Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-01
Demand tor Speakers OF Ma
tional Reputation From Ev.
cry Section OF State
BANKERS DIVIDED ON GUARANTY
Small Concerns Favor Plan and Also
Oppose Postal Savings Banks Be-
cause Business Would Be Injured
Large Banks Not Favorable to Guar
antee Of Deposits.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. demand for
is the first evidence that has reached
headquarters from the field of the eff
feet of the trip of Secretary Taft thru
the state other than the say-so of the
politicians who have been in the city.
Every section OF the state wants speak
ers of national reputation. OF course
these are not so numerous that they
can be sent to every cross roads. but
there are enough able men in the
party that they can be sent to every
section. They are being judiciously
placed.
Other evidence OF the. effect Of the
visit Of Taft is the get to- gether
spirit of the republicans OF both fac
tions. There has been some real good
quiet work going on under the super
vision of leaders Of the party to the
end that in every section republicans
are more disposed to stick to the ticket.
Flight our questions inside the party
lines" Is becoming something of
slogan with the republicans. There
seems to be little to gain for either
side to allow the democrats to hold
office for a term. Immediately after
the special session of the legislature
there was some talk in different local
committees Of scratching Bleakley
This, to all intents and purposes, has
died down quite entirely now and there
seems to be no question but that
Blealsley will pull thru.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of w.
]. Bryan to make guaranteed bank de-
posts the issue of this campaign the
repu blicans seem edetermined that it is
not the issue. They claim that the
public mind has not had time to di-
gest the idea to such an extent that it
is ready to pass upon it as yet, and
for that reason Is satisfied to leave
things as they are at this time. Fur
thermore thereSis the best Of evidence
that the bankers are divided, tho many
favor the idea.
"A Des Moines business man who
travels over the entire state of Iowa
for his firm and comes in contact with
the bankers of Iowa, and those only,
says that the state and savings banks
of Iowa almost to a man favor the
idea of guaranteed bank deposits and
that the smaller national banks are
with them on the idea, while the big
national banks are opposed to guar
anteed deposits but favor the postal
savings bank idea.
Whatever the merits Of the matter
are their reasoning is along these
lines: The state and savings banks
oppose the postal savings bank idea
for fear it will take the money away
from them. The fear is that the money
deposited in the postal savings bank
will be deposited by the government
in the big national banks just as the
government money is deposited now
and further that the money deposited
in the postal savings banks will be
taken out of the state and savings
banks and thus out of the commune
ity. The small national banks oppose
the postal savings banks for the same
reason. This Des Moines man says
that the state and savings banks favor
the guaranteed bank deposit for the
reason that it will cause the public to
have greater confidence in them.
For much the same selfish reasons.
this man says the big national banks
take exactly THE opposite idea OF the
question. They favor the postal saw
ings bank because the money deposited
in these banks will he deposited with
the big national banks and repositories
at a small rate of interest, probably 2
per cent, what the government postal
savings bank has to pay the depositor,
and the government is thus held as
guaranteeing the depositor while the
big national bank gets the benefit OF
additional funds in large amounts at 2
per cent interest
The local Lacey headquarters in this
CITY has placed an order for 100000
Autographs of Major Lacey with To-
cal printing establishment. The job is.
being turned out very rapidly and the
autographs are being sent everywhere
over the state of Iowa. This rs but one
phase of the work of the bureau mere
and it is understood that very large
orders are now being placed for other
printed matter in the form OF clrcu-
lars and circular letters which are to
be sent out at once.
One of the features OF the Lacey
candidacy is the announcement thru
the standpat newspapers that Lacey IS
the republican nominee for senator OF
the United States every effort being
made to deceive the people and make
them believe that Lacey is already
nominated just as the republican state
OFFICERS are nominated and that the
fEht is between Lacey and Porter. Of
course everyone of intelligence knows
mat Lacey is merely the choice of $50
standpatters who met in Des Moines
and that he is q candidate along with
Governor Cuninins for the republican
nomination. 1t is not believed that
VERY many republicans will be misled
.by the statements in the standpat press
but it had been hoped that the cam