Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-13
STANDpATS IN IOWA PAVING
WAY TO BOLT STATE CON-
VENTiON.
MAY FORCE PRoGREsslVEs
TO TAKE RADICAL ACTION
Claims Still Being Sent to East That
Standeats Arc in Control and That
Compromise Platform is Proof There
Of croHcrd's Certificate Probably
viii Be Restored.
- Tim Rsnuh,:car

st!ll engaged il holding il out 20 thei'
associates in The east that as a matter
OF fac, they carried Iowa and are il
+ full control, ard because o. this fact ii
may De deemed incun1 ben, OF The part
a. the regulars in the state conven-
ION. who are the progress:ves. 10 lake
action that VIII leave no doubt what
ever as 10 where Iowa stands in poll
ties Those in control have been dis
posed, 50 they say, 10 be extremely
moderate and somewhat conciliatory-
+ toward the defeated standpaI element,
bu, ,he Latter are getting ready 10
claim thar = moderate attitude OF the
convention Is proof that they. the
standpa;S, are in control of the state.
The attitude Of the standpat press
has already been shown. The Iowa
City Republican, for instance. still in
sists that the choice OF delegates has
resulted in q pracIiea! stand of" and
the Fairfield Ledger says that the con-
vention VIII be close. so close that
only roll call may tell which faction
Is in control" Il also insists again tina:
the standpats control SIX OF the dis
triccs against the regulars ana says:
With the nomination OF Carroll,
control Of the committee and tie in
the state convention. they have accom-
piishsd a wonderful fear in a state
which was said 10 be III q condition OF
revolt agains, the administration
On che other hand the attitude OF
several OF The radical taetional papers
in preparing the way for q bolt from
the state convention is taken by the
republicans here 70 be a sure sign that
they understand perfectly Wei that
factional control II The state conver-,
ton has been lost and that the reg
ulars vii, have things their own way.
The fac. that quite number o. the
republican county conventions passed
resolutions Of endorsement Of The state
and national administrations has bean
heraided far and wide as evidence that
the s,andpat faction is really in full
control in the entire state There was
not any Intention on the part Of the
regulars TO DO otherwise than 70 pass
ne usual resolutions Of endorsement 81
the administrations, but they are be-
coming resentfui OF the attitude OF the
scandpacters who want TO insist that
any sor: Of endorsen ent Of the party
or administration VIII show 10 the
/ Cannon Ald-ich organization that they
are IN high favor in Iowa
l: Is this situation that threatens to
force the regulars 10 adopt strong
1 progressive platform containing not a
! single suggestion that can be made use
81 by the fractional agi-a-o-s % cause
trouble sor The party.
Friends % Dr.. j. ". c-oso-d ~ La
NOM. state that il cost him fully s2o.-
600 10 gain his freedom from prison
after he had been sanr Up for life Tor
me alleged murder Of young girl in
his saralo-.ura. He had Ite case fought
thru -he courts for SIX u seven years
The supreme court twice affirmed the
doctors guL-. His attorney 90, ta--i
ne legislature a special bill which had
the effect Of permitting MIN 70 go free
on bail pending al appeal. Finally ne
was pa-dored or tae testimony Of on.
DR. Brown. who long after all other
resources had failed produced the evil
dence that 4 presented on the trial
would certainly have cleared C-offord
r. l. rery likely that DR.. C-oford viii
+ pc restored MS certificate and will en-
gage again IN the practice Of madi-
! cine.
There ara over 1000 phone COM
panies II I54ra and ne ask Of fixing
/ the assessment upon them by the state
! executive council is no small one In
fact i will De done largely by clerical
/ help and the council as body win not
+ pass on the valuation Of very many os
( the com panies.
! State Superintendent Riggs vas
/ somewhat amused at the resolutions
adopted in Mitchell county The re-
publican county convention first in
structed The state delegates 10 be for
Professor Deyoe for state superintend-
en-. then directed the member IF the
( legislature 70 work for change in
the law 50 that a plurality nomination
can be made Not only did Superin-
tendent Riggs nave a plurality in the
state bit also in Mitchell county.
/ Manager Halliday Of the Midland
LyceuH7 bureau, who has charge 81
most Of the chautauQua bookings for
! both Of the Iowa ssuators. states that
{ # he could have had hundred speech
! es from each of them during the chau-
! tauqua season ne could have filed
them Very few Of the lecturers are as
popular as Cummins and DoI,iver. The
( latter can be booked for the larger
eastern assemblies because he is bet
/ ter known as an orator, but the de-
r1and for dates for Curnmins was
! enormous. There was great ernbarass-
rnent to the lecture bureau when Cum
minis was compelled to cancel some OF
his best dates. as there was nobody
who could be secured who would be
accepted as a substitute for him.
The state executive council Will not
be able this year to give farm land
Variations another boost for Assess
Enent purposes as Last year. The rea
estate assessment comes only once II
two years, but there is to be readtust.
meut Of the PERSONAL property ASS
ment. Last year the council ordered al
increase in assessments in twenty -fou
of the counties Of the state, rangins
from Per cent in a few counties t.
per cent I'm others The real estate
values were increased per cent Fl
Polk. Plymouth. Howard and Wapellt
cuunti-s. Me:hs-s ~ fhe council d.
not hesitate to say. privately. That tn
real estate valuations as reported b.
: assessors are too low considering tn
actual price Of the land. Un0oubtedl.
next year there win BE- . big boost =
all assessments. .s
] G. Duraut Jones. IT RWTy, the Of