Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-09
FIRST D.WiNTER CONGRESS.
s,oNAL ELECTION EVER HELD
IN IOWA.
WILL TEST OLD THEORY
WHETHER FARMERS WILL VOTE
Rural Population Not Busy and May
Turns Out and Register Strongly
Against volIms-eu'l Moose Ticket
in Second District to Receive Social
istie Support.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times RepubIlcan.
Des Moines, Feb. 9.-One good thing
about the Second district election
scheduled for tomorrow is that 1t will
demonstrate whether there was ever
any truth in the old supposition that
farmers above others refuse to go to
polls in a busy season.. but are quite
else to do. This will be the first time
Iowa ever elected a member OF con-
gress in ii -winter. 1t will be the
first special election ever held in a
congressional district Of the state at a
time when the farmers cannot put up
the excuse :or not voting that they are
too busy with their crops. OF curse
the storm Of last week will be offered
as an excuse. but tomorrow, so the
weather sharks promise, the storm will
have been 80 far behind the season
that the travel will be good and 1t will
be a delight to trave to the polls and
spend a half day settling the major
problems of government.
There will be a great dea Of interest.
therefore, in The returns as indicating
whether the farmers of the Second dis
trict will In fact vote When they have
little else to do.
Hinges on Farmer Vote.
And upon this farmer vote hinges the
election in the Second district. 1t IS
freely admitted by those who have
looked over the situation, that the vote
in the cities will be a fair one Abov
all else the democratic candidate for
congress emEodies in himself the live
issue in that part Of the state Of stolid
opposition to the onward move OF ten
perance sentiment. 1t will be recalled
that after the editor of q ape OF
Davenport had broken his cane over
the head Of Capt. Neal, a few years
ago.. when Neal had becon too active
in temperance work. it was the volunl-
BILE Vollmer who presented the afore-
said editor with a new cane as a token
OF sympathy with that way of dispos-
ing of temperance cranks. So Vollmer
will get a big vote in the cities and
towns.
But it is declared. also, that the far
mer vote is going to be pretty much
against Voilmer because Of these things
and also because of the fact that his
election would mean approval OF the
taking of Of duty OF farm products.
Harry Hull has made the issue. II the
farmers really awaken to the fact thai
it is a fight over tariff on farm products
they may 80 to fhe2apolls in great num-
bers. In .his matter Mr.. Hull Is con-
sistent with a long record. He was one
of the staunch ~progressives OF the dis
trict and for many ear was always
relied on to support h progressi 'e
movement n Iowa county. He was Al
ways in line with this movement on the
tariff, namely, for revision OF the tarif1
with strict regard to protective prin-
ciples and always with due regard I"
the tariff on farm, products.
Socialists Turn to Bull Moose.
It is believed hat the bull moo ="
candidate will secure some votes in
Muscatine and in Clinton. The social
list movement has long been prominent
there. Many Of the laboring men IN
those cities will turn to Hanley ecaus
thew cannot go Vollmer, who repro
sents the old democratic idea of making