Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-30
EVIDENCE THAT STANDPATS ARE
TO BRING OUT DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.
D. D. MURPHY, OF ELkADER,
PICKED TO MAKE THE RACE
Democrats in Eighth District Ready to
United on Vreeman, Of centervilIe-
Would Attract Republican Votes
Salinser's Attack on MuIct Law Of
Vital Effect.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, March SO.-At the time
of the Carroll good roads-standpat
conference of the second week of
March very prominent politician of
one of the counties of northeastern
Iowa stated to the writer, in substance:
There Were ten Of US on the train
| coming down and naturally we talked
a little of politics in the Fourth dis
trict. We compared notes and found
! that every one of the ten-an repub-
/ licans-would not vote again for Con-
gresham Haugen And before we got
thru talking it was found that every
one of the ten would be willing to
pledge himself to vote for D. D. Muir
ply of Elkader, for congress- 1t is
| therefore certain that the Fourth dis
| trict is going to have a hot fight this
year at the general election
Now it is announced officially that
Mr.. Murphy is to be the candidate for
the democratic nomination in the
Fourth district. The standpatters have
no thought whatever of defeating
Haugen at the primary. Delegates 10
the good roads conferences from Ala
nakee county came to Des Moines and
Immediately started talk of having w
;. Hart brought out as a candidate for
congress against Haugen, but when
the managers got together they sat
down on this scheme hard, for they
realized that Hart could not make the
fight. Now Dave Brant, spokesman for
the standpat- good readers has an
nounced that among other districts
that will return democrats TO congress
is the Fourth. Democrats therefore feel
that the outlook for them in the north
eastern corner of the state is very
good.
Information from the Eighth district
is to the effect that the democrats are
likely to concentrate on Charles z.
Vrooman of Centerville, as their can
didate for congress rather than Stuart,
McGintie or anyone else. Mr.. Vroo-
man has lived in Washington much in
recent years, having had a position in
the government service, but he has al
ways kept in close touch with the sit
uation in the Eighth district and has
frequently spoken in political cam
paigns His friends point out that he
has many qualities that admirably fit
him for a place in congress and he
would attract great many republican
votes. The district has a very large
number of voters who care very little
| for party ties and it is believed he
! would garner them in.
! Tn matter of the attack upon Iowa
laws for regulation of the liquor traffic
/ as presented by Attorney Salinger at
| Ottumwa. to Judge Mcpherson. has not
attracted the attention which those
who are on the inside say it deserves.
If the contention of Mr.. Salillger is
sustained which it probably will not
be the state courts will be enjoined
from making any enforcement of the
rnulct law and every vestige of that
law will disappear. Along with it will
go at least a part of the prohibitory
| law The situation would be such as
to literally force upon the people the
necessity for constitutional amend
ment in order to save a part of the
right of regulation of the traffic. While
the suit is brought in fact on behalf
of persons dealing in liquors to secure
relief from some of the exactions of
the law, it is said to be admirably
adapted to serve the purposes of the
constitutional amendment advocates.
The chance of its success, however, is
remote.