Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-17
Republicans Will Have Busy
Week of Political Speech
Making
cuLLIsoN IN CAMPAIGN AGAIN
Former Democrat on the Stump for
Republicans Public UP Against
Some Difficult Health Problems
Counties Receiving Their Fair Funds
From State.
Special to Times Republican.

SpeSIdl W pVpiiSou.
Des Moines. Oct 1.-THE coming
week the republicans of Iowa will have
their fill of political oratory. Governor
CummiEs speaks Tuesday evening at
Upton, Wednesday evening at Ana
mosa, Thursday evening at Independ-
ence, Friday evening at Oelwein and
finishes the week with a big meeting at
Webster City He may make few
other short speeches on the way, but
these are the big meetings that have
probably true that Governor Cummins
hos made a larger number of speeches
for the republican ticket in Iowa the
past twenty-five years than any other
speaker, the demand for him is greater
than ever before and he could fill a
dozen dates for big meetings for every
one for which he has time and
strength Aside from Cummins the
big speaking for the party will be done
by Attorney General Byers. State Aud
itor Carroll, Secretary Wilson, M. D..
O.Connell. George w. Clarke. Charles
f. Kincheloe, of Washington; George
c. Scott. w. Fl. Adams. Sam d. Riniker
and others. The republican candidates
for congress are making their own
dates The state committee will make
use of George w. Cullison. OF Shelby
county, as a speaker in the campaign.
He spoke for the republican ticket two
years ago and the republican state
committee was criticized for making
use of one who had been democrat
and was accused of seeking to induce
democrats to vote the republican tick
ct. Cullison was chairman of a demo-
cratic state convention only a few
years ago and is fine speaker.
Chairman FRANKIE has reports which
indicate that the republican meetings
are now we'll attended and that while
there is not any great demonstration
at any. place, there is much earnest
work being done.
The democratic committee is making
great claims for the state. They do not
say they will carry the state for Bryan
or any particular candidate but on the
vote will surprise everyone. The claim
is made that Fred White has made an
especially fine canvass of the state and
while he is talking straight democracy
and urging all democrats to vote the
ticket straight they intimate he is
paving the way to get many scratched
votes.
In Des Moines there is such harmony
among republicans that they have
agreed that no general rally will be
needed here. The work being done by
the local committees in holding meet
ings every day is regarded as quite
sufficient.
If the plans Of members Of the state
board of health and those associated
in the general health movement in
Iowa are carried out Iowa will also
form of laws for the better protection
of health. The special object of at
tack is all contagious and infectious
diseases. At the health meetings here
this week kthere was much discussion of
the subject. 1t is the view Of the
leading doctors who have made
study of the larger problems of the
day that we are up against some SER
ious questions in regard to these dis
eases and that they are alarmingly
on the increase. AT the same time the
doctors believe that there has been
great deal of improvement in the
methods of coping with ailments of all
kinds and that in time most of the
problems will be mastered. If addi-
tional legislation is needed it will be
secured.
The state is sending out this week to
the local fair officials the state con-
tributon in support Of the fairs. They
get 5000 each, where the premiums
paid amount to $500 or more. 1t has
been held that where a local fair per-
mits any violation of the state law it
is not entitled to the bonus, and this
raises a question as to what is a
gambling game. Complaint has been
made that in some of the county fairs
gambling has been permitted. The
particular form of gambling is some
Of the cheaper forms of games of
chance, like the cane racks and rag
baby stalls 1t has been put up to
the legal department of the state to
make a more definite statement as to
what is a gambling device or game
and upon this will depend whether
or not some of the counties will get
their money from the state.
"These are some of the smaller pota
toes that went thru the screens" said
John Cowne, of the board of con-
troll to a visitor in his office. The
potatoes were as large as bowls and
weighing an average of about two
pounds each. They came from Knox
Vile and were samples of what tha
raise on the state farm
there No finer potatoes have ever
been seen in the state and Mr.. Cownie
thinks that it has been demonstrated
the dipses can be made useful.