Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-26
INTEREST IN The
NEW PRIMARY LAW
Considerable Quiet Discussion
of the Proposed Law Is
Being Heard.
POINTS FROM OTHER STATES
Some of the Provisions Of tho Mime
sofa and Wisconsin Primary Laws
May be Ensrafted on tho Iowa Law
What HeaIy Didn't Say About
DoIliver-Anti-Pass Legislation.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 26.-At the state
capitol much interest has developed
in the primary election law pro-
posed for this state and which is eX-
pected to be brought before the next
legislature and copies Of the Wisconsin
and Minnesota laws have been sent
for. The discussion about the state
house has turned on the subject of
how to prevent democrats from voting
the republican ticket at the primaries.
The Wisconsin law provides separate
BALLOT for each party and the voter is
given one ballot for each party. He
votes his choice and on leaving the
booth gives the blank ballots to one
man and the one he wishes to vote to
the other man presiding over the reg
ular ballot box. 1t doesn't seem tn
those about the state house who have
discussed the matter as though this
will very materially assist in keeping
the various parties separated. 1t IS
argued that in county having pre-
ponderance of republicans. the demo-
Gratis would participate in the selection
of the republican candidates at the
primaries Knowing that they will ultt-
mately be elected, but vote their regu-
lar party ticket at the election in order
to keep their party affiliations
In a letter from Hon. NJ, F. Healy Of
Fl. Dodge he takes exception to the
interview published in this correspon-
dence last Saturday and says that we
misunderstood him. He says: The
interview in some respects Is unfair to
me in reference to Senator Dolliver.
spoke in reference to the stir that Gov.
LaFollette was making in his chautau-
qua addresses, and referred to the DOL
liver incident as descriptive, Of his
manner OF public speech, ana that
while apparently saying compliment
tary things he could put good deal OF
meat in back handed compliment. !
did not endorse his reference to Sena-
tor Dolliver, but as above stated,>was
describing the governor on the plat
form" Mr.. Healy explains further
that Senator Dolliver did not ask for
a chance to reply to Governor LaFol-
lette and says further: There Is an
other statement in the interview that
does me an injustice in reference to
some political calamity" overtaking
the senator What I said was, that
had heard 1t stated by some of the SEN
ator's friends that if he were defeated
in some political campaign, he would
probably realize who his friends and
enemies were and that if he started
f1rht that he was so capable of making
against his political enemies, there
Tn he
have no i'll will, political or other
wise. toward Senator Dolliyer. and can
frankly say that I voted for him four
times out of the five that he ran for con-
,gress and know your paper desires to
1s.t4ssa be absolutely rank and fair about the
Those familiar with legislation Of
the past years recall that the first real
fight on the antiepass proposition
which is likely to figure in the next
legislature was made in 1882 and that
Charles Aldrich, now curator Of the
historical building. was the author Of
the bill. There was bill introduced
before that at one session but did not
figure prominently in the affairs of the
session. When the bill was introduced
in 1882 it was one Of the conspicuous
affairs if not the most conspicuous of
the session. The bill was defeated,
but only after desperate fight. Later
in the January 1884 issue of the North
American Review there was a SYM
postum on the matter Of anti-pass leg
islation in which the late Judge Hub
bard took part and defended the Civ
ing Of passes, tho in one of his sem
tences he said, ''nor need it be denied
that passes are given to judges and
legislators to prevent unjust decisions
and unjust legislation" This was held
by those in favor of anti-pass legisla-
ton as proving their contention that
the passes were given for the purpose
of influencing those to whom they
were given and that influencing a
Judge or legislator. could have none
but bad effect. Formerly when the
township assessors assessed the rail-
roads they all rode on passes.
It may interest Iowa farmers to
know that this state and Illinois fur
nish the greater number Of the horses
for the big firms in Chicago. such as
Swift and others. The buyer for
Swift & Company is at the fair
grounds in charge Of the big six-horse
team of that company that will be
shown at the state fair. He does moth
ing but buy horses for use by the
Swift's at their various branch houses
and at the packing houses. There are
seven horses at the Iowa fair for this
company, one of them being kept for
oil
very dark iron grey. The buyer says
that the best horses he finds comes
from Iowa and Illinois though he buys
some from Ohio. Those at the state
fair grounds are not especially high
bred. They are simply the best of
the horses that he is able to pick up
over the country. Five of these at the
state fair came in a car load secured
in Ohio, the other two in Iowa. Out
of the car load and those being used