Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-31
.NOUD0RGANEE ECHAOS
Remnants OF Political Reform
Parties Hoping to Get To.
eether Soon.
Shaw Literature in Demand.
johnson Brigham Will Write
Character Sketch.
Elaborate Rural Trolley System
Projected in Dallas County.
Staff Appointments.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 3l.-With the new
year there Will come an organized
movement among the remnant of politi-
cal reformers who have been making
failures of their efforts to build up new
parties for many years, to get all the
fragments together and to form one
really respectable reform party. Col.
Eiboeck has expressed qualification
over the reduction In size Of the demo-
cratic remnant and believes that there
will be one minority party, Whlch VIII De
small but respectable. Some OF the otn-
ers think they can have still another re-
spectacle reform party, and are making
q movement In that direction. Confer
epces have been held the past week here
and another was held last night. The
"kitchen convention style Of organic
ing is the favorite. This IS device en-
anating from st. Louis, where the al
lied party, with government ownership
as the corner stone, cast 10000 votes at
the last election. The "allies" claim
they cast twice as many votes, but they
were not counted. The kitchen conven-
tion idea Is for each person Interested
| TO invite his immediate neighbors into
his home for an evening conference and
thus bring together half dozen con-
genial spirits. They meet around at the
various homes. and as the kitchen is
generally the most convenient place for
such gatherings they have been given a
l..
visiona organization for the state has
been effected with b. f. Lockwood as
chairman and Jacob Beaner as secre-
ltary. Both live here. A committee OF
| fifteen has been appointed from the
state at large, disregarding congress
| sional districts. Plans are being made
| for q state convention here In February,
| when the new movement will be given q
start and the permanent organization
will be effected. The plan Is to gather
| iii the remnant OF the old populist party
and the esgreenbackers and the silver re-
p,t;dlcaI,sa who are now horneless, and
the pr06fbitfonists who are lonesome or
disposed to get out Of the party they
are now allied. with, and also the social
| lists and the UNITED Christian party
ipron,oters. BY getting them all to en-
ter into one movement they may be
able to make respectable showing at
the polls.
The list Of military staff appointments
by Governor Elect Cummins as an
nounced this morning contained no
great surprises. The chief appointments
| had all been foreshadowed before. They
are as follows:
Adjutant General-M. III. Byers, Glen-
wood.
Quarternaster General--John G. Los
per, Des Moines.
Inspector General-John r. Prime,
Des Moines.
Commissary General-Hugh B. Hedge,
Des Moines.
Surgeon General Wilton III. Mccar-
thy, Des Moines
Judge Advocate General Charles g..
Saunders Council Bluffs.
General Inspector Small Arms OF
Practice-W. e. Morse, Algona.
Chief of Engineers-Edwin g. Pratt,
Des Moines.
Chief Signal Officer Charles s. Grail,
Fairfield.
Military secretary-Josep Beeson.
Oskaloosa.
The demand for Shaw literature is
growing The eastern newspapers are
waking up to the fact that the fed is
fresh and interesting and are asking for
all sorts of information concerning the
new secretary of the treasury and his
family. Unfortunately some Of the
newspapers are demanding and getting
much that can not very well be verified
and much that, even If true, might bet
ter be left imprinted. The fact is that
Governor Shaw has some of the warm
est friends of any man ever in public
life in Iowa and some of the bitterest
enemies, and the newspaper men who
go after information or opinions con-
cerning him are able to get almost any
thing they want, good or bad. The IL
llustrated weeklies are getting informa-
tion regarding the family and pictures
and the Shaws are thus thrust into ma
with praat rqnidffv