Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-16
MAKEUP OF NEW COMMITTEE
Politicians Of Iowa Wonder if Stand.
patters Will Control.
CAMPAIGN COSTS MUCH MONEY
Passenger Receipts on Iowa Railroads
Increase in spite of Reduced
Fare - Net Earnings
- some Smaller.
lrrom a slaff corre,pondent.l

DIES MONIES. June 15.-(specisl)-
VIII the next republican state central
committee be all standpat, all progressive
or divided as heretofore? The question.
along with that Of Dolliver for vice pres
ident, Is bothering those politicians of
Iowa who are working for the elimination
of factional fights.
The next primary election law under
which the state convention will be held
June "a provides that the state central
committee shall be elected by the con-
vention and shall consist of not less than
one member from each congressional dis
trict. The members Of the committee
have always been elected by the conven-
ton, but the nominations have always
been made by the congressional district
caucuses. The nominations by the cau-
cuses have always been respected by the
convention. Under this arrangement the
committee has always been divided be-
tween the factions. sometimes one faction
controlling and sometimes another. but al
ways with both factions represented.
This year there seems to be a DISPOSE
ton on the part of some politicians to
interpret the primary election law strictly
and ignore the action of the caucuses or
not allow the caucuses to nominate at all
Should such a course be followed IL
might not assist In q~uieting the factional
feeling, no matter which side should thus
capture all the members OF the state COM
mittee. There is, Furthermore, some slight
question as to who controls the next state
convention. Senator Allison carried fifty
six of the nlnety-nine counties in the
state, but he received many progressive
votes in doing 1t and many of the coun-
ties that gave him a majority also Sc
lected progressive delegates to the county
conventions Co,nty nopyanflops kv al
parties will be held in every county Of the
state on June 20. but probably not till the
state convention meets in Waterloo and
has a test vote will 1t be known who con-
trolls the convention.
After Iowa Seed Law.
When the Legislature meets next January
there promises to be a lively discussion
in the committees at least over the new
Iowa seed laws. The Iowa general assem-
bly, has enacted a number of new laws
during the last two sessions to Cnforcs
purity in commodities that are sold to the
people. One of these is the pure agri-
cultural seed law. Another is the pure
food law, the pure drug law, the pure
paint and oil law and the pure stock food
law. Practically all of these laws will
have to be amended more or less before
it is finally found that they are satisfac-
tory.
The pure agricultural seed law was
enacted at the last session. and the legis-
lators, fearing the hostility of the farmers
of the state. provided that all farmers who
sold to their, neighbors should he exempt
from the provisions Of the law. To do
this it was provided that any person could
sell seed that was impure or did not reach
the proper percentage or termination pro-
vided. the seeddIwas marked seed 20 be
, cleaned" Now, the farmer sells his seed
in that way to the wholesaler. and the
wholesaler lodges the issue and sells it to
,the retailer that way. The retailer has no
means of cleaning II and he pulls off the
tag and sells it as pure seed.
When the seed men OF the state met in
Des Moines last week H. r. Wright, state
food and dairy commissioner, On whom the
responsibility Of enforcing the pure seed
law is placed, told the seed men that they
were lodging the law. He succeeded in
stirring up their ire by telling them to
their face that the law would be a good
law If they would obey it, but that unless
they did obey It the law must be made
stronger. He argued that the penalty should
fall on everyone the same, farmer. whole
saler, retailer, alike; that the law was for
the purpose of securing pure seed. so as to
get the weeds out of Iowa, and that the
farmer could soon protect himself by grow
ing nothing but pure seed and that the
Iowa dealers would have an advantage over
outside dealers because by selling under
the law the farmer would be sure of good
seed when buying Of the Iowa dealer.
Passenger Receipts Grow.
Reports from all the railroads in Iowa
are now in the hands of the executive
council and the first of next month the
council will begin the work of making the
assessments of railroad property. While
the reports show a slight loss in the net