Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-29
CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS RALLYlNG STRONG
SUPPORT.
GROWING CHANCES TO WIN
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION
standpat Slate in Eastern Iowa coun-
ty Turned Observation-Disclosures May
Have Trouble Getting on Official
Ballot as Prohibitionist Candidate
For Governor-some Poor Advice.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, April 29.-All the news
that comes from the Eighth congress
sional district is cheering for the re-
publcans of progressive tendencies. AT
the outset there was some fear. espec-
tally on the part Of those who know
little of the men, that Representative
John Darrah might not develop into
a strong campaigner. Those who knew
him in the legislature felt that he
would please the people of the district,
and still more those who knew him as
a plain and successful business man at
Charlton, had confidence in him. Now
it is known that his campaign has
made great strides and he is practic-
ally assured of success. This is large
ly because of the fact that he a type
of man too often refusing to take any
hand in politics-the business man
keenly alive to the business needs Of
the country Mr.. Darrah is one who
is the exact opposite of his competitor
in that he is not in any sense a poll
tician but stictly a business man. From
every part of the district come reports
that Darrah is sure to cast very
large VOTE And best Of all is that the
campaign has been kept on high
plane and free from all personalities.
Information comes from a township
in an eastern Iowa county where the
standpatters put up a job to nave
caucus and select a list of delegates to
the county convention to be voted on
at the primary. They believed they
were sure of it, since ii was one of the
strongest standpat precincts of the
Second district two years ago. But the
standpatters overshot the mark by pro-
posing resolution pledging their
ticket to vote only for men who would
go to the state convention for TAFT
and Carroll" and Immediately there
was trouble, with the result that the
SLATE" was turned down and a good
republican delegation named that is
not tied to anybody's kite.
The interesting fact was brought out
at the conference of the state educatort
this week that the compulsory attend
ance law is not very strictly enforced
in any part of the state and further
that the clause which affords an excuse
for non attendance in religious in
struction" operates to the disadvantage
of the law in some places. 1t was even
suggested by some Of the county SUI
that it ought to be their
poIicy to not insist very rigidly upon
the law It is good thing to apply
in some cases but in many other cases
its application would work hardship.
AS a matter of fact the law has in
creased materially the average attend
ance at the schools. The superinten-
dents desire that it shall be strengthen
ed in some places.
Can the prohibition candidate for
governor get his name on the state
ticket by petition? He has filed as a
candidate for senator in the Black
hawk Grundy district and having no
opposition will go on the official bal
lot as sure as the day comes around
When a petition is filed to have his
name go on also for governor on the
same ticket the state officials will find
that he is already on the ticket, and
it is contrary to the spirit of the Iowa
laws for candidate to have his name
on the ballot more than once. How
will the matter be adjusted?
One of the candidates for the repub-
| lfcan nomination for railroad commits
I sioner has been sending out circulars
! showing a ballot with the advice to
vote for three" Inasmuch as persons
who vote for three" will lose their
votes it does not look like very good
advice.
| It looked for time as If Davis
county, in the heart of the old Hairy
Nation" was to be the only county of
| the state where the republicans would
not even put up a candidate for the
| legislature, but on the last day the
nomination papers were filed. Davis is
| a close county and generally has sue
ceeded in sending a democrat to the
| legislature.
| Over 400 candidates filed domination
papers for state and distric- offices in
| Iowa The task of making out the
| schedule for the official ballots is no
small one. It will be in charge of Guy
Brewer. Of the secretary of states Of
flee, one Of the most competent clerks
in the state house. The rotation will
have to be all worked out in the office
and the arrangement be certified out to
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