Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-28
[BY LEON BROWN

Des Moines Bureau of the Courier.
Des Moines, April 26.
The Marshalltown Republican printed
a reasonably accurate list of the prob
able selection for delegates to the ma
tional republican convention from
Iowa, few evenings ago, and it has
appeared since in several other publ
cations.
In the fourth district it was stated
that Senator James A. Smith OF Usage,
and l.. Ainsworth, Of West Union,
would be selected. There are politi-
clans who believe that the fourth dis
trict will select Senator. A. H. Gale Of
Mason City, without question; and pos
sibly Senator Smith, although G. H..
Talmadge, Of West Union. has been
strongly endorsed and A. H. Bailey of
DEBORAH, has been suggested, and may
be candidate. 1t is too early to say
that the fourth district will entirely
eliminate standpatters from consider
alton when it comes to selecting ma
tional delegates.
In The fifth district 1t was stated that
Governor Packard of Marshalltown,
would be chosen for one delegate, with
e. e. Clark Of Cedar Rapids. Mr..
Clark seems to be conceded place;
but ]. W. Doxsee of Monticello. Jones
county, may be said to be practically
certain of being the other delegate.
There is nothing against Governor
Packard who is as fine man as ever
walked, but he Is not standpatter.
The fifth district situation illustrates
the fact extremely well. that in this
contest it is a matter of political prin-
ciple and not a personal controversy
at all. It is in no sense fight on
Governor cummins. personally, or any
Of his good friends like Governor
Packard If their views were right on
the tariff question they would have
the district without a debate.
Politicians here do. not know
whether Senator Maytag of Newton
will be given one of the places from
the sixth district, or not. They are
not posted But it Is absolutely Ger
tain that the sixth is stand pat ter
ritory. Mr.. Maytag is SO strong ant
popular in the sixth that there ma!
be no objection to his going to the ma
tional convention. to vote stand pa
principles. It is suspected among
public men that he is not SO muct
in love with Canadian free trade II
natural products as his brother-ln-laW
la B. Funk, recently a candidate TO
delegate at large.
In the seventh district Edmun
Nichols is included in the list OF nj
!. tional delegates which has appeared
The fact that Story county went for
stand pat district delegate last Satu
: day is said by the standpatters
/. make it absolutely certain that no ma
t who even favors tariff ripping ever s
: remotely, can be selected from til
: district. Story has fifteen delegate
4 Madison has twelve, two-thirds {
t which are for the stand pat ide
e Polk countys convention instructe
!, Congressman Hull to name forty-or
e stand pat delegates. Warren and M
rion counties, both are stand pat cou
ties. So that. unless Congressms
J. Hull absolutely goes back on his cou
l. ty convention and gives the tariff ri
0 pers representation on his delegatio
J. Mr.. Nichols vi not be selected fro
S this district bus ~ M. Henderson
Indianola and some other good stan
!: patter will be chosen.
/ The eighth district has selected, t
d ninth is as good as selected and t
. tenth and the eleventh is conceded
o the tariff revisionists.
1 So that to man who figures natl
mates according to the old way, t
Iowa delegation to the national repr
lican convention will stand pat as