Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-28
LINES ALREADY DRAWN IN SEW
ENTA DISTRICT CAMPAIGN BY
ACTION OF HULL.
SPEAKER CANNON INVITED
TO SPEAK AT KNOXVILLE
Bold Move by the Hull People to Be
squarely Met by Prosrsssives-Ham-
iIton May be Democratic Candidate
For consress-cownie and His Work
on Control Board.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept 2S.-The political
issue of 1909 in the home district Of
Senator Cummins is to be defined neNrs
week Cannonism is to be brought right
into the district by the old man him
self.
Emboldened by the effort of the pres
ieent to make Aldrich the party Lead
err the anti Cummins people of the
district resolved upon fearless ac-
ceptance OF the issue as made. Knox
vile is to have a Homecoming next
week and good many thousands are
expected there. The committee was
friendly to Captain Hull and upon the
suggestion and iasistence of the vet
eran congressman, an invitation was
extended 10 Joe Cannon, Of Illinois. 20
be the principal speaker. He will de-
fend Cannonism and praise Aldrich 10
big crowd in the Seventh ristrict.
The fact than Cannon was brought
into the district upon the personal So
licitation OF Captain Hull makes it
clear that the congressman will not
try 10 evade the district issue II
whether or not Cannon and Aldrich are
the typical republicans or whether Dol
liver and Cummins really represent
their constituency. L makes the is
sue clear
The committee. not to be accused
of favoring the east exclusively, also
secured Senator Cunlmins for a speech
on the day following that Of Cannol.
Il is expected that Cannon viii defend
his rule of the house and his method
of conducting national affairs, will join
TAT, in making -Aldrich the ideal e
publican leader. and will also insist
that the tariff bill is as near perfection
as anything can be Il is regarded as
certain, also. thar he viii say some
good words for Captain Hull.
Ii Cannon opens the way it may be
accepted that Cumnins Will also say
something that Will be Of interest. The
whole affair IS advertised as non-parti-
san and nom political. pu. il would be
hard 10 avoid some politics where Can
non and Cummias practically meet.
The fact that Captain Hull selected
Marion county "a the place for making
The issue indicates also that he will
meet Judge Prou,y in any way the lat
Ter sees fiji Marion county has al
ways been very loyal TO Prouty and
can always be depended upon TO stand
for Iowa men and measures. The " aole
event is accepted as a direct challenge
/ not only - Cunmins but 10 Prouty,
/ who has carried the banner Of pro-
Il gressiveness longer than any other in
the state.
Il Suggestions in democratic newspap-
ers that Hon. John T. Hamilton, of
II Cedar Rapids, who resigned a few days
ago from the board of control, be the
Il next democratic nominee for governor,
have raised the suspicious that pos
sibly the resignation of Mr.. Hamilton
may have been for other reasons than
because of business demands upon his
time. While Mr.. Hamilton insists that
he resigned solely for business reasons
there are limitations that he may
have had an eye on the future and
may be placing himself in a situation
where if Hon. John Cownie does not
defeat Governor Carroll for a renomin-
alton he will accept the nomination
from the democrats on the claim thai
ne is doing it 10 prevent the board OF
control being dragged into politics.
1t is known that Mr.. Cownie and Mr.
Hamilton have been the closest friends
since Mr.. Hamilton has come to the
board and they have agreed thoroughly
on the policies to be pursued in the
handling of the state institutions. Mr.
Hamilton has been in public life before
ne came TO the board of control. He
occupied minor Offices and was mayor
Of Cedar Rapids and member of the
legislature and finally speaker of tbs
house and a few years ago represent I
his district in congress. He would
make strong candidate for governo.
even on the democratic ticket in re
publican state like Iowa.
While criticism against the Hon
John Cownie for the methods EN-
ployed in the management of the stat
institutions seems to be limited large
~ TO unsuccessful bidders for stat
| contracts. there should be no mistak
on the part of the public in the matte
or failure to properly understand tn
way in which the institutions are rur
For eleven years, or ever since tn
organization OF the state board OF con
troll, Mr.. Cownie has done the buyini
of supplies. OF course all the member
have watched all details in a genera
way, but Mr.. Cownie's especial wor
! has been the buying. the other mem
bers not having a taste for that Will
he liked it. He also had largely on hi
hands the supervision of the stat
! farms.
: In this buying of supplies NJ
CoWnie has insisted on having the bes
and getting it at the lowest price pos
sible. He will not buy any "gew
gaws" and Injuries of an aristocrati
. nature but the goods are all Of the bes
and he has made special study of tn
goods consumed at the state institu
tions and is judge of quality. low
e manufacturers and concerns of variou
e kinds have failed to get contracts wit
a the board of control largely becaus
:, they have gained the idea that to g.
the contracts they must underbi
8 everyone else and that they will g,
" the contract If they do underbid a
others regardless Of quality Of goods.
To illustrate, a concern recent
wrote to the board that it had lare
: supply Of hams on hand that had gon
thru the S11pouor hot MONTH. n 4 ,,,a,