Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-27
SHAN, IOWA IND
NE PRESIDENCY
Will the State Support Him
Like the Secretary Did Dol
liver For Vice President?
HARDLY LARGE ENOUGH TIMBER
Statement Of Major chantIand In Mil
waukee a Few Days Ago Has Re-
newed Speculation as to How Far
Iowa Will Support shaw's Ambi-
tions.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 27.-1f Secretary
Leslie M. Shaw gets the Iowa dele
cation to the next national convention
it will be after a fight for 1t, and then
the support will amount to about as
much as the support Shaw gave to Dol
liver at the Philadelphia convention,
when he said Certainly Iowa will
support Dolliver because he is an Iowa
man - but we hardly consider him
large enough man for the place, and
do not expect him to be selected"
The other day while lin Milwaukee
Major w. j. Chantland, of Ft. Dodge,
was quoted as saying that Shaw would
not get the Iowa delegation and for this
reason would not get the presidential
nomination. He was quoted as saying:
There are three reasons why Secre-
tary Shaw will not secure the nominal
ton for the presidency at the hands Of
the republican party in the next ma
tional convention.
First, he cannot get the delegation
from his own state when the time
comes to hold the caucuses, for his
machine will not be able to haul the
load.
Second, he is not a Grover Cleve-
land, and cannot secure the nomina-
tion without the aid of his own state.
Third, he cannot guarantee his own
state if he is nominated, for the peo-
pie Of the state are satisfied that he
is not presidential TIMBER
go
This statement Of Major Chantland
has been brought to the attention of a
number of men prominentSin the poll
itics of the state within the last two
days, and without an exception those
who have been opposed to Shaw in
politics of Iowa say that he will not
get the support of the state except
after hard fight and that in that ase
the support would be half-hearted and
of no benef,. Those who have been
identified somewhat with Secretary
Shaw in politics are divided. One or
two say that Shaw will get the support
OIL Tie SldIc DIS lLlttllCl VI SOuISS CS@-
cause of his being an Iowa man and
out for high office. These are mostly
of that school Of politics which be-
lieves that it is the proper thing to
support a man from your own home
for an office, whether you believe as
he does or not.
The Chantlands are conspicuous
political leaders in Webster county
and the interview of Major w. j.
Chantland h~s caused considerable
talk in political circles here. The
Washington Times recently published
an editorial saying that Shaw had
made trip thru the region of the west
supposed to be honeycombed with ideas
of rate legislation and tariff revision
and on his return to Washington had
come out as the Wall street ultra con-
servative candidate for president. Pol
iticians here can see only trouble for
Shaw in his presidential campaign on
such a program They recall the time
when Dolliver was candidate for vice
president as has been referred to
above. They recall the nature of his
support to Dolliver then both in Iowa
and at the convention in Phlladelphla.
They argue that with the questions OF
rate legislation and tariff revision 90
not come up in night to be settlea
i'm a. day and that the political sltua-
tion is now and for some time to come
will he focused on issues rather than
men. and that Shaw does not repre-
SENT the dominant idea OF
Iowa on political issues and not rep
resenting the state, they argue that
thera is no good reason Why Shaw
sbou,d have the Iowa delegation.
Furthermore they imply that if there
is ANYTHING they can do to prevent
him from getting it they will do IT.
II was given out some time ago that
Secretary Shaw would not ask that the
Iowa people be stood UP and counted
until he had enough other states TO
make a strong showing and to snow
that he was Of distinctly presidential
timber. The statement of politicians
here is that no matter how many
other states Shaw has to his credit
Iowa will support candidate that
represents her.
The fact that the standpatters SEEM
as TO win a victory in the last state
campaign is not overlooked in this
connection. but it is claimed that If
Shaw's candidacy for the presidency
had been an issue in that campaign
there would have been more of fight.
"There was a lay-down in that cam
paign. starting right in Polk county,,
said a strong Cummins supporter to-
day in discussing the matter. If Shaw
had been an issue in the campaign
there would not have been any lay
down. And if three years from now
the political situation is much as it
1t now there will be decidedly strong
opposition to Shaw in his candidacy
for the presidency
The inscription in the state house
credited to the late Governor Kirk
wood and which is directly in front Of
the main entrance has been correctel
and the credit given to Hon. Enoch
Worthen Eastman. as Mr.. Ellis D.