Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-09
Delegates From Middle West to
Hold Conference in Des
Moines This Week.
WORKERS FROM NINE STATES
Conference Will Urge Congress to Pass
Law Covering Interstate Liquor
shipments-Governor of Several
States Invited to Deliver Addresses
--HanIy May Speak.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Nov. 9.-Local option
and other legislative matters will take
up a large share of the attention OF
the central district conference Of the
Anti Saloon league, to be held in Des
Moines this week. 1t is. expected that
action towards influencing the adoption
by congress of an amendment to the
interstate commerce law. giving the
! various states control Of all liquors
shipped inside their borders. Past eff
forts of the league in behalf of such
an amendment have resulted in failure
Governor ]. Frank Hanly of In
diana and Governor Hooh OF Kansas.
/, have been invited to attend the con-
ference. and Governor Hanly is ex-
pected to attend. What he has to say
| will be Of more than ordinary interest,
! in view Of the recent defeat Of the
republican candidate for governor in
! Indiana, largely on the liquor. issue.
League superintendent and field
workers from the nine states compris-
ing the central district will begin ar
irving today for the conference, which
opens tomorrow and continues until
Friday. The session will be held at the
First NJ. r. church. Iowa, Illinois, Ne
braska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri,
Minnesota, South Dakota and Wiscon-
sin are the states included III the cen
trail district.
General Superintendent P. A. Baker
of Cleveland, O., will be present.
Thursday afternoon he will discuss
1.-THE Legislative Work at Washing
ton" It is supposed that his address
will deal largely with the fate of the
proposed amendment to the interstate
commerce law. The league members
accuse Speaker Cannon with holding it /
up. Mr.. Baker will also give an adj |
dress tomorrow evening.
To Superintendent James X. Shields I
of Illinois is assigned the duty of ex-
planning how to conduct local option
campaigns, and Attorney Thomas Dar-
nell of Nebraska will also discuss this
subject. Superintendent M. A. Palmer
of Minnesota, will give an address on
'The Election and Organization Of a
Legislature" and Superintendent E. E.
Mclaughlin of Colorado will speak on
the subject Conducting a Measure I
Thru the Legislature" Superintendent
w. M. Grafton of South Dakota is
also down for discussion Of this topic.
Thursday afternoon will be given over
to general discussion Of league leg
islative work.
Superintendent w. c. Barber Of Iowa
is on the program for a discussion of
the subject Ten Minutes I,efore the
Sunday School, and Superintendent
u. G. Humphrey of Wisconsin will
read a paper on the same subject. At
torney Ernest Scrogin of Illinois and
Superintendent Robert Norris of Kan
sas will tell of the duties of the league
attorney.
Formerly the National Anti-Saloon
league held annual meetings in which
the workers from every state took
part. But at the last national convention
the country was divided into districts
and semi-'annual district conferences
provided The conferences in Des
Moines this week will be the first held
in the central district.
Inc preSlQenIlal electors meet tne
second Monday in January at the gov
office at the state house to cast
their ballots for president and vice
president they also will choose mes
senger to carry the vote to Washington,
In person. This position pays some
thing and a member of the Iowa col
lege will be elected to it.
The Iowa electors are: Thomas T.
Anderson of Warren county, John Fl.
Anundson. of Cerro Gor,io county, I
Marsh W. Bailey of Washington, F. d. !,
Let's of Davenport, W. r.. Ray of But
er county, d. H. Bowen of Waukon.
". G. Walters of Toledo, William NJ. :
Reece of Wapello county, Walker NJ.
Black of Des MONIES, Alexander Mardis
If Corydon, Amor Stern Of Harrison s
George w. Hanna Of Kossuth
John Boeyink Of Sioux county. t
All of these gentlemen belonged TO I
what was known formerly as the G
faction Of the republican Il
party i'll this state, and the assumption j
'mong politicians has been that the a
,)uIn of messenger would go TO q c
,tandpatter. Messrs. Bailey and Let's t