Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-09
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Noines than to live. even with the
grocery combine In good working order.
may be the subject Of grand Jury IN
vestigation. Following the publicity
given the exactionssof the combine last
week in these dispatches. the Greater
Des Moines COMMITTEES got busy and
sent to Abel 4 demand for bill OF
particulars The outside undertaken
who was brought TO Des Motnes is one
Mr.. Luther. living 1t Adel. He has
furnished the county attorney with the
bill Of particulars. showing that an ex-
tortionate price was asked for Q casket
and that after the Dies Moines undef-
takers had been turned down 1t was
found. impossible to secure carriages
for the funeral or chairs or any &C.
commodations In fact, Mr.. Luther says
he found that the only person not In
the combine was the preacher.
"A new one In regard to the Third dis.
trict IL anoat. 1t IL to the effect that
Delbert Sumner, son OF the secretary
Of the state board Of health. conten-
plates coming out % q candidate for
congress against Pickett. He .is now
an empioye Of the United States senate.
but has wide acquaintance Ia lows.
49, 80 .
Each week a feeler Il put out AZ 70
some new probable or possible candi-.
date for the republican nomination for
governor, and this 10 taken to indicate
that the seekers for . new candidate
are anding 1t difdcult. to induce anyone
to permit use Of his name In opposition
to the steadily growing popularity Of
Lieutenant Governor Clarke.
Il Is reported that the standpatters
are very much vexed because the Iowa
delegation in congress- does not Inn
mediately take up and dispose Of the
question AZ to who Is to hold down
the various federal Jobs In the state at
ter the expiration Of the terms Of the
present sincumbents. From members
Of the delegation 1t II learned that
there is no great need for haste In this
matter and there IL no assurance that
the president viii recognize Iowa con-
xressmen now any more than he was
disposed to two years ago when the
so-called ..Taft club was in full charge
OF the .'spoils" OF office for Iowa. But
the standpatters are hoping that the
Iowa congressman will get busy and
decide something so that they can. be-
gin working up additional trouble TOT
them at the primaries
There is story afioat to the enect
that the alumni OF the state university
ana state college are being thoroughly
organixed for political purposes ana
that they may take hand In the NOM
ination Of candidates for state ONCE
next year. especially members OF the
legislature. The incentive IS the al
legged bad handling Of the colleges un-
der the present state administration.
The announcement that q represent
atiye OF the tariff board Is TO come. to
Des Moines and to hnd sout what the
owners OF the wooden mills here think
about reducing the,tarin on wool, indt-
Gates that local sentiment In every
manufacturing community is to be en-
listed In support OF the present tarin
schedules on WOOL. The owners OF the
wooden mills here will give all informa-
ton possible on theasubject. The mill.
il an old established one and highly
prosperous.
The democrats ID the Eighth district
are already planning toShaye Ex-Con-
gresham w. b. lamieson make the
race for congress again next year
against Judge Towner, In the hope they
can re-capture the district. This Is
not likely. since II Is we'll known that
Il was the vote OF fsiends OF Towner
that gave the election to SJamieson'
three wears aGo over Hepburn. But