Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-27
DEMOCRATS SHY At
S|ANDPAI COMBINE
official Organ of the Party In
Iowa Hints at a Better
Coalition
RlNEHART is PROGRESSIVE
If Lead Is Followed, Alliance Similar
to- That of Last Winter Will Not Be
Made in Legislature = State Board
Of Canvassers Completes Its Work
on Election Returns.
is PROGRESSIVE
Special to T,mes-Republican.


Des Moines, Nov. 27.-George f.
Rinehart has brought the first issue
of the Democrat-Chronicle under mis-
management. He bought the paper
from H. NJ. Belvel and 1t will be con-
tinued in much the same mechanical
form but with little added spice. I'm
der the direction of Mr.. Rinehart the
Democrat Chropicle is to be democrat
ic without being standpat and he has
made this very plain in his first mum
Der. A leading editorial is on 1.-THE
Standpat Philosophy" in which Mr..
Rinehart excoriates all standpatters,
not distinguishing as to the tag they
may wear. He has an editorial de-
nouncing the proposal Of Representa-
tive Offil, of Jasper county, to restore
the circle to the secret ballot. Another
editorial urges that all democrats join
in the legislature in securing a good
primary law. That the Democrat.
Chronicle will never approve of any
plan to continue in the coming legis-
lature the demo- standpat coalition of
the last general assembly was made
plain in another article. Quotation
is made from an article by a friend
in which 1t is asserted that If the
standpatters and democrats combine
they can control the next legislature,
and limiting that i"some of the stand
patters are hostile to Senator Dolliver
and may withhold from him their sup
port" In reply to this the Democrat
Chronicle says:
1T is true that the standpatters and
democrats could combine and send any
man they please to the senate 1t is
democrats could combine In our view
of the case it would be infinitely bet
ter to send a reformer upon which
progressives and democrats might
agree, than the kind Of man the
standpatters would select. 1t is good
rule to go with those who are going
our way" It would seem from this
that if standpattism-repub and
democratic-should make an open al
lance the coming winter in the legis
lature there will .be trouble for the
democratic end of the combine
The members of the house of rep
resentatives must all this year for the
first time come to the house having
credentials direct from their county
authorities, and not as in other years,
some of them with certificates issued
nv tho Stata oapya SSinO hoard &c
possible that some of the member )
elected will overlook this fact. Atten-
ton was called to it yesterday when
the state canvassing board came to the
returns from counties of the vote on
house members. These votes were all
returned the same as the votes on other
state officers. But on investigation
Governor Cummins decided that the
state board had no right to canvass
these votes. Attorney General Mullan
was called in and he agreed to this
view. 1t has long been the custom for
the county auditors to report the votes
on representatives to the secretary of
state and the state board has, under the
law, canvassed all where a district
comprised more than one county. This
year every county is district by itself,
hence the state board has nothing to
do about it. But in order that mis-
takes might be avoided, it was
deemed best that the secretary of state
prepare blank certificate and send to
each county auditor go as to have the
certificates made out in cases where
this has been neglected. 1t was pointed
out that at nearly every session sew
how <1Sp
credentials made out and they must be
taken on their own say.
The state board canvassed, the re-
turns yesterday and late last night
completed the computation of the same.
The returns were in unusually good
condition and. no errors were found
that merited any attention.
The vote on treasurer, secretary and
auditor follows, the canvass of the vote
on governor to be made by the legis-
lature.
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