Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-29
CONTEST FOR CONTROL
Anti-Saloon League and Third
Party Prohibitionists Seek
Supremacy in Conference
TWO PLANS PRESENTED
.Wo PLANS PRESENTED
Conference Today Considering Propo-
stons for Organizing Prohibitory
Amendment Crusade = Judge Weav
er Made Permanent Chairman Of the
Meeting.
Special to mes-Republlcan.

Des Moines. Jan o9-The temper
ancc forces OF Iowa are fighting 1t out
today for control of the movement -
secure a prohibitory amendment. the
alignment being IN favor of plans sup
ported by the ant-saloon league and
the third party prohibitonsts.
Two plans are proposed-one to form
separate organization to take charge
of the campaign, the other to federate
the present temperance organizations.
The latter is supported by the anti
saloon league while the prohibition
party will support the former. The
issue will be so directly presented to
the convention that 1t will have to be
fought out and last night both forces
were confident of winning
Gen. James b. Weaver. peoples par
ty candidate for president In 1892 and
now democratic candidate for United
States senator in Iowa. appeared be-
fore the convention in a speech in
which he said that he loved the pro-
than his political party. He was made
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tons.
Supreme Judge s. Nj. Weaver was
invited to preside at the sessions to-
day. His service in this connection
VIII be only for today's convention. He
was carried OH his sick bed to the leg
slative halls to vote for the prohibi-
tory law, said Malcolm Smith yester-
day in announcing his selection for
chairman of the meeting.
The Rev. J. A. Murray, a Methodist
minister at Kellogg, said that he pro-
posed to offer a resolution memorable
ing William Jennings Bryan to try to
get the national democratic convention
at Denver to adopt a straight resolu-
ton for prohibition.
More than fifty-five counties were
represented in the convention yester-
day and the managers expected that
all of the counties will have represen-
tatives present today. The audience
yesterday almost filled the auditorium
of Plymouth church when the conven-
ton met at o'clck. The Rev. c. S.
Medbury presided temporarily, after
the Rev. W. c. Barber had called the
convention TO order and A. U. Coates,
former prohibition candidate for gov
ernor of the state, was elected secre-
tary. Speeches We're made by l.. s.
Coffin, General Weaver and Mrs Dun
ham,
Permanent organization for the
meeting was effected by the acceptance
of the report of the committee making
S. M. Weaver chairman, A. U. Coates
secretary and S. NJ. Smith, assistant
secretary. The committee on organi-
cation was composed of Malcolm
Smith of Cedar Rapids, chairman of
the prohibition state committee; Mrs.
Mary Williams of Mount Vernon and
]. G. Olmsted of Des Moines.
AS constituted the committee on
resolutions is composed Of General
Weaver, Rev. f. w. Hodgdon of Des
Moines and Emerson DePuy. General
Weaver called a meeting for last night
1t is understood that the resolutions
will not contain any animadversions
on the pOllllCdl SITUATION NOW VI Ol dIy
past years, but will be composed of an
appeal to the moral forces of the state
to back the movement for constitu-
tional prohibition in Iowa.
The committee on plan of work Sc
lected by the convention was made UP
of w. c. Barber superintendent of the
anti-saloon league, Mrs. Marion Dun
ham of Burlington, president of the
w. C. II. u. C. H. Gordon, H. H. Saw
yer of Sioux City. head of the state
collegiate clubs, Rev. o. w. F'ifer Of
the Ministerial association of Des
Moines, Perry Perkins and David Lee
of CenterNille.
This body held an extended meeting
during the afternoon and finally agreed
upon two reports, the one favored
by the anti-saloon league for federated
action of the temperance organizations
and the other favored by the prohibf-
ton party for totally separate organ
ization.
One plan contemplates the formation
of an organization composed of one