Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-03
gan FIGURE / OUT
ALL CLAIMS ON IOWA LEGiSlA.
TURE PROVE TO BE MERELY
GUESS WORK.
WILL BE REPUBLICAN,
cut MAJORITY IN DOUBT
Weaver's Bolt to Mako Thousands Of
Votes For Republican Ticket
Straight Prohibition Party Vote to be
Only Avsrase-ke"yon to Speak in
Des Moines-PoliticaI Gossip.


Special to Times Re publican.
Des Moines, Nov. S.-Those who
have done some figuring on the COM
plexion of the next Iowa legislature
frankly ADMIT that the more figuring
they do thu. less satisfied they are with
their guesses 4 very prominent Iowa
politician said the other day:
Il feel sure that the legislature WIZ
be republican but l cant give the ing
ures for il. The situation simply Is
that nobody knows anything about
What is going 10 happen
The communication to the congress
Sicnal committeeman By Hon. Frank
z. Woods. the Iowa members OF the
congressional national committee.
calling special attention TO the lact
that the legislative ticket must not pc
overlooked Will have the effect Of STIR
ring up a good many republicans.
There are only six of the present
members OF the state senate VINO are
candidates who are sure of reelection.
These are McManus. Smith and W flsol1'
democrats: md Mates. Jewell and Al
len. republicans. There is some DOUBT
as 10 how Senator DsWsf Will rare
in his district Three former members
Of the house are candidates for the
senate-C. F. Swift. John sullivan and
A. A. Balluff. Secretary Neal OF the
senate will De promoted to the floor
of the senate for his good work as sec
retarv al the last session. But there
are four or FIVE senatorial districts III
doubt.
-;cy1<
cent members OF the house who are
candidates for reelection. a large ma
iority of them will be successful But
OF the new members very little is
known in a state way. and the new
house will be filed with persons whose
affiliations are rot very clearly de-
fined
The letter OF Gen. James 2. Weaver.
in which he advises all his personal
friends 10 vote against Claude Porter
for governor because Of The !cca! option
plank in the state platform will. 1t Is
believed by the republicans. be worth
a great many thousands Of votes Tor
Governor Carroll. The general does
not go so far as to advise voting for
Carroll, but owing 70 the prohibiuon
attitude OF the governor. it VIII nave
that effect 1t seemed some time ago
as If the prohibition party candidate
for governor would receive very large
vote hut this situation is fast disap-
pearing and ii Is now certain the party
will not receive the big boost that wa
in store for it. But the Weaver letter
accenruates the later turn OF the whole
campaign.
Another story published here abou.
an alleged conference with view TO
getting a big fund from the Peoria dis
fillers and brewers for use in southe >
Iowa. has the earmarks Of improbable
itv. The story has been il circulation
-o!ne days but was not believed.
The New York Post recently printed
what purported TO be communication
from a special correspondent sent TO
Des Noines to investigate the situation.
the major part Of which was an alleged
interview with All unnamed politician
described by himself az leading re-
publican progressive who may be the
republican candidate TO succeed Dolii-
YER Now everyone is wondering who
il wax that this CORES pondent met in
Des Mo;neS who palrned himself off III
mis- way and talked column or so Of
our suggestion Of criticism of Presi-
dent TAFT AS matter OF fact none
Of the newspaper men here know Of
any correspondent of the Post visiting
Des Moines
In very prominent cigar store in
Des Moines one of the voting machines
in use here has been set up for in
struction." The discovery has just been
made that the volunteer Instructors"
who have been standing around smok-
ing campaign cigars and telling how TO
Vote nave oseTi TsTy 5c;sT 2ct shnving
men how to vote straight" ticket but
how to vote scratched" ticket: and
that they have been especially active
in showing the uninitiated how to
scratch Carroll. Cosson and Prouty.
The scheme has been running along
smoothly for some time and 1t shows
the activity of the scratcher movement
here.
W. S. Kenyon. of Fort Dodge, is ex-
Dected here soon TO sneak before the