Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-10

THE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
Matter of State Regulation of Primar-
les is Being Discussed All Over
lowa-Trewin Likely to be Candidate
for Nomination for Governor - Cap
itaI News and Comment.
Special to Times-Rerublican

| Special to Times-Renublican
(, Des Moines, May 10.-Attorney Jas
W. Jamison, of Cedar Rapids, who has
been in the city attending supreme
| court, states that there is growing:
sentiment in favor Of the primary
election movement. Il doubt if there
will be found city of 5000 people
in the state that is not in favor Of the
primary election movement" said Mr.
Jamison. "The people are discussing
the matter more than formerly and
there is growing sentiment in its
favor. OF course the country districts
will be the last to see the need OF
such a law and they are the last to
need it, but haven't any doubt but
that we will get the law. believe
Cedar Rapids and every other city of
any size is in favor of it and will
gladly welcome such law. The neeo
of it in fact has been apparent for
some time
Asked concerning the candidacy of
'
MIR. Jamison while not processing to
speak authoritatively for Mr.. Trewin.
said that eventually Mr.. Trewin would
be one of the leading candidates. "Ce-
dar Rapids is in favor Of him and q
large part of the county is in favor
OF. him. said Mr.. Jamison. He will
come to the convention with the sup
port of Linn county. Cedar Rapids
controls the county. There has been
some little detection up at Marion
and Major Rathbun has had something
to say on the matter, but when the
proper time comes Senator Trewin will
get in the race and will be a leading
candidate. If he is in the race at all
he will be a leading candidate for he
is an able man and of distinctly suber-
material timber. Cedar Rapids has
been unfortunate in the past in not be-
ing definitely agreed on it's candidates
but in this case believe the suppor.
of the entire county will be given to
Senator Trewin."
Some OF the athletes of Marshall-
town may be interested to discover
that there is a move on foot to rob that
town of some Of the glory it has held
SO long in the state records made by
Rush and, Whitney of Grinnen Col
lege in the running races. 1t is prob
able that at the next meeting of the
games committee all records made. be-
fore the,-tinae when impartial judges
held the watches Will be cancelled.
Some years ago it was the custom
for students of the colleges to take
turns holding the stop watch when
the racers were being run and to take
turns also scoring the other events. 1t
was during this time that Rush and
both of Marshalltown, as stu
dents at Grinnell, made records in the
220, 440 and 100 yard races that have
never since been equalled and bid fair
never to be equaled. Rus1's time for
the 220 yard dash was something like
II 1-5 seconds and Whitney's time
FOR the 440, 40 seconds. Rush made
about 8 AS seconds in the 100 yard
lash and also held the record in the
ffty yard dash. 1t is now claimed
hat the men who held the stop watch
IS were too generous and altogether
900 anxious; for the men to win and
make record time. This time was
made back in 1895 and the games COM
nittee now proposes to abolish al
.ecords made at that time and before
hat and preserve the records only
since the time that impartial judges
rave been employed to keep the scores
It the state field meets.
Charles Aldrich, curator at the his
orical building IL much interested IN
he discussion that is still being Waged
n some Of the state papers as TO
whether or not buffalo ever Inhabited
he state of Iowa. The basis of the ar
.ument that the buffalo were never |
,ere seems to be. the claim that the
arliest settlers did not see buffalo and |
{ they had inhabited the state the
arliest settlers would have seen them.
without taking into consideration the
violence in dispute OF this claim Mr..
Aldrich says there seems to be almost
N insurlnountable difficulty for some
,eople to, realize that there has been
UGH an enormous change in the state
Turing q half century. Most Of the
uffalo had been driven farther west
y the Indians before the settlers game
o the state In any great numbers but
uffalp were actually killed in the
tate according to a number of per-
ons who have been drawn into this
ispute.
Before the land grants were made
or the first four railroads that crossed
he state there was an opinion freely
Expressed that the northwestern part
( the state never would be settled
D. Recently Mr.. Aldrich wrote an ar
cle for the Iowa Journal Of History
nd Politics on the repeal Of the
ranger law. Mr.. Aldrich was eight
ears in the legislature and has at diff
erent times been the editor of the
tate Register, the Council Bluffs
'onpareil and the old Marshalltown
lines, besides being at one time con-
ected with the Chicago Tribune and
as very closely connected with the
ublic affairs Of that time. Yet an edi-
" up the state took occasion to re-
ark that II what Mr.. Aldrich said
as true where was this ana that prom
tent person Of the time and asked
hy they didn't take hand In things.
he transformation IN the state since
lie time Of which Mr.. Alirich wrote
on and hence his doubt az to their
nth.
Mr.. Aldrich has discovered that one
the guns which have been received
' the historical department from the
,vernment was on the Olympia, the
IL ship for Admiral Dewey at the =