Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-26
TIE LEADERS
Birdsall's Nomination Highly
Satisfactory to Republican
Leaders in Des Moines
DISTRICT ADMlREs cuMMlNs
BirdsalI Is a Fine Lawyer and Judge
and Is in Harmony With the Grow
ing Sentiment Now Spreading Over
the Third District-Insurance Com
bine.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept, 26.-I am greatly
pleased with the nomination of Judge
Birdsall for congress in the Third dis
trict." said Chairman Spence of the
republican state committee last evening
ION learning the result of the convention
at Hampton. Without disparagement
to any of the other honorable gentle
men who were before that convention
l feel that the convention did the very
best thing and that it's work will tell
for republican success in the Third
district this fall. l have only slight
acquaintance with Judge Birdsall but
know that he stands well as first
class lawyer and a fine Judge and that
he is man who will be popular in
the district. 1t seems to me that the
republicans of that district are now In
splendid condition for a successful fight
and there is no reason why they should
not elect Judge Birdsall to congress
with a comfortable majority.
This expression was common with
quite q number Of republicans who
know Judge Birdsall. Gov. Cummins
was well pleased with the nomination
and predicted the success of the judge.
The fact that the convention did so
well when it might easily have got In
to a hopeless tangle and been tied IN
:, xa.o5 ,x,o q co,,rco of cOnPratula. 1.
ton to many republicans.
In this connection politician who
has recently circulated among the re-
publicans of the Third district states
that he found the sentiment In the dis
trict strongly turning toward Gov.
Cummins. In some counties wh4re 1t
has been supposed heretofore that no
person dared say a word IN defense
of the governor he found men OUT
spokenly friendly to the governor and
lYsldysto stand by him in the future.
Even in Dubuque county great many
of the strong republicans have come
to be great admirers OF the governor.
This condition of affairs indicates a
decided change Of feeling In certain
quarters.
There are indications that the in
surance combine which has been doing
business in many of the cities and
towns of Iowa is having more or less
trouble in it's work of keeping UP rates.
A systematic Campaign of education"
has been carried on to educate the IN
surancc premium payers up to the
point of paying prices that will enable
the insurance companies to survive.
In Des Moines rates have been main
tanned at very stiff figure for a long
time. This high rate has led the agents
of some of the companies to begin cut
ting rates. The insurance combine
comes in handy at this point and it is
asserted by some policy holders that
the representatives of the companies
which have permitted cutting of the
scheduled rates have been notified
that these companies will be boycotted
and driven out of business If the policy
is persisted in. There are some signs
of an insurance rate war If this thing
keeps up. The representatives of the
companies against which the threats
have been made say that they will go
the full length of questioning the legal
ity of the combine il necessary to per-
init them to do business. The insurance
people do not call it combine and
will not admit pooling in any way but
they accomplish their purpose in some
way.
The habitual criminal act passed by
the last legislature has not yet been
applied in q single instance In the
state so far as heard from. Some time
ago it was reported that man from
Mitchell county had been given long
sentence under this act, but that was
before the act went into effect. and 1T
was not true. The officials at OF
tumwa have young man, Charles
Black, with brief career to correspond
with his name, who may be the first
victim of the law. He is represented
to be given to petty thieyery and to
have suffered conviction u number of
times 1t is just such cases that the
law is intended to cover. If convicted
again he may be given 25 years in the
penitentiary even for a small theft,
provided he has served at least two
sentences of at least three years each.
If he has never received anything but
a Jail sentence he can not be given the
long time under thef habitual criminal
act.
The total attendance at the state
fair of last year and this indicates
something of the growth of prosperity
in central Iowa. The figures as fur
nished by Secretary Simpson are:
In 1901 about Observation-Disclosures. 91,6OO
In 1902 about ................11 .11S,6 600
Increase ..........:......... z@ooo
Fletcher Howard, of the state phar-
macy commission, has just returned
from an extended visit in the east dur
ing which time he attended the meet
ing of the National Druggists associ-
alton in Philadelphia. There We're about