Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-01
located. Cerro Gordo is disgruntled
over the epileptic colony location.
Democratic Contests.

Democratic Contests.
In the democratic primary there Is
no doubt that both Connolly and
Meredith will get a large home vote;
and that will be true as to Hamilton
and McGinnis But generally speaking
the vote that is practically sure to
nominate Connolly for senator is the
vote of the counties and cities that
have been reliably democratic for
long time-such as Dubuque, Scott.
Lee, Des MONIES, WapeIlo, Carroll,
Clayton, Clinton. Jackson, Bremen,
Chickasaw, Fremont, Van Buren,. APP
panoose 1t is here that democrats
feel they have been carrying the loads
for the party when it was no honor to
do so. and they will shy at one about
whose party zeal there has been even
doubt. Meredith will get good
vote in his home county, for he is per-
sonally very popular with men who
know him regardless of party. He will
be strong in what has been called the
slough water districts.
Knights Of Luther in Denial.
The head men of the organization Of
knights of Luther denied emphatically
they We're in any way responsible for
the slips sent out to arouse prejudice
'
once. many years ago, advocated
union Of the Catholic church and the
state It was canard so contrary 20
everything known of Cummins that it
seemed no reply was needed here. but
on Saturday. the Savage slips had
reached all rarts of the state and Mr..
Riniker received many inquiries. All
that WAS wanted vas denial and this
n c
not very many voters would let such
cheap poison virus get in its work.
II was probably last resort on the
part of the Savage managers 70 create
a stir since they had been unable up
to this time to even gain the attention
of the public
Boomerang Doesn't Go Far.
\ careful going over of the exchange
table of a newspaper office disCloses
that tho end of the campaign boomer
ang By the Lee ma ma gers which was to
be got into the newspapers as per-
sonal favor 20 county auditors. did not
get into very many Of the papers.
Evidently the expectation that coun
" auditors and board members would
be able to compel publication of this
Mate matter was without founda ton.
and no, very many publishers fell FOR
the scheme. Here and there newspa
per accepted the two column plates as
paid political advertising. The time
seems to be past when publishers bow
TO those who have the giving out Of
official county printing.
Among the other end the cam
paign schemes 10 divert votes from or
binary channels was one worked out
by the railroads. I. was foreshadowea
in the article previously given showing
now the railroads and corpora tons
we're angered at Cummias. Thorne
Kenyon. Clarke and others who have
had TO do with regulation legislation.
It seemed Impossible 10 get attention
directed that way until asst week when
Chairman Thorne. who for the first
time Took day off 10 ask for a few
votes for reno1n nation. got busy and
! in a speech before a local audience,
| showed the absurdity of the claim that
/ the Iowa idea Of corporation control
! and taxation Was really hostile 70 the
/ industry. And right along with this
! came publication in those newspapers
/ Of the state that can always be de-
| pended on 10 do whatever the corpor-
| atoms say. of four columns of plate
matter" furnished from Des Moines
headquarters. Three columns of it was
a reprint Of the long ago exploded Rip
lev letter to Chairman Thorne. The
other column was devoted to telling
why JON" Wilson should be elected
railroad com missioner. But it all came
pretty late in the can1paign.
| Meredith's Following.
! There has been assumption in some
! quarters that the democrats of Polk
county and Des Mones We're unttediy
back of Meredith for senator 1t NAV
be worth making of record that the To-
cal democratic organ. which tries not
10 get too far from popular sentim ent
at home the National Democrat has
| been strongly for Connolly and has ad-
vised against the nomination of Mere
dith. Only one Of the daily papers is
avowedly for Meredith but all have
made use of the literary productions
Furnished.
It will not ne at all surprising il
Joe MyerlY runs away with the repuh-
lican nomination in the Seventh dis.
trict, largely because ne was able tr
take hold of an old and we'll organized
machine created when he vas post
master of Des Moines and all the post
masters of the district owed aiiegianc:
TO Hull But secondarily he has IN.
best Of IL because the opposition is di
vided between DoWell and Payne
, Dowell has made some material gain
the asst two weeks but has an uphill
, JOB.