Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-23
CANDIDATES IN CONFERENCE
All But One Of State Officers and Most Of
COnEressmen Expected.
DEMOCRATS ALSO HEAD FOR DIES MONIES
stock Exhibit for state Fair Begln-
ning 90 Arrive ma Most of u
Will he on the Ground
by Saturday.
(From a STAN correspondent

bEpul " SldI correspondent
DIES MONIES, Aug 22.--(Specisl) Every
candidate on the republican state ticket
except Auditor Carroll is expected to be
in the city tomorrow to attend the meet
ing of the candidates vgith the state central
committee and all the congressman are e&-
pected to be present except Lacey and
Hepburn. Congressman Lacey had already
made date to speak at Atlantic and
Congressman Hepburn at Alton. Senator
Allison will not be able to attend because
OF his health but Senator Dolliver win be
here.
Senator DollIver is deeply interested In
the campaign that is about to open and
the results OF the election. While there
Is no doubt but that the next Iowa legis-
lature will be republican the reelection
II Senator Dolliver will come up at that
time. Senator Dolliver Is therefore as
much personally Interested as any of the
congressman op the ticket. A number of
the members of the state. central COM
mttee had reached the city tonight. Chair
man Woods has been in the city for two
days. He has made definite arrangements
for a suite OF. rooms on the third floor
Of the Observatory for the headquarters
for the committee. The rooms were occu-
pied for. the local Perkins headquarters
before the POLK county primaries Furniture
has been placed in the rooms and n ship
ment OF papers, records and documents
from ex-Chairman Spence of Mount Ayr
has arrived for the new committee.
Democratic Conference.
Every democratic nominee on the state
ticket and as many of the congressional
candidates as have been nominated are ex-
pected to meet with the democratic state
central committee tomorrow. 1t is init
mated that for business reasons one of
the democratic nominees will not be able to
serve This is IL. M. Bartlett of Musca-
tine, the nominee for supreme court re-
porter. In case he does not serve the
committee at its meeting tomorrow will
name a Successor.
Must Qualify as shooters
Adjutant General w. H. Thrift OF the
Iowa National Guard is expecting soon
to issue an order TO the effect that every
member of the guard must qualify as a
marksman or sharpshooter during his first
enlistment of three years or he will not
be allowed to re-enilst General Thrift
takes the ground that the big expenditure
by the state each year should be pro-
ductive of the most possible results and
acting on the theory that a soldier who
cannot qualify as marksman would be a
poor soldier in actual warfare he will issue
the order against their re-enlstment.
Governor to Ripey.
Governor Cummins left at noon to-day for
Peppers Grove, near Ripey. Ia. TO deliver
an address to the old soldiers OF that sec
tion.. h.ass -
~ stock for state Fair.
Directors Of the State fair are in the city
and the first arrivals of stock came to-
day. Several carloads OF hogs are being
unloaded, four or FIVE cars of cattle and
some horses. II is expected the great bulk
OF the stock will arrive tomorrow and
Friday. so that the stock will become ac-
custerped TO the surroundings before the
crowds arrive. The directors are conf
IDENTIFY. expecting the largest attendance at
the fair this year there has ever been, pro-
Vided bad weather does not spoil the con-
ditions The grounds are now in ideal con-
dition and every arrangement made.
split on Co-Insurance.
Members OF the legislative insurance COM
mission are discussing the proposition of
recommending to the legislature that it
permit co-insurance but that the permits
sion be hedged about with restrictions. The
Insurance men are making a strong plea
for the co-insurance clause. on'the ground
that owners of big business blocks fire.
quehtly insure for but a small sum,
enough TO cover any damage that Is likely
to occur In a business block where there is
rarely a total destruction. Without coin
surance the companies cannot compel the
owner to insure for the full amount of the
value, and thus when there is a loss the