Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-26
WANTS KENNEDY 5 JOB
FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
TO HAVE PROGRESSIVE OPP.
POSITION.
SMITH RRooKHARr WILL
SEEK TO LAND PLACE
Brilliant Young Attorney Who pefied
Blythe Still Fishtins-oid Crowd
May sidetrack Kennedy = cummns
to Name Next Postmaster of Des
Moines-May Change Situation.
Special to Times-Republican.


Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, June 26.-Reports from
Washington that there will be OPPOSE
ton to the reelection of Congressman
Kennedy in the First district are con-
firmed by the reports that reach this
city Smith Brookhart will be the pro-
gressive candidate in the race and his
friends believe there is no doubt but
that he will be accorded the nomina-
ton for 1t is claimed that the Blythe
machine in the first district is disin-
tegrating since the death of the boss.
Brookhart is brilliant young at
torney. During the campaign of last
year he made some political speeches
in the first district in which he told of
his entrance in politics and of his first
meeting with Blythe Blythe sent for
him and in his office in Burlington he
took the brilliant young attorney to
the Very top of the mountain of stand
patism and showed him all the politi-
cal realms of Iowa and assured him
they should be his If he would but fall
down and worship Blythe and come
into the Blythe camp. Brookhart took
think or two and said he would see
and he has been lighting Blythe ever
since.
At the last campaign the Blythe in
terests were for McCoid for congress
but to prevent the nomination going
TO Carpenter of Louisa, who while not
progressive, was an anti-Blythe man,
the Blythe forces went to Kennedy
and Kennedy was nominated Kennedy,
McCoid and Carpenter We're the three
candidates. Carpenter once served in
the Iowa senate but because he
wouldn't do Blythes bidding was left
a Wreck by the right-of- way"
Kennedy will ask for denomination
and it is claimed the standpatters pro-
pose to carry out the Blythe program
and send McCoid who will be their
candidate. Carpenter is talked of as a
candidate and Smith Brookhart will
undoubtedly be in the race. 1t is be-
lieved that Carpenter will not be in the
race at the last but Will throw his
strength to Smith Brookhart.
State Superintendent John F. Riggs
will not be candidate for superin-
tendent Of schools again. He is now
serving his third term 1t is expected
that there will be an army of candi-
dates in the field for the position and
many think that Professor Riggs could
/ !, \,
candidate. 1t is understood, however
that he will not ask it and the prece-
Ident of three terms for state offices
will remain unbroken.
| McManus, of Council Bluffs, who was
+. a candidate against Professor Riggs
last year, win undoubtedly be can
didate for the position as he made
quite good showing in the face of the
three term precedent. He has been
county superintendent of schools of
| PottaWattamie county for some years.
There has been some suggestion that
Senator Adams of Fayette county, may
| be a candidate. He was a candidate
whom Riggs was nominated the first
| time. He was then county superintend-
ent of schools of Fayette county.
School men it Is claimed will be
| against Adams. In the session las
winter he fathered a bill which sought
| to give teachers certificates to grad
yates of high schools without examina-
ton. 1t was understood to be an at
tack on the uniform certificate law b,
the friends Of that measure.
Some of the newspapers are glee.
| f,,11,, ,,oiptipcr m thu limo Is.
charge of the employees in the archive:
pa-t1nent was created merely to give
jobs to progressives. The facts ART
there was only one man in the depart
nent who was strictly a progressive.
The archives department was frs
suggested by Curator Charles Aldricl
of the historical department. He urget
the matter upon the legislature be
cause it was found that some of tn
| most important historical and stat
papers We're being thrown about tn
vaults of the different offices accumu
lating dust and liable at any time t
get lost. The legislature created tn
department and provided that all pa
pers ten years old or over should b
placed in the archives department an
a. force of clerks has been busy eve
since cleaning off the accumulations Q
dust and filing and indeXing the paper
in dust proof cabinets and cases. A
the last session the legislature cut tn
appropriation down to $4,000 a yea
and the executive council had tn
choice of keeping the whole force a
work for three months or so or of EN-
ploying two or three clerks for the fu
year. 1t finally decided to discharg
them all in Octobe. and keep one in
expensive and low salaried clerk
charge the rest Of the year.
The fact that Senator Cumnnins wi
name the next postmaster in De
Moines may change the political situa
, ton here somewhat. This has been or
of Congressman Hulrs chief polite;
| assets for many campaigns. Senator
according to custom are allowed
I name the postmasters in their hon
towns and Captain Hull has announce
: that he will not stand in the way {
> this precedent, The term of the pres
ent Incumbent, ,. l. Myerly, will expil
. in about year. There has begun |