Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-10
Not Unlikely That Dcs Moines
Editor Will Oppose Captain
Hull For Congress
Also Hull is Being Condemned by the
Radical standpatters Because He
Refused to Jeopardize His Chances
in Polk County by Fighting Gov
ernor cummins at Primary.
special to Times Republican.

SpeClll to 'I1mGS- Republican.
Des Moines. May 10.-Wiil Lat
Young be candidate for congress h
opposition to Capt. j. A. T.. Hull Laf
Young Is hand in glove with Ed II. Hun.
ter, and James G. Berryhill and tina
element of the republican party in this
city which has been supporting Capt
Hull is decidedly bitter against HUI
for not sacrificing his own political lii,
to please them in fighting Governor
1 Cummins. Since the holding Of TIL,
Polk county convention evidences 81
| this bitter feeling against Capt. HUI
has cropped out. LATE Young is Yer,
ambitious to hold some political Of
flee and politicians think 1t quite nat
ural, now that Hull has passed thru d
campaign in harmony with the pre-
| gressive element here. that Mr.. Young
should come out in opposition to Mr.
Hull MIR. Youngs friends have talked
! or him for some consular position for
| some years and they have also talked
of him as Il possibility for governor
| Since Mr.. Young has talked much
against making any changes whatever
in the tariff what more natural than
he should aspire to a seat In congress
especially in the house where tariff
changes must originate. The enmity
of the Young -Berryhil-H Hunter element
against Capt. Hull at this particular
| time is evidence that some move will
| be made against Hull either with a
| lt,,, ,t,..,A
can primaries two years from this or
else in supporting the candidacy OF
John Mulvaney. the democratic candi-
| date from this county at this time.
While 1t is not believed to be possible
that Hull can be defeated even il they
do support Mulvaney at the election
next November, 1t Is understood that
those who are angry at him for now
sacrificing his political life in the fight
against Cummins are not willing TO
drop the matter now and have decided
in their own minds that they are
against Hull.
The insurance investigation commits
sion which has begun its work will
shortly have the benefits of an inyes-
tiSation by the Iowa department into
the affairs OF the Northwestern OF
Minneapolis, against which suit has
been brought by j. A. Dyer Of this city,
as attorney for a number Of policy
holders. The investigation Is beint.
made now by the insurance depart.
ment of the auditors office and for this
reason the suit for a receiver started
by Attorney Dyer has been delayed. An
extension nf lima h,,
Dyer from Judge Mcpherson recently
to await the report II the things that
Attorney Dyer alleges in his petition of
suit are shown to be true by the audi
tors report on the company, the insur,-
ahce investigation commission will
nave something direct to work on.
The Minneapolis company absorbed tn,
Northwestern Life and Savings Of this
city and the first allegation by Attor-
ney Dyer for his clients who We're poli-
cy holders of the Northwestern Life
and Savings, is that the MINNEAPOLIS
company being mutual concern had
no funds available for the purchase ar
the Des Moines company and that
whatever consideration 1t gave to tha
officers of the Des Moines companv
was without authority and hence this
application for receiver for the Des
Moines company In his suit which
is pending before the federal court he
makes startling allegations Of misman
agement and insurance men In this CITY
as we'll as members OF the inyestipa
ton commission. who have knowledge
or these allegations, are awaiting WITH
anxiety the auditors report as bearing
on the probable future legislation alon.r
insurance lines.
me annual encampment or the SOL
diers of the United States who fouebt
in the Philippines which will be held
in this city soon, is to be no mean af-
fair. The young men Of Des Moines
VINO are at the head of the arrange
ments and who engineered thru III,
deal to have Des Moines selected as the
next meeting place, are pushers and
are leaving no stone undisturbed in
the plans to make the meeting one of
the greatest In the history sof the So
ciety, past or future. There Is really
considerable liability that President
Roosevelt who has been invited by or
der of the legislature of this state. to
be present, will accept the invitation.
The rough riders will be present In
force. and assurances are already had
that Admiral Dewey and General
Bates will be present for the meeting.
There will be about 1000 persons pres.
ent from all parts Of the United
States and twenty-five or fifty United
States generals in the regular army,
and as many high officials from the
navy. The meeting will be as impor-
tant as gatherings of the Grand Army
of the Republic when it was as young
can War Veterans Association is now
The gathering will rank in every way
in Importance with any gathering Iowa
is to have this year or has had for
several years. The program for the
has been nearly perfected
and win be announced in few days.
Des Moines is in the midst Of war
of the wireless biography men. The
DeForrest concern is here with instru-
ments and has sent messages which
have been received and delivered and
the company proposes to do business
in the state by establishing stations in
system claims that it has Il
United States supreme court injunction
the DeForrest people from
operating on the ground that they in
fringe on their patents. Furthermore
they claim the DeForrest people cam
not hnsipaSs for the reason that