Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-08
COUSINS SLATED
As CHAIRMAN
Known In Des Moines That
Mark Hanna Has Picked
Out Iowan
TO REVIVE PLATFORM CONTEST
Politicians Who Have Controlled Stats
Convention. in Past Three Wears See
Declaration Of War and Must Fight
to Control Iowa Delegation or See the
State Party's Course Rspudiatsd.
Special to Times-Republican.


| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 8.-With the gath.
ering at the capital city Of about every
;influential politician in the state 30
lassist the legislature in Its division Of
committee chairmanships and door
keepers jobs 1t is apparent that there
lis something doing in state politics.
The most important development Of the
past twenty-four hours is the ad-
mission by politicians who know that
congressman Cousins has actually been
slated. by Mark Hanna and the na-s
tional committee for temporary chair
man Oft the national convention. INT
selection was recently settled upon n Z
| u meeting Of prominent railroad-po
| itico lawyers in Chicago and awaitas
President Roosevelt's decision.
Here in Des Moines the news fell
little short OF sensation. Cousins
was the "standpat" congressman who
refused TO accept the Allison
| platform OF last year and delivered 4
startling speech full OF sarcasm. In.
nuendo and even insult toward Cover.
lnor Cummlns and his friends. The se-gs
Election OF Cousins by Marx Hanna and I
the enemies Of Roosevelt 10 looked up-
| on as an attempt to head.On any in.:s
fuence the Iowa delegation might havs
| in the national convention should the
| friends of the Iowa platforms OF this
past three years control the state dele
| gation In that convention. In itS polit-
| ical Significance it even goes farthFe>
| ir the temper OF prominent poheaetans
| from all parts OF the stAeo - net oaeck-
! ed To the average 6nins man and
TO every friend Of the 01tssRtat1
+ the selection Of COusinD = e1As
declaration OF war They fsa1i1Ssss~St
THE distinguished congressman from
Iowa viii repudiate the iowa pia1ogn1e
Of the last three years or else he VIII
have to violate his own conscience ana
will fall to please Hanna and the ea9ts.
ern interests. For this reason the men
| of Iowa who have made the last thrao
state platforms with unanimous v0te
| in each convention. realize that II II up
to them to see that their friends 80 to
the national convention as representa-
tlves Of Iowa republicanism or else the
state party's course during the past
three years will be repudiated and dis
credited before the nation. The dgnt
for control Of the state delegation II on
fully as much as tho another platform
were UP for adoption.
Some think that there is even more
to this move than state significance.
One leading politician who has held
a prominent ONCE in the party and whO
has been intimately associated with
inner circle politics within the repub.
lican party for many years said:
tell you this move broods no good for
Roosevelt. ]. w. Blythe is solicitor for
the Burlington road owned by the
Northern Securities Company When
he and Mark Hanna fix UP a slate you
can depend upon II that II is not n d
Roosevelt's interest. I have heard Bot
Cousins talk and he don't like Roosevelt
at little bit. don't think he woussf
oppose the president but II j. w. Blythe:
controls the Iowa delegation you can
depend upon 1t that our delegation.
while nominally for Roosevelt. win be
held ready for trading purposes should
the opportunity arise"
This gentleman was not alone in h10
views but his Judgment Is more to be
relied upon than others. This much
lis true the younger blood within the
party that constitute the crowd which
has controlled the past three state con-
yentions. is all for Roosevelt with the
same enthusiasm that has held his fol
lowing to Governor Cummine. A Cum
minis man Is always Roosevelt mln'
because, as a rule, he Is closer to the
people!
Discussing the matter with others |.
politician from one Of the Cumnnins
districts said this noon: Have you
seen the last issue OF Hanna's paperf
He then drew from his pocket a copy
Of the Commercial Tribune OF Cfn-
cinnati, the paper that recently de-
clared there was no necessity for the
republican party to nominate Rooeevel.
but that there were many other GOOD
men such as Senator Hale from Maine.
Across the top Of the frst page in big
type above the title Of the paper was
a line that would make LAke Young's
type look like nonpareii. announcing
Read Senator Hanna ON Capital ana
Labor in Next Sundays Commercial
Tribune" The scare head at the top
of the first column on the front pagA
read, Hanna Urged To Take POSI-
tion On the Prssidency-His Friends
Want Silence Broken in Speech Ac-
cepting Senatorship." On the right hand
side of the front page was a similar
scare head. See Ne Before You Give
Jobs to Any Ohioan Senator Foraker
As Presidents Supporter He Wants TO
Control Patronage" On an inside page
over dispatch from special Wash
inston correspondent appears other
large headlines. Mckinley Men Turn
Against Roosevelt-FOrces That Com
lined Against BryaAism Distrust Pres
ident" 1t was afterwards learned that
marked copies Of this paper had been
sent out to the newspaper ofnces OF
Iowa and presumably OF other states.
The signs suggest that there may even
be some national politics In Iowa 60.
paign as well.