Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-12
.D|SS[NS|ONS IN
TEMPERANCE CANP
Prohibition Forces OF the State
Continue Internal Strife, But
Call For Peace is Made
"GET.TOGETHER"
EFFORT
Call to Be Issued for Another Peace
Conference = Graft Charged by Pro-
h,bition Paper = Stand patters Of
Eighth District to Be Put on Record
by Hepburn Opponents.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Sept. 12.--While the re-
publicans and democrats have been
trying to make politics the prohib1-
tionists have been really making poll
tics. The Commonwealth, the official
organ of the ,prohibition party, mas
been busy for months attacking. every
body and everything. including all the
temperance organizations in the state
OF Iowa from the w. C. T. u. down to
the Anti Saloon League. Every time
the temperance forces of any name
have prosecuted saloon keepers In any
city the Commonwealth, edited by
Campbell, who is an official Of the par
rty's central organization, has told
about graft and how money was ac-
cepted by the temperance people to
ouash the indictments and let the suits
drop. This was charged in relation
to the affairs at Burlington, wnerc
there were many prosecutions, and mas
been charged elsewhere, the charges
ALWAYS being by the Commonwealth.
Now j. S. Ward, another official OF
the prohibition party. has come ou.
with a declaration that this sort OF
thing must stop. Mr.. Ward declares
that there has been enough OF temper
ance people fighting temperance peo-
ple and that there must be an END Oh
it. He does not state how the end Is
to come but has called another get-tc
gether harmony conference OF all the
temperance forces to be held in De''
Moines some time this year, probably
in December. 1t is expected that at
that time things will be started that
will result in harmony.
However, there are some duplou:
ones. They recall the fact that TWO OF
three wears ago there was a harmony
get to- gether conference. This was
followed by others and there has seem :
ingly been no let-up in the fighting
among prohibitionists since then any
more than there was before. When they
last met in this city 1t was hgnt pe-
tween Malcolm Smith OF CEDAR Rap
ids and Campbell of Waterloo. smith
was charged by Campbell with little
of every thing bad for a prohioltlohlst
hut Smith came out ahead. 1t was de-
cided then to squelch Campbell but ne
wasn't suuelched and has gone ga1ly on
his way charging prohibitionists ana
temperance workers generally with
corruption.
Those in the Eighth congressional
district who propose to compass the
defeat Of Col. w. P. Hepburn for
congress the coming campaign nave
secured the names of all the stand
matters in the district who voted for
Claude r. Porter for governor last
wear. and when the time comes they
propose to put it up to them whether,
if Porter was good enough TO vote
for governor, he is not good enough
to vote for for congressman.
When the standpatters were talking
about defeating Cummins' last year
they were not particular about keep
ing quiet the fact that they bolted.
They were even proud of the fact and
scattered the information far and wide
in some instances. Their names are
therefore not hard to get and Porter's
friends have them. 1t is claimed now
that there is no doubt at all but that
Porter will he the democratic NOM
inee. Politicians expect to see Hep
burn nominated on the republican tick
ct but they say that with Porter on
the democratic ticket 1t is very doubt
full whether Hepburn returns to con-
Gov orofbor torn
The work of making the statue Of
the late Senator Harlan is to be done
by Iowa artists, if they accept the
terms offered by the executive coun-
Gil The legislature made an appro-
priation for the statue to be placed
in the hall of fame in Washington.
1t provided that the executive coun-
Gil should let the contract and make
ARRANGEMENTS for the statue. The
council has decided to make an offer to
the two Iowa artists CAPABLE Of do
ing such work. Each is to make four
foot statue of Harlan and submit the
same to the executive council. The
council will make Its selection of the
better and the artist is to get the state
appropriation for the statue less $500
which is to go to the losing artist for
the work on the model. The only two
artists in the state are Miss Nellie V.
Walker of Moulton, now of Chicago,
and Mr.. Sperry E. Fry of Creston, at
present in Paris. The two artists have
been notified of the offer but have not
yet answered.
The 1907 agricultural year book of
the Iowa department of agriculture
will be ready for distribution in week
or two. The book has been printed
and is now in the hands of the stat.
binder. 1T will not be as large this
wear as it was last Last years vol
ume was much larger than the aver
age. 1t will, however, contain some
new features that will be of value to
the Iowa farmers
Des Moino is about to be engulfed
by a coal trust. Operators and coal