Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-05
TIE CRITICS SIENC[D
Carping Against the Iowa Plat.
form Frowned on at the Re.
publican Conference.
Speaker Henderson Lectures the
Newspapers That Are Fight.
ing Tariff Plank.
Walter Wellman Admits Cabinet
Officer Recently interviewed
Was Sec'y Shaw.
pecial to Times-Republican.

I Des Mones, Sept. 5.-There was
small comfort for any of the critics of
the Iowa platform in the meeting of re-
publicans held in Des Moines yester-
day. Disturbers had been predicting
that there would be trouble and that
called in ION the carpet" to be told their
duty or to be shown how they could
stand on the platform and still defend
their records. Nothing of the sort
I happened. The Iowa platform was dis
cussed at length. 1t was pleasing to
most of those who spoke. The others
accepted it gracefully. Speaker Hen
derson, for instance, and he voiced the
sentiments of more than one other, eX-
piained that if he had had the making
| of the platform he would not have put
| into it the reference to the tariff aud its
possible connection with monopolies.
but you will observe" he said. that
| the platform doesn't say the tariff shell
| tiers monopoly. The statement is III the
| subjunctive form. There is a saving If
| in the way. All it says is that II 1T is
found that certain things have happen
| ed then we will do right. Can any re-
| publican object to that statement?
There was not thing in the platform.
! he said, that he could not advocate.
| 1t was a true republican platform and
contained good republican doctrine.
But he declared frankly his belief that
no attempt at changes on the tariff
| should be made at the short session of
tchn m
with the beginning of the long session.
have been abusing the trainers OF the
Iowa platform. There is battle
ahead" he declared, "and this is a poor
l1time for republican orators or republi-
can newspapers to be throwing shells
into our own camp His expression
was heartily applauded. The plain
statements of Governor Cummins before
the convention went far to lead the
conference in the right direction.
/. Incidentally it may be stated posi-
lively that the recent interview was
an anonymous cabinet officer" the one
in which somebody was made to Sc
verely criticise the Iowa republican
platform. was in fact an Interview with
none other than Secretary Leslie NJ.
Shaw, of Iowa. Walter Wellman, the
correspondent. whose standing may be
regarded as a little doubtful, got the in
terview and published it. Presumably
it was as fairly accurate as the general
run of interviews After Governor Cum
minis tore the interview to tatters there
was an effort made to carry the impre-
sion that Secretary Shaw was not the
".cabinet officer interviewed Walter
Wellman was in Des Moines this week
attending the democratic convention as
he is a great adnirer of Governor
Boies. He stated positively to friends
THAT the interview mentioned was with
Secretary Shaw, who requested that it
used. This disposes of the matter COM
pletely.
The Republican state committees to-
day made appointment of dates and
places for district conferences OF re-
publican candidates with the chairmen
of county committees and a representa-
tive of the state committe as follows:
Fourth District-New Hampton,
September s. afternoon. sss
Tenth District-Fort Dodge, Septem-
ber 9, evening.
Second District-Davenport, Septem-
ber II, afternoon.
Second Observation-Disclosures Sep
tember IL, afternoon.
Third District-Waterloo, September
Is. forenoon.
Eleventh Distrct-Sioux City, Sep
tember IS, afternoon.
Ninth District-Council Bluffs, Sep
tember II. afternoon.
Eighth District-Creston, September
Is. afternoon.
Sixth District-Ottumwa, September
10, afternoon.
Firth District-Cedar Rapids, Sep
tember 20. afternoon.
The Seventh district conference will
be in Des Moines, but date not set
Chairman Spence will attend all con-
ferences and also y. f. Dawson in
charge of speakers bureau for commit
tee.
The deep we'll for the state hospital
ut Cherokee is declared by members of
the board OF control to be a great sue
cess. The We'll was put down 343 feet.
1t was tested at depth of 800 feetsfor
twenty hours with a pump taking
out $4,000 gallons of water and there
was no dlnnution In the volume
brought out. Then the valves We're put
up forty feet higher and the same pros
cess repeated. The water is clear and
pure and apparently has none of the
mineral of the deeper we'll at the same
institution which is strongly impreg-
mated with Objectionable mineral sub
stances.
The factory inspection of the state
under the new law and by the new
commissioner of labor statistics is pro-
crossing as rapidly as it is. possible
With the limited force available. The
factories in Davenport, Cedar Rapids,
Ottumwa and Centerville have been
visited am, this week Commissioner
Brigham is making inspections in keo-
ku!k and Fort Madison. AS Il rule the
commissioners are we'll received and
when the new law requiring rigid in
spection is explained to the owners or
managers of factories the rest is COM