Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-28
IOWA SENTIMENT
NOT R[ACnONARY
ORGANIZED EFFORT BEING MADE
TO BELITTLE INSURGENCY
SENTIMENT OF STATE.
NINTH DISTRICT SITUATION
WILL CLEAR IN FEW DAYS
6yers Will Determine Whether or Not
He Will Become Candidate For Con-
sress-If He Should, Many Win
Aspire to Head States Legal Depart
ment.
Special to Tlmes- Republican.

Special to Tlmes- Republican
Des Moines. Dec est is reported
that the political representatives of
the Interests" at Washington and
elsewhere in trust centers have re-
ceived Information from their trusted
agents in Iowa that the progressiv.
movement which started in Iowa q
dozen years ago has run Its course and
that the voters of the state are op-
posed to insurgency" to the extent
thaf no further trouble need be feared
from this quarter 1t Is planned that
at the dinner to be given Saturday
night the fact will be made plain that
The old spirit of progressiveness has
not died out
great deal OF pressure is being
brought at this time. coming from all
parts of the state. for sufficient nolttf.
cal activity in the state to make II
sure that Iowa will not be recorded as
reactionary next year Letters from
leading republicans In the state sup
port the view that there ought to be
! II contest for governor and for other
officers of the state. But 1t Is not
deemed necessary that any decision be-
made yet
! 1t will not cause surprise IL the sit
uation in the Ninth district is cleared
up within few days. Whether Attor-
ney General Byers Will yield TO the I'm.
portunities of the republicans OF the
! district and rauAt.sotn
mains to be seen. The situation in the
district is different from where there
J is contest between two candidates.
| The demand for contest comes from
the rank and file and Is without much
regard to who is TO be the candidate.
1t Is now believed that even tho Byars
declines there Will be a strong candi-
date forced into the field In the Ninth.
/ In case MIR. Byers should become a
candidate 1t would open up quite trail
of consequences. Possible candidates
Tor attorney general would be:
/ George {. Cosson. Audubon county.
Willard Eaton. Mitchell county.
j. II. Frailey, Des Moines county.
Guy c. Feeley, Blaclthawk county.
Robert Heay. Webster county.
II Eaton should be nominated this
would leave vacancy on the railroad
commission. IL Cosson should be num-
mated his place In the senate would
be hard 10 fill.
VIII the soda water" reference in
the recent Iowa civil rights decision
work a reversal of the case on second
hearing? That seems to be the chief
reliance of attorneys for Mrs. Brown,
the colored woman. who sued cof-
fee company for failure to serve her q
free cup of coffee at a pure food show.
In petition for rehearing just filed
it is said:
The portion of said opinion which
1t seems to us is even more injurious
to the future welfare of members Of
the negro race In Iowa. than Is the
portion which passes upon the question
actually involved In this case. is to
That portion In which the court says
that our statute does not extend to
soda fountains. etc. Now certainly
soda fountain has always been con-
sidored by the courts and the profess
sion OF the state as a place where
refreshments are served and this even
before the advent of the soda foun-
tain 'mnchonette'; and afortiori should
said expression include the modern
soda fountain which has really been
converted into a soda lunch counter.
for from these fountains spring forth
every conceivable manner of refresh
ments' from a glass of clear water to
square meal; and If, therefore, they
are not within the class known as
, places where refreshments are served
t then neither Is cafe nor a hotel.
I neither of which Is expressly enum-
: Grated by that name In our statute.
: Admirers OF Judge Peter S. Cross
cup. of Chicago. are moving to have
$ him as u feature at the meeting OF
' the Iowa Manufacturers Association
4 next spring. The Iowa manufacturers
are deeply Interested II the :..at.er Of
: the status of corporations. and Judge
4 Grosscup has taken advanced ground
on the subject His hobby Is that OF
Standardization" of corporations He
has also recently written magazine
article In which he virtually takes
!. ground that 1t is nearly time for q
new political party in the United
y States.