Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-13
DISCUSSING NEXT
IOWA Governor
Many Prospective Candidates
Who Would Be Willing to
Succeed Cummins
CARROLL AND 4eARsT IN LEAD
State Auditors Friends Believe He Has
the Nomination cinehed, While
earst is Favorite Among Many Po'is
tieians ~ 3. F. Cummings Of Mar
shalItown, Among the EIisibles.
Special 10 -.mes-Republican.

SDeC1al 10 times. neptlUllCdus
Des Moines, May 13.-There may be
less rather than more candidates for
governor in the republican party for
the next campaign. There are per-
haps score of men in the state who
are being discussed by politicians as
l-"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-
sfdered as candidates, the eligibles are:
Garst, Byers. Carroll, Smith OF Nit
chell, Joe Lane, Bernard Murphy, Col.
d. ]. Palmer, W. L.. Eaton, George w.
Clarke of Adel, James H. Trewin, D.
H. Bowen, John +. Lacey. Senator
John Hughes. Col. NJ L. Temple, Fred
L, Maytag, Charles q. Saunders w.
P. Whipple. Senator Courtright, Har-
yey Ingham, B. F. Cummings, E. w.
Weeks and perhaps as many more Of
the political leaders Of the state.
But several of these have gone on
| record in interviews as discouraging
the thought Of their being candidates.
Among these are Hon. Joe r. Lane, Of
Davenport, w. l. Eaton, state railroad
commissioner, and Senator J.. A. Smith,
Of Usage. They are the most likely to
Iybe in on the final home stretch, but
all have shown preference for Lieu
tenant Governor Garst for the place.
There is no question but that At
torney General H. w. Byers is very
popular with, .Ahe party, but there has
been not the slightest effort on his
part to get himself considered can-
didate. He Is now serving his first
term as attorney general and accord
ing to the precedent of the office has
two more terms of two years each to
follow this. If he were candidate for
governor 1t would be necessary for him
to forsake the office of attorney gem
eral for the reason that the biennial
election law makes both offices cleo
tive at the same time. 1t Is UNDER
stood that his intention is to be a
candidate for reelection as attorney
general.
Many OF the friends Of Auditor B.
F. Carroll are Of the opinion that he
can not be defeated if he is a aNcandi-
date for the nomination, and expecta-
tions are being entertained, that he
will be candidate. Mr.. Carroll was
a compromise candidate for auditor.
He was brought out on the suggestion
of Senator A. B. Funk, progressive,
and was accepted by the opposition.
Since holding the office he has assisted
in an adequate assessment of the rail-
roads and has not allowed the insur-
ance companies to run the auditors
office, winning thereby, so it Is said,
the statement from ]. w. Blythe that
he is as bad as any Cummfns man.
Friends Of Auditor Carroll are
counting on his strength being greater
than that Of Garst, who is considered
by many as the logical successor to
Governor Cummins. They are relying
partly on the fact that no LIEUTENANT
governor was ever elected to the posi-
ton of governor Of 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 term
OF samuel j. hlIhWoOu, WhSiA 'AAS
signed to accept the position of I'm
tied States senator. They are further
counting that Garst will not have all
the Cummins strength and none Of the
standpat strength.
Combating this theory is the inter-
views Of the leaders who, refusing to
be candidates themselves, are indicat-
ing their preference for Senator Garst.
There is Furthermore the long record OF
Garst on the senate before he ever be-
came lieutenant governor and while 1t
is true no lieutenant governor was ever
elected governor the friends of Lieu
tenant Governor Garst are not the
least snperstitious. They think that is
an incident merely and with no politt-
cal significance.
The campaign that will open some
time next winter is expected, however.
to be very different from the campaign
that preceded it. The campaign to
elect Governor Cummins for third
term was a campaign to get a primary
election law and to settle for all time
to come whether or not, the corpora
tions viii run Iowa or whether the peo-
pie will assert their rights and run the
state themselves. 1t Is believed that
question is settled for all time to come
now as a result of the last election.
The state has dts primary election law,
life was put into the railroad COM
mission and the antitrust laws and
lot of other measures that should have
been enacted by the Thirty-first gen
eral assembly were enacted by the
Thirty-second. The campaign coming
will merely be one of vigilance to see
that, there is no backward step and to
insure the carrying out Of the further
details of the progressive platform. For
that reason 1t is believed that there
will be few candidates and the discus
sions until the primary is over will, 50
far as the state campaign is concerned,
be on the selection of the candidate.
Many are predicting that the selection