Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-30
INJECTION OF LIQUOR QUESTION
INTO PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED.
DRY FORCES PLAN TO
CARRY FIGHT TO WASHINGTON
Issue ls Extended to include Senator
and Conaressman-Savaee People
Also Extcnd Knights Of Malta and
Knights Of Columbus Scrap Into Re-
publican Campaign.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 30.-One Of the
surprising things for the close Of the
campaign was development Of the is
sue of "wet"-vs. dry in state affairs.
1t leaked out that slate vas prepared
others, Savage, Lee. Hamilton, Salfn-
ger. and Standard. In this district
it also includes Myerly Tor congress.
The reason for including, senator and
congressman Is that the dry forces
plan to take the prohibition question
to Washington in due time. No sur
prise was occasioned by inclusion or
Savage in the list for during all his
legislative career he was recognized as
relia bly, wet" on every question af-
fecting saloons. 1t has also been an
open secret for some time that the Lee
forces were planning to get big city
vote by an appeal to the liberal ele-
ment Of the cities. Letters were sent
out some days ago warning the peo-
pie against this scheme. That Hamil-
ton would be preferred over McGinnis
was also natural.
Another late development of the
campaign was the extension OF the
Knights of Luther VS.. Knights of Co
lumbus scrap, by including the sena-
torial fight of the republicans in it, The
Savage people got out and widely cir
culated slip quoting what some
newspaper is said to have printed
quoting an alleged sentence Of COM
mendation by Cummins II an address
at church gathering in Des Moines.
and undertaking to leave the impress
sion he is a Catholic. The religious
side of the fight for the democratic
senatorial nomination has been some
what conspicuous from the first but
not until the past week has there been
an attempt to inject 1t into the repub-
lican situation.
An Amusing Feature.
An amusing turn of affairs came this
week when the managers Of the Saw
age campaign threatened Governor
Clarke with dire vengeance because
they said Clarke was aligned with
Cummins. About the same time some
Of the Lee Rowley people threatened
Cummins because they asserted Cum
Minis friends were nearly all for
Clarke. AS matter Of fact the cam
paigns Of both Cummins and Clarke
have been kept entirely separate and
distinct. But most Of their friends
thruout the state are for both Of them
and nothing any committee could do
would affect this situation.
There has been such an absence Of
column long and yard wide interviews
and statements with bull moose lead
ers' these later days as to be distinctly
noticeable. 1t is said they have given
up all hope of casting any large vote
at the primary and their publicity ave-
nue. here has been abandoned for the
time being.
An interesting matter turned up in
Van Buren, county the other day when
1t was discovered that Candidate Row
ley had printed in his paper and
charged the county therefor great
deal more In the legal notice of the
primary election than contemplated IN
law. An effort was being made to in
duce him to pay back the overcharge.
Reason For Boone Attack.
Persons who have had access to the
report on the result Of state investi-
cation into Boone county affairs say
they are not at all surprised that the
Boone county board and old court
house ring there should have become
so embittered toward republican adj
ministration Of state affairs that they
are willing to help in the defeat Of
state officials. Under the new law
state checkers were sent 20 Boone. At
no place in the state were they more
coldly received. But a partial investiga
ton was made and it showed a state
of affairs far from satisfactory.
The big court house scandal In Boone
Is not yet out Of the courts. The board.
it is recalled. procured it's plans and
specifications thru a firm OF contrac-
tors and builders in Louisville, KY.
The usual custom Of having plans for
a $4,000 building made by COM
petent architect in Iowa was not fol-
lowed. After plans had been secured,
a Des Moines architect Of high stand
ing and known integrity. was en-
ployed as supervising architect, to ad
wise and direct the work and presum
ably to aid in caring for :ha interests
of the public. He made a report on
the plans and specifications offered. He
pointed out that If they were adopted
it would practically eliminate compe-
titon and the Louisville finn would
alone have chance at the contract.
Instead of revising the contract, so it
is asserted, the board promptly dis
charged its supervising architect.
1t was also in Boone county that the
county officials showed great hostility
to the new law for highway planning
and especially objected to having
bridge work done as now required.
They took the ground that local au-
thorities ought to be allowed to handle
all this matter in their own way and
as for many years.
Indiana Employs Iowa Engineer.
Special to Times Republican.
Ames, May 30.-Indiana has come to
Iowa for n mechQstiCal ep0{poor for