Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-18
THREE COUNTIES ORGANIZED
Senator Lewis, Of cIarinda, States His
Belief That tho Movement viii Not
Be Confined to the Eighth District
Alone - Strong Disaffeetion Against
Colonel Hepburn Is Reported.
Special to Times Republican.

tance than Is being given to ~ In some
sections of the state. Senator Lewis
would not say that such clubs were
in the interest OF any candidate or op-
posed to any candidate, hut rather or'-
posed to machine politics and corpor-
ate and railroad domination.
There are now three counties Or
gandzed under this new movement.
snid Senator Lewis. "other counties
swtfl be organized. expect confidently
to see every county in the Eighth dis
trict organized and the movement will
not be confined to the Eighth district
a1otie. You come In contact with the
movement continually. People are
asking, Why doesn't such a locality
organizer. and Why don't we organ
1zeT The movement is something new
In politics and just how effective 1t
Will be remains to be seen. but such
clubs can hardly be other than eff
fective. Other than the organization
of these clubs there is no change In
the situation In the Eighth district.
The clubs are not against any particu-
albaASAlCS AA0A LOA shhy puA AsAGuttbA
candidate, except that they are
against railroad influence in politics
and against everything that savors of
corrupt or machine politics and II,
fayor Of the square deal and homes.
aald efyi1ient pubMc ofs'taja,s who are On
the side Of the people, ,.8
There are now three counties in the
Eighth district that are organized. In
Taylor county they call the organiza-
ton the Common Peoples Republic
an League. In Ringold county they
call it the Square Deal League" The
petitions circulated In both counties
were very much Of the same nature
and purport. Petitions are circulated
binding the signers to assist In the
formation Of a aeague in their town
ship which shall be auxiliary to the
organization In the county. The petit
tions set out the object of the club or
league to be to destroy the political
power of the machine by which cor
porations and their representatives
perpetuate themselves in office, Ito pre-
vent free distribution of railroad
passes, to prevent lobbyists. to secure
revision OF the Interstate commerce
laws as recommended 10y the presi-
dent, to carry unto effect the doctrine
of reciprocity and to secure a revision
of the tariff on articles controlled by
monopolies and sold abroad cheaper
than at home.
1t is Incidentally learned from other
sources that there is strong disaffec-
tion In Adams and Union county now
against Colonel Hepburn and the domt-
Burlington as headquarters. Some
days ago there was given in this cor
respond ence the predtc tdon Of an
Eighth district man that Smith would
carry six Of the eleven counties in the
Eighth district and get 50 OF the LAG
delegates. Another Eighth district
man confirms tarat, but adds Adams
a1.d Union counties to the liss Of prob.
eble Smith courties, (which would give
Smith 1e6 Of the 146 delegates.
Miss McCready's friends are claim
Ing that she will be the next enrolling
clerk in the senate. Miss McCready is
the candidate of Senator Jones of Ma
haska county. Miss McCready is a
resident Of Senator Jones' home town,
Oskaloosa. For the same reasons that
Miss McCready is slated for enrolling
clerk, Miss Stevenson of Jefferson is
slated for postmistress. The reason
these claims are being made Is that
the impression is out that the organ
ization Of both senate and house will be
the same practically as at the last ses-
sion. Senator Jones named the candl-
date for enrolling clerk at the last ses-
sion and SO It ia claimed the plum be-
longs to him again. Senator Garst
named the postmfstress at the last ses-
sion and named Miss Edith Leffingwell
of his district and hts candidate now is
Miss Stevenson Of Jefferson, daughter
of County Clerk Stevenson. The friends
Of the other candidates are not prepar-
ed to accept this arrangement, how
ever. They claim that these positions
are not in the giving of any particular
member but are selected by the entire
senate. Miss McCready is the stand
pat candidate for the position of en-
rolling clerk. Miss Inez Black, of
Knoxville is candidate for the posi-
ton who Is making a good showing and
is the anti-standpat candidate for the
position.
Just one township report held up
the entire superintendent's report 1t
finally became necessary for Superin-
tendent Riggs to threaten to send a
man to the county to get the report. 1t
was mailed yesterday and the report
will now be forthcoming in a few
days. There have been accusations
that red tape was big factor In the
Office Of the superintendent Of public