Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-06
opinion on Primary Law.

OF the provisions OF the prt |
mary law in which he exhaustively |
discusses every section of the law |
over which there has been any con-
or discussion and closes his |
opinion by the statement that any per- |
SON who will sit down for an hour |
each evening for an evening or two,
will have no difficulty In under.
standing the law.
In his Interpretation of section 80,
the section relating to a candidate
spending money. Gen. Byers holds
that the clear intent Of the law is to
prevent votes and political influence
being a commodity on the market. He
holds that a candidate cannot buy ex-
ira copies of a newspaper containing
ffattering mention of him or reasons
for supporting him as candidate and
then circulate such extra copies for
the reason that the purchase OF the
extra copies could be interpreted az
having influenced the newspaper to
print the notice. But II a newspaper
of It's own free will print such a no.
tice, the candidate can have II re-
printed at some job printing establish
ment and mail this to the voters.
He holds that a candidate can en-
gage a stenographer to write his let
tiers and engage clerks to mail his let.
tiers and copies of his speeches and
other legitimate matter; can pay
transportation about the state, en-
gage halls In which to speak, hire
liverymen to transport him across the
country but cannot hire others to
speak for him or to use their politi-
cal influence for him or to solicit
votes for him.
AS to the detail provisions of the
law, he holds that when used In the
first city primary and when used In
the first state primary no registration
is necessary; that the declaration OF
party affiliation at the city primary
Feb. "a, does not bind the voter al
the June state primary; candidates
for board of supervisors In counties
divided into districts do not have tc
file nomination papers; in case Of a
tie or where no candidate get 35 pei
cent, the convention is not bound &c
nominate one of those on the primary
ballot but may go outside of that list;
the state conventions have no power
to select the chairman of the state
central committee; party cannoi
leave to the central committee the
nomination of officers by agreeing tc
have no candidates before the primar,
since this is the province OF the con
vention of the party; where used In
cities pastors can be used for ward
aldermen, precinct committeeman anG
delegates to city conventions and
where pastors are used or names writ
ten In cross must also be placed be
fort the name; where the name of
candidate on one party ballot is writ
ten is or pasted on another party bal
lot, 1t counts only as though Their,
were two candidates. The name of
republican written in on a democratic
ballot cannot count for the candidate
as a republican but only as one vote
for that candidate as democrat.
Prohibitionists Want to Know
It's up to the candidates for the
state legislature, governor and con
gress to say whether they are for OIL
against prohibition.
A committee of the managers O.
the campaign for constitutional pro
hibition In Iowa, has devised a list OF
questions to be put TO all candidates
for governor and legislative position
in this state and in Washington. TIL,
questions go to the candidates Of al
parties for governor, congressman
United States senator. and state rep
resentative and senator.
That Is the first step of the cam
paign for constitutional prohibition
The managers of the constitutions
amendment federation, organized IL
Des Moines at a temperance mass
meeting, elected r. t. Chipperfield o.
Sioux City to lead the campaign, Sc
lected the other officers and appointed
committee composed Of John B
Hammond of the Iowa Anti-Saloor
league, Gen. James B. Weaver, and
Judge j. A. Harver, formerly head o.
the state temperance alliance durint
the stormy days of prohibition II
Iowa, to devise the questions.
Fixes Dates Of Hearings.
The Iowa railroad commission hai
announced that the hearing OF manu-
facturers and shippers on the proposed
changes In commodity rates will bt
held February ii. The rehearins
on the reduction OF express rates
throughout the state will be on Feb
ruary 20. At this time considerable
attention will be given to the dis
eliminating rates which have been IL
vogue for some time. Much complaint
has been made from favored shippers
In that the new rates are not equit
able, 1t in some instances being much
higher than have been paid in the
past.
The full board will sit In Fort
Dodge on February IS, where the
track connections between the Rock
Island and Great Western at Sommers
will be under discussion. The citi
zens of the town have petitioned fol
the building of connecting switches.
VIII Sell Land Soon.
It is expected that the quarter sec.
ton OF land northeast of Fort Des
Moines, formerly the encampment
ground of the Iowa National guard |
will be disposed OF by the state OF
Iowa within a few days. Arrange
ments we're recently made whereby
the state secures a more suitable |
tract north Of Des Moines, adjoining
the new government rife range, sc
that the grounds near Fort Des Motnes
are no longer required. Several bids |
for the one hundred and sixty acres
have been filed with Gov. A. B. Cum /
minis. who will have charge OF the
sale.
VIII Extend Line.
1t is announced that active steps 10
secure right of way for an extension
Of the woodward line OF the interur.
ban from Woodward to Ogden will be
taken within short time, and hope
is expressed that actual construction
work can be started some time this
year. The extension Is about sixteen
miles long and will tap a territory
rich In coal deposits and which has
very poor railroad facilities now.
Woodward and Ogden business men