Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-28
RAILROADS WILL
HERD The Fight
The Next Campaign Promises
to Be One Of the Liveliest
in Many Years
ATTACK GOVERNOR cuMmlNs
Expected That the standpatters Will
Oppose cummins in All His Meas
ures, Including Anti-Pass, Primary
Law and Other Measures-cownie
Talks About Corn.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to es-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 2S.-A forecast
taken from the political skies to the
effect that the next campaign in this
state will be a warm one, is perfectly
safe. The prediction is heard frequent
ly from politicians of both schools OF
the republican party and there is no
doubt but the railroads will make every
possible effort to kill off Governor
Cummins with his primary election law
and anti-pass law policies. Whatever
the governor does will be signal for a
fight on the part of the standpatters.
They fought him desperately when he
was first nominated governor. He
was conceded second term as a mat
ter of custom, but whatever course he
pursues after the expiration of his term
of governor in a political way will be
opposed with equal force.
hut If there We're no indications, from
a news standpoint, of e. warm cam
paign from the railroad interests, there
is from the other side, for it is learned
that the Cumnins supporters will
make no milk and water campaign in
1906. 1t is learned from reliable
sources that the next campaign so far
as the Cummins men are concerned,
will be a school house campaign in
every county and precinct in the state
of Iowa. Governor Cummins will not
make any agreements with the stand
patters again in Polk county and the
congressional district. Whether he is
candidate for congress or for gov
ernor, he will be in the fight in Polk
county for his friends and the princi-
pies he advocates. There will be no
other place. While the source of this
information can not be revealed the
fact can be relied upon.
Senator Lewis, who was in the city
for a day or two registered at the
Savery hotel, was looking for house
for the coming session of the legisla-
ture He expects to move his family
here from Clarinda for the session and
was desirous of finding a furnished
house that he could rent for the three
months Of the session. Senator Lewis
has a large family and some of his
daughters are of the age when young
ladies are supposed to enjoy society.
One daughter is understood to be pre-
pairing to enter Smith College and ex-
poets to go to Boston to enter the pre-
paratory school for that college.
The painting by Blashfeld, which
will adorn the large panel at the head
of the grand staircase In the state
house, is nearing completion, and 1t is
announced will be on thejwall by jan
uary. After it is placed on the wall
the artist will retouch it to get the
proper effect in the light at the state
house, and this process will take con-
siderable time, but the painting will
be all completed before the end Of the
legislative session. Until the paint
ing is on the wall the public will not
know just how the subject has been
treated. By agreement between Artist
Rlashfield and the capitol commission
the painting will be copyrighted, so
that no poor photographs will be made
of it and published. 1t iss proposed as
soon as it is completed to have photo
graphs taken of the picture by the
color process, so that half tones can be
printed showing all the colors in the
painting, just as it appears on the wall.
It is proposed that no pictures be al
lowed except those printed with the
approval of the state, as by that pro-
cess poor pictures can be kept out OF
circulation. Word that the painting
is nearing completion came in a letter
to one of the commissioners from Ar
ttst Garnsey. 1t is said that Blash-
field has been putting III practically
all his time this year on this painting
and this accounts for the rapid pro-
gress that he has made. All that is
known of the picture thus far is that
the subject or theme is the reclaiming
of the virgin soil, or the growth of
civilization out of the virgin prairie.
Hon. John Cownie some days ago
declared that the report of Director
Sage of the crop and weather service
as to the condition of the corn crop
Of this state was not accurate and this
called for a reply from Director Sage.
Tuesday another report was issued by
Director Sage, as is done on Tuesday
of each week, and Mr.. Cownie says
this is still off There is a lot of corn
in the office of the board of control at
the state house that has come from
the farms of the state institutions.
Some of this came in this week from
Glenwooa from the farm for the school
for the feeble minded there. Speaking
of this corn, Mr.. Cownie said today:
"This corn is from the south part of
the state and from high ground.
doubt if there is corn in the state that
is more mature than this corn. 1t has
been here not for three days only, and
YOU can see how loose the grains are
and how much it has shrunk. When it
was brought in at first the grains were
all tight Corn when 1t natures prop
erly is tight on the cob have seen
it SO that you couldn't get cambria