Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-21
BUT LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED
After Five Meetings and Several In
formal Conferences Committee Finds
Itself Unable to Bring About Agree
ment Between Candidates to With
draw-Mass Meeting Tonight.

que, finds itself unable to DflnS ABOUT
the desired result with the three cam
didates for the mayoralty, j. I'll. Eyer
mayer, Meier Dickson and Anthony c.
DAILY, in persuading them to Withdraw
in favor of some one candidate. in or
der that the fight may be conferred
against O. T.. 1ngledue for mayor.
CAS- far as the object for which we
We're appointed is concerned, said
Chairman Weatherby this morning.
we have accomplished but very little.
The committee met twice yesterday,
once in the morning and once III the
afternoon, and another session is call
ed for this afternoon. We held an IN
formal conference this morning, and
have a subcommittee at work with
the Home Protectionists' committee,
thinking that some of its members will
perhaps have more influence than we.
We may be able to bring about what
we desire with the Home Projections
lists and if we should our work may
not be in vain. AS the situation now
stands. however, as I say, we have ac-
complished but very little.".
committee is OIVlQeQ.
On the question of bringing out a
new candidate, according to Mr.. Wealth
erby, the committee is divided. 1t is
not within the province of the commit
tee, however, to do this. for in its APP
pointment it's work was to be the Sc
curing of the withdrawal of Eyer
mayer Dickson and Daily in paving
the way for u new candidate, but not
the securing of Il new candidate. we
have talked this question over i'll COM
mittee meetings." said Mr. Weatherby,
but the committee is divided in it's
opinion. Some believe that one of the
three candidates already in the field
should remain, and others that all
should withdraw and bring out some
new man. / guess ] have been app
preached by fifty different men myself,
and each one has some different man
he would like to see brought out, so
you can see how a man would naturally
think it a pretty hard proposition TO
bring out or center on some one"
Protectionists the "Stickers."
"The Home Protectionists have been
the stickers," continued Mr.. Weather
by. I'VE have had more trouble with
them than either of the other candi
dates, altho Mr.. Daily positively refuses
to withdraw, and can not be prevailed
to do so, under any circumstances. Mr..
Egermayer has been the fairest with
us of any of the candidates, aud has
stuck by every point made in his writ
ten agreement and proposition to u.s.
with the Home Protectionists the
question is simply a matter of plat
form They are willing to withdraw
Dickson provided whoever is put up
by the people will stand on their plat
form They would be ready to support
Egermayer if he would consent to
stand on their platform. 1t is not 50
much the man with them as it is the
platform, from what / am able to OBJ
serve.
with Mr. DAILY he has told us plain
ly that he is compelled to run now, be-
cause his honor is at stake. In justice
to himself he feels that he must vindi-
cate himself, and because it is such
a personal matter with him he refuses
to withdraw
Is Not Daily Man.
Mr. Weatherby says that he has been
accused on the street of being Daily
llletll. liS IlC say IL liOI lloS. liz lieA''
tried to avoid any personal feeling at
all in this matter, and has devoted q
great deal of his time, as have all other
members of the committee, in an effort
to bring about the desired result, and
the object for which the committee was
appointed. AS far as the personal feel
ings Of the other members of his COM
mittee are concerned, Mr.. Weatherby
says he is not authorized - speak.
He has been able to observ..ssn his
committee meetings, something of the
sentiment of the members, and feels
that at least two of the committee are
pronounced Daily men. This, Mr..
Weatherby says, he did not know when
he appointed the committee.
If it were not for the fact that the
committee was authorized only to Sc
cure a compromise as between these
three candidates it would be inclined to
settle upon the selection of some new
man as the the best solution of the
whole problem for everywhere in their
inquiries the members have been met
with the statement that the people are
not fully satisfied with any of the
candidates now out. Such may be the
outcome of the meeting tonight.
Daily Deal lntimated.
From what members of the commit
tee have said on the street, or at least
what they are purported to have said.
it is not at all surprising that the word
has gone out that the committee fav-
ors DAILY. Two of the members are
pronounced DAILY men, and would like
very much to see the mass meeting
tonight center upon DAILY as it's candi-
date. One other is arguing enthusiast
tically that Daily is the strongest cam
didate of the three. 1t has come from
the committee that DAILY tried to ex-
plain many things to it, among which
was the tax matter. He said that he
was not ready as yet to make an eN-
PLANTATION of the back tax concealment,
but gave his word that the matter could
be satisfactorily explained. He said
that he was handling money for many
eastern parties and in investigating 1t
he was given power of attorney. While
moneys might be listed in his name,
under these arrangements, it did not