Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-16
"ELICIBLES"
vs. "LIKELY'S"
SUITABLE MEN FOR lowAs CUB.
ERNAToRlAL RACE FAR OUT
NUMBER THE ENTRIES
GARsT is POPULAR
Dispatches From Des, Moines Says
That the Names Of Byere, Carroll
and Others Also Meet With Approx.
al-Goings-on at the State House.
Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier.

Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier,
| Des Moines. May IA.
| There may be less rather than more
candidates for governor in the republi-
can party for the next campaign.
| There are perhaps score Of men in
the state who are being discussed by
| politicians as eligibles There are not
more than three or four who are being
discussed as likely candidates."
Barring the fact that some have al
ready entered their refusals to be con-
sidered as candidates the eligibles are:
Garst, Byers, Carroll, Smith of Mitch
ell, Joe Lane, Bernard Murphy, Colonel
D. j. Palmer. W. L. Eaton, George w.
Clarke of Abel. James H. Trewin, D. H.
Bowen, Jonn F. Lacey. Senator John
Hughes. Col H. l.. Temple, Fred L..
Maytag. Charles G.. Saunders, W. p.
Whipple, Senator COPYRIGHT Harvey
Ingham, B. F. Cummings, F. B. Weeks
and perhaps as many more of the polit-
ical leaders Of the state.
But several Of those have gone on
record in interviews as discouraging
the thought of their being candidates.
Davenport, w. L. Eaton, state railroad
Of Usage They are the most likely to
be in on the final home stretch but all
have shown preference for Lieuten-
enc Governor Garst for the place.
There is no question but Attorney
General H. w. Byers is very popular
with the party but there has been not
the slightest effort on his part to get
| himself considered a candidate. He is
now serving his first term as attorney
general and to the precedent of the
office has two more terms Of two years
each to follow this II he we're a candi-
date for governor it would be neces-
sary for him to forsoke the Office OF
attorney general for the reasons that
the biennial election law makes both
Offices elective at the same time. 1t is
understood that his intention is to be
a candidate for reelection as attorney
general
Carroll Seems Strong.
Many vi the friends of Auditor B. F.
Carroll are of the opinion that he can
not DE defeated If he is a candidate for
the nomination and there are expecta
4 tions being entertained that he
will be a candidate. Mr. Carroll was
a compromise candidate for auditor
He was brought out on the suggestion
/ OF Senator A. B. Funk. a progressive
and was accepted by the opposition
Since holding the office he has sug.
gested in an adequate announcement
of the railroads and has not allowed
the insurance companies to run the
auditors office.
! Friends Of Auditor Carroll are count
ing on his strength being greater than
that of Garst who is considered by
many as the logical successor to Gov
ernor Cummins. They are relying
partly on the fact that no lieutenant
| governor was ever elected to the posi-
ltion of governor in Iowa. Furthermore
there never was lieutenant governor
who served as governor with the ex
ception of Joshua g. Newbold from
Henry county who served out the tern
of Samuel ]. Kirkwood when he re
signed to accept the position Of United
States senator. They are turtle,
counting that Garst will not have al
the Cummins strength and none to the
standpat strength.
4 Combating this theory Is the inter
views of the leaders who refusing t.
be candidates themselves are indicat
ing their preference for Senator Garst
There Is furthermore the long rec
ord Of Garst in the senate before h
became lieutenant governor and while
lit is true that no lieutenant governo,
was ever elected governor the friend
of Lieutenant Governor Garst are no
the least superstitious. They thinl
that Is an incident merely and with n,
significance.
When the new parole board gets t,
work it is probable that one of the al
| plications for clemency coming to
will be such that the lawyer of tn
board will feel disqualified to act ur
; on. This is the application of Franz
Baird, who was convicted with Bill
Richards for part in the robbery g
8 an old man at the town Of Hamilton
t few years ago. A petition was at on
$ time started out for Richards parole
but apparently 1t did not get very fal
: Richards has influential friends anon
! high officials who were acquainte
: with him when he was trusted Off,
er of the United States courts in Iowa
r One of the attorneys In the Richard
g trial was w. H. Berry, who will b
J. first chairman of the board case. H
IL probably would not act in either tn
Richards or Baird case, should eithe
come before his board. The applies
$ ton which has been made for the p,
Q role of Frank Baird proceeds upon tn
Il theory that Richards was really tn
e guilty man. as the court indicated {
the time. and that Baird was induce
to get into the game by Richards an
!. that, it was Richards who planned tt
@ whole thing and was responsible fc
i. every movement. Baird was also pu
a ished badly by being shot in the fat
l. at the time of the crime. His FRIEND
5. In southwestern Iowa, and he is sa.
/. to have many, have been moving I,
this parole.
Takes Crack at Capitol.
Trumbull White. editor of Appleton
ell Magazine, New York, paused in tt
y corridor Of the Iowa state house OF
n day last week and said to the writ