Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-06
His Opposition to Des Moines
Plan of Government Causes
Friends to Desert
PRouTY MAKING PROGRESS
Conducting Vigorous Opposition Cam
pasn-Des Mones Displays Nerve in
Effort to Hold UP State Railway
mission-Commissio Postpones
Several Hearings-Mrs. Eaton III.
special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, May 6.-The ghost OF
/ the campaign for the Des Moines plan
of municipal government stalks thru
| the congressional campaign in the Polk
| county part of the Seventh district
| Captain Hull opposed the plan and the
1 plan carried One of the best posted
business men of Des Mones said to-
/ day that the business men couldn't
stand for that opposition to the Des
Moines plan. The support of the bus
! mess men of Des Moines has been Civ
things Hull does for Des Mones. The
| support has been one on business con-
/ siderations entirely because Hull got
an army post and an appropriation for
a post office building which is now in
course of construction and has held
out the delusive hope that he would
get the government to drcdge the Des
Moines river and make it navigable as
far up as Des Mones.
But the Des Nloines plan of NUM-
cipal government was distinctly
business mems move. fostered by the
business men and adopted by the bus
mess men and altho the business men
did not succeed in eecting what was
alleged to be the business mems tick
ct, some of the commissioners elected
Were successful because of large
business vote in their favor and the
business men are satisfied that the
victory they gained is a decided i'm
provement over the old situation under
which they had to pay for everything
they wanted done by the city council.
Hull made the mistake of returning
to Des Moines during the last part Of
the campaign after giving the impress
sion that he was going to stay away
and keep his hands off entirely and ex-
erting some little influence in opposi-
tion to the measure.
The first invasion of Dallas county by
any candidate in opposition to Con-
gresham Hull was made Monday
night by Judge S. F. Prouty, when he
spoke in the opera house in Perry. His
first appearance was marked with the
attendance of a large crowd and with
such standpat opposition as would lend
interest to the meeting and strength to
Prouty's candidacy. A big crowd
gathered about the opera house at the
hour set for the doors to open but the
doors did not open. Later some of
Prouty's friends gathered and began to
inquire the cause. They sought the
owner and manager of the building and
We're informed that the hall rent had
not been paid yet. McColl, a member
of the state central committee, Judge
Feay and others were in the delega-
ton. They had engaged the hall and
they demanded to know if they were
not good for that hall rent They We're
Informed that they probably were, but
that was not paying the bill. They had
to pay in advance before the hall could
be opened. The fact that the owner
and manager of the hall was a stand
patter gave color to the situation and
worked sympathy thru the town in
Prouty's favor and when the hall was
finally opened it was packed full.
The state of Iowa is to be held up.
and Des Moines will demand that two
railroad commissioners be elected from
Polk county two years from now un-
less the present railroad commission
shall give Des NIoines viaduct over
the railroad tracks. This intelligence
is contained in an afternoon paper
published here, which says: "Two
years from now, if Des Moines has not
been given it's dues, campaign to
elect two Polk county men to the body
will be begun"
The threat on the part of Des
Moines, which has about one-twenty-
fifth of the population of the state. to
demand two members of the commits
sion, has not reached the politicians
generally of the state as yet, and may
not cause them rnuch worry. The facts
are that every time t he matter has
been before the Iowa railroad commits
sion the commission has taken such
official action as was necessary to get
the viaduct. In the first place, it
passed a resolution of necessity. The
next step is for the city council of Des
Moines to act and prepare an ordl-
nance, but there it has always stuck.
for damages to abutting property on
its way clear to raise the money The
Des Mones Commercial Club has in
some way conceived the idea that the
state railroad commission is to blame,
but will probably get the matter
straight before the election two years
from nOW
The state railroad commission has
been forced by circumstances to post
pone hearings to be held in Waterloo
and Des Moines this week by the i'll
ness of Mrs. w. l.. Eaton wife of one
of the members of the board. AT the
hearing at Des Moines was to have :,
been taken up the question of whether
or not an interul'ban can charge for a
greater distance than traveller rides. !
The interurbans maintain platforms
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