Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-22
PRoUoFooT CAMPAIGN MANIAC
Frs HOPE AMEs MAN Will
sPLIT OPPOSITION.
HOLDEN WILL NOT QUIT
NJ SrANpPATs HAVE SAY
Clarke Forces Will Not Take Part in
Any Political oieksr-Effort to Keep
Polk County Delegation Away From
cummins Abandoned Political
News Of the State.

Des Moines, Feb. 22.-One Of the
managers Of the Proudfoot campaign
stated yesterday that they rather re-
sented the imputation in one Of the
Holden organs here that they have
started a story that Holden is to
withdraw now As far as they are
concerned that is the one thing they
do not want; in fact it would dsar-
range all their plans.
The attitude of the committee play
ing the game was stated by the Keo-
kuk Gate City, which, In making the
announcement of the Proudfoot candi-
dacy, stated:
He is an old line republican. and
with the so-called progressive strength
divided between Clarke and Holden he
hopes to land the required 35 per cent
Of the total vote necessary to nomi-
nate"
In southern Iowa it is assumed that
of course the progressive republicans
will divide their strength while the
anti Cumnins vote will be cast solidly
for one man, and to accomplish this it
has been persistenly circulated that
Holden is in fact a republican and a
progressive republican and has been
conspicuous in the forward movement
in the republican party in recent years.
AS for the standpatters they do not
anticipate that any of them will be di-
verted from the main campaign.
AS the Clarke campaign Is being di-
rected entirely from Clarke's home
there is no one in Des Moines who is
in any position to speak for him or his
friends among the progressives, but
when some of the Dallas county people
were here last week they stated that
at no time had they made any objec-
ton to anyone entering the campaign,
hao in fact not sought to foreclose the
field against anybody. and they will
not take part in any dickering or
jockeying of the game. They say they
are confident that Clarke can win, not
with 35 per cent but with so per cent
or more Of the vote regardless Of the
schemes Of the politicians
George A. Wells and others close to
the Holden campaign say that he will
not withdraw. It is asserted here now
that B. Murphy and other strong anti
Cummins politicians will continue to
give Holden support even tho in south
ern Iowa the entire standpat strength
is thrown to CAROLS candidate.
The new law as to manner of assess
ment Of bank stock, money and some
other things brings up some new ques-
ton every week for the lawyers to de-
eide. This week the office Of attorney
general got two new questions.
In one case the owners of private
bank advertised as with personal liza
bility of half million dollars" claimed
to the assessor that all the capital used
in the banking business is invested in
land in Dakota, hence that the bank
as such should not be assessed any
thing at ALL
Another case was one wherein bank
claimed that in figuring out the undi-
vided profits as basis for fixing the
value Of the bank stock the taxes due
and not yet paid should be deducted
from the surplus on hand.
These are samples of the knotty
questions that are growing out Of the
new law as to taxation.
Senator. Wade Of the board Of con-
IrOl, mas just IcIugNSu III a ZIP OuS
among the state farms to get the farm
work nicely started. Among other
things he has adopted an innovation
which has caused great grief to some
OF the head dairymen, but which will
produce good results. He has pro-
vided blanks on which they are to keep
an accurate record Of the exact
amount of milk, measured in pounds,
from each and every COW at every state
farm. The preliminary reports show
wide variation in the value Of differ
ent COWS, and from this 1t will be pos
sible to improve the character of the
dairy herds.
Information came to the republican
county headquarters here yesterday
that the anti Cumnlins men Of the city
have abandoned their plan to try to
capture the county and to turn Cum
minis down in his own home, but will
try to get one or two delegates in pre-
cincts of the city where there are few
voters. The original plan was to make
a still hunt and tostry to capture the
city while the regulef republicans were
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