Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-05
No HALFWAY MAN
FOR SECOND PLACE
Political Trend Indicates That
Lieutenant Governor Must
Stand For Something
PROGRESSIVE OR srANoPATTER?
Power as Presiding Officer of Senate
Makes Position ortant = Jones,
of viIIisca, to Be Candidate for
State Auditor Shaw, the Presi.
dency and Cummins.
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| Des Moines, Dec. 5.-Representative
Jones of Villisca, will not likely be
candidate for lieutenant governor but
1T is quite likely that he will be a can
didate for auditor Of state. 1t Is
leraned that Mr.. Jones has consulted
4 his friends on the matter and while
he has not definitely decided as to
either it is understood that he feels
ltenant governor without fractional
fight which he would like if possible
to avoid.
! The political situation at this time
with the probability as to candidates
for governor and lieutenant governor
with the Importance of the position
from the fact that the lieutenant gov
srnor appoints the senate committees.
makes it likely, according to the be-
sition Of lieutenant governor will go
either to an avowed progressive or an
avowed standpatter.
| AS to the position of state auditor
they feel that there will be less prob
ability of a factional line up and the
ability Of Representative Jones and his
experience in banking and insurance
affairs, makes it probable, they think,
that there would be less likelihood of
a bitter contest for that office. 1t is
understood as the situation stands now
that Mr.. Jones and his friends will
1 give the matter some more considera-
ton before finally deciding.
| Mr.. Jones is peculiarly fitted for the
position Of state auditor. He is
banker by profession and a man Of
wide business experience. He served
on the insurance commission which re-
ported the numerous bills that were
made laws during the last session and
has served on the insurance commit
tees of the house thru two sessions of
the Legislature. Since the insurance
and banking features of the state audi
tors office are the two chief lines of
work there he is abundantly fitted by
i
position.
| There is strong probability that
Senator Hopkins of Guthrie county
will be candidate for the position
also. Rush Benedict of Shelby coun-
ty, has been considered for the position
and his friends urge to enter the
race. 1t is under at Senator
Hopkins friends t Benedict
should not be a can,i.-,,e because of
the fact that Attorney General Byers
is from Shelby county. Benedict has
been clerk of the house for several ses-
sions of the legislature. The two men
live in adjoining counties and within
about fifty miles Of each other and
both could hardly be candidates and
preserve the rules of good politics.
Senator Hopkins is being urged very
strongly to enter the race for the po-
sition and it is not improbable that
he will. He is banker, a man Of
! business experience and has served on
the important committees Of the SEN
ate for five sessions. In political af-
fliations he has been an out and out
progressive.
| Politically Representative Jones of
Montgomery county has been consid-
cred standpatter but has always been
considered eminently fair in political
matters and a man of unquestioned
integrity.
An interview by Pres. Hill M. Bell,
| of Drake university, printed in the
Daily News of this city, is attracting
considerable attention politically. The
Of fho int ic hot yxyhi 10
in the east he saw ex-Secretary Les
lie NJ Shaw and that Mr.. Shaw in
dicated plainly that he thought he
would have no trouble getting the re-
publican nomination for president if
Governor Cummins would allow him
the support of Iowa, but that the
governor would not consent to this.
Regardless of the truth or falsity
/ of the statement coming from Sec
retary Shaw, it is being proposed that
/ mass meeting of the republicans of
; the state be called to meet in Des
Moines to ascertain what the senti-
ment of the party is, with the agree
ment that if the sentiment of the mass
meeting is overwhelmingly for Shaw
that the delegation be so instructed. 1t
would be understood that all republic
| cans in the state be invited. Many
politicians are confident that such
mass convention would result in dis
(! closing beyond any doubt that Iowa
is solid for Roosevelt for a third
| term.
1t is claimed by those informed that
| it would take more than Governor
Cummins to deliver the Iowa vote for
Shaw and that the real reason that
Shaw cannot get Iowa is not due to
| Governor Cummins or any politician or
set of politicians, but because Shaw
| is considered a reactionary and stand
patter and not in line with the policies
| Of President Roosevelt, even tho he
was in the presidents cabinet.
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