Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-13
TOOK 10 THE PRA|n|ES
Democratic Candidate For SUI
preme Judge Ran Away
From the Campaign.
Cummins and Roosevelt Close
Friends-.His Chamber OF
Commerce Speech.
Corporations Trying to Buy the
Register.-Board Members
Will Inspect.

toeS5SS sNl eiiC bSuNSiS ieaSt itttsi't W s'7 q
trave!-stained wanderer fresh from tha
Irairies of the northwest, where he had
keen on business for two or three weeks
He was one of the candidates fer state
Cifcc who went down in the wrscil
II have been out in Noash Dakota be-
you'd the reach of newspaper he said
"and really. for all l know, / may be
elected. l haven't had time to read Il
PAPER or ask about the elace;on. Eus
Their knew 1t was an f-yaar and there
wasn't any chance eor the democratic
ticket"
The speaker was John sho~tiey, lats
candidate for supreme judge on the
democratic ticket. Nei.he, MIS- any of
the other candidates from his town
elected. and the city of Perry had the
nor of being the only city III the state
With three candidates 30 sya.e cfiice
this year. AIR. Shortley WAS 50 sure
that Judge Weaver would be elecsed
that he didn't even get nome to cast ais
ballot.
Governor CumminS IS busy preparing
a little speech he is to deliver down in
New York next week. 1t was suppoS 81
when President Mckinley died that
Cummins would not be able TO command
much influence in national affairs even
If he should choose to try 1T. Cummins
was particularly well liked by President
Mckinley. He was the Iowa member of
tae national committee when Mckinley
ran for president first. He was Very
close to the late president. 1t has been
taken for granted in some quarters that
the death of the president would chang
all this. But keen observer OF poitl
cal movements remarked yesterday that
the invitation to Governor I'ummins re-
ceived from the chamber IF conatGerce Of
New orl, which Is an Invitation to 80
right into the home or President Ro)sa-
seit IHaisates that tsic1nrw VI K president
and his friends in Nc-v Yofl, areercaay
to turn to Cummins as the now and
coming man in Iowa politics ana :oI
listen to him in their counssls. The
chamber of commerce dinrer will be an
opr ortunity of a lifetime for ti;a gov
ernor-elect, ana those Who knew him be.
lieve that he will fully come up - the
expectations of those who have seen his
ralne coupled with tha. Il Roosevelt and
LoW-three of cornfaon type.
There are strange rulnors afoat again
concerning Des Moinea newspaper
changes One rumor is 10 the effect that
that an editor in the southern part of ,he
state has been putting out feelers Cor The
purchase of daily republican. newspa
,,1 bs,h hac ba -
porate interests are are popularity sup
posed to be in politics. The gossips have
il that A. w. Lee, of Ottumwa, is try
ms to get the Register. On The other
rsnd it is stated that no sooner had this
r,.mor got out than Senator Smith, q
Osage, came here to see to it that the
aforesaid deal was not consummased,
but that if there is a new hand ut the
hc;m of the Register 1t shall be one
I, 'endly to the incoming administrators.
And those who are most concerned IN
mis- matter say nothing.
Judge Robinson and Mr.. Cownie, OF
The state board of control, started out to-
day to inspect the state institutions at
Marshalltown, Eldora and elsewhere,
end Judge Kline went to the southwest
ern part of the state OH an Inspection
tour.
Unofficial returns on the blanks pre-
!: al ed for that purpose are already be-
inc received at the Office of the secretary
O. state. Yesterday the blanks for Jas
per and Winnebago counties We're re-
ceiyed. Jasper gave official returns as
follows:
a. Is. Cummlns ............ .. :. =. :. 30 d -
T. j. Phillips :, iso
A. U. Coates OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. NV
Iames Baxter 25I
l.. III. Weller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
This county illustrates some phases
of the recent contest. Herriott received
fifty more votes than Cummins, show
ing approximately the number of re-
puhlcans who cut Cunmins because of
his record on the prohibitory law.
Brown received just sixty-sx more
than Cummins. In Winnebago county
the election was on the bias. The vote
was:
II. j. Phillips ..... lS2
a. U. Coats ...... :!
James Baxter ......
u. Il.
But in this county Cummns received
eighteen more votes than Herriott, and
the others ran about with Herriott. The
exact vote in Polk county shows that
Cummins received 1856, which was 6,S07
more than Phillips received. The Dlu-
rality for Herriott in this county was
$685. and for Weaver 6,122.
The Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men, which is in session in Des Moines
illustrates fairly the popularity of the
fraternal insurance idea in this western
country This insurance order has had
a wonderful growth in few, years and
is prospecting greatly. The old line in
surance men decry the fraternals and
scout the idea that they are OF any BEN
eft, but some of the fraternala are
growing very fast. The Yeomen are
considering whether they Will build a.
$4,000 building as Headquarters, but
this may be deferred to another year.
The grand foreman has recommended
lit JIM his annual address. and 1t will be