Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-29
SENATORIAL APPoINTEE QUITE
CERTAIN TOT &c ONE OF A HALF
DOZEN CANDIDATES.
GOVERNOR MAY GO BEFORE
LEGISLATURE AS AN ASPIRANT
Funk, James A. Smith, Garst. Byers
and Dawson the Other Possibilities
MAN Who is Named BY Governor
or Legislature Probably Can Win
Before the Primary to Follow.
,jal - Timas-Republioan.

Des Moines, oct. 29.-There is not a
republican candidate for the Legislature
who has no, heen approached. directly
or indirectly. by letter or otherwise,
with regard TO his personal preference
for United States senator. Already
letters have gone ont from here 10 Sc
cure, in an official way. II that Is pos
sible, some expression from the candi'
dates
Those who have been studying the
political man have tried 10 reduce the
list Of senatorial, proba bili,ies. by a
process Of el:mirs ton. and in 50 doing
have lust abou, figured il out that the
~ltSt> is. as follows:
A. b Funk, Spiri, Lake many years
in the senate,
James A. srdlh, Usage, state senate
leader
warren Garst. Coon Rapids rfa.zasr
governor and long time senator
H w. Byers. Harlan, attorney gen.
eral and former speaker.
b F. Carroll. Bloomfield. governor
and former state senator.
A. F. Dawson. Preston, member Of
congress.
Out of this list -ha successor OF the
late Senator Dolliver viii be selected.
No matter what may be the desires of
the political managers the people are
doing a 10. Of talking about the sem
atorship The trend OF the gossip runs
this way:
Governor Carroll is almost certain 70
take UP Immediately after election the
matter Of the appointment. Even tho
himself senatorial probability he will
likely appoint some strong man who
Will De candidate before the legisla-
ture. He Will not c2:.:st5ser nam,fg q
stop gap for che purpose Of deferring
settlement Of the matter
Sectional matters will be regarded to
some extent in the selection Of sem
a,or. hence i, is that northern Iowa.
and especially the Fourth. Tenth and
Eleventh districts. mus; be reckoned
with.
The legislature viii endeavor 70
choose a senator who will command
the confidence of the voters OF the state
sufficiently so as 70 make sure his
nomination at the primary IN 1912 for
the six-year term The legislature will
not consider any scheme for postponing
the matter by election o. one who will
Dt S&pStelu 10 refrain ONLY lrNiItoFSF4l
The man VINO is elected BY the legis-
Iature next winter Will have a short
session ard full long session In which
20 make a record a, Washington and
to gather strength. which will make
him almost invincible in the primary 10
follow. Any one of the six named
would be able to Thus assure his own
nomination barring extraordinary con-
ditions
The "favorite son" idea viii be great
" a, discount in the legislature and
the sincere effort Of II least q large
majority Of the members will be -
choose man who can INN ediatelv
enter The United States senate and
fairly represent the people Of Iowa and
do 50 With reasonable assurance that
he will remain for a full term and be
of use 70 the state. TIE very fact that
ali legislative nominations were made
without any regard whatever to any
senatorial controversy is q great ad-
vantage in this respect
There Will be no arbitrary elinina-
ton of candidates al any time The
field will be kept open.
Within the past two weeks the state
/ laboratory for the manufacture of SER
Iln Tor hog choiera has been doing
big business. This work was started
last summer. but apparently the state
was free from swine plague and there
was no demand FORT the antidote The
state veterinary department continued
tine work. and quite recently a sudden
demand has appeared for the serum.
which would indicate that there is
danger 10 the valuable herds Of the
4 state. DR. Koto is now greatly en-
lcouraged over the situation
/ Papers were filed in the suprem e
court the other day of an appeal in a
case bearing the title, st Peter vs.
Iowa Telephone Company" The title
was suggestive and there was much
| speculation as 10 what the row was
about One lawyer was willing to
wager that ii was a case Of the Iowa
trying to get a phone into St Peters
private apartments and that he
wouldn't have it. The supreme court
of Iowa is able to settle it.
| The state board Of health has been
asked to Cooperate with the immigra-
ton department at Ellis Island in