Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-06

with a district convention and probably
will call the county conventions very soon
All Of them. so It Is expected. will oppose
CummIns
The second convention to select dis
trict delegates viii be held in Des
Noines. unless the convention for the
Eighth Is called early. II IS understood
that an effort is to be made 10 get q
very early convention for the Eighth In
the hope that it will also pronounce
against cummins. i, Is regarded as I'M
certain. however. whether any other
districts Of the state will do so.
There does not seem to be much doubt
that the state convention Will favor the
selection OF four delegates who will
Minis so long as he has any show Of
nomination at Chicago. Republicans
generally are according to him this cour-
tesy. and are opposing efforts to secure
a delegation that will be only nominally
for him and in fact having a second
choice that Is the real first choice A
COMMITTEES has been formed here. in which
fractional lines have been ignored, to
further the cause OF having an Iowa
candidate for president. and there will
be some quiet work done out In the
state.
Iowa Democrats Not Agreed.
As the result Of the conference held last
week in Des Moines by the democrats It
became evident to the leaders that Il will
be impossible at this time TO secure any
concerted action looking toward u.ited
delegation 10 the democratic national con-
venton. The adherents Of Wilson are
about as numerous as those Of Clark and
II was found there are a great many in
Iowa who are for Harmon. There was
expectation on the part Of the Clark men
they would be able to sweep all others
out OF the way before this time, bot they
have not been able to do 50 and they find
the Wilson and Harmon men just as
determined as ever.
Holden Appeals 10 Women.
Perry G. Holden. candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor. is en-
listing the women Of the state in his
fight for 4 greater Iowa. He viii ad-
dress the monthly meeting OF the Chau-
tauqua union at Hoyt Sherman place
Tuesday afternoon. His subject will be
The Part Women May Have in the
Making Of a Greater Iowa"
Flight over sale of Insurance.
There is a good prospect for a pretty
fight In the courts over the sale OF the
Des Moines Life Insurance company to
the National Life Insurance company of
Chicago. A committee OF stockholders
has been formed to protest against the
terms OF the sale. and policyholders are
being urged TO join In the movement to
make trouble for the principals In the
deal The terms Of the sale were ap-
proved by the governor and state auditor,
who give assurance that the interests of
the policyholders will be fully protected
and that they will get a good deal by
relnsuring. Just what grounds the OBJ
jectors have TO the transfer OF the busl-
ness to Chicago is not known. The prin-
cipal owners Of the company received
10000 for their interest.
Cannot Talk City Politics.
city officials have undertaken to pre-
vent the employees of the city of Des
Moines from engaging in city politics and
an order was issued forbidding any talk
ing OF politics. The first victim was
Detective Sims. who was found talking
with former Councilman Hamery, for
which he was promptly suspended
Hamery is again candidate. The city
campaign is becoming warm. as great
many candidates are In the field and are
doing what work can be done in the cold
weather. number OF public meetings
have been held.