Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-05
Nominees For Representatives
In Iowa Counties May Not
Get On Ballots
SEVERAL YET TO BE FILED
Midnight Tomorrow is the Last Min
ute Nominations May Be Placed With
Secretary of state-"AII Bryan Men
But one," Says MiIer-PoIitical Cos
sip at the Capital.
Special to es-Republican.

Des Moines, Oct. 5-There were
thirty-five republican nominations for
representative that had not been filed
with the secretary OF state today, out
of the los in the state. Tomorrow, ut
l2 o'clock midnight, is the last minute
when nominations can be filed All the
candidates have been notified wherev-
er they can be reached and where a
candidate can not be reached some
prominent republican in the county is
notified. The democrats have looked
after the necessary little matter much
better than the republicans, and prac-
tically every nomination has been filed.
Where a nomination is made In con-
vention the chairman and secretary Oh
the convention must sign the certlncate
that has been filed with the secretary
of state. Attorney General Mullen mas
been asked for an opinion In the case
where nominations are made py pri-
mary vote, and has given as ms op1n-
ion that in such cases the mountainous
must be certified to by every meinpSr
of the canvassing board, and In some
cases this is fifteen or twenty ana
they live in all parts Of the coun-
try making it difficult to secure the sig
natures. Where the convention desls-
mates an executive committee OIL three
or FIVE to do this work this committee
can sign the papers according to the
attorney general.
With the republicans the Dubuque
county convention is held today and
the Clinton and Shelby conventions To-
morrow closing all the republican con-
yentions. With the democrats the Shei-
by county convention Saturday viii
close the list. The Shelby county DEM
ocratic and republican nominations
will reach Des Moines at about 8
o'clock Saturday night. The Clinton
county certificate must be taken by IN
terurban early in the afternoon TO DaV-
export and reach Des Moines at y
O'Clock if 1t reaches here at all. There
is some question whether or not 1t can
make the connection. 1t is recalled that
in one case nomination papers were
made out in blank and left with Des
Moines parties, to whom the name or
the nominee for representative was
telegraphed and by him filled in. 1t is
possible, however, that this proceed
ing would not stand the test Of the
courts.
There are fully thirty-five republi-
can nominees, and as many more DEM
ocratic, whose papers never would have
nf ctltA
if their attention had not been called
to the facts in the case. Should any
fail to file their papers with the secre-
tary of state their names cannot go on
the ballot and their own carlessness IN
looking after the matter would dsfeat
their election.
The press bureau operated under the
demo- corporation alliance has been in
advertently disclosing to the alarmed
democrats the cause of the worry
which has been settling over their
campaign for tariff for revenue in
dorsement by big Porter vote.
This week the Canned editorials"
have been reduced to make room In the
literary output for long letter by
Chairman c.. w. Miller, in which he
undertakes to explain the detection
from democratic ranks and to convince
the real democrats that the state com>
mittee, which has been bending every
possible energy to place gold demo-
cra,t on the national committee is now
and has been all along genuine Bry-
an brand democratic organization. Mr..
Miller declares that the members Of
the democratic state committee, with
possibly one exception" were all Bry-
an men in 1895 and 1900, and that they
are all Bryan men now. In regard to
Hearst he says:
"I think the time is not far distant
when all of the democrats Of this state
who gave allegiance to Hearst will
realize that they were inadvertently
pushing the man whom Bryan has
most to fear henceforWard."
Chairman Miller states, with use OF
many words, that he has all along
been a real Bryan democrat, and the
files of his paper will prove it, but he
adds:
"At the outset took cognizance Of
the fact that. by reason of my opposi-
ton to the Hearst movement two years
ago. many members of my party re-
garded me as a former gold democrat,
and to show that my desire for har-
mony was disinterested and sincere, I
associated former Congressman Walter
H. Butler with me when I opened
harmony headquarters in this CITY,"
Mr.. Miller lets out a little secret
when he again takes up Mr.. Walsh. for
he says,
"charley Walsh found everything
lovely when he could bleed the nation
al committee to the tune of $3.50 per
week for merely doing some heavy
standing around"
The fact is that the democratic state
committee has been forced to give
some real attention to the democrats
and to turn over largely to the allies
the work of stirring up trouble among
republicans. This latter was supposed