Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-09
Don't Know Whether to An
enounce Marsh as Walsh's
: Successor or Not
FEAR AN ATTACK BY BRYAN
And That Because Of the Corporate
Complexion Of the Waterloo Man,
Bryan Will Refuse to Come to Iowa
/. for Campaign speech-Estes Wants
9 Debate With "Pete" Hepburn.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to TlmeS-Republ1can.
Des Moines, Oct. 9.--An acute stage
has been reached in the fight over the
Iowa vacancy on the national demo-
cratic committee, and the leaders in the
present campaign are being badly
bothered as to whether to announ e
now the appointment of w. w. Marsh,
of Waterloo, to the position, or wait
till later In any event it begins to
look as tho division in the ranks o.
the party is almost an inevitable re-
suit and injury to the party ticket
must come, no matter which cause Is
followed. AS a result Of the acute
stage Of conditions a conference Of
leading democrats was held in this
cisy Sunday. to discuss the matter.
Among those in attendance at the
conference was Chairman G. w. Miller,
Secretary j. f. McGinty, w. w. MARSH,
Claude r. Porter, eX-Congressman
Walt Butler, and some others. Tue ST.
uation becomes complicated because OF
the position which William j. BryaE
has taken In regard to Roger sullivan
and other corporation followers In tina
democratic party. Should uhe appoint
iment of Marsh to the Walsh vacancy
be announced at this time there are
grave fears on the part OF the state
central committeeman and the state
candidates that Mr.. Bryan will either
refuse to come to the state to make all
address or that IL he does come In to
make any speeches will severely ar
raign the present state committee ane
take a stand against Marsh, just as no
has done in regard to Sullivan In IL
alinois.
On the other hand If they fail TO
make the announcement at once trouble
is in store. 1t Is generally known over
believes it has the position cinched for
Marsh. Failure to announce the ap-
pointment only continues the discus
sion as to the successor and further
more gives the impression to the Bry-
an democrats that for some reason the
friends of Marsh, the ultra-conserVa-
tiyes on the central committee, are not
sure of their ground.
There is no mistaking that the cam
paign has not progressed well for the
democrats the past week and to this
question of who will succeed Charley"
Walsh, of Ottumwa, on the national
committee is laid the blame for the
conditions Chairman G. w. Miller
said today that Mr.. Bryan would como
to the state near the close of the cam
paign, and would make probably two
speeches. and that no other outsiders
would speak in the state for this cam
paign. Informa tion is cropping out,
however, to the effect that the state
committee is having some trouble in
getting Bryan to come to the state.
all because of the corporation COM
plexion Of the present state central
committee, which Is managing
the campaign. The Information
seems reliable on It's race.
because Of the fact that Mr.. Bryan
has not hesitated to take stand on
such matters in other states. Further
more the position Of w. w. Marsh, in
his attitude to the corporations, and
the position of the state central COM
mittee, thru its selection of chairman,
is shown by the attitude of Marsh and
Chairman Miller, in attending the
trump" railroad rate convention In
Chicago, to which attention was called
Saturday by the Dubuque Telegraph
Herald. The names Of both men are
given in the printed proceedings of
that convention as being In attend
ance.
lust what the decision was at the
conference in this city Sunday those
in attendance refused to say and Mr..
Miller denied that there was any regu-
larly called conference, and explained
that Mr.. Porter and few others sim
DIV happened In town, and so "natur-
ally got together" 1t Is understood,
however. that action will be delayed
for short time longer, and an effort
will be made to advise with other
democrats over the state. In the
meantime it is understood that cam
paign funds will be sent to each coun-
tv and the word will be passed along
the line to "get to work" in the hope
of thus diverting attention from the
real situation.
Joel S. Estes, democratic nominee
for congress in the Eighth district
against Congressman w. t. Hepburn.
would like to meet Hepburn in joint
debate during the campaign. and if not
in Joint debate then each to talk to the
same audience, tho at different times.
the same day. Mr.. Estes has sent
word to Mr. Hepburn, by friends, 1t is
understood. in the effort to make the
ARRANGEMENTS for the joint debate, but
thus far without success. It is possi-
BILE, however. that arrangements may
vet be made and that the joint debate
in the Eighth district may be one of
the striking features of the 1905 cam
paign.
Estes in his public addresses in the
Eighth district has made charges that
Hepburn's record Is not clear in con-
gressional votes. He carries with him
a chart on which he has written in
flaming letters the record Of Hepburn