Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-19
LIKE A CAMP MEETING
Des Moines Delegation to Con-
vention Will Dwell in Tents
Like the Arabs.
Great Western Extension May
Parallel Illinois Central
From Fort Dodge West.
Minnesota Board Of Control Will
Copy Iowa Methods-.Des
Moines Smallpox.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April l9-If the republic
ans of other sections of Iowa are plan
ming. like those of Dies Moines and Polk
county. to attend the Cedar Rapids con-
vention, it viii certainly be the biggest
thing in the convention line ever known
10 Iowa. The Des Noines politicians
will not crowd people from other parts
Of the state out of the hotels They are
planning to be generous and give UP The
good hotel accommodations. fer yester-
day fifteen large tents were secured for
the Ioes Moiues delegation and they Will,
be sent to Cedar Rapids and Will be
Used by the Des Moines and Polk county
PEOPLE at the convention. But thesv2 VIII
rot accommodate all who will go from
! sDes Mones, for IL is contemplated that
there shall be a special train 10 take the
I9es Moines crowd and that there viii
be enough OF the crowd so that every
I body viii know that Des Mpnes goes TO
a STATE convention as well at CEDAR
( Rapids as at home. II is possible that
the Des Mcinesers Will go over the
| Rock Island by way OF West Liberty,
thence over the Cedar Rapids road. hui
this has not been settled. II is probable
THAT aside from the sixty-four delegates
| from Polk county there viii be nun.
6re6l others al the Cedar Rapids cons
vention If other sections of the state
take the same interest in the nomina-
5ltion of a ticket the convention city Will
Ebe crowded little.
There has been much Joking and rail-
llery over the convention episode in loes
lMoines. for it must be understood that
4 there are many who are utterly indif-
Ieerent as to the location of the conven-
.|ton. The claim put forth by the Cedar
lRapils people that they now have twp
!cxcellent hotels and that they IRE close
together. With nothing but saloon be-
Itween them. was one of the things
which pleased the state committee
: greatly. Then there are not wanting
those who insist that il was the goa
farm which attracted the committee;
: Ibut others are 10th TO believe that tire
d goat farm IS, the most attractive lntlu-
tsnce in the Fifth district. II Is credited
Ito state Printer Murphy that he will
have the School for the Blind opened TO
accommodate visitors. especially for
! iJehn 3C,ownie and his friends when they
come to the convention. Ninton is not
VERY far from Cedar Rapids. One OF the
stDes Moines speakers before he COM
Hmittee stated that he had been told by a
delegate to a state convention al Cedar
Rapids that he had to sleep in q bath
tub while attending the convention But
f..w delegates even from Des Moines
Ehave had that experience.
Some fresh Information regarding the
l..lans of the Great Western for extern
sions this year has reached Des AIoines
thru one of the otfieials of the road who
has just returned from St. Paul. where
Inc Was in consultation with the head
& Ioff;cers He suggests that ii is prohd-
lille the lire to Sioux City viii veer
Isouthward from Fort Dodge and pai-
allel the Illinois Central to the south,
! lstriking .Iollev, Sac City and Anthon.
From AnthoiE n Woodbury. county. the
j line to Sioux city would so thru a rough
lcountry The Omaha route may go even
farther south and hit Jefferson and
+. Harlan The limo from Hampton 10 the
Mason City & Fort Dodge connection
81 will strike at either Clarion or Belnlond,
hut ii has not been determined which.
Then there is likely to be a cut -off from
4 the Hampton line to Oeiwein to make a
: still shorter route to Chicago The sur
: Eveyors on the Sioux City extension Will
be in the country in month and a.
least a part OF that line Will be con-
structed this year. but the Omaha ex.
tension will not be built until next year
sss
Julian W Richards. of Waterloo. pri-
: l,rate secretary to David b. Henderson,
speaker of the house. is in the city and
while here will attend to some matters
for the republican state committee
e bringing up the newspaper records Il
il6ate and arranging some of the paper,
S foi. convenience in the coming cam.
tlpaign The state committee is havinl
{. work done from year to year and rec
-l lords kept which will insure a continuoii.
: record and a connected policy Nh
e Richards is in charge of this work AM
i is very efficient. Next summer Mr. ant
Mrs. Richards will take a trip to Alas
ka. going up the coast to Skaguay
thence over the range on the new rail-
{ road 10 White Horse. Whether they WI
T go on to Dawson wi)l depend upon nov
: they feel at that time The trip will b,
g purely for pleasure and 10 see the oot,n
7 try. They will star; in June to Los An
geles and tour California. Richards N
rects to drift back into newspaper worI
in the east after he retires from hi.
present position, or may turn to maya
zine and syndicate writing. What h,
most misses in his present official posi-
i ton is the opportunity to give out some
of the good newspaper stories which
! come under his observation.
Chairman Leavitt of the Minnesot;
state board of control. which has jus
a been appointed and will take charge o
) the state institutions in that state Aug
next, is spending few days with tn
Iowa board and will take him with hin
Ia great stock of information on how I,
manage state institutions. He will ais
carry back with him copies of tn
: blanks and books which are in use, an,
: these-will be largely copied by the Min
nesota board. 1t is a high compliment
to the Iowa board TO be thus earl.
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