Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-04
SMITH Of Nj. AYR
No STRAW MAN
Political Opponents Would
Make 1t Appear He Is Not
Real Candidate
ONCE FOUGHT BOB SPENCE
ONCE FOUGHT BOB SPENCE
State Fair Society Will Ask Legislature
to Build Its New Buildings So Sur
pIu. Can be Used for Repair of Old
Buildings and be Kept as Nest Egg
For Rainy Days.
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Des Mones, Sept. 4.--Newspapers
of the reservation territory have not
hesitated to indicate that Hon. A. l.
Smith, of Mt. Ayr, who has come out
as candidate against Congressman
Hepburn, was a sort of straw man to
be knocked down when the proper time
came for some other man whom the
Hepburn element had greater
hopes of electing. In addition to this
there has been shown sentiment that
amount to much. Those who give out
that impression are i'll advised. for Mr..
Smith Is man who has thus far made
his own way and is not a man who is
under the domination Of anyone. Mr..
Smith settled in Mt. Ayr as lawyer
while young man at time When
Hon. r. II. Spence and his law part
ner, Judge Henry, were the dominant
factors in the political situation there.
Instead of falling in behind the rail-
road representatives in that section.
Mr.. Smith set out to fight in the inter-
ests of the people. His efforts were
considered puerile at first. He went
into the country and made stump
speeches to the farmers. though he
didn't attract great deal of attention
for few campaigns. He continually
fought Spence, and finally the leaders
began to sit up and take notice that
Smith was getting to be a power to
be reckoned with. Then Spence took
him in as law partner Smith has
continued to be as much in opposition
to the railroad domination since form-
ing the partnership as before, The
idea that he has suddenly forced his
way into politics is MISTAKE, as
much as 1t is mistake to suppose
that he will in time give place to some
other candidate. Smith is out after
the office and those who know him
predict freely that he will be In the
race when the votes are counted. A
state house man, ranked as stana-
patter, said today that IT an election
was to be held in Ringgold county to-
day Smith would be an easy victor
over Hepburn. There are grave fears
entertained by the standpatters and
friends of Hepburn for it Is easily ftg-
ured that Smith will gain rather than
lose in a prolonged campaign, and that
the tendency with Hepburn will be to
lose strength in a long campaign and
hard fight, such as is already opened
in the Eighth district.
The impression that the state fair
association is going to have surplus
to build an amphitheatre for next year
and lot Of other improvements is
erroneous The directors count on the
legislature building the amphitheatre
and building an additional stock pa
vilion, also If both can be had from
the hands of the coming legislature,
they feel that it will be more than
should be done for the state fair, but
IL both cannot be had this year the
other will be counted on from the leg
islature meeting the year following.
But the surplus in the hands Of the
treasurer of the fair, even II $4,000,
as 1t looks now as though 1t might be.
will not be sufficient for the directors
to build any extensive buildings. 1t
is always counted as necessary to car
ry over surplus of about $4,000 or
SIS, 900 for emergency purposes About
$12, 900 or $4,000 of Improvements will
be put in by the directors If the sur
plus is sufficient. The stock barns Of
the type Of the largest cattle barns on
the grounds cost about $4,000. One or
two of these with repairs that are
every year necessary on the numerous
buildings on the grounds besides the
in beautifying the
H. H..
all the directors can take care Of.
The office of the adjutant general is
hoping that next year at the Sea Girt
shooting contest the Iowa contingent
will get something decidedly better
than fifteenth place. There were ex-
pectations this year that the Iowa
guard would get about twelfth place
till the reports early in the shooting
contest began to come in. These in
dicated that the Iowa guard was rank
ing about eighth and then for a time
hopes were entertained that Iowa
would do much better. The adjutant's
office is sure that the secret Of the
whole proposition is practice. The
first contests at Sea Girt were in slow
nflnS, Slol d minute DelnS In5 limit
as the maximum length of time man
could take. The contests cover both
slow and rapid firing at short and long
distances In the slow firing Iowa
guardsmen were we'll drilled and were
capable. but as soon as the rapid fir
ing with twenty seconds as the maxi
mum time for five shots was COM
Iowa men fell behind
Iowa spends about 100000 a year on
the Iowa national guard, which sum
the $4,000 secured from the
government. New York state. whose
guard took first place in the Sea Girt
contest. gets $4,000 and over from the
government and the state approprfates
about 100000 for the use of the guard
After selecting the team that will .rep-
resent the state in the national shoot,