Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-27
FEAR ELECTION
o. A DEMOCRAT
Second District May Change I'm
less State Is Redistrictcd by
Legislature
OPPOSE PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Document Librarian Wilson, at the
State House, Says Methods Can Be
Employed in the Primary That Will
Put Any Man In Office Whether He
is Fit or Not.
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Des Moines, April 81. Fears are
expressed that unless the legislature
redistricts the state there will be q
democrat elected again liz the second
congressional district at the next cleo
ton. The only opportunity that the
legislature will have will be at the next
session 1t is quite likely that the
matter will be suggested, but as to
whether or not the matter will be
taken up is quite another matter.
1t has been suggested at the state
house within the past few days that
| the district at present is democratic
and that a democrat would be sure to
be elected at the next campaign. But
this same condition confronted the
legislature before and yet the legisla-
| ture refused to take the matter up.
Redistricting the state is a piece Of
work that is not accomplished in a
day and general assemblies in the
| past have shown some aversion TO
rushing into the matter.
James III. Wilson, document librar-
ian at the state house, is not in favor
of the primary election law idea. In
discussing the matter today he said:
"A man either belongs to party or
else he Is mugwump. If he belongs
to a party he ought to attend the party
meetings and abide by the majority
vote. In the party caucus and con-
vention there is chu,see to fight the
poor mansif he is after the office while
with. the primary there is no such a
chance. Methods can be employed in
the primary that will put any man in
whether he is fit for the office or not.
In the party caucus, thru the methods
long known to politics, and honorable
methods, too, a poor man can always
be fought and defeated. ] am not i'll
favor of the primary
b. +. Keltz, of the state pharmacy
commission, is in the city from his
home in Webster City. Mr.. Keltz
says the people in his section of the
country are confident that the primary
election law will be enacted and are
looking forward to it. I'VE propose
up our way to get out and work for
it, said Mr.. Keltz today. 'As to
whether or not it will be passed by
the coming session of the legislature
would not venture to say, but it is
sure to come sooner or later"
Word has reached Des Moines thru
visitors to this city that it is practi-
cally and to all intents and purposes
settled that Fred N. Kretschmer, Of
Dubuque. will again be a candidate
for the office of state treasurer. I'm
less some unforeseen political contin-
gency should arise Mr.. Kretschner
will be in the field. 1t is Furthermore
being claimed by Mr.. Kretschmer's
friends from the northern part of the
state that w. w. Morrow, of Alton,
will not get the nomination as mat
ter. CT course because he favored the
Gilbertson people at the last conven-
ton. 1t has been the talk of the res
ervation people that Mr.. Morrow would
be elected because he "acted white at
the other campaign in addition to be-
ing a good man. Inasmuch as the
office of state treasurer is the fifth
in the list to be filled by nomination
the matter Of whom is nominated for
governor, lieutenant governor, secre-
tary of state, and auditor will have
great bearing on it.
Milo Ward, secretary Of the Com
mercial Club here believes that low,
will not lose anything by the coming
of Mr.. Lincoln steffens to write up the
political history of the state. II can
see no reason why such a write up
would not be good thing for tho
state" said Mr.. Ward. Looking at
the matter from the side Of business, If
Mr.. Ora Williams is right in his state
ment that Iowa Is against everything
that savors of corruption, and I can
not see but that he is right, then tina
publication of that statement and it's
wide circulation can do nothing more
than attract people to the state and
give the country a good impression Of
us"
Major Charles Mackenzie, fudge ad-
vocate general of the Iowa department
G. A. r., has been out over the state
making some addresses and declares
that wherever he went he found sem
timent in favor Of the primary cleo
ton law proposed by the governor.
There seemed to be an impression
prevailing up in Cerro Gordo county,"
said Major Mackenzie, that Con-
gresham Haugen was responsible for
the unceremonious recalling Of Colonel
A. G. Stewart from Porto Rico, as at
torney general, and that his chances
for reelection might be injured by that
fact. There seemed to be some doubt
prevailing as to whether Secretary
Shaw will ever get very far in his cam
paign for president. The trouble is
there are too many things that will be
brought up against Secretary Shaw
The corridors of the state house are
filled with scaffolding so thick that one
can almost imagine that he is in for
est. The floors are all covered with
heavy paper and the pillars covered
with the same to protect them from
the paint and in a few days the work
of painting the corridors will be COM
menced It will be a number Of weeks
yet before this work is completed.
There is more space to be covered than
in the rotunda but number of addi-
tional men are to be put on the work.
If Governor Cummins speaks at the
Grant Club banquet this evening it will
be iii an impromptu speech because he
is called upon at the banquet. An at
tempt has been made by some Of the