Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-30
OUTLOOK NOW IS
{: FOR HARMONY
Standpatters Not LIKELY to Re
vive Facti0nalism at Second
State Convention
WORK. ON THE ASSESSMENTS.
Members Of State Executive Council
Will Be Too Busy During the Month
Of July With Business Affairs Of the
State, to Pay Much Attention to Poll
tcs-State News.
Special to Times Republican.

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Des Moines, June 30.-During prac
tically all of the month of July the four
executive council and have in their
hands the management Of the business
affairs of the state will be busy with
the matter of assessments and the
equalization Of assessments. These are
Messrs. Cummins. Martin, Gilbertson
and Carroll. Three of them will be
unanimously renominated at the state
convention on the Goth of the month.
They will not have any time for talk
ing politics or playing politics previous
to that time. Governor Cummins will
be unusually busy during all the time.
What attention he can give to politics
will be Incidental only. Insofar as there
are factions in the party in Iowa it is
more than probable that there will be
nothing doing at the next state con-
vention. For time there was a threat
OF an effort to revive factionalism by
a concerted attack on the governor and
his friends. The standpatters were to
be lined up for fight, If possible, and
they were to do whatever seemed APP
propriate to make it plain that stand
patters are doing business in Iowa.
They had hoped that Governor Cum,
Minis would be found ready to criticise.
the platform of the party. Having dis
covered that he was going to give il,
hearty support, they proceeded to lay
plans to have the state convention fit
it up so that in the state campaign nj,
person other than the standpatters
should be allowed to speak for this
party in Iowa. But there are indica :
tions row that nil this will be frowned
upon and that at the state convention
there will be no effort to revive fac-
tionalism by any process OF trying to
humiIiate the governor Of the state. All
is to be harmony and good will ani
whoop-it-up for the ticket. Governor
Cummins is to be one OF the speakers
at a rally the night before the state
convention. when his friends and
neighbors in Polk county will organize
Roosevelt club and get ready for the
campaign. He is to speak at Charles
City on July 4, but that will be non>
II.
temporary chairman Of the state con>
vention. AS there will be only one con-
test, the opportunity for lots of talk
will be great, and a number of the par
ty leaders will likely get chance be-
fore the convention.
Campaign poetry" Is already show
ing up, but the name OF Fairbanks
hasn't yet been tackled. Someone sent
the governor campaign song. ard
one of the stanzas is as follows:
Teddy is not cross-eyed,
But always looks two ways.
He looks to peoples flresides.
And stares combiners' face.
Some millionaires they want chap
Who's broke to lead just by a strap.
They never could lead Tedd.
He rules the United States.
George C.. Scott, Of Sioux City, will
be reelected as member of the state
central committee. Mr.. Scott is threat
ened with opposition, but the Plymouth
county convention formally indorsed
him and sent a delegation OF his
friends to the state convention, headed
by e. D. Chassell. He will have the
county delegation solid and
this makes it certain that all opposi-
ton will be futile. He Is vice chair
man of the state committee and re
garded as one of the best informed
politicians In the northwestern coun-
ties. What will be the outcome in the
Fourth district does not appear, but 1t
is likely J. G. Hempel will be re-
elected.
The representatives Of the railroad
are keeping close tab on The
returns from the counties In the matter
Of personal property assessments. As
a rule the returns show there Ware
some additions to the valuations. but
the increase will not be enormous. The
state executive council will have to
pass on the personal property assess
ments. but it has not been usual for
the council to make any material
changes therein. But little can ever be
done in the way of making comparison
between counties in the matter of per-
sonal property valuations.
Some trouble was caused the state
educational department by publication
Of a story to the effect that the rlew |
aw authorizing an increase in the
bonded Indebtedness of school corpora |
ions for school house and school site |
,urupseS was void because unconstitu- |
.ional. This proves not to be the enc
rhe bill was prepared by Rep.esenta
i've NJ. l.. remple and provides ;hat
vote Gf he pcople. cJgafully g"arie