Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-22
c. A R. Is KONPARNSIN
Iowa G. A. R. Delegates Voted
for General Black Regard
less of Politics
DODGE MARCHED ALL THE WAY
Democrats Preparing for One Grand
Rally in Des Moines With Tom
johnson and Ex- Governor Boies Both
TO Appear Presidential Candidates
-cumnns Speaks Fearlessly.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Oct. 22.-The Iowa dele
ration to the national encampment. U.
| A. r.. voted IL to in favor of General
Eiack. of Illinois, for commander-in-
chief as against General Stewart, who
was elected to that position of honor
end responsibility in the organization.
department Commander Lindt. who
was a Pennsylvania soldier, was zeal
ously for Stewart or 1t IS probable that
! the entire vote of the state would have
lteen given to the Illinois commander
and former pension commissioner. AS
one of the delegates saiG:
81 voted for General Black. His
4 service in the army was long and hon
orable Stewart is young man, bare
Fly old enough to get into the army near
the close, and he could well have
waited few years. Black came from
q neighboring state ana the western
| soldiers are personally acquainted with
nh,m. He made an excellent pension
i commissioners Some OF us criticised
him when he was in Office. but we have
learned to know better how we'll he did
/ his work now that we have had some
tother pension commissioners. Then i
felt. as did many others. that 1t would
have been polite thing and simple
4 Justice to have elected a democrat to
THAT position. We have always claimed
4 to- be a non-partisan organization and
to know no party lines, but we have
never had democratic ccommander-ln-
i chief. This is small matter to talk
/ about, but in fact we ought to show
what we are by what we do. However.
we know that in General Stewart we
4 have an able man for commander-in-
chief"
! The Iowa boys were greatly pleased
! over the fact that in the grand parade
( az Washington during the national en-
i campinent General G.. NJ. Dodge
marched with the Iowa column the en-
/ tire length of the parade. He enjoyed
\ the event quite as much as the boys
4 of the ranks. Not all OF the Iowa boys
! who passed the reviewing stand
marched the entire distance. Many of
| them remained along the route and fell
! in before the reviewing stand was
reached. There were fully thousand
/ representing Iowa Among these We're
! many who live in Washington, holding
government positions, and who claim
1 residence in the state. There are hun
! dreds of these and many of them have
! lived in Washington many years. Il
| met man in Washington" said re-
| turning Grand Army man, %ho Went
! from Mount Pleasant to Washington
| in 1863 and secured a clerical position.
He has held it ever since. Senator
! Harlan got him the place" And SO II
was with many others. The men in the
parade representing Iowa did not all
so from Iowa to Washington just to
attend the encampment.
| The democrats are still quietly PLAN
ming for at least one good meeting in
I this part Of the state during the cam
raign. They do want Hon. Tom john
son. mayor of Cleveland, o. for a meet
IiEg in Des Moines, and for one meeting
| i1 either the Second or Third congress
sional districts. 1t is understood here
that the overtures for this meeting
came from Ohio first. The Ohio people
are in earnest about their plans to
make Johnson the presidential nominee
in 1904 johnson has been playing for
this for some time. He IS now practi- |
cally master of his party in his own
state and if he can be elected this year
will be regarded by his Ohio associates
as the logical candidate of the demo-
Gratis for the presidency. AT the same
time Hill and the eastern democrats
appear to be getting around almost tol
the johnson platform and 1T would not
be strange if they We're ready to sup /
port him when the right time comes. |
Bryan and the western men have al
ready indicated that they are very
warm toward Johnson. Now what
Johnson hopes to do is 20 come to Illi-l
nos and Iowa and make a few speeches
and get in touch with the democrats In
those two states. But If Johnson comes
to Des Moines it is expected that Hor-
ace Boies will also come to Des Moines
and make speech. Boies Is as much
of q. presidential poSsibility-almost a
presidential candidate-as Tom John
son. His friends are looking out for his |
interests also. 1t would not be at all
surprising if the democrats would ar
range for just one meeting in Des
Moines at which would appear two
men recognized as among the presiden-
tial possibilities of two years hence
johnson and Boies. With such an at
traction it is believed they might over
come the prevailing apathy for one
night.
The prohibitionists of Iowa make
clever claim in regard 10 one of their
planks in their platform. They show
that President Roosevelt has got him. /
self on their platform in one thing at
least The plank is as follows:
I'VE favor the revision of the tariff
law, as necessity demands, from time
to time. by commission controlled by
no political party"
This is in the Iowa prohibition plat
form 1t is substantially the position
now taken by President Roosevelt and
Others. Whereat the prohibitionist poll
iticians are pointing to what great
things they have already accomplished.
Governor Cummins appears to be not
relaxing in the least in his anti-'