Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-24
His Faction Of the Party Not
Satisfied With Present Divi-
sion Of the Spoils
SMITH TO TAKE THE FIELD
Progressive Candidate to Open Cam
paisn in East End of Eighth District
Sentiment There Will Decide the
Contest = saccharin Causing Dairy
Commissioner Trouble.
Special to Times-Repuplican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 24.-The ti1ghth
congressional district of Iowa is SUN
in the dark ages of political patronage
as the one only end in view for all
political activity. There is a big desire
there among the standpatters to de-
feat Congressman Hepburn next year
but the object is largely for the pur-
pose of securing the political patron
age
Eighth district known all over Iowa IN
political circles. was in Des Moines. he
talked of the defeat of Hepburn and
is very anxious to see Hepburn fall.
This desire among a lot of standpatters
has gone so far that they are trying to
fix up some scheme whereby they can
get the progressive vote OF the distrlct
to unite with them to vote against
Hepburn. The Eighth district man
mentioned above suggested ToWner to
progressive from that district.
But Towner isn't any better than
Hepburn and not as good" said the
progressive. Hepburn has mind OIL
his own if he is wrong, while ToWner
Is absolutely subservient to the cor
porations.'
.Oh, Towner would be lots better"
said the standpatter. 'Towner has
promised us all the political patronage
in -- county. We can get other
promises from Towner too"
All the information that reaches Des
Moines is to the effect that the oppo-
sition with the standpatters all centers
about the idea of the political patron
age that is to be gotten away from
him. The progreSsiveS are refusing TO
line UP on any such a suggestion. One
representative of the corporations is
lust as good as another and to put a
Younger man like ToWner in the office
would be worse than leaving in Hep
burn. because a younger man would
remain several sessions while Hepburn
at IS cannot remain great While
longer. is the view the progressives
take of the matter.
It is learned that A. l. Smith, of Mt.
Ayr, is soon to take the field IN MS
campaign against Hepburn and that he
expects to travel over the district He
will go into the east end of the dis
trict and will make number OF
speeches. His intention is to study the
situation. If the east end of the dis
trict is as progressive as 1t processes
to be, there is hope of Smiths election,
but if 1t is not, there is no use in his
running.
Saccharin is being used in food prod
ucts and incidentally is causing some
trouble for the state food and dairy
commissioners department. One hun
dred pounds of saccharin in foods goes
as far as carload of sugar. Saccharin
is 500 times as sweet as sugar and
hence 100 pounds is equivalent to So
900 pounds of sugar.
But saccharin is a coal tar product.
Tt is a chemical and while it is not
poisonous, it is not food. 1t tastes sweet
but has no more food value than so
much granite dust The legislature
provided that the manufacturers of
food should be given time in which to
get rid of all material they had on
hand but the length of time was
definitely fixed at year. The food
commissioner has been little lenient
in the matter and where manufactur-
er claimed to have little left after
the expiration of the year he did not
force the matter.
This "little left" is still working In
regard to saccharin. 1t takes but a
little saccharin to go a long ways. A
manufacturer buys 100 pounds of
saccharin and puts it in sweet pickles.
Keeping in mind that 100 pounds of
saccharin is equivalent to car load OF
sugar. it is readily seen that lou
mounds Of saccharin will sweeten many
carloads of pickles.
The next report from the bureau or
municipal accounts in the department.
of the state auditor is to be on Cedar
Ranids. It is due some time the last
of This week or the first of next. MIR.
Sheets. in charge of the department,
and Mr.. Pennell, his assistant, have
lust completed the examination of
the accounts of Cedar Rapids. Mr..
Penne}l will make up the report. He
has gone to Portland, Me-. on visit,
ASpOAS
wav there on the train and will mail
it back 1t is expected to be ready for
filing the last of his week or the first
of next. There are eight other cities
to he examined, all of them large cities.
These are Dubuque. Davenport. Clin-
ton Waterloo. Sioux City. Council
Bluffs, Des Moines and Muscatine. ,,
An election Of second lieutenant to
f1ll a vacancy has been ordered in the
company of the Iowa National Guard !
at Muscat1ne the election To take place,
September 80.
At the meeting OF the board OF con.
troll with the superintendent Of the.
state institutions for the regular
quarterly conference this afternoon DIR.