Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-10
PEOPLE INrEREarEo IN RATE
cAsEs REGRET PLANS TO
LEAVE IOWA.
ASKING HIM TO TURN DOWN
5000 PER YEAR POSITION
Thorns's Services on Rail Board Need.
Cd in Settlement Of Pending Rate
Cases-Friends Of Green Predict
Successful Career in consrsss-stats
Capital Gossip.

Clifford Thorne is a candidate for Sec
retary Of the interstate commerce COM
mission, which fact had been kept Sc
cret for some time, and it was promised
would not be divulged, might indicate
that he is likely to leave the Iowa COM
rumor at large that he had it in mind
to resign, but this proved to be not
true. His services on the Iowa COM
mission at this time are too import
ant and those who desire that the vari-
Gus rate cases in which the commission
is involved shall be brought to a sue
cessful termination are urging that he
not think OF the $4,000 year JOB as
clerk at Washington. The state is right
now at the critical stage in the whole
rate controversy and is In need OF all
the counsel and assistance possible.
The express rate case is only a small
part OF the work to be done. The coal
rate case is very important and it in
wolves the 2-cent fare law. Then there
are a score OF cases the railroad COM
mission must prosecute before the in
terstate commerce commission, all OF
greatest importance, and new man
on the commission would find it hard
to take them up. In all these matters
the attorneys for the state, the COM
mission and thes hippers are working
together to fortify the position OF the
state on every question. The tempest
among the attorneys some time ago mas
all settled down and the lawyers are
now right where they were when the
work was commenced and all doing,
presumably, everything they can TO
have the state make good.
Ex-Representative c. A. Meredith, Of
Cass county, in the city this week, re-
joiced over the success Of Judge Green
In the Ninth district and predicted that
he would make a splendid congressman
as he had a judge. AS to the meaning
Of the election MIR. Meredith indicated
that it Indicated little more than con-
fidence in the republican party and the
fact that generally the farmers are su-
premely confident Of their own position
and are not at all alarmed over the
calamity cries about the terrors OF
reciprocity. But of course there are
great many of the farmers who are
intensely interested" he said. They
tOS6O UGSduSS IIlCS GA oos~HAASS SS-P>
city. yet it is true that a great many
of the votes cast for Judge Green were
by men who favor the reciprocity
treaty"
Another view as to reciprocity was
that from Representative w. F. Hard
ing. of Sioux City. There are many
of the farmers against reciprocity he
said, "and many others for it. l find
that where a man is engaged chiefly in
growing wheat he is very much op-
posed to reciprocity for he believes it
will hurt him. But where the farmer
is engaged in feeding and finishing
livestock he rather favors it because
he thinks it will enables him to get his
feeding stuff from the Canadian north
west. That is about the way they di-
vide on the question"
Representative John w. Jacobs, OF
Calhoun county, who attended court
here this week, is enthusiastically for
Speaker Stilinan for the republican
nomination for congress against Con-
gresham Woods, and is confident he
will be a winner. Mr.. Jacobs has not
vet decided whether or not he Will be
a. candidate to succeed himself in the
house. He made a fine record person
ally and proved a strong debater.
It seems probable that j. B. Rocka-
fellow, Of Atlantic, will prove to be
the leading candidate for the appoint
ment by the governor for the judge
ship in the Fifteenth district that will
be made when Judge Green resigns
to 20 to Washington. G. w. Cullison,
D. O. Stewart and Thomas Arthur are
known to be avowed candidates for the
place.
E. D. Chassell attended the COM
mencement festivities Of the State
Teachers College at Cedar Falls this
week 1t could hardly be said he was
there seeking votes, however. for near
ly all Of those who come to the re-
unions are non-voters. 1T was a
pleasant reunion" he said. when I
attended the school there were nearly
third Of the students men, and now
probably not over Is per cent are men,"
While member OF the legislature Mr..
Chassell gave great deal of time to
the interests Of the Teachers College
and educational matters in general.
The announcement that Ed Van
DuEn. LABOR commissioners, IS 10 De d
candidate for secretary of state, caused
surprise. Mr.. Van Duyn was ap-
pointed to his position by Governor
Carroll and has made a good official.
He is a resident Of Des Moines and a
contractor by business.
Lafe Young has set out to find out
how many of the newspa pers Of Iowa
are going to go on record as opposing
the administration and recommending
the turning down Of the reciprocity
bill. The Chicago Tribune has recent
Il poiiei the state as to what the ed
itors personally think about the meas
ure or what they think the sentiment
Of the people is. There are fifty daily
papers in Iowa and about 500 week
lies.
W. 9. Richards. clerk In a depart
ment office in Washington, who was
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