Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-15
sTANDPAT ORGANIZATION IN
IOWA SENDS TO WASHINGTON
FOR MONEY.
SPECIAL EMlssARY GOES
TO TAP THE PORK BARREL
Want to Know How Much is Available
Before Engaging Expensive Rooms
For adquarters-kenyon's Selec-
ton Presases Retirement of Attorney
General Wickersham.
special to Times-Repuolican.

! special to T1neS-RepuOllcan.
Des Moines, March 15.-The standpat
organization planned while here last
annex which Ed Hunter used when the
famous fight was made on behalf of the
railroads three years ago, financed thru
/ John S. Runnells and his associates in
! Chicago; but the selection of head
quarters was deferred until word could
! be secured from Washington as to the
amount of money Forthcoming, and an
emissary was at once dispatched TO
confer with Congressman Mckinley,
| the street car magnate in regard 10 the
finances. The Slavery headquarters are
very expensive, much more than any
! headquarters ever maintained by the
state committees or by candidates
The standpatters are confident that
they viii be financed almost as we'll
as three years ago and two years ago,
the word from Washington having been
quite favorable. A Washington dis
patch Of the 18th told of the return of
Chairman Mckinley from New York
and of the rejoicing there was among
the standpatters, that he brought back
word that campaign contributions are
to be large and generous for the forth
coming elections" that after he had
had talk with Joe Cannon that ell
derry statesman showed a coltish dis
position he had not manifested in
weeks" and then, according TO the dis
patch:
..yr>-,1 3
hold of is 10 be used in the preliminary
campaign for party regularity and be-
fore the nominations are made Alsoait
can be taken for granted that it will
pc used only on behalf of the regulars
After the nominations, Mr.. Mckinley
says, the committee viii help insur-
gents if the insurgents ask for help
That asking part is a very fine point.
The insurgents will not ask
It is now claimed that the entire re-
sponsibility for the standpat confer
ence is to be assumed by T. D. jack
son and Sid Foster, president and sec
rotary respectively of big life insur-
ance company which has had unusual
favors from state officials in the past
and may want more in the future. But
| il * also recognized that James @.
Berryhill. millionaire Spectator lum-
! Der ma gnate and promoter Of western
I mine stocks ard investments, was the
/ moving spirit of the little gathering in
I the Slavery House. Rerryhill has been
| in closer touch with Mckinley than
I anybody else because he represented
! the street car promoter in the effort to
get a wide open Franchise. ard both felt
! very rnuch hurt because the franchise
/ was not granted just as demanded.
It is believed that no great amount
of money can be raised here, for a
standpaI campaign unless II is from
TIE insurance companies and allied in
te-eets, but reliance is TO be placed
! wholly on the money that Mckinley is
to get in New York. This will of course
be used TO back the Cannon movement
everywhere. but in no place will it be
| spent more freely than here.
\ boost for more corn in Iowa is to
be given al a dinner at the Grant Club
this evening. Professors Holden, Cur
tiss and others will speak and tell what
can be done by scientific farming. The
meeting = arranged by the Commercial
club with a view TO interesting people
who are not of and for themselves
farmers in the cause Of better farming,
Dlif az a matter VI IdCl HSi many W
those who will be present are owners of
farms or have some direct connection
with farming.
When Judge Prouty reaches congress
It will be discovered that on one i'm
portant matter at least he will be able
10 sneak from personal experience and
that is on the matter Of freight rates.
In the bunch of pamphlets sent out this
week by the interstate commerce COM
mission. reporting the decisions. was
one which was taken by Judge Prouty
involving rates on freight from south
ern points TO East ST. Louis. and the
commission ordered a reduction from
49, cents to liz cents. This is the
fourteenth case which Judge Prouty
has personally taken before the inter-
state commerce commission and he has
won every one of them. His knoWl-
edge of rates and rate making and
what is fair in the matter OF rates is
not exceeded by anyone in the state.
The appointment of Judge W. S.
KENYON to a prominent place at Wash
ington caused surprise generally, yet 1t
was not entirely unexpected by few.
The Judge was offered another similar
place some time ago but declined. II
is understood that as soon as the Bal
linger matter is disposed Of, Wicker
sham will retire from the place of at
torney general and Jacob NJ. Dickinson,
now secretary Of war, will succeed him
as attorney general. When that is done,
Mr. Dickinson and Judge Kenyon will
again be closely associated, as they
have been for number of years in the
legal department of the Illinois Central.
The program also includes placing
Lloyd Bowers, now solicitor of the
treasury, on the supreme bench at the
next change. Mr.. Bowers and Judge
Kenyon have appeared here together in
railroad matters, one for the Illinois
Central and the other for the Chicago
& Northwestern. Judge Kenyon de-
livered a notable address on the occas-
ion of the home coming of Senator Dol
liver last summer, which would indi-