Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-29
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN IN IOWA
Each Party VIII Select Candidates
for State Offices June 8.
ISSUES ARE LARGELY PERSONAL
Nearest Approach to Fractional
: Lineup h Contest Between Kea-
yoa and Young for Senator
ship Nomination.
From a Staff Correspondent

2 DIES MONIES. April &-tSpeciai1
The state primary campaign Is now It
only thing Of general political lntere.
ahead In Iowa. and the filings for n
state offices and legislative position
have all been completed. The primar
campaign has Just five weeks to run. a
the date for the election Is June 3 A
signs are that the campaign will be yer
much less strenuous than some Of thos
that have preceded II. that there will b
no great amount OF speaking and tina
the newspaper discussion will be keyel
10 a very moderate pitch. There h
nothing In either party TO arouse mucl
feeling. The candidates. are largely per
sonai. rather than fractional, and Whit
most OF those among the republicans
who aspire TO office are men who hav,
not hesitated TO stand firmly for ons
thing or another in state affairs, yet ths
general disposition is TO overlook past
differences and vote for men on their
merits Because OF this fact the primary
campaign viii not be e. exciting Is some
Of the others
The nearest approach TO a straight fac
&ob44 ttAAt9h - tl4A tA 1htru otatES
senator. and yet II IL true that neither
Of the eandidstes-senator Kenyon and
former Senator Yopng-wiiI receive the
united support Of his special faction. So.
slso. In regard TO sovernor. while senator
Proudfoot r. distinctly the standpat can
didate for governor he viii not be given
the support Of that faction entire. and
while Clarke 10 the only progressive can
didate he IL being fought by the old
machine Of progressivss. and Is also sup
ported by the younger element Of the
standpattsra On the other hand the
Holden candidacy. which appears to have
suffered . slump. Is purely Independent,
as he diselaims any sympathy with either
faction and does not lay claim to even
being Q republican.
One remarkable feature Of the cam
paien. showing that fractional feeling 70
not so strong as Il was. 10 that w. C.
Brown. member Of the legislature from
Wright county and stauneh progress
slve, is running for state treasurer and
has no opposition az all This fs the first
time In the history Of the state that any
man has sought one Of the high offices
for . first time ana without even an op-
ponent. There are three active candidates
for the republican nomination for secre-
tary Of state ana three for state auditor.
Democratic Candidates.
There are two candidates on the demo-
cratic ticket for governor. No factionai
lines can be drawn there for both Of
them are supporters OF Governor Wilson
for president. John T. Hamilton OF
Cedar Rapids. was at one time speaker
Of the Iowa house and more recently was
. member OF the State Board Of Control
BY appointment Of Governor cummins.
but rerisuins when Governor Carroll
was making an attack upon the board to
satin control. He IL . fine type Of the
successful business man. Edward q.
Dunn Of Mason City IL ypung man.
secretary Of the Fermers' co-operasfve
Grain Dealers association. q fine speaker
and q popular party worker. Either one
viii make . hard campaign Cor the demo
Gratis. The rest Of the democratic stats
ticket u merely f1lied up With names
Of psrvons willing TO run
Ths democrats have concentrated upon
ex-consressman Dan W.. Hamilton Of
slEourney a. fiieir candidate for United
etates senator and he vii receive the
announcement Of his party without opposi- |
tion.
There are q good many vacant places |
on the legislative tickets. In several |
counties where the republicans can |
easily elect they have no candidate, the
matter having been neglected by the 10.
cal leaders The democrats have not |
nominated in many districts
Compiete socialist and prohibition |
tickets are IN the field In the state. both
parties being sufficiently strcng to have
separate ballots st the primary.
Preparing 20 Ffsht Rates,
The committee OF the insurgent Modern /
Woodmen which has been in session hare
several days. has been preparing to
carry on the fight TO prevent the disrur-
ton az the order and u has now be-
come certain the fight wfii BE- carried
10 finish. The report Is that q large
proportion Of the membership OF the
order 10 deserving because Of the new
rates. ana thoss who are fighting the
rates say that their action IL the only
thing TO do 10 the order 10 70 be saved
from complete destruction. The legal
status OF the mstter il being investigated
carefully. II
Aiifsen Monument In Des Meines.
The Allison monument win be erected
At some point In pes Nome The stats
made an appropriation for commencing
The work on coalition that the monument
Be located here. and site viii BE- pro-
yidsd- The association 10 charge viii
appropriate 800 for the plans and AK !
for composition on the same. TIE snttre
amount 70 be used on the memorial d
,a.soo
state Camp 4. Coed.
camp Dodge. north OF Des Mosnex.
where the Fifty-sixth regiment holds lis |
annual camp. and the rife range Of the
lows state ssurd, located just a llttls
neyond the camp. are warmly COM |,
msndsd BY Brigadier General Ramsey
Potts Of the United states army. Cen.
erHi Potts made an inspection Of IN.
camp and ME range hafors inspecting !,
fort Des Moines. Adjutant General
Logan OF the guard states says that Gem ,
eral Potn was delighted with the rifle. ,
range used by the Iowa National guard
and praised the guard for the showing ,
~ rinemen have made In the camn
Perry contests. He also gave his approval
% tho location Of Camp Dodge ana the
facilities for proper sanitation.
Resolve Pharmacy Certificates,
The Relieving persons this week re-
csived certificates as pharmacists FOR
Iowa:
Schiller scrousen. Des Moines: L n.