Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18
No Democratic Nominees in Sew

No Democratic Nominees in Sew.
eral Iowa Counties..Rail.
road Reversed.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Mloines, Oct. lS.-Senator Allison
was in Des Moines a few hours last eve
ming, having come over from Knoxville,
and he went on to Dubuque, having no
other speeches for this week. The sem
ator declared he was we'll pleaced with
the meeting at Knoxville. 1t was not
as large, perhaps, as an evening meeting
would have been in the same town, but
1t was q gathering of representative
persons and they were deeply interested.
In conversation with the people there
he gained the impression that Marion
county will go republican all right this
year. He was pleased not only with
the Knoxville meeting but with those
at new Sharon and Tama. There are
men who know Candidate Phillips, who
will vote for Cummins this year. There
were many democrats at the meetings
addressed by Senator Allison and 9th
ers, especially in the southern part of
the state. Senator Allison could give
no estimate on the majority and plur-
ality this year, but it will be sat!sfac-
tory. "A number of other republicans
have been in Des Moines during the
week, but few of them have got as far
along as giving figures as vet. 1t is
generally conceded that the figures Civ
en- in this correspondence a few days
ago were as nearly correct as anybody
has been able to show. Mr.. Cummins
was quoted in Council Bluffs the other
day as expecting something like 75.-
600 to $4,000 plurality. He anticipates
10, 600 plurality in this county alone. and
his friends believe they will make it
about that figure. The figure af 251,000
votes for Mr.. Cummins, as reported to
the Times-Republican is likely to be
adopted as the fist estimate by the re-
publican managers, and they may add
q few thousand before election day for
good measure.
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The Grant club. OF this city. rs nn or
go nixAsi ION which might weM be>imf-
itated In every considerable city OF the
state. Last evening, for instance, the
club had lunch and after that an adj
dress by William F. Curley, Of Omaha.
and he delivered q magnificent address.
the principal part of whic' was devoted
to President Mckinley and the princi-
pie he represented in his lifetime. This
was followed by an address by ex-Sena-
tor Cheshire. The club has these meet-
ings occasionally and It Is one of the
strong educational influences which
make Des Moines 50 strongly repub-
lican.
The fact that the state Of Iowa owns
piece of property which has been sold
at tax sale for non-payment OF taxes
and in less than six weeks deed will
be issued thereon to the purchaser, does
not indicate that the state Of Iowa is
hard up. On the contrary, there is
enough money belonging to the state
lying in the vaults within a stones
throw of the lot in question to buy a
good many acres Of Iowa land. But
there is no officer or official body in the
state with the discretionary authority
to take action in euch cases. The legis-
5lature did not provide for paying the
street paving assessments and the ex-
ecutive council can not take money
from the treasury for that purpose. 1t
is possible the council could stretch the
law and use some of the providential
contingency fund to save the lot from
passing into private hands The method
thus far considered is to find some old
paving warrants in behalf Of the state
and to turn them over or make some
sort OF exchange at the county treasur-
er's office to redeem the land. The state
has providential contingency fund in
which there was an unexepended ball
ance June 30 last of $14,064.65 The ex-
ecutive council had up to that time used
of this fund as follows: State Universl-
lty, 100000; Iowa State College, s16,sO9.-
So; militia, s25.75. This is not the only
one of the contingent funds. tho 1t is
the most considerable. The governors
contingent fund to pay counsel has
81, ,0G0 on hand, and but $50 expended.
The fund for return of paroled prison
iers has $1,09235 in 1t, or did have June
80 last The governors contingent fund
was drawn on to the extent of $12,197.94
by June 80, and still has $7,S47S4 on
hand. Then there is supreme court
contingent fund and contingent fund
for the attorney general. In the case Of
rhe governors contingent fund the pub
lished reports give little indication as to
how the money has been used. The
names of persons in whose favor the
warrants have been drawn is given, but
not the reason for the expenditure. But
unless somebody does something the
state of Iowa will be in the disgrace of
having treasury full of money and
losing valuable lot at tax sale.
The supreme court passed on an inter-
esting constitutional question yester-
day. In the Gano vs.. Milwaukee & St.
Louis case from Clay county, Judge
Helsells declaration that a certain law
lis Unconstitutional was overturned
completely. The railroad company had
condemned land and then taken the
case into court, where 1t was beaten
worse than before. and the court re-
fused to tax up attorneys fees. as pro-
yided by law, on the ground that such a
taxing up OF attorneys fees would be
discriminative in character and confer
special privileges contrary tp the con-