The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

IOWA DEMOCRATS
The Reorganizers Organizing They
Propose to Control the Ma
chine in Iowa.
They Desire to Name the Delegation
to the Next National
Convention.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 21.-The first
step of the reorganizers of the democratic .
party in Iowa toward holding full control 9
Of the delegation to the next national con Z
vention, have been taken here. The for
nation of a state democratic club has been
undertaken. A temporary organization has 3
been made with John NJ Read, we'll
known attorney Of Des Moines, and George
A. Huffman of this place, ex-state chair 4
man, as temporary president and secre- 2
tary. 1t 81 within day or two that the
formation Of the club has become known, e
tho the first movement toward 1t was TAX
en- at the time of the state convention and
was begun by leading old-ine democrats g
in this city, backed by conservatives from
other parts Of the state. It is the purpose
to open a clubhouse here and to get as
members several hundred leading reorgan- s
izers thruout Iowa. The plan is to watch
the organization for next year with the
utmost care, from the precinct caucuses
upwards. While the silver democrats will
be able doubtless to carry few districts 3
and thus place few delegates on the DEL
egatfon to the national convention the re-.
organizers calculate they can not only have
a majority Of the districts but will be-
able to choose all the delegates at large.a
If they carry out their program success
fully, they will do some vigorous clean;
ing out of Kansas City platform democrats
who are yet prominent In the state organ
ization. The plans for getting the scalp Of
Charles A. Walsh as national committee
man are well known. Incidentally it is,
expected the club will have much effect in
| infusing vigor into the campaign this falts
and that it will take prominent part in
an attempt to elect a democratic mayor
! In Des MoineS next spring. For this place, 1
lex-Mayor Jerry Hartenbower and Super.
visor Frank Rennett are mentioned.
| The recent utteranceS of Justice Brewer
in defense of the exercise of the injunction
power by the federal courts have stirred,
up the union labor leaders here and they
are expressing themselves as decidedly at
variance with the views of the eminent
jurist. In argument against his position
| 1t is said by the union labor men that it
| virtually means the courts should have the
power to make the law well as interpret
1t, and that the prevention of crime which
he says should be the function Of the.
courts amounts, thru injunction, to denial
of the rights of trial by jury and to dis
elimination in favor of wealth. It is also
4 urged that 1t Is not calculated to further
/ peaceful arbitration Of labor disputes. i
The executive council began to-day the
l hearings of the telephone, telegraph and
express interests on the subject of as
sessments. The council has not yet equal
lied the valuations returned by the coun-.
ties, altho considerable has been done.
! From all that can be learned the council
as state board of review will not raise
the total assessment of the state to any
great extent and will not really try to
bring the aggregate up to % per cent Of
the actual value of the property. 1t will,
however, endeavor to bring up the vaua-
! tons in a number of counties that are APP
parently too low, and to lower few that
are too high. This may result in slightly
: increasing the aggregate assessment as re-
ported by the counties. 1t is generally
agreed there will be an increase of two
or three millions in the railway assess
melt,