Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-15
Those of Eighth District Espe-
cially Dissatisfied With Nom
ination of Porter
HOPED TO DEFEAT HEPBURN
Many Thought He Could Beat the
Eighth District incumbent With
centerviIle Man-Henry stivers, Of
Clarke County, May Be the Nominee
Capital Gossip.
Special to Times-Kepublican


Des Moines, Aug. 15.--The democrats
in the southern part Of the state are
reported to be far from happy over the
work of the Waterloo convention.
While they are loyal to Senator Claude
Porter, and have great faith in him.
vet a great many of them are sore be-
cause he was nominated for governor.
What they wanted was that Porter
should run for congress. They had
been grooming him for that race and
had led themselves to believe that he
could be elected to congress. In fact.
Waterloo fully determined that they
would resist all temptation to push
Porter for governor. They said frank
iy that they wanted to save him to
run against Hepburn. Representative
Sankey, of Decatur county, did every
thing he could to prevent the nomi-
nation of Porter for governor, and the
Decatur vote was cast against Porter.
A republican who visited in the south
ern part of the state this week says
that he heard a group of prominent
democrats denounce the nomination of
Porter as base breaking up of the
political program.
1T is another illustration of the fine
Italian hand of the 90 in southern
Iowa politics." they declared. 1T was
about the only way they could keep
Porter from making the race for con-
gress."
The play at Waterloo will hardly
bear this Interpretation, but it illus
trates the beliefs of the democrats in
a large section of the state; and ma
turally they do NOT like it, :
The Eighth district democrats are
now turning toward Henry Stivers, OF
Clarke county, as their candidate for
congress. 1t will be either Stivers or
Maxwell, of Adams county. Stivers
used to run the Des Moines Leader,
but after he sold out he went to Osce.
ola, where he owns a fine stock farm
and incidentally owns lively little
democratic weekly. The democrats arc
taking hope from the attitude of some
of the postmasters in the Eighth dis
trict who are showing Signs of break
ing away from party ties, and they be-
lieve that a sufficient amount of fric-
ton will be developed to make it easy
for them to work fine line of trades
to their advantage.
Senator L. w. Lewis, of Clarinda,
has been spending a few days in the
city, making some preliminary in
quiries in relation to the cause of
the proposed amendment to the Unit
ed States constitution so as to pro-
vide for election of senator's by di-
rect vote of the people. Senator
Lewis is the author of the resolution
calling for the national convention to
further popular election of senator's.
He is an enthusiast on the subject
He has been going thru the Congress
sional Record to get at the record in
the matter Of state memorials on the
subject. He does not find that, ac-
cording to the record. as many states
have actually indorsed the proposed
to the constitution as had
been advertised. He finds in fact only
seven states that have memorialized
congress on the subject. The first Of
these was Minnesota, then followed
Missouri, Wisconsin and 9TH
err states. A great many other states
have indorsed the principle of direct
vote for senator, but not many have
gone so far sys to ask change in the
The convention will not
be held here until early in Decem-
ber when the representatives Of the
state will find it more convenient to
come. Thirty-two states and terri
tories have signifled an intention Of
being represented, which makes 1T
certain the convention will be val
liable one,
chairman Wood, Of the republican
state committee, has practically de-
cided on headquarters on the third
floor of the Observatory building from
which place the republican campaign
in Iowa will be directed. Mr.. Con-
verse, the Fourth district member of
the committee will be In charge of the
speakers bureau. Mr.. Wood is taking
hold Of the matter with determine
ton that the committee shall be run
on business principles. There is gem
eral satisfaction over the manner in
which the state committee was organ
lied and a disposition to join heart
lily in giving the committee honest
support ir. the campaign.