Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-19
FUNK MIL NOT
SUPPORT SHAW
Does Not Believe He Represents
Sentiment Of the Majority
of lowans
THE RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE
Senator Funk Who Stopped in Des
Moines On His Way Home from Chi
caeo, Said That Governor cummins
Had Answered Forever the Question
Of "what i. Reciprocity"
necia1 to Times Republican.

Special to imes-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 19.--Speaking OF
the candidacy of Leslie M. Shaw lor
president in 1908 yesterday Senator
Abe Funk said II don't propose to
support Shaw for the presidency, and
don't care who knows it. So far as
my influence is concerned IL
amounts to anything. 1t will not count
for Shaw for / do not believe that he
represents the sentiment OF the major
ity Of the people Of Iowa. Secretary
Shaw is going over this land and say
ing to the people that Iowa stands for
the idea that 1t is right to charge the
home consumer more than the foreign
consumer. and as the standpat candi-
date Is representing that the
date candidate is representing that the
sentiment OF this state Is that of the
standpatter. do not believe that is
the sentiment of the majority of the
people OF this state and 1t is not my
sentiment"
Senator Funk stopped in Des Moines
to attend meeting Of the capitol COM
mission and on his way home from the
reciprocity conference in Chicago.
Speaking OF the conference he said: 1T
was notably meeting Of men past
middle life, men of mature years and
opinions who spoke with deliberation
and moderation. There was no airing
of the views of the immature. Cover
nor Cummins speech struck very
responsive chord. The governor hit
the bulls eye every time. Heretofore
there has been a great deal Of this
talk, ..Oh yes, we are all for recfpro-
city. hut what Is reclprocityg That
question can not be asked after Cover
nor Cummins' speech. It was one OF
the best the governor has ever deliv-
cred and was as plain as the English
language could make it. ! am hopeful
that the conference will accomplish
much in the line that 1t Is intended"
A window dresser will be engaged to
drape the battle flags in the rotunda
OF the state house. On August 80. when
the ceremonies are held, the flags will
be placed in the sockets most any
way to get them all in, as 1t is felt
that there will not be time then for
displayed. After the ceremonies are
all held it is proposed to engage a
window dresser to properly arrange
them. There are sixty organizations
and sixty-four sockets for the flag
staffs. It is proposed to place as a
background in each of the inches the
United States flag or else place it in
the center Of the group for the others
to be grouped about 1t. The electric
fans are working so nicely in drying
the plastering in the inches that it is
believed there will be little difficulty in
getting them in imperfect readiness for
ceremonies Of fair week.
An appeal from Cedar county to the
supreme court bids fair to rival the
famous beer bottle case from Butler
county. In the Cedar county case
Lizzie Williams claims that while at
tending the county fair at Upton and
witnessing a baseball game in front
of the amphitheatre at the race track
she was struck by a base ball in the
left breast and three of her ribs were
broken. The baseball game was held
Sept. 8. 1903. She brought suit for
$40 and the jury gave her a verdict
of $29I75. The suit was against the
directors Of the fair of which H. L.
Dean was president. In the famous
beer bottle case no damages were re.
covered.
Professor W. r. Patterson has a vast
amount Of work to accomplish in the
expert work Of the census before the
opening of the state university Septem-
ber 20, when he will have to return to
his school work. Just now he is work.
ing on some figures secured on the re-
sources of the state, especially the re-
ceipts of money by the county treas
urers. Blanks have been sent out but
as usual not all of the county treas
urers report in full and this is caus-
ing some hindrance to the progress of
the work. There has never been gath
cred in this state as has before been
reported in this correspondence any in
formation on the exact receipts and
expenditures of all the political divis-
ions Of the state. In other words no
one knows how much it takes to run
the state. The blank sent to the coun-
ty treasurers as for the receipts are as
follows: total tax collected, penalty tax
collected, interest on permanent school
fund, costs collected, fines and forfeit
ures collected, fees Of officers, liquor
tax (mulct) recefpts from sale of pro-
duce or stock from poor farm, receipts
for care of inmates of poor farm, teach
ers' institute.
Practically all the insurance tables
have now been completed and are
ready to go to the printer as soon as
needed A table has just been prepar-
ed showing some interesting statistics
as to railroad assessments and earn
ings. Others will be prepared on the
(Continued on Eighth pags.)