Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-19
ACTION IN FIRST AND SIXTH
DISTRICTS DOES NOT TEND
"a HARMONY.
LOOKED UPON As EFFORT TO
KEEP STATE FROM cUMMINs
Reports Concerning LaFoIIstts's Health
.Exasssratsd-Rishts Of State on
Shores 81 Storm Lake e go Est=s-
Iishsd-Auto Dealers Must Pay Taxes
on Stock Cars.
Special to Times Republican.
De.s MoineS, Feb, 10 Repuh

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Feb. 49, Republicans
hero are not very we'll pleased over the
action taken in the Sixth and First
districts which seems to look to a
compromise and selection Of delegates
who will be for Colonel Roosevelt for
the republican nomination for presi-
dent. Nothing is known Of 1t here be-
yond what has appeared in the papers.
All along it has seemed to republicans
here that in the end 1t is going to be
a question at the national convention
who can be nominated other than
Roosevelt and that if Iowa gets the
presidency 1t will have to be in spite
of the game played by the Oyster Bay
editor, therefore the move to select a
Roosevelt delegation does not promise
much for harmony in the Iowa delega-
ton. The First and Sixth districts,
however, were not for Taft four years
ago, and would have instructed for
some one else but for the fact that the
rest Of the state went so overwhelm-
ingly for Taft under the lead of the
progressives who had been assured he
meant to clinch the Roosevelt policies.
The outcome of the scrap in Burlington
territory will be watched with interest.
Friends Of Senator LaFollette here
have within the past few days received
private information from the head
quarters Of the LaFollette campaign in
Washington to the effect that the re-
ports in regard to the serious condi-
dition Of the health of the fighting
senator from Wisconsin have been
greatly exaggerated. that he is not any
way near a physical break down. that
in fact after short rest he will be
back in the harness again and fighting
pened at Philadelphia was merely due
to temporary nervousness from over
work
State officials ore pleased over the
fact that owners Of farm property
abutting on Storm Lake have inter-
vened in suit pending there which
will set at rest the rights Of the state
and the county in control of the lake.
The suit was brought to prevent the
taking of sand out Of the bottom Of
the lake. It appears that the property
owners had from time to time given
permission for persons togo out into
the shallow water Of the lake and take
sand. There was desire to stop this.
Now the property owners get into the
case and insist that they have been
damaged by the county and state in the
former having permitted the building
of dam which has raised the water
level and overlooked the lake. 1t is
important to have the whole matter
settled at once and the suit will now
do this.
The decision of the attorney general
to the effect that dealers numbers on
do not in any sense protect
them from regular taxation the same
as other personal property will induce
a great many dealers to have the autos
they have in stock registered separately
and be given numbers. In this city
the automobiles dealers have assumed
that when a. dealers number is placed
nm a machine that this is in lieu OF
regular taxation and makes 1T impos-
s,ble for the assessors to list them
legally. But it Is decided that this Is
not the law, and that all that the deal
ers number does Is to protect the
driver of the motor from the penalties
of the special law.