Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-14
PRESENT GOVERNOR FORMALLY
LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR
RECONCILIATION
STEAMBOAT CIRCLES IN FLUTTER
OVER PRESENT SITUATION
Carroll Forces in the Dumps Until B.
Murphy Got Busy and Organized
Governors Appointees Into Political
committee-State Medical Society
Gets Into Politics.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 14.-Governor Car
roll has issued an announcement Of his
candidacy for governor.
The governor declared he thought it
unfair to seek his retirement after one
term because of disagreement among
the members of the Iowa delegation in
congress-"
1t has been a long time since there
was such a f1uIter Of excitement in
standpat circles in Iowa as this week
AT the state house the silence of the
grave has been heard for some time
and the small army OF officials owing
allegiance to G Governor Carroll has been
in the dumps. But B. Murphy came
to the city arG insisted that som ething
be doae. He visited Secretary Nye, the
political manager for the governor.
then the offices of railroad commits
sioner, labor commissioner, phar-
macy commissin, mine inspec-
tor, adjutant general and others.
He counseled with James c. Davis.
head of the Northwestern legal depart
nent He assumed an air of conf
dence.
Wen squash this Garst movement
in a few days and there will be no thing
TO it," he said.
Informally it was agreed that organ
ization must be effected at once.
Whether to place the whole matter in
the hands of the Jackson standpat
committee or only to work incidentally
with that committee was considered.
A rumor gained currency that an en-
tirely new candidate for governor was
TO be brought out and that it would
mean a new deal all round II was
pointed out that since Governor Carroll
had obtained his first nomination large
ly on the claim that he was a progress
sive he could not be expected to get
the solid standpat vote. But when it
came to discussing who should be the
candidate that was a different matter
and not SO easily settled
1t was disclosed yesterday that the
doctors OF the state, thru the State
Medical Association, will again be
worked for support Of Carroll for gov
ernor. His parole of a prominent
southern Iowa doctor on evidence
plainly political in character, and his
a-ppont ment Of two other physicians
from southern Iowa points to import
ant places, was regarded as a pointer
as to where he will get his backing.
While campaign HEADQUARTERS for the
progressives was opened yesterday no
conference were held, but quite num-
Der Of visitors were here. The number
of names on the petitions runs up
in the thousands. The letters to Chair
man Fleming show that the progress
sives are alert and ready for action and
that by reason of the strong fight made
NV he4 ;,, 80
the fulfllment of party pledges the
cause is much stronger now than ever
before. Governor Garst expressed him
self as immensely pleased.
DR.. A. E. Kepford. the popular state
lecturer on tuberculosis, has received
Very many letters from all over the
state in regard to the national "Tuber-
culosis Sunday" movement under which
there will be sermons in many church
pulpits on Sunday. April "a on the
ravages of the white plague and the
campaign for its eradication The min
listers of Iowa are becoming apprecia-
tive of the fact that this is a move
ment which commands the attention
of all good men, that it is quite as
important to save lives in this world
as to save souls in the next DR.. KEEP
ford will speak in the First NJ. E.
church in this city on that date.
Secretary of State Hayward is be-
coming fearful that very many of the
candidates in the state will not file
their nomination papers in time Up to
date only thirty or forty of the papers
have been filed. There must be about
$50 of them. All candidates for state
office and for members of the legisla-
ture must file their papers. The last
date for fling is the 9th. To be very
sure the papers should be filed prior
to that date, for errors might be
found at the last moment when too
late to make corrections.
When Attorney General Byers went
to Anita and stopped off between trains
the republicans gave him reception
which showed he was going to have
strong support in that town. But when
he went 70 Adair. a real standpat
stronghold, dominated by Senator Saw
age who runs the bank and the politics
Byers was given a great ovation. AL
tho entirely without preparation fol
the meeting he talked for an hour and
a half and held the close attention oil
the audience all thru. Senator Savage
was in Des Moines some time age
and gave the Jackson committee as
surance that his town was standpat
overwhelmingly but the indication:
are that Byers will have from 80 to 81
per cent of the vote there. A De:
Moines man who visited there this
week states that he was told 1t would
be almost unanimous in support Of the