Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
system
ON The |ANE
Voluntary Primaries In Iowa
May Be Succeeded by Dele
gate System
Y couNTYs
ACTION
WARREN
Many indications Of Republican Pro-
sressiveness There Quotation
From One Of tho Late President
MekinIey's Addresses the Basis for
Platform Expressing Their Views.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 6.-The abandon
ment OF the primary system OF select
ing county ticket by the republicans
IN the county Of Warren, adjoining
Polk county, is taken here to be an In
dication that the voluntary primary
system in Iowa is on the wane. The
Warren county republicans, by vote
of three to one. decided that they
should abandon primaries for the nomi-
ration Of their county tickets and th ,
selection of delegates and other party
work. Warren county had had this for
four or five years and the republicans
reached the conclusion that it was not
as good as the delegate system. There
was too much of working In the dark" :"
as one Of the Warren county politicians
declared. ''and we felt as II we never
knew just what was going on. 1t has
happened that ever since the primary
system was adopted we have gone into
conventions with large fields Of candi-
dates and fight has been had. The
primaries have not always settled fhe
matter and we have had lots OF trouble
over the ticket" The county is over
whalmingly republican and they are
progressive.
The Warren county republicans also.
In tfeir county convention. got oursids
of the beaten path in presenting their
resolutions touching live issues. They
contented themselves with this quota
ton from an address at his home In
Canton in 1896 by the late President
Mckinley, in which he said:
What are these principles. my fell
low citizens? A protective tariff that
takes care of every American interest
ana serves the highest good for Ameri-
can labor: tariff that insists that our
work shall be done at home and not
abroad: a reciprocity that. while seek
ing out the worlds markets for our
surplus products, will never yield up a
single days work that belongs to the
American workingman. Honest money,
a dollar as sound as the government
and as untarnished as the flag"
It is understood that this is the plat
form which Judge j. II. Henderson. of
Warren county. who Is to be one of the
delegates to the Chicago convention,
tional convention as expressive of the
views OF the republicans of the Sew
enth district Of Iowa.
The thirty county superintendent Of
central and northwestern Iowa who at
tended the conference at the, state edu-
cational department here this week
took decided ground In favor of the
change In the state laws regarding
schools which was proposed in the bill
much discussed in the legislature to
move up the school year and secure re-
ports on the school work in advance of
the present reports. The school year
at present begins in March. but the re-
ports come after the school census Is
taken In September. They unanimous
.ly agreed that 1t would be better to get
the reports earlier and into the hands
Of the county superintendent before
the schools actually begin In the fall.
They also favored the bill which will
unity the certification by placing In the
hands,of one board the markings Of the
examination papers. This bill is to be
pushed before the next legislature hard.
One strong point in its favor with the
county superintendents is that it would
relieve them of much of the laborious
task of examining the papers and
marking the same. It Is said that this
work takes UP from Is to 20 per cent
of the working time of the county SUI
perintendents. Not all Of the superin-
tendents were agreed as to just what
ought to be done, but all agreed that a
reform was necessary.
sse
It Is announced now that not only
will the shippers of cattle secure their
return passes from the railroads, but
the shippers of hogs will get the same
fayors. But for the Intervention of the
Iowa railroad commission this would
not have been the result. When the
commissioners had their conference
with the railroad managers they Sc
cured an actual agreement to the effect
that the return passes should be grant
ed to all shippers. When the mana
gers reached an agreement 1t was pro-
posed on the part of majority of the
managers that no favors should be
shown the shippers of hogs. But the
which had consulted with
the Iowa commission stated frankly
that 1t would not do that they had
giyen their word that all shippers
should be favored alike, and that ii
must be done: and SO it was done.
The brother OF Frank Shercliffe Wis
tied Des Moines this week and con-
suited with others in regard to the
Dennison case at Logan. 1t is learned
that the effort is to be made soon to
have Dennison actually placed under
arrest and it will be disclosed whether
or not an indictment in Iowa Is to be
ignored in neighboring state pend
ing the indicted mans recovery from
illness The brother, Morris still in
sists that it was all wrong to allow
Shercliffe to go to live with the men
who had made use of him so MANY
times In the commission of crimes.