Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-07
Democratic Daily at State Cap.
ital Contingent on Nebras-
kan's Nomination
sRyAN MAY BE sTockAoLDeR
Has Promised to Take Last $4,000 Of
Stock Subscription If He is tho Nom
ines -. Previous Efforts to EstabIish
8 Daily Organ In Des Moines-- State
Capital Gossip.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July Iowa liz to have
! q new democratic morning daily to be
| published in Des Moines. 1t will be
the Des Moines Daily Tribune made
( into democratic organ. 1t will be a
/ Bryan newspaper and will have money
|! back OF It, The stock, is practically
! oil subscribed now and the deal VIII
B be closed and the paper tal.en over
' Just as soon as Bryan Is nominated at
Il Denver.
Bryan's nomination, In fact, Is the
only contingency on which the deal
Z hangs at this time. The democrats
4 back OF the deal ARE Bryan d,,moctsts'
Z They consider the nomination Of Bry-
an an absolute certainty but never
theless the idea of their being the own
ers OF Democratic newspaper In Des
Moines with some reactionaity demo-
crat like Judge Gray as the candidate
sends chill up their spinal columns.
and--well, 1t is only afew days TIN the
convention will be over and hey con-
slider It the part Of wisdom and dis
erection to wait until 1t is al over
ss The fact is the money Is all sub
scribed for the new democratic sheet
with the exception OF bare $4,000.
This could be had On small subscrip-
tions OF $500 to $1,000 each easily
I enough but the men back O. the deal
do not like the idea Of having too
many stockholders in 1t with the
greater possibility Of friction. They
4 are In the hope OF being axle to find
eofne one loyal Bryan democrat who
sWill take the entire $1,000.
Furthermore they don't have to take
shsl subscriptions, FOR w. J. Bryan
has assured them that II they can not
ret anyone else to take the remaining
little $4,000 Of stock he will take II
Il himself--if he Is nominated at Denver
n There again comes Ia the necessity
Tor waiting till after bhe Denver con-
Rention.
1t has been some time since Des
Moiiies had b democratic newspaper.
I The old Leader for many years held
sway and represented the democrats
sof Iowa at the state capital 1t was
Il vigorous newspaper and was ably
edited In ITS last days by Allan Daw-
son. Finally III 1902 the Leader pur-
CHASED the Register and consolidated
ifeir The stock Of the consolidated
paper has changed hands more or
less since then but has been published
{ since the consolidation as 9. republican
newspaper and the democrats have had
4 no organ ut the capital 10 represent
them. Many times the effort has been
made to establish q democratic daily
\ here, but all have met with failure
Several attempts were made to induce
1 Hearst to enter the iield. 1t Is known
& that Hearst did look over the field
s here but has passed the field up. Ell
Z forts have been made to organize COM
panies OF iowa capital to start q paper
and one other effort was rlade to pur-
chase the Des 'Moines Tribune since It
+ was started a little over year ago. but
without success. The lacl; OF q demo-
cratic daily here has made the demo-
1 Gratis feel that they were handicapped
( lin every political campaign.
Local democrats are talking the Bry-
An view OF the scrap with Colonel Cuff
fey, Of Pennsylvania. 1t Is claimed
Among them that they have long
known that Guffey while protesting to
he the friend Of Bryan Isl and has all
ways been ready to stab him In the
back at the FIRST opportunity. Local
4 democrats understand that Guffey and
Tom Taggart and some Iowa democrats
met at French Lick Springs some years
i ago and tried to hatch a political
& Scfeme to get Hearst to run for gov
erfor In New York so that Hearst
would be formidable candidate for
president Hearst would then get the
New York delegates and by keeping
& the New York delegates away from
Bryan they figured that they could
come In with some reactionary candi-
r date for president and thus defeat
Bryan. And bryan was defeated at
st. Louis by Parker. reactionary
candidate. Most Of the local demo-
Gratis who are also always Bryan dem
.ocrats look upon Guffey who is con-
nected with the STANDARD OH Company,
as one OF that class of politicians who
are trying to capture both political
parties SO that when the voter goes
u to the polls .dt will be a case of Heads
u win; tails you lose"
4
4 Members Of the state board Of pas
role yesterday listened to arguments in
behalf of seven criminals now in the
state penitentiary who are asking for
pardons or paroles. Three of these are
prisoners sentenced to life imprison-
ment for murder. Before the board
passes upon the petitions of any of
+ them and makes recommendations to
the governor it will go to the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison and see the pris.
oners themselves and hear their story
Of the case.
Frederick Haas died in Rock Island,
I'LL, last week. He was one of the big
men of Rock Island and had been such
from the earliest days. Many people of
Iowa who had not occasion to know
him have forgotten the fact that Fred
Arick Haas put the copper work on the
dome of the state house in this city.
This was twenty five years ago and his
work was so good that it is there yet
and seemingly good for another TWEEN
ty-flve years.
State Architect j. r. Liebbe, who has
been down to the southwest corner Of
the state looking after the work be-
ing done on the state institutions, says
that while all Iowa is joking about the
fish eating up the farmers young pigs