Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Action 81 Other Cony eniions Give
the Pops. Some Hope Of
Making ! Showinf.
They Are Alter Corporatio
With Their Extreme Ideas
% to Franchises.
The Democratic Committee Gath.
ere Itself Together For !
Consultation Over Crisis.

0AO AsoSAAS AV8SsUcI SUE
Consultation Over Crisis.
Special to Times-RepnbNcan
Des Moines. Sept, 7.-Populist stock is
rising on account Of the recent actions
OF other political conventions. For the
first time the straight populists. or
mid-roaders. are going to maintain
Headquarters in Des Moinee and engage
in the distribution of literature and
seuding out speakers. AS soon as Call
amity Weaver finishes threshing his
oats he will begin to thrash all the 9TH
-er candidates ON the stump. There was
some planning to start populist news
paper here. but that maybe given up.
While the populists are credited with
being political pessimists, they are the
most optimistic Of the three or four mi
nor divisions of the political body. They
take comfort In what the democrats
q did and in what was done by the pro-
hibitionists at their anti-saloon league,
and in the work of the socialists. State
Chairman Reed says that. the socialist
agitation will only make populists.
When the socialists get man Jared
loose from his party the populists will
catch him at the half way station. And
then the breakup In prohibition ranks
leaves some men political orphans and
the populists may get them. The dem
ocrats did the best job Of helping popu-
ism, however, for in the view of the
populist managers the democrats have
indicated 10 plainly that they are going
TO drive all the populists out of the fus-
Ion movement that many of them will
come out voluntarily this year. The
nominees on the democratic ticket, or
at least some OF them, are very objec-
ttonable to many Of the followers of the
fusion compact. Gen. Weaver went
home with a feeling that he would like
to hire somebody to swear for him
about the ticket. The free silver ma
jority was SO bent on getting the Kan
sas City platform to the front again
that no attention was paid to candi-
dates. The result is that neither the
old-line democrats nor the Kansas City
Chicago platform variety were satisfied
with what was done. Here Is where the
have q national conference in Kansas
City. where an attempt will be made to
reunite the various branches Of the
party and to get all populists under one
cover again. Representatives Of the
fusion forces in Iowa will be present as
well al the mid-road people. II the
sire the populist movement will be re-
a., II %,,
Aionist combine.
In q few days circular will be issued
from populist headquarters in Des
Moines containing something about the
defense Of the state platform. The plat
form sticks close to the old greenback
theory of paper money issued by the
government not redeemable in anything.
The populists will proceed on the theory
that the coinage question is disposed of
finally and cannot come up again. What
they will make the most of. however is
the question Of franchises and corpora
tions. They are for municipal owner
ship of public utilities, for government
ownership OF railroads and for paper
money. The state committee is fully
organized and the chairman is in touch
with sctiye populists In about ninety
countiessof the state.
In the Decatur county republican CON
vention today. p. L.. Eiker. Of Decatur,
will be renominated for the house with
out opposition. County conventions are.
being held in Cherokee and Carroll
counties today, but there are contests
on. Wilson. of Buena Vista, and Carter,
of Sioux, will come back to the house,
receiving nominations again without
opposition.
The democratic committee gathered
itself together last evening and held a.
short meeting with Candidates Phillips
and Ferguson. The plans for the demo-
cratic side OF the campaign were dis
cussed, Anew democratic local leaders
were consulted, but in fact few persons
knew anything about the meeting. A
bare majority OF the members Of the
committee were present. s. F. McCon-
nell. OF Bloomfield, the Sixth district
member OF the committee, was made
chairman and he Will be given charge
of The campaign with an executive COM
mittee consisting OF Messrs. Huffman,
Quick, Carr. Hipwell and Jackson. The
desire OF the committee was to select
Jackson for chairman. but he is not, In
clined to take upon himself such bur-
den and 1t was put of on q newer man.
The chairman will try to secure rooms
for the committee in the Equitable
building, where the republican commit
tee will be quartered, and will open
headquarters, inside OF ten days. An
other, conference with the executive COM
mittee will be held soon.
The news Of the shooting of President
Mckinley paralyzed all business, official
and private for the time being, and the
governor Immediately ordered the state
house closed for the day. Excited
crowds watched the bulletin boards of
the evening papers until q late hour last
night. Governor Shaw sent kindly
message of sympathy to the president
at Bunalo. On all hands were heard
words OF regret for the act. The trag-
edy will necessarily have some effect on
the state campaign and delay the active
work.
DECIDES FOR sErLERs.
Judge shiras Renders Decision in
o'erisn Land Cases.
Dubuque. Sept. 7.yJudge shiras, of
NE federal court, yesterday handed
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