Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-12

giving out interv 6 to the local
newspapers that t { Use of the short
age of coal mines be to tie fact that
ni,ny coal mines . re shut down and
gone out of busi =. making scare
itv of coal, the y, .ce must be much
higher than last winter. The price has
already been raised to $3.50, and there
is promise that it will go to 81 before
the winter is over.
The Polk county coal nine oper-
ators have made reports to the state
mine inspector showing that POLK
county mines have produced this year.
ending July l. 1907, 1.425.S76 tons OF
coal For the year before they pro-
duced 1,266.224 tons. The' this year
produced 1862 tons more coal than
last year, which is about two tons for
every man. woman and child In the
city OF T,es Moines. The increase alone
this year will be nearly sufficient t.
satisfy the demands OF this city for
fue, the coming winter.
There are two or three mines that
have shut down, but there are severai
others that have opened, and those
that have opened are producing far
greater tonnage of coal than those that
shut down. and furthermore before the
coal weather of the winter there Will
lie several other coal mi1es opened
They will be doing business in time to
s,moIy coal to the market this win.
ter.
Speaker N e. Kendall was formal
ly announced as candidate for con-
gress in the Sixth district yesterday
by the Abba Republican.
For a long time 1T has heen unoer-
stood by politicians that Nlr. henoali
expected to be a candidate next Jpne'
but formal announcement has not been
made until this time. On visit TO
Des Moines recently, Mr.. Kendall indl-
Gated that he expected To authorize
definite statement soon.
1t is understood that his entry into
the field will be the last, as several
already have. signified their intention OF
competing for the republican nomin-
nation It is probable however, that
the matter will be extensively simpli-
fled soon by the retirement Of some
of the candidates who have suggested
themselves Judge M. A. E.oberts, who
WAS clcClcu W d lOui ySSbi tOA his VII SAAS
bench last fall is an avowed candidate,
relying on support of the standpat-
ters. Ellsworth Rominger of Davis
county is also candidate, formally
announced by his home paper. John
Offill of Jasper county has asked for
the standpat support in the district
but has not formally announced his
intentions. Other names have been
connected with the fight without au-
thority.
Major Lacey, who was defeated last
fall, does not intend to he a candi-
date for congress again, but 1t d
commonly understood ami reported
that he does intend to be candidate
for governor.
Since democrat is incumbent in
the office in the district the primary
law gives none of the candidates for
the republican nomination an advan-
tage. 1t is believed that the primary
will operate to the advantage Of in
cumbent republicans in most Of the
districts.
With multiplicity of candidate for
the nomination, one must receive at
least 35 per cent Of the party vote cast
at the primary to secure The nomina-
ton directly: if none secures that pro-
portion of the vote, the nomination will
be made in convention. This conven-
tion will be composed of delegates se-
lected by a county convention the del
egates to which will be elected by the
party at the primary. Selection of DEL
egates. therefore, will be one of the
important features Of the campaign
next spring.
Governor Cummins today wrote to
George Burrier giving him one more
chance and emphasizing that it is but