Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-01
IOWA AND SP[AK[RSH|P
Will the Delegation Divide and
Some Desert the Iowa
Idea
APPREHENSION AS TO HULL
Strange Dispatches Suggest That He
10 in Conspiracy to Select a
Speaker Hostile to the Iowa Plat,
form-Feared He Wants to Punish
cummins' Friends.

cummins' Friends.
Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Oct. lis the Iowa con-
gressional delegation in the next con-
gress to come up to the line hopelessly
divided in the matter of selection of a
speaker OF the next house? Is part
of the renominated delegation disloyal
to the Iowa idea in politics and secretly
engaged in plotting for the defeat and
humiliation of the republican party of
Iowa and the republican leaders? This
is a question which is agitating some
Of the republican politicians. They fail
to agree entirely on the answer. Things
ARE as yet in a somewhat muddled
condition.
At the recent conference OF the re-
publican candidates for congress and
republican nominees for state office
with the State committee all but two
|of the candidates for congress were
present. Every one of the candidates
personally pledged himself to stand by
the party and uphold the party plat
form in appealing to the voters of. Iowa.
1t was known that two or three did this
with some reservation. This was true
OF Speaker Henderson and of Major
Lacey and Col. Hepburn. But at the
conference they indicated clearly that
they would abide by the decision of
the majority in Iowa. Later Hender-
son broke over the traces in mt and
took himself out of the running. There
were two of the congressional candi-
dates not present. One of them, Cous-
ms, had denounced the platform after
1t was made, and the other, Capt. Hull,
was busy in New York and his views
were not known. He was not at the
state convention, nor the conference,
nor has he been in Iowa since. Capt.
Hull has been virtually placed in charge
of the republican national congression-
"a tight by Chairman Babcock, OF Wis
consin. In that position he can WELD
great influence over the republican can-
didates for congress in every state of
the union He can be liberal with
them or otherwise and have great influ-
ence on the election. He is in a position
to command their services and put
them under obligation to him. Since
the Iowa convention no word has been
received direct from Capt. Hull as to
his attitude. A conference of the re-
publicans OF the Seventh congressional
district was held In this city yesterday.
a conference especially of the congress
sional committee and the county chair
men who will have charge of the cam-
paign for Capt. Hull's reelection. Capt.
Hull was not present. He sent word
that he would have been present II he
had known the date in time. He did
not send any word as to his indorse-
ment of the Iowa platform. He did not
define his position on the tariff or In
dicate what he desired his followers to
do in the campaign touching this i'm
portant matter. His committee clerk.
H. D. Reeve, was present, but he
had no message to bring. Republicans
here are beginning to ask about Hull's
position and they want to know
whether he will be true to his state
or will he break away, and on what
lines does he desire his campaign to
be conducted. 1t is reported that Hull
does not expect to spend a day in the
district during the campaign, that he
will remain in New York and direcy
affairs from that. office, that he will
give no sign Of his position.
What has made the republicans
somewhat apprehensive is certain dis
patches from Washington indicate that
Hull is in the plot to push Babcock to
the front as candidate for speaker
OF the next house distinctly as an anti
revision candidate 1t is asserted that
Babcock has been selected to lead the
fight for speaker who will see to II
that the Iowa idea in tariff matters is
not given any show at Washington.
has had no experience as a
officer and is not regarded
as an able man for such place, but
the desire is to secure a western re-
publican who opposes the revision sem
timent. The rumor in Washington is
that the Babcock boom is under the
fostering care of Payne, Dalzell, Gros-
venor, Overstreet, Hull and Hepburn,
all of them holding prominent commit
tee chairmanships which they would
like to retain in the next congress. They
have organized to begin now the fight
1OF 5f3dDCOCk dilu VIII ludkG use VI lIlc
resources of the congressional COM
mittee to give them standing. One dis
patch from Washington gives this ex-
planation of the reasons for the action
of two Iowa republican congressman;
"Col. Hepburn and Gov. Hull are Wig
Orous personal and political enemies
of Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, and will do
in their power to defeat and
humiliate him. Their entrance into
the combination with Dalzell, who rep
the steel interests, and Payne.
Of New York, who represents the sugar
and other interests. can only be un
as showing that the republican
house leaders are determined to or
ganize the house to prevent legislation
along the lines OF modification of the
tariff
This peculiar state of affairs has an
important bearing on the campaign
in at least two of the districts of the |
state that are regarded as close. In
district Judge Birdsall has
been nominated for congress and he Is
one Of the closest personal friends of
Gov. Cummins in the state. He an-
before the convention that he
would make the race squarely on the |
Iowa platform. Before preparing his