Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-06

influence and not the sentiment of the
people. 1t will prove more and more
the need of the primary election law
which Will be put into active effect on
June > when the first primary election
is held 1t is believed that that prl-
mary will represent the voice OF the
people and progressives have no fears
of the results.
Senator Dolliver may become head 0l
the senate committee on agriculture
and forestry as a result of the death oi
Senator Proctor of Vermont. He
third on the list of republican senato'
on that committee, Senator Han
brough of North Dakota is first, 5
Senator Warren next
Senator Hansbrough is chairman ~
the public lands, an important con- =
tee, and Senator Warren is chai s
of the military affairs. 1t is no < :
tain that Senator Hansbrough W ~ ot
want to give up the public Ian o nd
become head of agriculture. Ii =. in
sists on doing SO, he will .eed
Senator Proctor. Otherwise there Is
practically no doubt of Senator Dolli-
Yer being made chairman in Senator
Proctor's place.
Governor Cummins yesterday re-
ceived an invitation from President
Roosevelt to attend dinner the
White House the evening of May II.
The conference of governors for the
consideration of means TO husband the
natural resources of the country Will
be held May 13, IA and 10.
An invitation was also received by
the governor yesterday to be present
at the ceremonies of greeting to the
American fleet on its arrival at San
Francisco.
William j. Bryan is to make five
speeches in this city when he comes
to deliver the address at the Jeffer-
son Day banquet April 3. In the
forenoon he is to speak at both the
east and north high schools. In the
afternoon he will address the Iowa
Bryan Volunteers at the Savery.
probably, and in the evening he will
University Place Christian church.
Following this last he will attend the
banquet at the Savery and deliver the
jefferson day address there.
The occasion is to be made Il big
one in the annals of democracy in
Iowa. There is no doubt but that the
state committee, majority Of which
is of the conservative, safe and sane
variety, took the first state conven-
ton away from Des Moines because OF
this jefferson day banquet. 1t was
known then that Bryan was to speak
and it was easily recognized that ii
there is desire to have Iowa go for
Bryan the natural thing to do would
be to fix the convention for the next
day following the Bryan address. That
and is just the thing that the state
committee refused to do.
Bryan's friends, however, have never
been willing to admit defeat or even
a hindrance to their plans to deliver
the state to Bryan. They propose to
turn the action of the state commit
tee to their account and will make
the Jefferson day banquet even bigger
than it would have been if the con-
vention was not to be held here. I!
is proposed to bring in democrats
from all over Iowa and Bryan's speech
will be circulated everywhere as cam
paign literature. Among the friends
of Mr.. Bryan in Iowa there are some
men who "know a thing or two" about
politics, but most of all they have their
fingers on the pulse of the people and
they are absolutely confident that the
great bulk of Iowa democrats are for
Bryan. The Jefferson day banquet will
be used as a sort of demonstrat ton to
prove the Bryan sentiment in the
state.
Tonight the Bryan Volunteers OF
Polk county will meet in the office of
Mulvaney & Mulvaney in this city
and perfect their organization.