Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-27
LACEY COMMITTEE
COVERING THE STATE
Anti-Cummins Literature Being
Sent Broadcast Among Vot-
ers Of the State
WORKING FOR VETERANS VOTES
Much Challenging of cummins Voters
Being Planned = Much Scratching
Expected in Different Localities -
Boettser Unable to Officially Get OFF
Ticket.
Special to Times. Republican.

/ Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. Oct. 27.--Another big
batch OF ntiCummins literature is
| going out to the 5000 workers in the
old machine today The capacity OF
the committees TO cover the state with
1 literature Is amazing and 1t indicates
that those who supply tho sinews OF
war have been exceedingly generous
Included in the literature now going
out Is Il printed circular In the familiar
! style of Charley Johnston making rosy
/ claims very much like the claims which
4 were made two years ago of the GER
tainty of republican defeat at the
! polls. This circular insists that Cum
! minis will be defeated by a very large
\ majority, and this Is based on reports
from reliable persons in three
fourths of the counties and estimates
4 of the remainder. 1t Is asserted that ~
least 100000 republicans did not vote
at the June primary and that these
/ will be voted this time and q large
majority will be against Cummins
This is taken to indicate that the anti
| Cummins committee has plans made to
| increase the vote in the republican pri-
| mary by at least 100000. or an average
of VI 900 to a county. The circular also
calls upon the old soldiers. who are
declared to he unanimous against
| CummIns to have workers at all the
polling places and to exercise the right
OF challenge very freely. The instruc-
tions would indicate that 1t Is the plan
to challenge practically every voter
whose standing on the senatorial issue
is In doubt.
pasty of yovng voters at local
establishment appointed a committee
to make investigation as to their rights
| in the primary. The spokesman stated
that they We're known to be all for
| Cummins for senator. Someone had
tried to argue with them to vote
against Cummins and finally had
threatened them that If they did vote
the primary ballot and then voted a
scratched ticket at the general cleo
tion. the latter would be "thrown out
AS some of them had it in mind to
scratch the tickets they were much dis
turbed. 1t seems that all over the state
the plan is to intimidate the voters by
threats of challenging and by threats
that they will be in trouble If they
scratch their tickets. Inasmuch as
there will be a great deal of scratching
of the tickets this scheme will operate
to scare good many who are not
familiar with the law. Here In Des
Moines. owing to local troubles, it Is
expected that despite the machines
there will be nearly half the votes that
are not straight" The most of the
scratching will be on local officers.
sAs
Thus far the democrats Of Scott
county have not succeeded In reliev-
ing their county ticket of FL. II. Boett-
ger who was indiscreet in what he
said at the time of the assassination OF
President Mckinley. and whose defeat
is now certain They will be able to
get him off and another on the ticket,
however, if they so desire. The method
of doing so is to have Boettger an
nounce his removal from the district
and this would create a vacancy which
could be filled at once. This method
NAV he resorted to. The republicans
here figure that the muddle, means GER
tainly one and probably two republl-
can members from Scott county.
The action of the court in directing
that the name of George Pratt should
he placed on the democratic ticket for
senator in the Madison Adair district
caused some surprise here. The issue
seemed to turn on whether or not the
secretary of the executive council did
i'm fact notify the proper authorities
that no nomination had been made. He
claims that he sent notices to the
county auditors and the district chair
man. but the court found otherwise.
The decision in the case opens the
way for filling vacancies in almost any
kind Of contingency
Secretary Wilson, in the city yester-
day. expressed pleasure over the fact
that Iowa now has full fledged sugar
factory in operation. The report from
Wayerly is to the effect that the beet
crop has been fairly good. and con-
sidering the unfavorable season was
very good The factory will be able
to turn out good run of sugar the
coming fall and winter. The greatest
obstacle to the establishment Of new
factories has been the disposition at
Washington to take off the duty on
sugar and to permit the sugar trust
to establish factories in Cuba and the
Philippines to be operated with cheap
labor When it is known that the
protection to American factories is to
be permanent there will be many more
factories started
With $1,000 voters registered in Des
Moines it, becomes a matter of endur-
ance at the polls, for it is certain that
the use of the voting machines will
make it possible for all to vote. The
polls are, open 720 minutes and ] min
ute is allowed for each voter In doz-