scott.
credentials-A. G. Middlebrok. Linn;
Max Hagerman, Scott; Thomas Bowen,
Appanoose.
On Constitution-N. A. Baker. Wa
pello; A. F. Thompson, Appanoose; E.
Holtz. Dubuque.
It is probable A. w. Kicker, of Lone
Tree, will be nominated for governor,
and A. d. Pugh, of Des Moines, for
judge of the supreme court.
The Iowa exhibit at the Paris exposi-
tion has been returned. This is the
school exhibit which was prepared hast
lily and sent over to show the continent
tails something of what is being done for
education in Iowa. Photographs of rep
resentative school buildings, exterior
and interior veiwes, were gathered and
properly mounted for the exhibit, and
these We're exposed to view at Paris
They have been returned to State SUI
perintendent Barrett, who will preserve
them for use at ST. Louis where there
should be better exhibit. There was
none made at Buffalo and none repre-
senting the state at Omaha.
The state railroad commission has
Just issued Iowa Freight Classification
tion of the freight classification made by
the commission for a number of years.
The volume is large one and covers
practically everything that Iowa people
use or ship. 1t it is stated that about
$16,00O.000 in freights Is collected every
year by this schedule. and its impor-
tance can therefore be readily seen
From time to time supplements have
been issued showing the changes made
by the commission in classification on
hearings, and these are now all incor-
porated in the published volume, which
goes into the hands Of every railroad
agent in the state. The annual report
Of the commission has also been issued
and is now being distributed. This is
the report which was printed and in the
hands of the state binder at the time of
the recent fire. Some portions Of the re-
port were spoiled by smoke or water,
but in the main is was saved.
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One of the suits which have Just come
to the Iowa supreme court of special in
terest is that of the state against Hub
bell o. Soper. from Washington county
soper was indicted along with three OF
four others for conspiracy to defraud
and was convicted. The aforesaid con-
spiracy consisted of selling washing
machine patent right or territorial
rights for the sale of the same to Jonas
NJ. Jones, Ira W. Wright and William A
Taylor, and getting $4,000 from these
people for his rights. The washing ma
chine business did not turn out as ex-
pected and soper and his associates
were called before the criminal court
The case involves the rights and privi.
Ileges of washing machine inventors ii
such cases and may touch onst the patenI
right business in an interesting way
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