Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-13
Officials Put in Plight.

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Officials Put in Plight.
On the heels of this attack the APP
pearance of a member Of the cabinet
as the honored guest of the chancellor
at an important function would have
placed both the secretary of the treas
ury and the administration as a whole
in an embarrassing position And to
decline the invitation at the last min
ute. after having accepted it and after
all arrangements for the reception of
the cabinet official, made another
awkward situation confront the Sec
retary.
Perhaps Secretary Shaw thought Of
his individual aspirations for the NOM
inatioa for the presidency by the re-
publican party and considered the crit
icism he might attract TO himself as
member of the present executives off
cial family If he appeared hand in
hand, as ii We're. on the same plat
form with one of the most outspoken
enemies of his chief. It might have
been said that the secretary of the
treasury had cut loose from the adj
ministration and was seeking the sup
port of the trust interests for whom
Chancellor Day is charged by the
friends of the administration with hold
ing u kind OF ecclesiastical commits
sion. In the language of the sporting
fraternity. he might have 'double-
crossed himself as far as the future
was concerned.
Calls on the President.
In his tjjInp,,pa Sacretary Shaw want
to see the president yesterday morn
ing. 1t is understood that the presi-
dent did not want a member of his
cabinet to fraternize With Chancellor
Day under the present circumstances,
and it has been hinted the president
would not have been averse to the
canceling of the Syracuse engagement
without givints any excuses.
But it happened that Secretary
Shaw has just returned from Iowa.
where everything was topsy-turvy in
connection with the hot contest be-
tween the Cummins and Perkins fac
tionS over the gubernatorial nomina-
ton Secretary Shaw had been putting
forth his best efforts to defeat the cleo
tion of Cumnlins delegations to the
state convention in several counties.
He hated to break away in the midst
of the fray, but had to if he was to
keep his previous engagements in the
east. So he returned to the seat Of
government reluctantly.
When he explained to the president
that he was being pressed by friends
at home to participate in an important
event there it is understood that the
president suggested to him that he go
home as pleasant way out of the
difficulty.
Only rumors as yet have reached
Washington as to what may be ex-
pected from Syracuse, and Chancellor
Day as result of SECRETARY Shaws
telegraphic withdrawal VI his accep-
tance of the invitation ts,;t address the
university graduating cla,ts. Up there.
according to report, the chancellor and
his friends think that haf 1t not been
for the formers attitudfI toward the
president and public qf.estions. the
secretary of the treasury would not
have had such sudden call to Iowa.
1t is regarded here by outside OBJ
servers as the most beautiful kind Of
a mix-up all around. the contention
on one hand being that the secretary
IeEC llle C6I w lOWti lDlpCIoliNV. dIIA
on the other that he wanted to get
out of his Syracuse engagement by
any means. Something vitriolic and
pointed is awaited from Chancellor
Day with mingled feelings of curiosity
and Indifference.
Shaw Version Is Given.
John w. Edwards, private secretary
to Secretary Shaw, in discussing the
situation today, is quoted as saying:
"The political situation in Iowa is rea-
son enough for the secretary's sudden
trip out there. He goes to speak at
tomorrow night. Scott
county is in very critical condition
politically They hold their primaries
there on the 14rh or 18th, and the sec
retary has decided that he is needed
there. The president also believes that
he should go to speak there tomorrow
night. Instead Of Chancellor Days re-
marks being an excuse for the secre-
tary to dodge Syracuse, they would il
they had had any effect at all. have
made him all the more anxious to go.
If he went he would be able. probably, |
to convince the people of Syracuse that |
DR.. Day had an erroneous idea of the |
To revert to Secretary Shaw's per-
sonal political ambitions. the develop |
ments Of the day have turned attention !
again to his prospective candidacy for
the republican nomination for president |
in 1908 in the event that the field is
such as to make 1t appear that he has
a show Because of those developments |
the national significance of the Iowa |
situation this year has become more I
1t is well understood that
Secretary Shaw has been doing his ut |
most to shape affairs so as to commit |
the party to the standpat policy until
after the next national campaign in
the hope of being the logical standpat-
some time-in-the- e-future-revision cam
didate. His success depends much on
the result Of the factonal fight in Iowa
this year.
Another Rebuke Expected.
Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, June 13-Hundreds Of
telegrams from Iowa are today pour