Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-08
SENATOR TURNER'S REFUSAL TO
RUN FOR CONGRESS COM.
PLlcATEs MATTERS.
CHANCES TO REDEEM DISTRICT
LEssENED BY DEFAMATION
Hepburn and His Followers Were
Ready to Support Turner as Against
Towner-state Railroad Commission
Asking for Specific" Complaints
State House Almost Deserted.
pecial to Times-Republica,.

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| Des Moines, Oct. S.-Senator Dan
| Turner of Corning, will not be a
candidate for the republican nominal
ton for congress in the Eighth district.
Senator Turner was in Des Moines to-
day and stated definitely and finally
that he will not be candidate, and
further that nothing will change his
determination in the matter. Business
reasons are determining his stand in
| the matter.
| Politicians have been reluctant to be-
| lieve that Turner would not get into
| the race. AT least this is true of the
progressives of the district. Some
standpatters were also urging him to
| get into the race. Now that Senator
Turner has finally determined the mat
ter, however, speculation is rife as to
who will get the nomination. 1t is
expected that undoubtedly Judge H Z.
Towner, of Corning. will ask for the
nomination and 1t is believed that John
Darrah. of Lucas county will be
candidate.
/ There was a chance for a time that
thru the nomination of Turner the lis
trict might be redeemed from the DEM
ocrats. 1t is understood that Ex- Con-
gresham Hepburn is entertaining no
| affectionate feelings for Judge Towner
and will do nothing to help him get
either the nomination or the election.
| Furthermore Congressman Hepburn,
who has been talked of for the nominal
ton again, has fatty refused to accept
| it again. Hepburn would have sup
ported Senator Turner and would have
campaigned the district for him both
| for the nomination and the election,
| but he will not agree to do this for
anyoi else.
The Hepburn strength in the Eighth
district is still very potent force IN
the political situation. Hepburn is
quite a progressive now on everything
but the tariff question. With his
friends united with the progressives
on Dan Turner it is believed that
Turner could undoubtedly have been
elected. With the district divided at
the primaries it is feared that the
same divided condition will prevail
When the election comes that prevailed
last time and Congressman Jamison
will be reelected.
The state railroad commission is
having considerable trouble trying to
| explain to the booster committee of
Dies Moines what specific COM
plant is. The booster committee thru
it's freight commissioner, E. G. Wylie,
has sent another complaint to the COM
mission. The complaint is the letter
of the Walter Boyt saddlery Company
complaining that shipments are de-
layed and that some of these shipments
were to points between Osceola and
Dse Moines. The letter contained no
further information. This letter was
sent to the commission by Mr.. Wylie
as Specific complaint"
The railroad commission say "spe-
cifc complaint" is one with all the
known facts given For instance they
want to know what railroad the ship
ment was delivered to and when and to
whom the shipment was made and by
whom it was made. 1t is claimed at
the railroad commission office that un-
less they know those facts they have
no means of taking up the matter for
investigation.
One of the complaints to the COM
mission recently was that some Ship
ments to Topeka, Kan, We're delayed.
| There was no further information in
the complaint. How could we inves-
tigate a complaint of that kind?" asked
| Secretary Lewis. To investigate we
have to take the matter up with the
railroad and we don't even know what
railroad the shipment was over. How
can we tell whether it is delayed or not
unless We know when it was delivered
to the railroad and how can We trace
it unless we know whom it was shipped
to and whether it was carload or only
a small package"
An effort is to be made to find out
how many babies are born in Iowa
each year. This effort will be made
next spring when the assessor comes
around and will be the first time in the
history of the state that the informa-
ton will be even approximately ac-
curately gathered.
The figures gathered in years past
would seem to show that race suicide
! was being practced in Iowa at a great
rate. Many believe this is not the case
The blanks on which the assessors
gathered this Information in years past
were defective and inadequate. Fur
thermore the legislature kept changing
the law having first the assessors ther
the doctors gather the information
Now the assessors are to gather the
I information and are to gather it OF
the blanks and forms used by the fed.
d aral cenSns takers in which all tho in