Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-26
Democratic Organizatio s to
Thwart Them Also Stronger
Than First Supposed
BolEs' ACTION is IMPORTANT
His Acceptance of chairmanship
of BIackhawk County Delegation In
dicates His Renewal of Last Years
Fight for Reorganization = Annual
Reports on Fire Insurance in Iowa

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 26.-The organiza-
ton of the democrats of the state for
the purpose of preventing any reversal
of the recent policies of the party on the
financial and allied questions has been
done much better than was supposed.
According to George f. Rinehart, of
Newton, who was made chairman of the
committee on organization named at
the conference held here at the, time
of the jefferson day banquet. states
that he has been in communication
with democrats in about half the coun-
ties of the state, and has reached about
400 OF the precinct committeeman. He
is not over confident about controlling
the convention and securing reaftirma
ton of the Kansas City platform.
"The fact that Horace Boies was
made chairman of the Blackhawk coun-
ty delegation last Saturday., said Mr..
Rinehart while in Des NIoines yester
day, Indicates that the so-called re-
organizers are not going to lie down.
Boies would not have accepted the place
of chairman of that delegation if he had
not well considered what was ahead of
him. He will be here and to make a
fight again as he did last year. you
can depend on that. But we are going
to make q fight to keep the party in
line with the national platforms Just
the same. Last year number of dele
gates were instructed to vote with us
and then gold-bugs got on the delega
ton by proxy or otherwise and voted
against the sentiments of their coun-
ties. That will not be allowed to oc
cur again. But il we control the
convention this year it will be because
of the organization we effected here in
Des Moines when William j. Bryan
was present in April"
All Of the work on the Coinmittee has
been done from Newton. Mr.. Rinehart
selected O. p. Myers as treasurer and
B. J. Engle as secretary of the COM
nittee and they went to work to reach
the democrats of the state. The Sc
lection of a delegation from Blackhawk
county in favor of repetition of last
years performance of repudiating the
platform of the party was the first in
dication that any life has been left in
the reorganizers. From this time on it
may be expected that there will be
q great deal of activity in the party.
The pathway Of the railroad pro-
moter who is working on the Des
Moines Southern is not carpeted with
roses, however much the people want
a new railroad and competition for the
that now monopoliZe bus
mess at Greenfield and Winterset. Mr..
Cherry, the promoter of the line has
his hands full in court. In Greenfield
he wanted a square of land designed
as public park for use for depot
grounds. 1t is admirably located for
this purpose, but several injunctions
have been issued against him and the
town council has wrestled with the
problem in variety Of ways. That
he may secure the tax aid voted certain
work must be done this year and no
work has as yet been done. 1t is un-
derstood that President Stickney, of the
Great Western. who went over the route
and inspected the same, approved all
the plans made and said the road would
be all right. 1t is planned that the
Great Western shall operate the road
and ultimately take 1t over but this is
as far as the matter has gone.
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State Superintendent Barrett dis
covered big lake in Clay and Palo
Alto counties and found it was called
Lost Island lake. He had to pass near
this lake on his journey to Terri, Dick
inson county, and it was along this
road that he had an encounter with a
tornado. He has become
a convert to the good roads movement
since this journey into Dickinson coun-
ty, and declares that of all the roads
he has found the worst that ever hap
pened or are likely to be discovered on
the face of the earth, they are in the
lake region mentioned. But Mr.. Bar
rett makes the suggestion that Lost
Island lake be renamed. He suggests
kirkwood lake, in honor of 1owa's gov
orner of the war period--a name that
would mean something. But that or
any other name would be an improve
ment and give the lake a standing on
the map that never can be had with a
name that suggests the absence of a
lake. Lost Island lake is q beautiful
lake, and many fine fish are being taken
therefrom at this time.
The annual reports on fire insurance |
done in Iowa have been published and |
the reports of the life insurance COM
panies are in the hands of the state
auditor and will soon be published. In
the meantime the semi official reports
to insurance journals show that the life
Insurance business done in Iowa is
enormous. An eastern insurance paper
reports that during 1902 there was paid
on life insurance policies in Iowa
total of s2,56S.440. Undoubtedly more
than this was in fact paid, but the
show this total for Iowa. The
payments were distributed among zoo
.ities and towns. Some of the payments
we're classified as to cities and towns
rs fellows:
Des Moines Siolt9oo
DUBUQUE =. 147,175
Davenport ;. 145,257
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