Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-11
.BY[RS WILL SUCCEED
ADJI. GEN. THRIFT |
Present Head of State Military
Forces to Be Superseded
Soon.
CARROLL WILL MAKE CHANGE
Byers Has Been Active Anti cummins
Man-Later Returns Increase Cum
Minis Majority to More Than $4,000
Rural Sections Strong for the Gov
ernor
2ecial to Times-RepublIcan


Des Moines, Nov. lit is under
stood that Gen. Melvin III. Byers, of
this city. formerly of Mills county. will
be appointed to head the state militia
upon the expiration of the commission
of Gen. w. Fl. Thrift, of Dubuque.
Roth men are veterans of the civil war.
General Thrift succeeded Byers about
four years ago, securing his appoint
lnent solely upon the splendid endorse
ments he had from members of the
guard. In fact it is doubtful if any
one was ever placed att the head of
the state militia with such general in
dorsement Of the men of the guard.
But he has also been very loyal to the
COMMUNICATIVE chief, the governor of
the state, and thereby has aroused the
Ill will of large number of persons.
General Byers was up to the time he
was succeeded supposed to be an ar
dent progressive. but since then he has
been very conspicuous in all move
ments to effect the defeat of the gov
ernor. Hence his friends feel certain
he will again be placed at the head of
the guard.
1t is regarded as very probable, in
view of the complaint which has been
made. OF large increase in the expen-
ditures of the state, that the legisa-
!, ture to meet next winter will reduce
| the annual appropriation for the
guard.
Des Moines is trying out a real
Standard Oil case in the local courts.
Persons who were doing business un-
der the name of the Crystal Oil COM
pany, but We're driven out of business
by the cutting of prices, are suing the
Standard for damages and set up that
the methods. of the Standard in crr n
ing out competition here were con-
trary to law. 1t is not anticipated that
any sensational testimony will be
brought to the surface but the suit
may develop local application of the
we'll known competition crushing
methods of the octopus.
The returns from the primary cleo
| ton held in Iowa last week to choose
| the next United States senator show
| that, contrary to representations often
and loudly made, the farmers of Iowa
are dn fact in favor of the election of
Albert B. Cummins to the senate. Up
to the very hour of the opening of
| the polls Governor Cummins was ad-
vertised by his enemies as "a demo-
crat," especially on the tariff, and for
years the appeal has been for the farm
ers to vote against him because it was
alleged he was not any sounder on
the tariff than Taft or Roosevelt. All
of the Lacey literature put out re-
Gently sought to convey the impress
sion that Cummins is, or was, or might
| be, free trader. The returns show that
while the farmers of Iowa are the firm
| est adherents to the protective princi-
pie, they are in fact firm friends of
Governor Cummins, and that either
they indorse in full his views on the
| tariff or else they do not believe the
claim that Cummins is a free trader.
| In this county, where the tariff rip
pers" shibboleth has been used most
!persistently, the country precincts
went strong for Cumnins. Nine rural
precincts picked at random in the
county, not one containing a town,
showed $40 for Cummins and 381
against him.
| In Dallas county, where all the lead
ing newspapers that go out on the
rural routes have made war. on Cum
Minis for years because of his sup
posed tariff views, six rural precincts
show 481 for Cummins and 293 against
| him..
In Clinton county, in Eastern Iowa,
six precincts in the country showed 497
for Cuumins and 1872 against.
In O'Brien county eight country pre-
cincts show 40 for Cummins and sew
enty- mine against. In Story county,-also
close to Des Moines, twelve precincts
showed 929 for Gummins and 339
against. Similar comparisons could be
shown in practically every county of
the state save in the extreme south
east.
Another thing which seems to be
shown by the returns is that the stay
at-home vote of the June primary was
practically all progressive. The stand
patters claimed with some confidence
that there were 100000 republicans who
did not vote at the June primary and
that when they came out they would
nearly all vote against Cummins. AS
matter of fact only about 10000 or
40, 600 of this stay t-home vote was
cast at the November primary, and it
was practically all for Cummins. for
fLacey ran a good many votes behind
Allison This conclusion must be ac-
cepted or the other conclusion that
a very large part of the Allison vote
| in June was progressive and was cast
for Allison out of personal regard.
There is abundant evidence that even
with the overwhelming vote cast for
Governor Cummins the anti Cummins
junta is preparing to die in the ditch,