Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-31
Their Names Are Being Men
toned In Connection With
the Goycrnorship
THE POLITICIANS, WAKING UP
The Talk of Larraboe as Successor
to cummins Gives the standpatters
Some thing to TIL nix About-Webb
Byers Also Suggested as Candidate
Ninth District Cos sip.
Special to 1,lmes-Rel,ublican.


Des Moines, July 31.--The talk Of
Larrabee as u prob able candidate fol
governor brought some signs Of life te
state politics, which has been allowed
to remain in dormant state by unan.
imous consent. The reawakened inter.
est has led to some interesting politica
gossip in the news papers and among
the politicians at the capital. Thi
Register Sunday, quoting a prominen
republican anent the suggestion o.
Larrabee as candidate, says:
why not?" asked a republican
leader yesterday. No one was discov'
cred who had reason why not.
who is there ir Iowa." continued
the republican, who better represent.
the real, progressive sentiment OF thi!
state than Larrabee? Both on the tar.
If and railroad rite regulation HI
stands square with the world on ever.
proposition--the pass question, tn,
domination Of polit cs by the railroad:
thru passes and other influences, ant
all the rest.
Indeed, it looks to me-" said tn,
speaker, 'as ii the people were yer!
likely to turn to L,rrabee as to Cum
minis, again, for q leader.
When these sugge stions were convey
ed into railroad circles, as they wer,
instantly, of course. it is said tina
certain railroad surgeons barely miss
ed having an excellent opportunity t.
study heart failure in Its most specifi.
form. Cummins OF Larrabee.
In this connection the same papeI
contains some interesting gossip re-
garding the probability of Webb Dyer:
entering the gubelnatorial contest. /
says:
Byers for Governor.
It is learned thai there is distinc,
sentiment in the Ninth district favor.
able to Webb Byers for the republican
nomination for governor next year j.
is being quietly talked around amonl
the politicians. Certain powerful in
auences in Council Bluffs are said t.
have suggested the thing to some o.
the friends of Mr.. Byers and to influ-
entail Cummins men.
It is fact that Mr.. Byers has bee.
considering the adVisability of being {
candidate for attorney general and The
theory in political circles has been thai
possibly he and w. w. Morrow fol
treasurer might [ e nominated mex
year without any fight. But If there
is any considerable movement in tn.
Ninth district for. Byers for governor
of course, the otller side will never
permit his nomins ton for attorney
general without fight, even to keel
the fight off of Morrow, who would
stand a good chance for an unopposet
nomination were o.her conditions right
The Ninth district situation Is very
peculiar. Repeated reports have been
heard Of a row between Blythe and
Congressman Smith Congressman
Smith is not Dope ndant on anybody
for anything and / is said he had &C.
casion to declare his ability to take
care of his affairs lnd the affairs OF his
district without tie personal supervi-
sion OF Blythe, thr ough National Com.
mitteeman q. p. Hart and John N
Baldwin. Now Hart used to own the
Council Bluffs Nolpareil, or q major
ity OF it, and IL was strictly stand.
pat organ. Latterly, however, its con-
troll has passed into Independent
hands and Editor Robert Henderson
who was private, secretary for Con.
gresham Smith for several years, il
certain to take a progressive view o.
things, hereafter. With the Nonparei
and Judge Smith both occupying in
dependent ground, the situation in thu
Ninth district appears rather unfor.
tunate for the stnndpatters while i
lends confirmation to the reported
movement for Byers for governor.
In Fact the Ninth district which shift
ted to the standpat column after 100:
when it was for Cun1mins, may b,
counted back in the progressive colum'
at present.
Eighth District open.
Th,, Eighth district is said to be a
high nervous tension with it's finger
In its ears waiting for the explosion
There is no douot Of the disaffectiol
in some Of the counties. Men have Of
fered to make bets about the outcome
in some Of the COUNTIES like Decatur
The revolt is said to be not alon'
against the railroad machine, but II
opposition to Congressman Hepburn.
The subject Of candidates has beer
given consideration In the district. w
e. Miller Of Taylor county, who wa
appointed Judge by Governor Cumminl
and afterward turned down by thu
machine. in the convention and III. X
Evans nominated, will not be candi
date, but he has been considering tn,
subject. Other men have been talked
Of
ate Claude Porter for congress-. Their,
is no doubt abou: that. He has beer
giving the matte. consideration 70
several years, bu: the time has neve
seemed to be ripe He was senator af
ter being represe native and is count,
attorney Of Appaioose county. But h,
has always hesit,lted about going int
fight with Hepburn, until now, wl1el
the time he thinks, Is ripe.
He counts on the Independent re
publicans in the district not being abb
to or not having the nerve to bea
Hepburn for the nomination. He i'm
agnes that there will be enough dis
affe stion at the polls to elect him. o
course tHlS Is Iolly, Ioi tHeie VIII "
no lisaffection. The chief republican
majorities always have been In tn
districts controlled by the friends o
Governor Cummins. But it illustrates
the fact that there will be q warn
time. down in the Eighth next spring
and summer. For IL the republicans arr
quiescent the democrats propose to tr,
and have some fun with the republican
majorities.