Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-22
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Many Merchants Handling the
Explosive Have Not Com
piled With 1t
WALT BUTLER WILL STAY
WALT BUTLER WILL STAY
He is Democratic Nominee For Repre-
sentative and is Quite Enthusiastic
In Regard to the Democratic Party
In Iowa Now-Recent Republican
Conferences Entirely Satisfactory.

Special to Times publican.
] Des Moines Sept. 22.-Some inSesti-
cations recently made indicate that
here and elsewhere in the state very
little attention is being paid to the law
relating to the labelling of gasolene. De-
spite that every perscon who handles
| gasolene knows that it is more dan
gerous than gunpowder and that IL
ought to be labeled, and the fact tha,
there is a law of Iowa which forbi,ls
the sale of gasolene without placing on
the receptacle a label so that it will not
be mistaken for any other kind of oil
only few of the cans and barrels bear
the label. In this city II. NJ. Pickel
the oil inspector for the district, reports
that every merchant handling gasoiene
has been notified OF the law, and yet
not IN all cases is 1t complied with In
lspector Rogers of the southeastern part
of the state reports that in his district
at least two lamp explosions have re-
Gently occurred where gasolene had
been placed in the lamp. In one of them
1t was found that gasolene had been
sold for kerosene. 1t is said that there
especially in small towns. the law Is
not very we'll observed. In too many
cases the matter Of handling the oil is
turned over to boys or persons who
have had little experience in their
handling and as a result there Is much
danger from the growing use of gaso-
| lene.
Iowa Is not going to lose Walter But
Ter, at least not at this time. Mr.. But
Ter Is the democratic nominee for rep
resentative in this county and purposes
making a campaign. Some time age
| he was rendered an appointment In
| connection with the insurance company
1 at Minneapolis which took up the re-
mains of the Northwestern Life and
Savings, with which Butler had pre-
| viously been connected. 1t was ther
announced that Butler would make his
headquarters in Minneapolis and prob
ably would move there. Mr.. Butler Is
in the city and he stated today that he
would continue to reside in Des Moines
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Minneapolis. Mr.. Butler declares tina,
he is quite enthusiastic in regard to the
democratic party in Iowa at this time
and that he will take delight in DOING
some campaigning for the party on the
tariff question this year. and that the
attitude of the republican party Is
one that makes campaigning easy for
| the opposition. Charles A. Walsh
Iowa member of the democratic ma
tional committee, on the other hand
lis more impressed with the idea that
some headway can be made on issues
other than the tariff. I'VE have an Is
sue" he said, that would sweep this
state and make it democratic If we only
/ had the money and the means to get
lit fully before the people. This IS the
tissue Of assessment and taxation
jGovernor Cummins was elected as the
farmers friend and under his admins
/ tration the assessment of farm values
has been pushed up 35 per cent While
railroad values have been put up only
I1O per cent. This is virtually the same
las a great reduction in railroad values
| Why. in one county where l recently
visited, an investigation was made and
lit was found that while there had been
| an increase in the assessed value OF
| the darlington railroad in the county,
| the increase in farm lands had been
three times more in that one county
| than the gross increase in the whole
Burlington railroad In Iowa. The far
mers are onto this. II we could get It
hefore Them all over the state the entire
| ticket would be elected" This is sub
/ hoS
tackled. 1t is also subject that Will
not be discussed by Judge Cook, w. w.
Baldwin and other prominent deHoc-
Gratis who are pretty Well INFORMED on
| the valuation question in Iowa affairs.
| Chairman Spence of the republican.
| lcommittee reports that the conferences
| held in the various parts or the state
hay, thus far been entirely satisfactory
| ana that the local politicians are not
| at all discouraged over the outlook.
| They all report that the party vote VIII
| be maintained at the old standard
and that there is not a particle of dan
ger save from the Indifference or some
| ren,hlicans There is no evidence OF
1 this Indifference now. Mr.. Dawson,
who Is accompanying Mr. Spence on
/ the tour Of the state, stated White
here on Sunday that he found the 10
cal party managers eager to show VIVA
they can do in the way of having good
campaign. They will ask for good
speakers and will maintain fine or
ganization. In the few places where
there have been dissensions. due gen
orally to sharp rivalries, the full party
vote will be brought out.
The POLITICAL contest in Mitchell
county which ended in the selection OF
Thomas Hume as republican candi-
date for representative over George
Chandler by vote of AZ to "a. left a
lcondttion of affairs, Notwithstanding
the bitterness OF the preliminary con-
| test that will not In the least affect
Hume. He is young farmer, owner of
many acres, a practical business man
and Of ability. He is said to have went
about making his own campaign in a
quiet way and not making any fight
for himself on his opponent. The bit
ter fight was over the head of Mayor
jChandler. There was no factionalism
in the contest whatever. but the con-