Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-05
Speculation Over Meaning of An
nounced Candidacy of Major
Conger For Governor
MERELY PART OF Definite PLAN
Many of Governor cummins' Friends
Think the standpatters' Real candi-
date For Governor Is Senator James
II. Trewin of Cedar Rapids, and All
Other Announcements Are Blinds.
Special to 7,imes-Republ,can.

Special to Times-Republican.
| Des Moines. Jan. 5. - Three years
ago the announcement of the candidacy
of Minister Conger for governor Of
Iowa was announced at Washington by
Congressman j. A. T. Hull. The an
nouncement Of his probable candidacy
some two weeks ago was also by
| Congressman Huh. Three years ago
three days after the announcement that
Governor A. b. Cummins would be
candidate. When Governor Cumnins
, cabled to Minister Conger at that time
he received reply that Mr.. Conger
| was not a candidate for governor. Sub
sequently Mr. Conger on his return to
the state was met by politicians and
/ soon after became candidate. Some
| politicians think they see some signffi-
canoe in the fact that the announce
ment of Minister Conger's profitable
candidacy at this time is p,aee by the
same man who annount ~ b before.
| 1t is intimated that Minister Conger
has not been consulted any more at
this time than he was three years ago,
but is to be used as a catspaw to help
along Congressman Hulps chances for
recollection in the Seventh district and
the chances of the standpat element to
elect it's candidate for governor. The
| congressional and state campaigns
4 year and a half hence will be OIL at
.o,,,o +i,,,o hrip poip ont
Minister Conger for a candidate for
governor it is pointed out by some poll
ticians that the fight in the Seventh
district would turn to Conger and Hull
would be left in the background with
70 particular fight on hand. On the
other hand 1t is believed by many OF
Governor CunInins' friends that the
real candidate for governor Of the
standpatters is Senator James H.
i Trewin of Cedar Rapids. The sug-
gestion of about every standpat man
in the state as is being done lately
and their advancement as candidates
t for governor is merely part of the
plan. These will be advanced and en-
couraged in their districts with the ex-
pectation that at the proper time they
will be forced aside for Senator IRE
win.
I Deputy Dairy Commissioner w. E.
Smith returned Wednesday from Coun-
cid Bluffs where he assisted in the
prosecution of some milkmen for US
ing formaldehyde in their milk. The
men were fined $25 and costs each.
Governor A. B. Cummins will de-
liver some very important addresses
within the next two months. Perhaps
the more important will be two to be
delivered outside the state. January
| II he will address the Press Cluo Of
Chicago ait a. luncheon to be tenered
by Joseph Medill Mccormick of the
Chicago Tribune. On this occasion he
will talk on the relation Of the press
to the people and the nation. There
will be present at that time George
B. M. Harvey of Harper's Weekly and
Ex-Governor G.. w. Peck Of Wiscon-
sim The other important occasion IS
the Jincoln's birthday BANQUET to be
given by the st: Paul Lincoln Club on
February 12. The governor has been
invited to deliver the principal address
of the occasion and will probably ac-
cept. He has been invited to speak
on washington's birthday at Peoria.
Next Sunday the governor will speak
at Usage in the evening at the Con-
gregational church and the other
churches of the city will unite In the
service. His topic will be "Cthzen-
Ship" January II he will open the new
| anmory at Council Bluffs and on the
following evening will address the far
mers institute at Red Oak.
Superintendent Riggs has sustained
County Superintendent George A. Lux
ford Of Shelby county IN the matter
of readjusting district boundaries. H.
r. Bay claimed that because Of the
Nishnabotny river his children could
not attend the Center township school
in which school district his residence
was located. He asked to be annexed
to the Harlan independent district. 1t
was shown that he was over two miles
from the Harlan school and less than
one and a half miles from the Lincoln
school. His children were attending
I, the Lincoln school under an arrange
ment with the directors of that school
and 1t was claimed this arrangement
might be continued indefinitely. The
county superintendent refused to grant
Bays petition and his action has been
sustained.
At the annual meeting Of the Hu-
name Society of the state at the Saw
ery Tuesday night Judge w. H. Nc
Henry Of the Polk county district
bench. in a toast stated that the pres
ent juvenile law is about the poorest
that could be framed and after care
ful consideration he was convinced
that the men who framed the law were
deficient in intelligence. He stated
that he was thoroughly convinced that
a juvenile law was needed in the state.
| The principal lack in the present law
is the absence OF an appropriation