Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-23
GREAT GATHERING or IOWA CAN.
pIpArEs TO &c HELD NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE
WILL BE THERE TOO
Most Of Members Of Senate to Be As
pirants For Nomination For Liedten-
ant Governor--Fair Entertains Law
makers TO Show Them Needs OF Elk.
position and How state Money is
Expended.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Aug. oS-Aspirants for
political honors turnout the state will
pretty generally head intoward the
state fair frounds early next week and
nearly all Of the office seekers are ex-
| pected to be present next Wednesday
! at the fair, which is state day.
Several years ago the managers or
the state fair who look to the legisla-
ture for appropriations for new build
ings at every regular session conceived
the idea of reception to state offici-
ais and members Of the legislature on
some particular day at the fair, the
idea being particularly to let the MEM
bers of the legislature see what the
fair board was doing with the state
money and how the fair was being run.
The practice has grown into fixed
custom and is looked forward to by
the politicians as well as the managers
of the fair.
OF recent years there has been no
special program. The guests gather
at the administration building, where
full opportunity is afforded for shak-
ing hands all around, the management
knowing full well that nothing de-
lights the politicians heart at odd
times more than shaking hands. Off
years do not bring them out in quite
such numbers as do the years pre-
ceeding state or national election.
AS this is one of the periods when the
man who would run for office or would
sweep his beloved party into victory
Is keeping his ear pretty close to the
ground and is scheming for victory
at the primaries next spring. it is ex-
pected the fair grounds will be full of
politician next Wednesday.
All Of the candidates for the republi-
can nomination for governor are ex-
pected including Charley Rawson of
Des Moines; Nate Kendall, of Abba;
Lieutenant Governor Ernie" Moore. OF
Cedar Rapids; Attorney General Hav-
ner, J. F. Deems Of Burlington; Karl
Kuehnle, Of Denison. and perhaps 9TH
ers. 1t is expected that practically all
of the fifty members Of the state SEN
ate will be on hand, since a goodly
number of the state senators are can
or attorney general. One Of the num-
Der, Senator Frank Thompson, of Burl-
ington. is candidate for congress
down in the first district. .-
Governor Harding is still attending
the conference of governors at Salt
Lake City but is expected back in Des
Moines in time to attend state day at
the big fair wednesday.
Of course the question uppermost in
the minds of the leaders now is who
the republicans will nominate for pres
ident and in Iowa for governor.
Governor Lowden, of Illinois. has
undoubtedly made a most favorab BILE
impression wherever he has appeared.
1t is generally conceded that he made
a good record both in a political way
apd business way in Illinois. His
early struggles for recognition, his
school teaching days and college days
in Iowa and his boyhood On an Iowa
farm, prove that he has risen from
humble circumstances to high position.
Whether or nd he will be strong
enough to win the votes of the big
eastern states in the national conven-
ton is a question.
The Iowa goverorship nomination
belongs at this time to no man. the
leaders say, and should all Of the pres
ent candidates stay in the race the
convention would probably do the
nominating. Altho Attorney General
Havner is just now planning on going
out after the nomination, there are
predictions that he will withdraw lat
err. The animosities stirred up In the
Harding Impeachment proceedings