Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-07
ALL At SEA.
Can't Decide Whether it Will Be
Worth While to Have
Speakers.
OF 4,792 Cases Of Smallpox in
Iowa This Year Only Twenty
four We're Fatal.
Insurance Men Organizing to
Prevent Outside Companies
Cutting Rates.
special to Times Republican.


Des Moines. Oct. 1.-THE democrats
are as yet undecided whether they shall
have any speaking in the present cam
Ipaigp. Chairman Mcconnell. of the
democratic committee. arrived IN the
city; today for conference with other
members of the democratic committee
at headquarters. The original plan OF
the democratic was to have no speaking
campaign, but to rely entirely on liter
ature, which might be circulated direct
ly to the voters and thru the newspa-
pers of the state. This plan of reaching
the voters has not proved very satisfac-
tory. The democratic newspapers are
not very strong, nor do they reach many
but democratic readers. Now it is in
contemplation that at least in the last
week of the campaign there shall be
some speaking under the auspices OF
the democratic state committee. JUST
who could be induced to go on the
stump this year for the Phillips ticket
hasenot been divulged, but 1t is sup
posed a few speakers could be rustled
up by hard work. This is one of the
matters that will be disposed of by the
democratic committee ut the present
conference. The committee did not sue
ceed In getting in all the nominations
for representative, for no word was re-
ceived from seven counties by those
having In charge the filing of nomina-
ton papers. For instance, in Adair
county, William Klinefeiter, of Orient.
was nominated by the democrats for
representative. but he took such little
interest in the matter that his nomina-
tion papers were not sent in and his
on the official ballot. The same state
of affairs exists in Guthrie county,
where w. L. Evans, of Bagley, was
nominated, but is SO little concerned
with his canvass that he did not send
his name to the secretary of state. No
nonltaat!or papers were filed from But
ler, Story. Hardin. Mitchell or Sac
counties. This fairly illustrates the de-
moralizcd condition of the party in this
state.
The remarkable showing Of Secretary
Kennedy of the state board of health
that OF the 1882 cases of smallpox In
Iowa during the past two years only
twenty four were fatal, gives some idea
of the mildness Of the smallpox epidem-
ic. 1t is probable, however, that not
more than half the cases have been ac-
tually reported to.the state beard of
health, but that nearly all the deaths
from smallpox have been reported. This
would make still better showing The
fact is, as has been pointed out several
times by Secretary Kennedy. modern
methods of dealing with smallpox have
made that contagious disease, while 1t
is the most dreaded of all. comparative
ly harmless. The temperance OF the
disease in Ottumwa and Burlington
| thus early in the season, gives reason to
expect that 1t will be quite as trouble-
some next winter as last. The fact that
every county in the state except seven
have reported smallpox in the past two
years shows that the disease has not
been confined to any section of the
state. The difference in results in diff
ferent counties is largely the direct re-
suit of differences in medical skill and
board of health zeal and promptness.
An effort vii be made the next winter
to secure more perfect system of re-
porting all contagious diseases and more
perfect quarantine.
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The insurance men of Des Moines are
|perfecting local organization to pro-
tect themselves against sharp competi-
ton in the writing of policies which 10
Threatened by the failure of the big out
side companies to abide by the decisions
| of the official rate-maker of the under
writer's In other years much insurance
I has been written in Deg Moines at rates
(which are regarded by the insurance
| agents as unremunerative. OF late there
has been comparative uniformity in the
rates, due to the acceptance OF rates
made by Bennett. Now that some OF the
| big companies have authorized their
| agents to get the business, even If they
| have to engage in competition, IT mas
/ been found necessary to organize
combine to prevent this distressing re-
| suit. Since the decision of Judge Nc
| Pherson holding that the Nebraska an
ti-combine law is no good the IOWA
1 agents have little to fear. 1t has oeen
| the opinion of the state auditor all along
that the Iowa law is one that Will not
bear the scrutiny of the courts. 1t is
lexpected that fest case will get into
the supreme court before many months
and finally dispose of the Iowa law,
which has been so obnoxious to the bus
mess.
The news of the movement of the
sugar trust in determining upon a sugar
rate war for the special purpose of driv-
| ing the beet sugar factories out of ex-
istence, is interesting to Iowa from the
1 fact that it may mean the end of the
plans of capitalists to build an immense
4 beet sugar factory at Missouri Valley.
Large quantities of sugar beets are
grown every year in Harrison county,
and they are shipped over into Nebras-
Ika to the factories. 1t is planned to
5build factory in western Iowa that
will use this product, and a company
was formed some months ago to pro-
ceed with the work. But IL there p to
he a war by the sugar trust. which han
dies only the cane sugar product, then
there will be no factories in Iowa soon.
But if the beet sugar men win and DEM
4 onstrate that they can do business de-