Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

senator as lnd1caleQ DV Blylne anu
Shaw they would withdraw all objec-
tions to the election of Soesbe and he
would get big vote"
This is the plain statement of the
situation in that district and 1t indi-
Gates the source of the factionalism
which has come to the front in the
closing days of the campaign.
The belief prevails in some quarters
that the fight in Hardin county Is of
similar nature. This is stoutly denied
in sources that ought to be familiar
with the facts. But it is recalled that
a year ago when efforts were made
to get Jacob Funk to do some work for
the republicans In that neck of the
woods. he declined in way that in
dicated he was pretty close to being on
the other side. He wrote to the state
committee denouncing 1t for having
permitted Senator William f. Mason
to make two or three speeches II the
state. He closed with this significant
statement:
With Blythe or Treynor at the head
of the party management In this cam
paign there would he no encourage
ment of such chronic boilers as Ma
SON.
And yet the fact is that in that cam
paign Funk was a bolter and he has
been steadily in the class of chronic
boilers right along since the repubh-
cans of his county turned him down
for another man for representative.
Up in the Winnebago Worth dis
trict situation very similar to that in
cratic candidate for the house and the
bolters are supporting Oleson. Worth
county republican. Miller. the republic
can nominee. is of Winnebago county.
There Is bad blood between the two
counties. But there are other factional
troubles. aimed to some extent at
State Treasurer Gilbertson, who is a
friend of Miller. The war on Miller
has taken peculiar turn The chief
argument against him is that he got
a bigger e as an attorney some years
ago In a,certain case than some of the
other lawyers would have got. 1t Is
alleged by the opponents of Miller that
he got a fee he should not have taken
The facts are that some years ago he
was attorney for two women engaged
In prosecuting persons for Illegal liquor
sales. They had q good case against
druggist and he wanted TO settle
He agreed to pay a fine of $500 and to
pay the attorney for the prosecution
He did this and the $500 went to the
county attorney for the benefit of the
county and the prosecutors. The
druggist also paid fee of 5000 to the
county attorney, in accordance with his
agreement. Now Miller's opponents
are declaring that this $500 was a part
of the fine and that it should have
been turned over to the county. But
thsre is no foundation for this. The
fight is also embittered by the activity
of some lawyers who have been up
against the candidate. But the fun
niest part is that the republican chair
man In one county was defeated for the
nomination by Miller and he and the
whole committee is engaged in working
for the boilers, secretly. The COM
mittee has refused to accept speakers
from the state committee and is quiet
ly at work to defeat the party nom
inee.
The reception to Jeremiah B. Sulli-
in Des Moines, was one of which
the democrats may well feel proud. Mr..
Sullivan had a good audience and II
was of representative citizens. Many
of the old war horses of the party We're
on hand and they were ready with
their applause. Mr.. Sullivan made an
old fashioned speech. He discussed the
tariff in it's general phases and made
a plea for revenue tariff as against
the protective system. His argument
was in line with his published first
speech but he did not dwell upon the
matter very long. He devoted a great
deal of attention to so-called state is
sues and this was followed closely.
The reception to Mr.. Sullivan after
wards by committee of citizens and
later by the Elks lodge was highly
to him. 1t is plain that there
will be much more of a democratic
vote in this county than there was two
years ago, when there was a general
disgust among democrats over the DEM
ocratic nominee. But there has been
no local campaign here to bring out
a vote. In two supervisors districts,
both in the country, there has been
warm campaign, but in the city no
interest whatever This will mean a
very small general vote in Des Moines