Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-28
Governor Will Not Attempt to
Select Next Progressive Candi-
date For Chief Executive
RANK AND FILE WILL SELECT
Situation in Iowa Similar to That in
Wisconsin Last Year - Some of La
FoIIette's Ways Will Be Avoided -
Funk and Byers Will Not Enter
Race if Garst is Candidate.
special 10 Times Republican.

/ Special 20 Times Republican.
Des Moines, June est Is up to the
rank and file of the republican party
| in Iowa to say who will be its candi-
date for governor next year. The ques-
ton is being discussed with increasing
interest as the time passes and In
many respects 1t is being said that the
situation in Iowa resembles that of
consin 1t can be said that there will be
no division of the forces In the party
in Iowa.
Practically the same question, Shall
the people or the corporations rule?"
! has been fought out in both states and
! in Iowa as in Wisconsin the people
have won. According to the discussion
| about political centers in Des Moines
there is scarcely a republican In the
state but is thoroughly convinced that
the republican party is dominately pro-
gressive and it will remain so II the
forces that won the battle under Cum
| Minis shall unite again in the selection
of their leader. In that respect Iowa
is to differ from Wisconsin for where
La Toilette attempted to select as be-
| tween his friends those in a position to
know declare that Governor Cummins
will not turn his hand over to indicate
a preference between his friends.
1t is up to the men on the firing
- NP
the active members of the party who
have been in this city recently declare
that there will be unanimity when the
proper time comes. Just at present
they say 1t is too early and that there
should be some full and free discus
sion thru the press of the state before
the matter is finally decided upon as to
who the candidate for governor shall
be. Any one of the progressive men
who have been named for the position
thus far would be satisfactory to Gov
ernor Cummins, 1t is believed and
would probably be equally as satisfac
tory to the rank and file over the state
If Lieutenant Governor Garst is
Icandidate for governor it can be said
with practical certainty on the author
ity of those we'll informed that neither
Funk nor Byers will be candidates. If
on the other hand the demand for
Garst as a candidate against Connor
In the tenth is so strong or If for any
reason a preference Is clearly shown
for one of the others Garst will not be
a candidate. The idea of every pro-
gressive who helped win the battles in
the past is distinctly that there shall
ha fciN Of ha Ut nd hot
the victories Of the past shall not be
hazarded by any division over the Of
flee Of governor at the primaries next
June.
While nothing can be considered as
definite at this distance from the pri-
maries, yet the information that reach
es this city is that ex-senator Funk
has not considered the question of his
candidacy. He has felt gratif1ed over
the pleasant things saidAof him in that
connection and the evident sincerity
back of those pleasant things but has
no thought of being a candidate for
governor. At the same time he would
accept it if the demand was unmis-
takeable. Exactly the same thing can
be said Of Attorney General Byers.
About the state house there is very
strong sentiment for Attorney General
Byers. From every section of the state /
there are friends Of all three men Po- |
ltical contingencies and the future of
the principles that have been won in
the last few campaigns will doubtless
govern in the selection of the candi-
date for governor and the discussion
that will prevail thru the newspapers
of the state during the next eight or
ten months it is believed will terminate |
in uniting on a candidate
Iowa interurbans are making money.
Last year 220 miles of road were oper-
ated and the net receipts were s303.-
400 while their gross receipts were
only sS10.941. Whereas the steam roads
netted s21.s90,O00 on gross earnings of
500, ,791 900. or about 81 per cent, the in
terurbans made almost 40 per cent net.
This summary of the reports of the
to the executive council for
the business of the past year was made
public yesterday:
Earnings
Gross. Net.
Roona euh,,rhan oon % am o2