Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-15
Gathered il, the By,oays
IBy Ora Williams.l

[By Ora Williams.l
f! Des Moines, Nov. 15.-The decision
and announcement of the law commit
tee Is taken here to mean the certain
ty Of calling national conference by
the republican national committee
wnen 1t meets next month. The Law
committee to which the matter has
! been retired held that it was not with
In the power of the national committee
OF the party to make the changes now
almost universally deemed necessary
to have the working party machinery so
organized that the will Of the members
OF the party not only may be fairly
obeyed In the matter of presidential
nominations and platform but that it
must be recognized and needed. Since
anything to effect the changes it will
call a national meeting Of some kind
to which the representatives Of the re-
publican party will be sent for the
purpose of considering such changes as
may be proposed. The idea is not to
Change party leaders," nor to revise
the party PLATFORM" nor yet to effect
any reorganization or "amalgama-
ton" for the party. but to bring the
party machinery into harmony with
best modern political methods by and
| thru which 1t will be possible for
those who are members Of the party to
direct and control It, Outside of Iowa
and Pennsylvania it is said there IS
now no opposition to the plan.
Decision Of Frank O. Stuart defin-
itely that he will seek the nomination
of his party for candidate for United
States senator makes 1t certain there
will be at least five candidates for
United States senator from which the
voters may make a choice next Novem-
Der. The other four parties have had
candidates in the past and will have
them again. Mr.. Stuart was one of the
first to openly espouse the new pro-
gressive political party. He Is a strong
writer and fine speaker. Wiley
Rankin, one Of the new party leaders
Of statewide influence. was recently
quoted as saying that Carl FRANKIE was
too busy to consider getting into the
game as candidate for senator In his
party, but that George c. White. Of Ne
vada, John c. Kelly OF Sioux City. and
Harvey 1ngham. of Des Moines, "all
look good" But the chances are that
the right of way will be cleared for Mr..
Stuart, as that seemed to be thereon
census OF poinion at the conference
held here. e
Paul Stillman. former speaker Of the
house. is being urged to become q cans
lican ticket.
Money is being raised in various
places in the southeast by j. w. Row
Hey, Of Keosauqua, and others, ostens-
IDLY to pay the lawyers in the capitof
tax case. 1t Is rumored that candf-'
dacy for governor will in due time
make it's appearance on behalf Of this
| interest.
Chief Justice Weaver and Justices
withrow and Ladd will all be candi-
dates for reelection to the supreme
bench Of Iowa. It Is expected there
will be a number Of others, Including
several democrats and progressive par
ty men. and possibly a prohibitionist
party adherent. Unless the new law
is found to be so defective that it
would not be safe to undertake to make
use of 1t the partisan affiliations of
the various candidates will be con
cealed and the voters will have to
rely on the newspapers to inform them
selves as to the candidates.
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Colonel w. p. Hepburn. Of Washing
ton, while in the city the other day.
expressed himself as in full harmony
! with the view taken by Senator Cum
minis as to the presidential office and
the matter Of having legislation direct
ed from the White House. He indi-
Gated that in time the people will ex-
press themselves in favor Of complete
separation Of the departments Of gov
eminent.
John Mulvaney and w. p. OiMalley.
probable candidates for the democratic
nomination for congress in the Sew
enth. were cumming with a reporter
on the street when one of the district
judges came along. The reporter jok-
ingly asked the judge II he wouldn't
issue an order to dissolve the evident
combine Of the two candidates.
NO" he said. but I'll issue an in
junction to keep Cooter from going to
congress II it'll do any good"
Cooter has already organized q Coot :.
er club to push his candidacy. The
others are in the hands OF their
friends.
That Clifford Thorne made some peo-
pie quite mad IL evident. The Wall
Street Journal retired to him as a.
John the Baptist come out OF tho
west" The Railway Age-Gaxette, IN
trying to answer his statistics on rail-
way expenditures. remarked that Zig
ures do not lie. but liars often do fig
ure," and ALSO that liars have been
classified into liars, damned liars and
statisticians."
There are fifty-nine district judges
In Iowa and the terms OF all but three
expire with next year. There are sew
en- superior court Judges.
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