Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-07
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN CLOSED AND
ONLY AWAITS FINAL COUNT
OF VOTES.
QUIET IN DES MONIES
IN CONTRAST TO OTHERS
Little Betting Done and Most Of Money
is placed at to on Garst and
Prouty-Money Poured in by Stand
patters Not All Used, as Prosecution
Was Threatened by Prcsressives.
Special to Times Repu b,ioan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June THE primary
election is under way and is entirely
quiet and orderly in Des MONIES, IN
striking contrast to some Of the pri-
nlaries that We're held few years ago
before primaries We're placed under
state regulation In Des Moines there
are forty-eight voting precincts, di-
dision being made last year so the count
of the vote would be quicker than il was
two years ago. 1t is found however,
that with such a large number OF
places to hear from returns are very
hard to get liz Dies Moines.
The closing rallies of the campaign
in Des Moines indicated that full
vote will be got out. There was not
much difference between ths Prouty
and the Hull rallies at the auditorium
But organization work by both sides has
been we'll done and it will not be the
fault of the committees if voters are
negligent or go wrong.
Near the close of the campaign there
was evidence that great deal OF
money was being poured out by the
standpatters. The progressives traced
1t and located the places where the dis
tribution was being made. They made
it public that they knew all about II
and the result was that the general
distribution of money was stopped and
the last two or three days the ward
heelers weer going about looking for
money. At one of the standpat meet
ings held on Sunday some weeks
ago, one of the leaders said:
Boys, the ice cream is here. we have
the dishes and the spoons; but there
is nobody to dish it out"
Everyone was afraid to handle the
money. 1t was known, for In
stance. that Judge Prouty's commit
tee had detectives trailing up the well
known money distributors who have
hitherto done business for the machine,
and this made some of them chary.
There has been very little betting
done here. On last Sunday among
number of east side sports there was
some betting and 1t was usually four
to one on Garst and about the same
on Prouty. But there was not mucn
disposition to do betting.
Locally it seems almost certain that
Representative John Sullivan will be
nominated for the state senate; the
others being c. w Powell. l. j. kas-
son. and E. A. Lingenfelter. For rep
resentative the choice probably lies
between Frank Shankland, H. NJ. De-
Ford. r. E. Morris. Q. S. Franklin and
w. S. Fraley The contest is purely
personal as nearly all are progressives.
According TO the Underwriters Re-
view, which is owned by a local in
surance company and published here
in the interest Of the insurance COM
panies, the insurance interests have
been taking an active part in the
campai ign just closed. The Review
states that this is the time to get
action and TO let the candidates for
legislature understand that insurance
is not "a business to be made target
for all kinds of obstructive regulation
and mulcted by inordinate taxa ton"
There has been great deal Of insur-
ance legislation in recent years, and
the companies have a well organized
lobby.
In the opinion Of some good lawyers
it is possible under the primary law
for a voter to declare a change in his
party utilization even on election day
and change from one party to an
other. The intent of the lawmakers
was that such changes should be fled
at least ten days before the primary
and If it is found the la is not what
was supposed it will be changed.
Col. Joseph Eiboeck, president Of
the German merican alliance, has
been active during the campaign, and
the alliance has been doing some work
for various candidates. There are said
to be about 10000 members of the al
lance 1t was formed not for the
purpose Of INF lencing the campaign
but to carry on work the year round
for fair and liberal laws in regard to
the liquor traffic. What they desire
is that the Legislature shall leave
things alone md not be continually
changing the laws and stirring up new
things. While perhaps a majority of
the members are dem ocrats, the ma
jority can not be very large and in
the elections in the fall this vote will
he very important.
Chairman Carl FRANKIE, of the re-
publican state committee, will call the
committee together in a few days and
select the temporary chairman. The
convention is to be held in Des Moines
in August. It is now regarded as GER
tain it will not only have the duty of
selecting the candidateS for judges but
that of choosing who shall run for
state superintendent. There is no prob
ability of the nomination for railroad
commissioner going into the conven-
ton.