Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-03
sY9rEMATIc GFFoR1 UNDER
WAY FOR TWO WEEKS TO TIE
HANDS or LEGISLATURE.
AoLp GUARD" ATTEMPTING
TO DICTATE PARTY ACTION
Governor Carroll NesdisssIy Embar.
raised Legislature by Undertaking to
Decide Who Should Succeed Dol'ivsr
Action to Cause No End Of Trouble
-other Iowa News.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. s.-Can the whip
he cracked hard enough over the heads
of the minority In the legislature to
nrevent a senatorial caucus? Can the
plan which has been outlined of Fore
ing a deadlock be carried out? This
is the question that is agitating menu
bers Of the legislature.
For time it seems as if this pitfall
would be avoided; but it seems that
the so-called "old guard intends 10
Law down the rule that the legislators
must agree to accept their selectloh Oh
q candidate for the senate--must IN
dorse the dictation of their governor
and If an agreement can not be Sc
cured for this in advance then they
will withdraw from the party.
n is known, however. that there are
q great many republicans who will not
take this position. Systematic effort
has been made the past two weeks to
Law the plans for this kind Of dead
lock. Inquiry has been made OF the
attitude of every one Of the standpat-
ters. A canvass has been made look
ing to finding out whether they can
all be lined up for any proposlt'o'l
which shall be put up to them by those
who want to dictate. 1t is supposed
that some announcement has been re-
ceiyed. and that the belief prevails tnat
about forty of the republicans can ne
got to stand for an effort to force their
selection upon the legislature as
against the results Of an open caucus
question has already come up as
to whether or not there will be any
caucuses at all III the legislature uh-
less there is an agreement 1or d sen
atorial caucus. There are 1ntlmat1oiia
of a renewal of the old alliance pc
tween the standpatters and the denl :
ocvrats. especially In the senate, oiA
such a basis that they will be abe 10
virtually organize the houses. II the
standpa tiers refuse to bow to the VIII
of the majority by entering caucus
for senator it may be that IN the VI
ganization of the two houses the maj
ter will be handled directly from the
floor without a caucus. If a deaoloch
on one matter why not on all!
great many of the legislators 1eei
that Governor Carroll needlessly en-
barassed the general assembly by IN
dertaking to decide for the mehlpe'
whom they must vote for In the caucus >.
1t is now plain that the plan was wen
laid from the first to have the ace'oh VI
the legislature forestalled. Some OF tne
LEGISLATORS feel that this was haro.y
necessary. and it is now evident IL Is
going to cause no end OF trouoAe Aoi
everybody.
An interesting controversy is that
Tor q long
between the state executive. counci'
and the managers OF certain -pu''olie
and loan associations as to the neces-
sity for such associations to 'ncorpo-
rate under the general law and pay
fee the same as other corporations.
When the law was passed and ieft
amhipuous the fee was small matter
but now that it is important the com :
nanies decline to pay. Since the coun-
Gil has refused to incorporate or-aliow
reincorporation Without payment Of the
fee the companies threaten to go INFO
court and thrash the matter out to es-
tablish their rights under the law.
The state convention OF the Iowa
implement dealers, which was held here
this week behind closed doors. was de-
clared by the members to have been
one of the most important of their
many conventions. Their association
IL becoming very strong and Is now IN
nosition TO dictate as to the terms or
the trade. They take strong ground
against the mail order business. against
the proposed parcels post and direct
sales to consumers. They believe they
will BIO able to put a stop to price cut
ting and maintain the retail implement
business on a safe footing. They are
also at the point where they can have
great influence in legislation.
The report Of the state parole board
lust made dicloses that valuable work
among the paroled prisoners OF the
state is being done under the auspices
of the Society for the Frlendless, or
ganized with headquarters at Kansas
City, and having Rev. Charles Parsons
Of this city, as a special agent working
among the Iowa ex-prisoners. Inc
state has it's own parole agent engaged
in finding work for men and looking
after their welfare, but the work Of the
society named is aside from this ana
supplemental and is said to be OF the
greatest possible value. In this way
the state or the society keeps IN touch
with all who have been in prison and II
they are in need of help it is possible
to extend it to them. In due time the
present Iowa system will work ont so
that every person committed to either
prison or reformatory will come under
the direct supervision Of the parole
board.
WILL CONTEST ELECTION.