Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-11
STATE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
FIXES TIME AND PLACE
OF MEETING.
NO "HEADS OR TAILS STUNT
IN SELECTING DIES MONIES
Matter Of Temporary Officers Goes
Over Until Political Situation Takes
shape-Bis Convention certan-Gil
Hand to Debate With Miss Won
Petzold-Im portant Hearings.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 1.-THE matter
Of selection of the republican state
convention was done quite different
/ There was no guessing on the "heads
or tails" of a half dollar, as was done
some time ago. The committee thrash
ed Il out quiatly.
Aug. 8 The important matter of Sc
! lecting temporary officers was post
| poned until after it is known whether
Iowa is in fact steadfast in the faith
or has started on the back track. II
/ the standpat organization succeeds in
/ carrying the state a typical srandpatter
/ will be named for chairman 10 deliver
the keynote. Il Iowa turns out to be
! still progressive then a progressive
| will be chosen.
! There was suggestion made of Sem
ator Funk for chairman. but the stand
/ patrers would not stand for this. A
suggestion of Senator Dolliver as the
! kevro-er was not received any better,
tho il was admitted his selection would
/ be partial answer 70 the Mckinley
I challenge TO Iowa
The fact was shown again. which Is
not new. that the progressives do not
control the state committee. They have
never controlled it but in one year and
nat was the year of the famous stand
/ pat bolt four years ago.
Two Of the committeeman were abb
zant-Wright and Copeland. The for
raer sent his proxy 10 Porterfeld OF At
| lancic with instructions 10 vote it ac-
! cording 10 the wishes of Dewitt OF
i Oskaloosa.
A member of the committee stated
that the one thing which really decided
the matter was realization that If the
plans which were laid the day before for
the biggest kind Of a political scrap in
Iowa are carried TO a conclusion, there
will be a very large state convention,
and il might be larger than could easily
be care for at either Cedar Rapids or
1 Ortumwa Certain it is that there will
be a big convention.
Senator Gillilland, who was here to
attend the Carroll standpat-roads
meetings this week, completed ar
rangements while here for thirty five
chautauqua dates in July and August
in joint debate with Gertrude Won Pet
zold on the merits of the demand for
woman suffrage. Senator Gilliland got
into the chautauqua game by acci-
| dent He had been persuaded to con-
I | sent to one joint debate at the Des
Moines chautauqua with G. F. Rine-
hart, and the Ia tier had to cancel the
engagement because of leaving the
state. Then the chautauqua managers
substituted Miss Won Petzold, the tall
| ented minister of the Cnitarians in
| Des- Moines. Il was a bowling sue
cess Now both are going into the
clautauqua work this year doubly
j armed with bright arguments and
sharp attacks.
In the rush of other things the past
week the work of the state railroad
commission has been necessarily over
looked AS a matter Of fact the hearing
the last few days has been one of the
most important ever given and Com
missioner Eaton states that the sub
jects discussed were more important
than anything considered for years
The demurrage question took up much
of the time, but rates in regard to coal
and grain and other things were mixed
in and as cap to the climax the
manufacturers asked TO have the board
promulgate a set of rules for switching.
Orders will be made out soon for much
Of the work covered by the week. The
demurrage rules will be adopted SUBJ
stantially as arranged at the Washing
ton meeting. There was some effort 10
have them put off TO have considera-
. ton of important changes but this was
not deemed necessary.
George A. Lincoln, state game war
, den, will remain in charge Of that
! work during the next year or two and
until the great work he has undertake
! en- is carried out He has already COM
nenced the work of restocking the
state with game birds. The pheasant
and the partrid ge win be used, but es
= pecially the former. The plan will be
to furnish birds TO individuals who will
undertake the raising Of young birds.
II is necessary, or best to have them
, matched not in incubators, but by
bantam hens. and this plan is working
: well where tried. A great many per-
sons in the state have signifed will
. ingness to aid in this work. The ex-
pense will be slight and it will mean
) the scattering Of the birds all over the
( state.
IF I have the cooperation Of per-
) sons interested, will within two years
have this state covered with the fines
: lot of game birds ever SEEM" said
J Warden Lincoln.
Z He has gone out into the western
) part Of the state to look into the rns'
J ter of what to do with the large herd
of deer there. His plan is, if the *
5 are found to be q nuisance, as som
. say, to have them caught and sent to
,-arinus marks and rnusaI1rns