Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-14
SECY. SHAW AND
EASTERN STATES
Iowa Cabinet Member Bid
ding For Support of the
Monied interests
SUPPORTING SHIP SUBSIDY
Tho Secretary Evidently Planning on
Gaining Support Of East and South
and Then Appealing to State Pride
for Help in Iowa and Other Western
States - Applications for Pardon.

States - Applications for Pardon.
specis to T:mes-R Republican.
Dess Moines, Oct. 14.-Discussion of
the probable success of Secretary Les
lie M. Shaw to get the support Of the
EASTERN states in his candidacy for
president is leading to discussion of
the probable effect of the primary
election law in next years campaign.
1t Is recognized that seemingly atsleast
Secretary Shaw is meeting with some
success in the east and south in gain
ing friendly support to his candidacy.
Many politicians think they have dis
cerned that his intention is to unite all
the conservative and corporate and
aristocratic interests. In the east by
supporting ship subsidy, an elastic
currency and laws that will permit
banks to do about as they want to
and support of the standpat PROPOSE
tions on the tariff and the railroads he
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the leaders. In the south he is making
speeches and appealing for the support
of the people. 1t is conceived that if
he succeeds In making a strong show.
ing in the east and south that he will
then be in a position to want the Iowa
delegation very much. 1t was pointed
out today that If these interests unite
on Shaw they will do everything pos
sible to gain Iowa as the possession of
his own state will be vital necessity
in his campaign. The fact that Shaw
is supporting a ship subsidy, a measure
that has never been popular In the west
and one against which Senator Alli-
son made about the only speech he has
made in the senate for years and was
supported by Dolliver and others of the
Iowa delegation, is pointed out as con-
elusive evidence that he is bidding for
IL port OF the corporate interests first
and above everything else. II he sue
ceeds in getting the corporate interests
to unite on him as their candidate, 1t is
a matter Of speculation what these
interests would do in his behalf to get
the Iowa support. Under the present
system 1t would not be so difficult as
under primary system. A small
amount of money and a reasonable use
OF passes might do much under the
delegate convention system. Under the
urinary election system with Shaws
support of the ship subsidy and other
measu unpopular in the west, 1t is
hard to conceive on the part Of some
how he could get the Iowa support.
Furthermore now that Governor Cum
minis has clearly defined his attitude
on the matter, 1t is still harder to con-
ceive.
There are now six applicants Tor
pardon in the hands of the governor
and about six weeks left in which ap-
plications can be made. Last year
there were seventeen applications ana
only one got pardon. This year 1t
is said there are few in the peniten-
tiaries for life sentence who are asking
or expect to ask for pardon. The
limit of time is November 26 The
legislature will meet January 8, ara
the law requires that the fact that an
application for a pardon has been
made must be advertised in the news
papers Of the county where the crime
was committed, and in one paper in
Des Moines. The advertisements must
run once a week for four weeks and
the last publication must be at least
twenty days before the opening OF the
session of the legislature. 1t Is ex-
pected that nearly all who will make
application have already done so and
are among the six now on hand.
William Jennings Bryan gets dol
lar year out Of the state of Iowa for
subscription to the Commoner. This
goes to the historical department,
where the paper is placed on file and
at the end of each year bound and
placed among the archives of the de-
nartment as a part of the 1Hstory Of
the country and state. Altogether it
cost the state for the past two years
s6S2.30 for subscriptions to various
newspapers and magazines that are
kept at the historical department. But
Of this amount $3.50 was expended on
the files of the Gate City of Keokuk,
which were purchased for a number
of years back. In the law department
of the state library the subscriptions
for two years to law periodicals was
s524.70 For books the department
spent s4,4S3o1. For books in the mis-
cellaneous department Of the state Ii
brary there was spent in two years
s5,942.s5. For periodicals the depart
ment spent s2,266, but this was almost
all for the purchase of bound volumes
of old periodicals that are now part
of the literary productions of the
country. In salaries for the entire
state library which includes the his
.orical department there was expend-
ed s27,339.77.
1t costs the state s47,722.Os for two
years in salaries to run the custo-
dians department of the state house.
This department is entirely concerned
with taking care of the building. There
is the custodian and under him the
engineers Of the power house, the po-
lice officials and the janitors. This
| does not include, however, the special
janitors assigned to the different de-
partments. There - two classes OF
: tanitors at the state house. One class