Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-15
ORGANIZATIONS ron POLITICAL
WORK GROWING MORE MUM.
ERous DAILY.
WILSON. REPUBLICAN, CLUE
LATEST At CAPITAL CITY
Now Planned 70 Form TAFT Democratic
Club 10 Counterfeit Influence Of
Rival orsanixation - Parole Board
Has Puzzlins Case - Autemobils
Numbers Continue to Grow.
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Des Moines. Aug. 15.-Now Des
Moines also has Wilson, Republican
Club with Or. s. 8. Still as president
and corps of officers and declared to
have 200 members. They are repub-
licans who are pledged to support
woodrow Wilson but who will remain
republicans and who have no intention
whatever Of Joining the democratic
party or any other party.
1t IL declared there will also be
formed Democratic Club. COM
posed Of democrats who are going to
vote for Taft. 1t Is known there are
quite a number in this city.
The club of progressives, arrange
ments for which were made one even
ing last week. Is nov we'll under way
and ready to do business. This will
not be, in any sense. an official or
ganization nor will it take the place
of complete organiza ton to be formed
under the direction Of the state COM
mittee. The leaders In the club move-
ment are DESTROYS of opening the way
for a large number OF office seekers
and will work for having candidates.
for local office placed on the ticket.
The board Of agriculture officials be-
lieves that there is excellent. prospect
Of getting Roosevelt for one day Of the
fair. The plan laid to have him make
quite tour OF the western states, as
arranged by the board, has the APPROX
al Of the progressive party leaders and
If this is done Roosevelt will virtually
open his western campaign in Iowa.
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Capt. j. D. Brown, Of Leon depart
ment commander of the G. a. P, will
preside at. the campfire at the state
fair on soldiers day. This Is appro-
pirate for he is not only the depart
ment commander but was a former
member Of the board Of agriculture
and always staunch friend of the
agricultural interests Of the state. The
campfire is to be addressed by local
speakers-Cha plain Jesse Cole, Col.
Dave Palmer. Mike Mcdonald, John F..
Lacey, J. c. Milliman, Col G. c. Hor-
ton. Lot Abraham and others.
The state parole board has a puzzling
case before 1t. one in which the pri-
soner makes a showing that at the time
Of his alleged theft Of money he was
suffering from brain trouble. He shows
that Just about that time he was In
a Chicago hospital with his skull
crushed and irrational. and he claims
that II he committed the theft at all he
knows nothing about 1t as he was crazy
for some time But the board also
fiEds that in rational moments he also
committed various offenses for which
he had served jail sentences. But how
to get at the truth Of the story about
the man being insane temporarily is
a puzzler for the board.
The automobile numbers are still In
demand in Iowa for the year 1912 and
the now the numbers being assigned
are close to $4,000 1t will not be long
until the business of next year will
commence. The automobile depart
ment has come to be one of the most
extensive bureaus in the state house.
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It has been decided that there must
be included in the regular proclama-
ton for the election this year a clause
providing for election of successor
to the late Judge Fellows AZ district
Judge and that the appointee of the
governor holds only until some one
10 ClcStCurduO QudllllcS 1OI The pace.
The matter Of nomination Of candi-
date can be disposed OF either by pc
tition by an informal convention or
by bar convention and nomination.
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The state executive council has au-
thorized w. B. Clements. Of the state
pharmacy board, to attend the national
convention of members Of pharmacy
boards at Denver next week. This is
an association which has engaged in
| securing uniformity. Of legislation and
uniformity In the examination Of can
| didates for pharmacy certificates.
Much Of the new legislation in Iowa is
that which has been recommended by
this association.
It develops that in the Sixth district
much Of the uncertainty as to how to
proceed to get q republican on the
ticket for congress arises from the fact
that the provisions Of the state law
as to election Of members Of the con-
gressional committeeman have been
entirely ignored in some Of the coun-
ties There are In fact no committee
men in some of the counties. the per-
sons acting having been committeeman
once upon time and claiming to hold
over" under the new law.
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