Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-31
LIQUOR INTERESTS
OPEN HEADQUARTERS
Establish Bureau at Des Moines
to Oppose Temperance Move
ment in Iowa
GENERAL WEAVER IN EARNEST
Secures Nomination Blanks and Will
Make Active Canvass for Democrat
ic Nomination for Governor-Liauor
Question to Be Prominent = Two
Larrabees for Legislature.
Special to rimes-Republlcan.

Special to imeS-Rep0DNcan.
Des Moines, March 31.-General
James b. Weaver has secured his
blank nomination papers to have his
name placed on the primary ballot for
governor. General Weaver called yes
terday in person at the secretary of
states office and secured the blanks
and in circulating his petition to have
his name go on the democratic pri-
mary ballot for governor is carrying
out his intention announced at the
close of the Cedar Rapids convention.
He thus is accepting the issue with
the liquor interests of the democratic
party. General Weaver was defeated
for delegate -at-large and it is gener-
ally conceded that he was defeated
for the honor because of his activity
in the interests of temperance and es-
peciallv because of his activity in the
prohibitory amendment convention
which was held in this city some weeks
ago. The temperance question seems
thus assured to be a prominent issue
with the democrats on primary day
I Dell Huntoon, who lobbied about the
legislature for several sessions for one
interest or another, dividing his time
between the saloon interests and the
insurance interests, has opened head
quarters in the Crocker building in
this city. He has rented headquarters,
1t vo1opad there
and expects with corps of stenog-
raphers and clerks to begin actively
the campaign in the interests OF the
saloon men and liquor dealers OF the
state against the movement to have
prohibitory amendment submitted to
the people.
The first fight in the campaign Will
be ON members Of the legislature. The
liquor interests are attempting to get
in touch with people in every county
and wherever they can they propose
to throw their influence to the nomin-
alton of members of the legislature
who will not vote for submitting the
matter to the people. If they can pre-
vent the matter going to the people
for a vote they will have won the
biggest part of the fight Before a
proposition to amend the constitution
can be submitted to the people a reso-
olution providing for such submission
must be passed by both houses of two
successive sessions of the legislature.
If the next legislature should adopt
the resolution the liquor interests
would still have an opportunity to fight
1t before the next legislature and
should both legislatures pass 1t they
could fight it before the people. In
any event it looks as tho Dell Huntoon
has a nice long job ahead of him with
good pay in Brussels carpet office
with roll-top desk.
There remains twenty three days for
candidates to get their nomination pa
.pers circulated and filed with the sec
retary of state. Every day the num-
Der filed grows larger. Papers were
filed today by Congressman Charles
Kennedy of the First district for re-
nomination as congressman; by Ernest
r. Moore of Linn county, for renomina-
ton as representative from Linn coun-
ty: by Charles w. Hacker of Web
ster county for denomination as repre-
sentative; by George c. Grier for re-
nomination to the legislature from
Poweshiek county; by Geo. w. Evans
for nomination as representative from
Jones: by D. d. Webster for represen-
tative from Muscatine county and by
w. C. Elliott for nomination for state
senator from the Guthrie Audubon
Dallas district.
Fred Larrabee has filed his papers
for nomination for state senator from
the Calhoun Webster district and Will
Larrabee is circulating petitions to
have his name go on the primary ball
lot in Fayette county for representa-
tive This denotes the return of the
Larrabee family to active politics. 1t
comes too just after Lafe Young had
solemnly announced thru the Des
Moines Capital that the "Larrabee
family" had been repudiated and would
probably never again be heard from.
There is little doubt that both Of the
sons of the venerable Governor LARA
bee will be nominated at the primaries
and elected at the polls.