Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-07
LITTLE GRAFT N
IOWA INSURANCE
Investigation by the State De-
partment Of Insurance Brings
Satisfactory Results
"a FEW OBJECTIONABLE LOANS
General Condition of the Companies In
Iowa Said to be Pretty Good-Not
Likely That Any Radical Legislation
Will Be Attempted at tho Next ses.
sion Of Legislature.

sion Of Legislature.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. by the time the
Legislature gets in session every in
surance company in Iowa will have
been inspecsed by the insurance de-
partment OF the auditor OF state. Most
and II is learned unofficially that the
employees OF the auditors office are now
at work on the others. The investi-
cations have been going on regularly
during the past several months and
the department will have all the iiifor-
nation the legislators will want when
the general assembly meets 1t Is OBJ
tained on quite reliable authority that
thus far there has been discovered no
alarming conditions. The Iowa COM
panies are all conducted honestly and
none OF them are making any wild cat
claims. There have been discovered, 1t
is claimed some more or less objec-
tionable loans which were bad business
Judgment. but nothing that can be In
any way constructed as savoring Of
graft, such as officials loaning money
to themselves. It is confidentially ex-
pected that at the coming session the
general assembly will demand infor-
nation on the condition of Iowa insur-
ance companies and there will be some
demands for investigation on the part
Of the legislature. Investigations that
will go to the bottom OF the thing.
There will likely be some legislation
proposed, but there ls not any very
deep conviction that anything impor-
tant will be done. Iowa companies are
carrying. themselves pretty straight at
this -ine and. It is issdoubtfulslf IT. there viii
be found any opening for either inyes-
tigation Of legislation.
There are number of candidates
out and being talked of in Cass county
for representative. Mr.. Dowell. Of
Cumberland, Is out and announced. DR..
Campbell, Mr. Edwards and William
Kool, all OF Cumberland, are being
talked Of Mr.. Bryant OF Griswold. and
Mr.. Hogan Of Messena are also consid-
cred possible candidates and are being
talked OF. The democrats thus far
have no candidates In the field. The
Republicans about two years ago adop-
ted the primary system and the prim-
aries call for thirty days notice be-
fore being held. This will throw the
special election into December and the
law requires that nominations must be
filed specified length Of time before
the election.
Elections are being held today to
elect representatives. from O'Brien
county, Lucas county and the Lyons
Osceola district. Elections have al
ready been held In Davis county, Wap-
pello, and Poweshiek, and with the
election yet to be held in Cass county
there will be seven new members OF
the next house Of representative.
There will be no demand to put pat
ent medicines in the pure food law
that will be asked of the legislature.
Those back Of the pure food law say
there Is too much need for the pure
food law. In other words they do not
desire to stir up hornets nest for
every newspaper in the state thinks a
great deal of It's patent medicine adj
yertising and there Is strong sup
position that the newspapers would
take up the cause Of the patent medi-
cine man. Those back of the pure
food movement say that pure food is
one thing and pure medicine another.
Some Of the temperance people would
like very much to see movement
started against that class of patent
medicines that are said to be In real
ity cheap cocktails. They would like
to have a provision in the pure food
law but those in favor Of the pure
food law primarily will fight this and
demand that they make the fight
against patent medicine, If there is one,
a distinct issue.
Arthur e. Holder formerly deputy
state labor commissioner, who little
more than a year ago went to Wash
ington as the associated editor of the
Machinist Journal, has been given
field work. He has been sent to Penn
sylvania to settle strike difficulties and
IS now off for ST. Johns, New Found
land for the International Brotherhood
of Machinists to settle some trouble
for the machinists there. Some OF his
friends here who know of his ability
and his work are confident that in
time. IL followed by his accustomed
good fortune, his ability will land him
at the head Of the machinists order.
The Iowa National Guard is ranked
as efficient for service by the war de-
partment at Washington. letter has
been received by Adjutant General
Thrift to that effect. Some days ago
there was printed in the papers here
story to the effect that the Iowa Ma
tional Guard was under cloud. That
it had not come up to the efficient mark
set by the war department and as a
consequence the funds available from
the federal government and appro-
priated for state purposes would be
cut off. Adjutant General Thrift took
the matter up with the war depart