Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-20
COMMITTEEMAN SAYS
IOWA DEMOCRATS ARE NOT
COMMITTED TO ANY MAN.
SPEAKER CLARK MAKING GOOD,
WOODROW WILSON POPULAR
Wade Denies Connection With Brew.
ers' Organization and 10 Surprised at
Attack Upon Him BY Temperance
Element fParty-eis Compliment
to Commissioner Thorns.
Special to Times-RepuDliean.

| Special TO Times-Republfcan.
| Dies Moines, Sept. 2o.-Judse Martin
j. Wade, who is attending court here,
declines to commit himself at this time
as to a democratic candidate for pres
! ident He says the field Of good men
! is large and that it is so certain the
! democrats are going to win the cleo
[ ton that the convention Will pick a
good man
!! If Speaker Clark makes good at the
coming session Of congress as he has
! at the extra session. said the judge,
she will be formidable candidate"
] The judge states that he has been
/ impressed with the fact that Woodrow
Wilson is big man AND that he could
make a capable president. But the
! disposition in Iowa seems to be that
OF waiting for sentiment to crystalize.
l do not discover that there is any
work being done for any candidate,
no clubs being organized or efforts be-
(; ing made TO boost this or that avail
| able candidate"
(! Judge Wade is not disturbed over the
| effort being made here TO start some
| thing to GUST him from the place on
| the national committee. This is due
p, to the activity of some Of the prohi-
bition democra who We're offended at
! Otturnwa last year. They have started
the story that the judge is in some way
| hooked up with the brewers trust or
national organization.
i Il am not in any way, manner or
| shane connected with the organlZa-
| ton OF brewers, said the judge. Il
/ have no connection whatever with
! them and have never had. l am not
their attorney and have not been l
| said so to young man who came at
me here the other night and made it
very plain that I am not their attorney.
/ but much to my surprise it came out
! in the papers that I had said was
| the attorney for the breweries II It
| keeps on that way I'm going to de-
| man retainer I can't afford to be
advertised as their attorney unless
am retained
! Judge Wade takes some satisfaction
| out of the situation which has de-
veloped because Of President Tafts
tariff position and the troubles it has
brought on the republican party. and
will not hesitate to predict demo-
cratic president next time.
| 1t was quite a compliment to Com
missioner Thorne that the committee OF
railroad commissioners for western
states decided to come to Des Moines
to engage In the preparation of the
argument they are to present to the
United States supreme court on the
Sanborn decision and other related
matters on the way to final determine
ton. But in the Iowa state house the
committee will have access to one Of
the very best law libraries in the coun-
try and every faculty for doing the i'm
portant work in hand The committee
will probably spend a week or ten days
in the actual preparation Of the argu-
nent.
! 1t Will not be the only argument filed
iJudson Harmon will prepare the argu-
ment on behalf OF the governors. At
torney General Young has prepared the
argument for Minnesota. A COMMITTEES
Of attorney generals has prepared an
argument and Mr.. Cosson read proof
on it and o. kid. it a few days ago. It
is very probable. however, that the one
to be prepared at the conference in Des
Moines will go more thoroughly into
every phase of this great case than
any other.
Among lawyers there appears to be
some doubt or misunderstanding as to
the full meaning of the Sanborn de-
cision. or at least as to It's effect II is
assumed by most Of the lawyers that
the decision merely reiterates an old
principle and is in line with other de-
cisions Of the past. But among those
who have been specially concerned in
rate matters the impression prevails
that wi:hou. directly deciding it in so
many words the Minnesota jurist laid
down an application of the principle
that will absolutely forbid all rate
making by state commissions. This is
the phase of the question raised that is
causing all the rumpus and arousing
the state rights issue.
1t is stated that the interstate COM
merce commission has definitely re-
fused, in cases decided, to assume re-
sponsibiiity for interstate rate making
even where it may remotely affect in
terstate rates; hence the claim is made
that if the Sanborn decision is upheld
and is given it's full force and effect,
there will be no authority anywhere
with power and willing to make these
purely state rates
chaos in very large field Of rate max
ing.
People living in the northern and
central parts of the state can hardly
realize the persistency of the drouth in
some parts Of the southern part of
the state. Superintendent Mogridge, OF
the institution at Glenwood, referred
to this yesterday.
I'VE will have good fruit on the
state farm" he said, but we have no
pasture. The fields are as brown as
in the dead Of winter. as we have not
had any rain to start things such az
they have had elsewhere In the state. y
The game state Of affairs exists at
!. Clarinda and to some extent on the
state lands at the deaf school The
superintendent brought to the quar-
lteriy conference only a few samples OF
: corn and this was not OF nrst class
; quality. At all the institutions the
: farmers are busy just now filing the
big silos with fodder. and the state Is
setting good example in thus adapt.
ing the best modern methods,
The last OF the long Mns Of rehear-
in9s argued to the supreme court yes
terday was that OF the Valley Invest
ment Company Of this city against the
board Of review Involving the deduction