Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-08
District Delegates Will
Now Be Selected by Con-
gressional Convention
HuLL's DELEGATES WILL RULE
Now Appears That Blythe Men in
Seventh Will Take No Chances But
Will Select the Two District Dele
gates at Hull's Congressional Con-
vention.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, March S.-Politicians OF
the state who may feel that they are
not fully equipped with all the latest
devices for winning victories should
come to Des MDines and take a few
lessons. The resources of Des
Moines politicians have not yet all been
exhausted. The two great primaries
held in the county brought out only
a part of that which is possible in pol
tiles in Polk county. New surprises
await the people.
The latest turn came to light today.
The delegates from une district to the
national convention at Chicago will be
convention and not by the
convention of delegates selected with
reference to national delegates under
the national call. The call for the con-
gressional convention has not yet been
written out and made public, but it is
learned that when the congressional
committee met last week, after the
primaries had been held in Polk. 1t
was agreed that the congressional con-
vention should be the one to select
the two district delegates This will
be held before the state convention. At
the same time the candidate for con-
gress will be named. Under the ma
tional call the congressional commit
tee must fix the time and place for the
convention. In Iowa it has always
been the custom to fix the district con-
ventions at the same places and time
as the state convention and the dele
gates to the state convention. who al
so hold the district conventions for
the transaction of district business and
the selection Of committeeman. ETC..
name the district delegates whose
names are reported to the state con-
vention. But in this district it is to be
done differently.
This means that while the delegates
selected at the convention of last Sat
gurday are to participate in the state
convention, they will not have anything
to do with the selection of the two dis
trict delegates. The delegates which
Congressman Hull has been accorded
the privilege of naming will attend to
the representation of the district in
the convention at Chicago.
Already there is being given some
consideration to the probable delegates
to represent the district. 1t is expected
that LATE Young and w. d. Payne. OF
Nevada, will be the district delegates;
and others considered are G. l.. Dob
SON and w. V. Wilcox of this county,
and Senator Crossley, of Madison.
$50
AS an indication Of what the feeling
is in the district in regard to the mat
ter letters and telephone messages
came pouring into Des Moines yester-
day and on Sunday and conferences
were arranged with haste. From all
the counties of the district came mes
sages and inquiries. A group of poll
ticians came tc. the city including a
number of those who are most fnflu-
entail in managing affairs in Dallas
county. At once a rumor was started
out as to what was in the air. This
was what was talked, that Judge E. e.
Nichols, of Perry, should become can
didate for congress, should carry Dali
las county at once, then that as Mad
ison has a candidate who desires to
go on the bench that county would be
in line at once for Nichols with the ex-
pectation Of the Madison candidate
succeeding him. The news spread of
this plan to defeat Hull in retaliation
for his turning Cummins down by
treaehery and all agreed that the plan
could be made to work with ease. There
was~not the least doubt that, with the
feeling In the district SO set against
Des Moines on account OF the corrup-
ton and treachery Nichols could get
Dallas, Madison, Warren and Story
counties and probably every vote in the
district outside of Polk. But Nichols
does not want 10 leave the bench and
he has not as yet been induced to give
his consent to the PLAN Then attention
was turned toward Judge Henderson of
Indianola. and he may be taken up as
an opposition candidate to Hull. If
there had been no selection Of a Blythe
delegation In the Cumnins county I'M
der the direction of Hull and no turn
ing over Of the district delegateship to
Hull for him to dispose of as he sees
fit, there would not today be a word
Of opposition to Hull. But the develop
ments of the next few days may be
startling.
The situation In this county, so Tar
as there Is an after-conyention con-
troversy In relation to what happened
in the republican family, has come
down to a question as TO whether Or
not there was any agreement not TO
permit the national question to inter-
fere with the local fight on congress-
man. Some persons are asserting there
was an agreement or an understanding,
while others are equally positive there
was nothing OF the kind. 1t all de-
ponds on the viewpoint as to whether
it was in fact an agreement such as
should be binding on politicians. The
facts have all been printed before
We're printed repeatedly before the
primary was held and not disputed,
and We're known and understood by
hundreds of persons IN the city; AMI
they are substantially as follows:
When the primary was called there
was general desire on the part of all
persons, save G few, that the matter
of the delegation to the state conven-
ton should be kept free from the con-
test. There We're good reasons on both