Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-01
The GARS1 BOOST
JOHN j. HAMILToN'S LETTER
MAY START SOMETHING IN
POLITICS.
URGES NO COMPROMISE
ON PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLES
J. II. Wilson Reports Great Unrest in
Mexico and That Revolution is Ex-
pected by PeopIe-coaI Famine Ex-
peeted to Grow Worse in April Due
to Strike.
to Tim es-Republican.

| Special to Tim es- Republican.
DeS Moines, Feb. 1.-The letter OF
John j. Hamilton on the political sit
| uation in Iowa came as a complete sur
prise, and it is regarded as possible
that it will start things to going" in
warning to the Iowa republicans in
regard to disposing of offices by secret
agreement and negotiation and a gen
eral policy of compromise. He asks
Ex-Governor Warren Garst to again be-
come candidate for governor, and
| While he would not agree with him on
| the matter of amendment of the con-
! stitution for prohibition purposes. yet
| he would urge support of him for other
! reas sons.
| The significance of the matter lies
| in the fact that MIR. Hamilton was the
candidate of the radical prohibitionists
for governor two years ago and as such
polled 10000 votes. If these votes We're
added to the vote of Garst as then
made he would have the majority. In
fact it was the open and avowed boast
of others of the extreme prohibitionistS
that they had nominated Governor
Carroll and that their campaign was
chiefly directed to that end. 1t is true
that before he was induced to come out
as candidate for governor Hamilton
had signed the nomination papers for
Ciarst yet it was evident from the
first that the sole effect of his cam
| paign would be to help Carroll. Now
| he is ready to turn in the other direc-
| ton.
| Hamilton was a pioneer in the pro-
! gressive movement. As editor of the
! News for many years he led in the fight
! for better rail rates in Iowa and he was
1 the staunchest defender Of the Larrab
! administration. He gave the News a
I standing locally so that the paper to-
! day can swing a larger number of votes
than any other Of Des Moines. In city
affairs he has been prominent and al
! ways influential
1 The Hamilton letter to Garst points
out the futility of making a fight fol-
| principles and permitting compromises
with those who will not stand for pro-
! gressive ideas or give aid in the work
As to what is the attitude of the lead
ers among republicans that is yet tc
be disclosed The fact is that the pro-
see the turn of affairs, while some Of
the standpatters have been making al
sorts OF overuures for compromise anf
an agreement that will take the matte
out of the hands Of the voters at thu
primary. Not much progress in this linz
has been made however, and the field
is just as wide open as ever.
| Governor Garst has been away from
Des Moines most of the time and busy
with his private affairs. so that he has
not given the matter any consideration
But the desire Of very many republi-
cans is that he get in the race for gov
ernor and they believe he will have g
sure victory
James H. Wilson, former candidate
for lieutenant governor, has just re-
turned from a. trip to Texas He had
planned to go into Mexico to look n
some land, and went to Brownsville;
but he decided not to go into Mexico
He states that from all he could learn
the MeXicans themselves believe thai
in a few years there will be a revolu-
ton in their republic, that the wealthy
Mexicans are flocking into Texas cit
les and they believe that annexation
Tor American interv enton is inevitable
but that during the process of read
justn1ent there is sure to be an unset
Ting of conditions. Wilson travelled al
over Texas but he owns a large amount
of Iowa land and is not offering any OF
it for sale that he might buy in the
south.
"In my opinion the recent coal fam
inc did not compare to the one we are
likely to have in Iowa next April" sale
Secretary L. e. Starnm, of the Iowa
mine inspection commission, who i:
a close observer of the situation.
The action of the coal miners in the
Ohio Pennsylvania district ir
making a demand for an increase il
wages foreshadows similar demand II
Iowa and Missouri, comprising the
Thirteenth district.
There is no stock Of coal on hant
at this time said Secretary Stamm
THE mines are running at full capacit,
now to catch up with the immediat,
demand. Practically all the coal tina
can be mined is being used as fast a.
it can be got to market. And on toy
Of this is the fact that a good man,
of the large consumers are buying Goa
to put in store for the inevitable trou
pleS VI Inc spring tilIle. lue TalirOat
companies are doing this and they ar
in position to take up great deal o
the coal. It is dead certain that whel
the time comes for adjustment Of wag
, differences there will be a let up il
the work and this will last for severa
weeks. Following as 1t will such
period of coal shortage it is certain
. to make coal very scarce and high Il
price"
The state of Iowa has a small stoc
of anthracite coal, a part of which wa
used during the coal shortage. Form er
. | Iy the state kept some soft coal, bu
some Of it was stolen, and now SINAI
stock Of hard coal is kept in the engin
house for emergency.