Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-08
MANY BELIEVE ThoRNE AND
-1ossoN STRONGER THAN IF
NOT AssAlLED.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
IS DOOMED TO DEFEAT
Campaign Headquarters at Dss Moines
Deserted on Election Day - Saloon
Issue in Campaign Will Have Little
Effect on ResuIts-Cummins Playing
Golf Daily.
snenial 10 Characterization

Special TO Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. Selection day IS
always a dull day at state campaign
headquarters. SThere is nothing state
committee can do so late in the cam
paign. or for that matter in the last
week Of the night. Both chairmen nave
gone home TO vote. Both will be back
to get returns. The last posters nave
gone out. the last letters sent. all the
literary campaign is done.
For once the time honored custom OF
Boosting about the size Of the majority
has been dispensed with Nobody wants
to go on record.
1t is admitted, however, that the
campaign has had several peculiar
phases. The only speaking actually
desired was by the candidates. and by
the leading candidates, and this largely
because the people wanted to near OIL
rectly what these candidates proposed
for the future. The speaking end OF
the campaign vas lighter than usuai.
There was practically no literary or
educational campaign on either side
No considerable amount Of argunenta-
tive material was furnished the news
papers. No supplements were got out.
The plate houses meTe not patToEiE25.
On the part Of the republicans the
appeal was for standing by the party,
the appeal TO party pride, the demand
for support of the administrations,
state and national. the inducenent to
stand by policies that have proved good
for everybody, the support Of reason
ably good government in the state. and
especially the argument that the re-
publican party has for many years car
ried on state affairs in an economical
way.
The democrats have attacked nearly
all these things, and especially have
denied Tie claim that the republicans
have always done the best thing posi-
Bile in state government, have made
much of the tariff issue and have APP
pealed to a large extent TO the tactional
differences among republicans.
Introduction Of the saloon issue into
the campaign in the closing part has
given different turn to the whole
discussion: but it is not believed by
those who are we'll informed that it has
made any material change in the situa-
ton. The bitter attacks upon Cosson
and Thorne, and especially the dis
honest and dlsreputable misrepresenta-
ton of both of them on the part of the
corporations. has. it is believed, actual
~ strengthened them before the voters.
But on this. opinions differ.
It Is counted as almost certain that
the proposal for a constitutional con-
vention for Iowa will be defeated The
prohibit:onists are making a fight for
= al ca oe
women suffrage and the socialists. But
the vote upon the proposition will be
light.
The time for the hearing Of the ex-
press rate cases has been fixed for to-
morrow by the state railroad commits
sion. but it is not likely very much
Roadway will be made this week Prob
ably neither side is ready for final &C
ton. The complaint is that of the at
1orney general against the present
schedule IF express rates fixed by the
railroad commission which are declare
10 be extorlionate and unreasonahle
Great reduction are demanded in the
same Before any decision can be
reached he commission will undoubt-
eddy demand that the express com
panies produce their books t, snow
just what has been done on the Iowa
business.
The fact that the city ofsiciars Of Des
MoineS have announced that they will
Lot permit any postponement Of the
case brought il, court 10 have declared
null I'd void the franchise Of the street
railway company in Des Moin-.s has
hal thu Immediate effect of inducin g
the boHd-1olders of the company to get
busy TO reopen negotiations for d
franchise If the courts should sus-
tain the city's positions tn bonds
would not be worth very much. 1t
might create chaos in city affairs hut
the men who hold the mortgage on the
rails and old cars would suffer NOS
The great mass of the people oe pes
MONIES fear. however that anv new
trancnlse viii be so framed As u give
the company all the advantage and
they are somewhat disturbed oye- ru-
lnors that the bondholders expect to
eliminate all opposition to their desires
for perpetual franchise
Senator Cun1nns is daily PLAYER
on the golf grounds Of the Cos and
Country Club in Des Moiaes. when h.
is at home. He has done this partly
from love Of the game and partly BE-
cause he desires thus to gather ali the
strength possible for the arduous sea
son before him in Washington He W i'll
probably remain in Des Moines until
the opening Of congress spending mis-
forenoons in his office and the after
moons on the golf links SO long as the
weather remains favorable
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