Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-23
EVIDENCE DEVELOPING THAT
RAILROADS coNsPiRE TO
ELECT DEMOCRAT.
TRYING TO INDUCE STANDPATS
TO BOLT THE TICKET
Baldwin, Of the Burlington, Continues
ViruIent Attacks on Thorne - With
Equal Zeal Supports Colonel Palmer
Corporation Employees Being Lined
Up For Palmer and Dewey.

Des Moines, July 23-The political
situation in regard TO the railroad com
missionership is rapidly becoming
acute and it will surprise no one viii
there is an outbreak soon which will
show what is going on beneath the
surface.
The fact is that the corporations are
plotting to induce the standpat re-
publicans to bolt the ticket especially
as to progressive candidates and believe
that if a big enough row ca nbe started
they will make good the threat carried
to Washington that the home state Of
Deliver and Cumuins Will be Shot
Ito pieces" this year.
The visible evidence of this IS in the
avidity with which the leading corpor-
alton newspapers in southeastern Iowa
are publishing attacks upon Clifford
Thorne, the republican candidate for
railroad commissioner w. w. Bald
win, democrat who has long been the
political head Of the Burlington road,
is virulent in his attacks upon Thorne,
mot only accusing Thorne of deception
and misrepresenting facts but in gen.
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the confidence reposed in him by the
republicans Mr. B-aldwin's attacks are
being freely republished by the news
pers which all along have opposed
Thornes nomination and have with
equal zeal supported the candidacy Of
| D. J. Palmer
It is in this last fact that the matter
assumes Importance Mr.. Thorne and
Colonial pc,l- 1iva IN the
and they have long opposed each other
politically The friends OF Thorne have
swung Loyalty into line for Palmer;
they are insisting that Palmer should
get his forces into line for Thorne. If
| there is to be boiling on one side then
! there may be retaliation on the other.
The matter has attracted no attention
outside of q small circle IN southeast
ern Iowa, where corporation influences
/ are paramount, but il may easily
spread to the rest of the state
One Of the defeated candidates for
railroad commissioner stated while here
this week that he had positive tnforma-
ftion to the effect that the entire rail-
troad influence and railroad employees
were being lined up for Palmer and
| Dewey as the winning combination;
tand the organization which made the
flight before the June primaries will
continue in existence TO work in the
fall campaign 1t is also learned that
dn order to make this alliance complete
lthe democratic convention at Ottumwa
next week VIII not attack the stand
Epatters who We're responsible for the
.1vickersham features of the rail bill.
Nothing will be done that will offend
1.-THE railroads. The resolutions adopted
lat the Seventh district convention here
lwere silent on the railroad bill.
An Interesting compilation Of facts
regarding the state superintendency
has been made as showing how the
primary law works out when there Is
a large field Of candidates and the pos
sibiltt!es under plurality system The
number of votes each candidates re-
ceived and the percentage Of same TO
the total vote was as follows: