Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-04
line up is a square one between the
progressives for Garrett and the stand
pats for Eousquet.
Superintendency Contest Slow.

pats tor t>ouSQuet
Superintendency Contest Slow.
The contest for superintendent has
not developed much that is interesting.
Some interest was added when 1t be-
came known that letters in behalf of
Adam Pickett were prepared in the
office of labor comm ssioner by Gov.
CAROLS appointees, printed on state
stationery and sent out to aid in the
boost for the Union county man. More
recently it has developed that Pickett,
thru this association with the main
show, has got on his side the corpor-
alton influence. In SONS parts of the
state county superintendent have tax
en- an active part in fighting Mr.. Riggs,
the present incumbent. largely on per-
sonal grounds; but Mr. Riggs has done
very little 10 further his own inter
ests. II setms probable that Mr.. Deyoe
of Hancock county, will prove the
strong man in case this goes into the
state convention. which is proba bic. An
effort was made to get an issue b. false
representa- as 10 the attitude OF Mr..
Riggs on various school matters but
this did not work out we'll. The. three
or four other candidates have done per
sonal work and by letter but no one
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Big Fight For Commissioner.
The fight for railroad commissioner
is second only in Importance to that
for governor. Everyone. nearly. under
stands what is involved, and yet it IS
a fact that there has been more in
Quiry about this than about any other
OF the minor places. One person wrote
20 progressive headquarters to know
which of the others aside from Colonel
Palmer was a progressive. In view
Of such misconception II is not to be
wondered at that the fight is one about
which nothing can be predicted. Colonel
Palmer is, of course. not only stand
pat1er but ne has long stood as typi-
cal of that faction. James II. Wilson
is Of the moderate and between type,
and i. is not going 10 surprise some
people if Prairie Jim" as he is af-
tectionately called, comes up with an
enormous vote. He has many old
friends, is an old soldier ard he is
doing effective arlpaigning Clifford
Thorne and Chris Ottosen will get the
bulk OF the progressive support, tho
Ed Silz is q thoroughly loya! progress
sive. The belief prevails. however,
among the prog-essives that II they
are 10 win here they must win with
combination of Thorne and Ottosen. The
expensive part OF this campaign is.
however, being made in the interest
Of Palmer
In this connection II is recalled that
at midnight before the famous state
convention o. 1905 which nominated
Cun,u,ins for q third term after $500
900 had been spent % effect his defeat
the man who handled the money wired
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Chicago 10 the effect that while they
had lost the governor they had saved
the railroad commission. which, he
added. was more important. The re-
ply ne got by telegraph was not very
cheerful tho admitting tina. It was
something TO save the commission.
The Congress- Contests.
L IS not 700 much 20 say that the
progressive leaders are confident of the
success Of the four candidates they are
supporting in -ae four contested dis
t-icts il southern Iowa. They are sur
est Of Prouty. nex- Of By-ars, then Oar
ran and Brookhar., in the order named.
There is no possibility Of the defeat
Of Judge Prouty now save thru the
liberal use Of money. He has the cleo
tion clearly won. But re is not IN
mindful OF the resourcetulness Of his
opponent, and he knows that the in
re-ests would be willing 10 spend vast
sums 10 effect MS defeat and that OF
By-ers While the p-ogress;ves believe
that Byers has ths lead they are not
able 20 figure on the Ninth district az
closely as on the Seventh where the
ground has been gone over three times
before in the same fight All the news
from the Eighth is TO the effect that
John Da-rah is running neck and neck
with .ae judge and is a likely winner
Just what sort Of campaign Colonel
Brookhart has been making is not
known here, as he has handled it alone
and Independently Of any state cam
paign tho it should De understood there
has been no crossing Of wires. Brook
hart IS vigorous worker and he
knows his field well.
Some Interesting Phases.
There are some interesting phases
Of the campaign coming TO light as
il nears the finish.
The libera,ity of the committee in
offering money for support of the
standpa- program causes surprise tho
Of course il has been an open secret
here FOR some time that distribution of
money is under way One very ordf-
nary ward politician was offered 5000
for a few days work and got a part OF
the money Another was offered 5000
for work among the miners and turned
il down. One very able man was offer
ed 81 300 for going on the stump for
the Cannon candidate for congress.
These are not guesses but known facts.
The immense quantity Of literature be-
ing distributed indicates an unlimited
supply Of money Locally it is rec
ognized that in the columns OF certain
newspapers, which never work without
pay. there is abundant evidence that
the recent visit 70 Des Moines Of the
chairman of the national congressional
committee was rot for the purpose of
inspecting the street cars. as adver-
tised.
Evidence of the use of the money
elsewhere is common. A bankrupt
newspaper man from the Tenth dis
trict. closely allied with the Jackson
committee, has been in southern Iowa
spending freely and organizing the
standpat forces.
Postmasters at Work.
In a county of the Third district
1t was reported yesterday that a post
master from another part Of the dis
trict had been there aiding in the or
ganization of the forces to work for