Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-05
HEPBURN HAS A Fight
Even the standpatters Admit
the Situation Does Not Look
Encouraging
SMITH. FOLLOWING is STRONG
Much Depends on What consress
Does in the Matter of Rate LesisIa-
tion-senator Lewis for the Primary
Law-sentiment Against Lobbying
in the Legislature is Growing.
,pecfa] tn Times-Rerutlican.

! trict do not hesitate to admit, though
not for publication, that they believe
| Congressman Hepburn is not altogether
safe, and such revolt as will make
him serious trouble would not be sur
| prise to them.
| At first the standpatters of the dis
trict sought to laugh the candidacy of
A l. Smith Of Mt. Ayr out of court
and the Ringgold Record edited by
State Binder Howard Tedford, publish
ed a biting editorial, making all man
ner of fun of Mr.. Smiths aspirations
Within the last few days standpat-
tiers have admitted that they believe
Ringgold county would easily be car
ried by Mr.. Smith against Mr.. Hep
burn, were. the primaries to be held
now. 1t is no longer a joke in the
Eighth district and in many sections
the standpatters are beginning to sit up
and take notice.
They say that much depends upon
what congress does this winter. If it
shows disposition to be progressive
they hope that Congressman Hepburn
may reap the benefit of this assurance
to the people that the congress will
eventually do the right thing; If con-
gress does nothing-al1d the best in
formation from Washington is to that
effect-then Colonel Hepburn is likely
to have to suffer the consequences.
Lewis For Primary Law.
Z: W.;Lewis of Page county, is the
chairman of the state senate committee
on elections. 1t falls to the part OF.
this committee to present to the sem
ate the most feasible bills for prilr airy
laws. Senator Lewis was in Des
Moines this week and is as enthusiast
tically in favor Of the state wide pri-
mary law as he was two years ago.
when he made strong fight for the
measure He will have charge of the
work of framing law which viii be
acceptable to a constitutional majority
of both houses.
The task is going to be difficult
one. Many of the strongest members,
who have opposed the very idea here-I
tofpre, have now expressed themselves
as being in favor of primary law II
the right kind can be formed. Senator
Lewis is at work on the draft of a
bill which he hopes will meet with the
approval of all of these converts to
the idea that a system of allowing the
people to nominate The officials the
corporations permit them to vote for.
at the polls might be a good thing.
Many others will offer bills along the
same lire Senator j. j.. Crossley of
Madison county and others have been
at work drafting measures of this
character There will be a flood Of
them in each house. They will go to
the Lewis committee in the senate and
the bill most likely 10 be satisfactory
to all sides is expected to come from
that committee.
Lamkin's Successor.
The auditor of Lyon county, having
notified that there was a vacancy in
the Lyon Osceola representative dis
trict because of the removal of 9. B.
Lamkin, an election has been called in
those two counties to select a suc-s
cessor to Mr.. Lamkin, on November Z.
Mr.. Lamkin is understood to insist
that he has not in fact removed his
political residence from Inwood and
may go before the legislature to con-
test the seat with the man elected
on November Z. George Whitmer,
representative from OsBrien county, a
successor to whom is to be elected on
November Z, also, contends the same
thing and will continue to sit in his
representative seat in the capitol dur
ing the winter legislative session. Mr..
Whitmer will be represented by j. NJ.
Parsons of Rock Rapids. He is a
democrat and Mr.. Iamkin is a repub-
lican.
The proclamation calling an election
to select a successo. to Lamkin settles
the question Of whether the Temple
amendment guaranteeing every county
in the state member of the lower
house OF the state legislature is oper-
alive prior to the enactment of new
act of apportionment. It determines
the fact to- be that the enactment can
not become effective except. through
the enactment referred to. The next
legislature will adopt an apportion-
ment act conforming to the direction
of the Temple amendment, and in the
assembly of 1907 each county of Iowa
will have it's own member of the house.
LaFoiIette to Speak.
Governor LaFollette. Of Wisconsin,
is booked for an address in Des
Moines October 10. 1t was given out
at first that he would speak on Shake
speare or some other literary subject.
But the announcement now is being
made that he has changed the subject
and will speak directly upon his fight
against the Stalwary railroad polite
ian machine of Wisconsin.
Governor LaFollette has made many
very strong speeches in Iowa during
more to make. But he has not hereto
fore devoted much attention to his own
fight in Wisconsin In his Des Moines
speech, however, he will go into that
subject and it is understood that many
of his addresses this fall and winter
In this state will be devoted largely
to this subject.
This is especially interesting and
significant, because of the attitude of
the standpatters and railroads Of Iowa
toward Governor Cummins. This state
has been having and will continue to
have, probably duplicate of the kind
of fight that LaFollette and the pro-
gressive republicans had in Wiscon-
sin,
Governor Cummins' declaration in
the Polk county republican convention
m 1901 to the effect that he was not q
candidate for governor because J. w.
Blythe and n. NJ. Hubbard wanted him
TO be, marked the issue plainly then