The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
REPUBLICANS
CAUGHT MAPPING
DENIS WILL GAIN A MEMBER IN
A G.. o. P. STRONGHOLD.
Iowa Scion Accepts Federal Office
Which Disqualifies Him from Sitting
in the Observation-Disclosures to
Take the Stump in Denial Of Recent
Stories.
Snecial TO The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 10.-1nterest IN poll
tics in this state has been augmented by sharp
trick on the part of the democrats to gain
representative in Van Buren, county, by the fail
ure of George Taylor, the Ottumwa colored man,
to get his name on the official ballot of the state,
and by the announcement that Colonel DAVID 3.
Henderson, ex-speaker Of the national house,
will disregard the advice Of his physicians and
take the stump to prove false the stories adoat
tending to question his sanity.
DR.. T. l.. Summers is the present member of
the legislature from Van Buren, county. He
accepted, several weeks ago. the position Of
pension examiner for his home town, Milton.
He was not that the acceptance of the
federal office disqualified him for member Of
the legislature, but the democrats of the county
heard Of 1t and played a sly waiting game
very last moment for filing a nomination petit
ton and filed the name Of Frank B. Whitaker
candidate the democratic ticket for repre-
sentative to fill vacancy. AS there is no
other candidate, Whitaker bids fair to be
elected in republican stronghold. Republi-
cans at headquarters here say that 1t was simply
case of sleeping at the SWITCH .
George Taylor Of Ottumwa Is candidate for
president on the national liberty ticket, and
hoped to secure large vote in the mining
camps near Ottumwa. where there are many ne
groes, but, falling to get his nomination papers
here. he cannot now have his name upon the
Iowa ballot. 49,
Henderson Resents Insult.
suit offered by "yellow' journals which have de-
clared that he has been rapidly losing his rea-
son. To counteract this report and prove its
falsity, he will speak in Iowa probably twice,
once at Waterloo and once at Des Moines.
Iowans expect that these speeches will show him
at his best.
No one here doubts that the ex-speaker's
mind Is still clear a bell His doctors say
that he cannot stand campaigning and advise
against the efforts which he promises to make.
Senator Allison, who is old the demo-
orott ia 1ontt o1 f1o{n hoe. l1..
of much in this campaign but will speak sew
eral times In Indiana next week. Senator Dol
liver will also be sent by the national committee
to Indiana
Lafayette Young of this city has received a
personal letter from Senator Fairbanks in which
the vice-presidential candidate says that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will carry every northern state.
Senator Fairbanks intimates that the coming
election will be walkaway. The senator has
invited Mr.. Young to accompany him on his trip
thru Iowa.
Boies to Campaign Too.
Ex-Governor Horace Boies, who has been farm
ing Grundy Center all summer has taken
of his coat to go campaigning. He will speak
In the second district and try to help Congress-
man Martin J. Wade win from A. f. Dawson.
Colonel Foibeck Of Des Mones editor of the
Stats Anzienger, has been billed for speeches in
the German districts of eastern Iowa in SUD-
port of Parker
Country Girls Robbed.
Misses Jessie and Gertrude Mastclear young
| society girls from Sac City, met with an un-
pleasant experience here. Arriving upon q
train Saturday with their purses well filled, they