Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-01-14
Some Things at Des Moines.


of the house met last Friday and Sc
lected the party's candidates. for
, speaker and for twenty or thirty sub
ordinate positions. AS the republic
cans have 6S and the democrats % of
the members of the house, the impor-
tauce of this caucus is evident. 1t
| was harmonious. This was because
of the wisdom of the leaders and the
men whom they selected to arrange
the distribution of these favors. No
ballot was used to select single can
didate. The slate made was accept
ed by SO nearly all that it was not
opposed by the other few. To select
candidates by agreement is preferable
in some respects to the uncertainties
of contest. When a fellow is licked
or when he is a winner in contest,
if he and his opponents can see the
results beforehand and agree to it
and avoid the balloting, it often
leaves better feeling.
Vial N SoIlICoU 1oI opCdhCI was Woh
months ago. 1t came to him easily.
Even the democrats put up no candi-
date against him. The members have
confidence in his integrity and ability.
In the chair in the house is a great
place to test man and he will have q
chance to show the stuff there is in
him, but his friends have great conf
dence in him.
Besides Clark, Temple, Kendall
and Chassell appear to be the most
active and strongest men. The &C
tual work will likely show others es-
pecially the old members to be equal
ly strong. Whiting will be the demo-
cratic leader. DeLanO is likely their
ablest man. The personelle of the
house is said to be very good. How
ever this may be better known later.
a party of seven house members
visited the state college at Ames Sat
urday and looked over that great and
growing institution. Saturday was
the end of the first week of the two
weeks session of their short school
of corn and live stock judging. They
have 700 students in attendance at
this short school, which is in session
now during the winter vacation of the
college. Nearly every county in
Iowa is represented among these 700
and there are also few from Canada
and Mexico and one from Argentine
Republic. Old men, middle aged men
and young men and two women con-
stitute the 700. The building erected
for the purpose is crowded. The
strate by showing actual examples.
For example four good roadster
horses are brought into the center of
the building. Around the circular
walls of the room rise tiers OF seats
which are filled with the hundreds of
students. The demonstration can thus
show them the animal, pointing out
its week and strong points. The stu
dent can thus test his own judgment,
as he has, just previous to the lecture,
marked on card his own estimate of
the animal on its different points.
The same method is pursued with
reference to other classes of horses
and of cattle and other stock. The
corn Judging school is truly wonder
full. The school of Ames seems to be
entering on new era of usefulness to
the state. 1t has forged to the front
as one of the best if not the very best
school of agriculture in America.
1t is applying science to agriculture
and stock raising and is diffusing the
results among the people of this ag-
ricultural state. No progressive far
mer could do better than attend
term of this two weeks winter school.
President Storms seems to be sue
ceeding remarkably well. The pro-
fessors are able men. The party met
the President and: professors Curtis,
Halden, Kennedy and Knapp.