Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-20

personal contests are unavoidable. AS
a rule the watchword is to be har-
mony and good will and let the ma
3ority rule without any struggle for
place.
]. w. Blythe. of the c.. B. & O..
who has been here during the week
looking otter the proposed railroad
legislation before the general assem-
bly,. did very little in the yay OF
), aiklng politics. lie niadsG known
plainly that he Is a candidate for a
place on the national delegation ana
that so far as he Is concerned II will
be a. fight to Il finish But it was es-
pecially In relation to some matters
pending in the legislature that he
came to the city and consulted with
friends. The fight being made for the
passage OF the stockmen's bill In the
house lis one which Is causing great
deal of annoyance to the railroad man
ayers. The stocSn,en have shown
themselves to be decidedly in earnest,
and the bill may be pushed thru the
legislature. A, any rate 1t is one of
those measures which the railroad
companies cannot afford to ignore.
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There was very little new developed
during the week in regard to candi-
dac!es In the various districts OF tha
state. The fset was brought out
strongly, that E. l.. Clark. the well
known head OF the railway conductors,
Is a candidate for position on the
delegation from the Fifth district. AS
soon as IL was made known an effort
was made to injure him by making t
appear that this was factlonal move.
Friends OF Mr. Clark resented this at
once. and declared that Mr.. Clark.
holding as ne does responsible posi-
ton with the administration and
known friend OF President Roosevelt,
n man who has never dabbled In fac
tional politics in the least, is IN
position TO take dlgnified attitude
OF refusing to participate in any waS
in any factional contest and TO base his
candidacy on the eternal fitness OF
things. AS TO how Mr.. Clark would
"line-up" IL he should be called upon
to do such a thing. nobody seems TO
know. but those who are advocating
his candidacy assert that 1t Is prepos-
ferrous to talk of him as candidais
of any faction. Others mentioned in
the Fifth district are Ex-Governor
Packard. and ex-senator Classen.
Among new names mentioned IN the
various districts is that of Mr.. Van
der Meide, OF Sioux City. in the
Eleventh: and Mr.. Mitchell OF Keo-
kuk county, in the Sixth district. In
the Third district 1t is learned that
the west end has practically settled
on Mr.. Ellsworth. of Hardin coun-
ty. az candidate for district dele
gate.
In the Seventh district the only
recently new thing is an evidently in
spired attempt to bring out Lafe
Young. of this city. as a candidate for
delegate to the national convention.
The Newton Journal came out with
double column boost for Young for
delegate at large and 1t was taken up
by one or two other papers Here
in Des Moines 1t has been the gen.
eral belief for some time that Mr.
Young was planning to become the
candidate in opposition to A. b..
Cummins. in case it should be deem
ed advisable not to push Mr.. Blythe
against him. The matter has bean
much discussed in the hotel Hobbies.
1t is now stated that Mr.. Young will
be presented as a candidate for dis
trict delegate The only candidates
thus far considered are Senator Dow
ell, of Polk county. and Judge Hen
derson, of Warren county. In the mat
ter of selection of delegates to the dis
trict and state conventions for the
selection of delegates to the national
there will be no controv-
ersy at the county convention. The
delegates to the county convention Will
be named by the Prouty men or th4
Hull men. and with special reference
to the congressional fight. But in
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