Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-23
DEMOCRATIC TROUBLES
Candidates for Congress Scarce
Few Conventions Have
Been Called.
Oleomargarine People Find a
Way to Invade the State
Untaxed.
lowa's Building at the ST. Louis
Fair Will Be an Imposing
Structure.
Special to mes-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 23.-The democrats
are not doing very We'll this year in
getting democratic candidates for con-
grcss. Some of the conventions have
been called In the Sixth district the
convention is to be held at Oskaloosa
tomorrow and there appears to be no
doubt that John p Reese will be nom
mated by acclamation and that he will
accept Reese is very popular among
the miners and has many elements of
| strength for such race in that dis
trict. But Major Lacey is preparing for
an extended journey into the southwest
among the ruins of Indian cities
which indicates that he is not worried
over the prospect of defeat. The DEM
ocratic convention in the first district
will be held in Burlington, August 20.
but candidates are scarce. They may
fall back on John p. Seerley as the on
| ly man who represents both wings of
the party. In the Fourth district a
nomination will be made at New
Hampton August 6. Col. Sorter has
been considered as possible nominee.
In the Seventh district the convention
will be Sept. =. the day before the DEM
ocratic state convention. so as to save
car fare. Nobody knows of anybody
who would accept. The convention in
the Eighth is to be in Creston and in
the Eleventh in LeMars. In the Eighth
there is nothing left for the democrats
to do but to nominate J. B. Sullivan, of
| Creston. The democrats of the Elev-
enth would have delighted to have fol-
this year but he will not consent. There
| is a report, apparently We'll founded.
that there is TO be a sort of independent
movement against Col. Henderson in
| the Third district and that they Will
make it warm for the speaker of the
house on his personal record. The re-
inoi. which comes here is that one who
has not before been a strong partisan.
who lives in the west end of the dis
ltrict, and who is good campalgner.
Will be selected for the race ana Will
run noninally as an independent. The
Second district democrats are still hop
ing that Judge Wade will run. He is a
popular judge and a Catholic, and the
latter fact would bring him strength
and possibly lose it in other places.
| The oleomargarine people are prel
pairing to invade the state in Il new
way made possible by the law which
taxes uncolored oeo only a quarter cent
a pound. State Dairy Commissioner
Wright has received box of eleomar-
garine from the Swifts, of Kansas City,
containing about Il dozen rolls put up
handsomely. 1t is labeled plainly oleo-
margarine uncolored and the tax paid.
The national law simply requires the
nominal tax where it contains mo ar
tificial coolring. The state law, how
ever. says something about it being yell
low or made to look like butter, and
forbids the sale of such stuff. Now this
Ioleomargarne is plainly of q yellow
color, not Very yellow, but a long way
from being white The question is
whether it can be sold without fear i'll
Iowa even with the government tax
paid. 1t is plain that the stuff comes in
under the national law but whether
state law is something that must be
tested in the courts. The oleomargar-
inc looks for all the world like Il poor
grade of country butter of light color
and it tastes very we'll. Commissioner
Wright can only await the process of
of the stuff before Il jury.
The criticism of Labor Commissioner
brigham and his deputy, Arthur Hold
Ell, Which has come from Davenport on
account of the disagreeable truths
which they have told about the cond-
ton of very few of the many splendid
factories of that city, is not likely to-
deter the commissioner or his deputy
from going into other cities of the state
to carry on the work of inspection as
contemplated by law. The work of in
spection is delayed somewhat by the
illness of Commissioner Brigham and
the necessity for office work by Mr.
Dolder; but they intend to make the
rounds of the state as fast as possible
and inspect as many of the factories
and places where men are employed as
possible. They do not expect TO escape
criticism. 1t is but natural, they say.
that where a new law is put into effect
end radical innovation made i'll the
W orl of the labor commissioner there
will be many who will protest against
all such laws and refuse To abide by
Them. They met few persons IN the
factories of Davenport who Very reluc-
tantly consented to allow them to make
such inspection of their factories a.;
they might without assistance, ana who
by their conduct and words Indicate
plainly that they do not intend To obey
the spirit of the law But the maJorlt.t
of the factory managers welcomed the
inspectors and in many cases they We're |
given all possible assistance and shown
every courtesy desired. 'rhe more pro-
gressivc OF the managers declared that
they believe the law To be Il good one
and desire it to be given Il fair trial. |
I;ut the inspectors are determined that
the law shall be enforced and factory
inspection be firmly established i'll Iowa
no matter how much criticism may be
thrown at Them 1t was not expected
that the law would go into force with
out some friction. In fact. If everybody |
WAS satisfied and nobody made any OBJ
lection to the inspection it would be
sufficient proof in the minds of the COM l