Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-11
Declares Secretary of War Can
Not Secure Presidential Nom
ination From His Party
BURTON BEING SACRIFICED
Hon. r.. j. Meals Talks Buckeye Pol
itics From the Point of One on the
Inside-Thinks Roosevelt Will Not
Be Candidate, But Will be Sent to
the Senate.
Special 10 Times Republican.


1 Des Moines, Sept. IL" Secretary
Taft will not be nominated for presi-
dent of the United States and Con-
| gresham Burton will not be made
/ mayor of Cleveland" Tnis is the
statement OF Hon T. j. Meals, one
| time labor commissioner of Ohio, but
soon to become a resident of Iowa and
!, Des Moines. Mr.. Meals gives a look
| into Ohio politics at close range that
/ throws light on things.
| Secretary Taft has nine of the
/ members of the Ohio committee, and
/ Foraker has five" said MIR. Meals,
and any way you fix it you can't get
! those five over for Taft. Without Ohio
! Taft hasn't got it, of course, and there
is no way that he can get Ohio, as fine
man as he is When the. end comes
! YOU will see that Taft will not be NOM
!, mated.
Back in Ohio politicians are look
| ing to Knox, of Pennsylvania, and
there a great many expecting his
nomination. Pennsylvania will come
to the convention and say I'VE have
always given a good majority for the
ticket, and never asked anything, and
Pennsylvania will get that nomina-
! ton for Knox"
will Burton beat Tom johnson for
mayor of Cleveland"
NO. he won't"
Whats he running for, then?"
Because he can't help himself
They put it up to him and he had to
do it. It's an easy way of letting him
down. Burton is very fine man, an
excellent gentleman, but cold like John
Sherman. Burton is fire congress-
man. When he makes up his mind
the way a thing should be it is almost
impossible to change him. Burton
hasn't been overly active III supporting
the president, for one thing, and he
holds that important chairmanship on
the rivers and harbors committee, and
| it has simply been put UP to him to
defeat Tom johnson, and he can't do
that.
| cleveland is the best governed city
on earth. The people are riding there
on 3-cent fares. When Tom Johnson
first started his fight for Scent fares
some years ago, people said he couldn't
do it. They would be glad II he did,
but they knew he couldn't. Now he
has won, and they have universal
transfers on a Scent. fare. You can
ride thirty-two miles in Cleveland for
? cents. The 3-cent fare is the issue
in the Cleveland campaign. If Bur-
ton is elected it means return TO tne
scent. fare, and the people are not go
ing to vote to return to scent fares.
lit is simply impossible for Burton to
defeat Tom johnson.
Roosevelt will never be candidate
for president again. He is as high
now as he can possibly be and il he
retires now he will go to the senate
from New York, and that is just what
he wants to do. He can then remain
in the senate the rest of his days. II
he is a candidate for reelection as
president there is the possibility OF
his being defeated. 1t may be re-
mote, but it may not be so remote.
Bryan has broadened, and he has
broadened especially with the financial
interests of the east. They do not
fear Bryan as they once did They
consider him a sort Of conservative.
Anyway he has not pounded them as
has Roosevelt, and it is going to take
a mighty good man to defeat Mr..
BRYAN for president"
Burlington the home o. Blythe and
at one time the seat Of political in
fluence and corruption in the state
of Iowa, has been the first in the state
to form a Cummins senatorial club,
The club has been in existence for
some little time, but if any news Of
the formation of the club has gotten
into the two papers Of that city, both
of which are controlled by ]. w.
Blythe, no one has seen lit. The club
is we'll on it's way and the promise
of its officials is that it is going to
ego some" in the First congressional
district.
Information reaches this city that
other clubs are to be formed and that
the Burlington Cummins club Is pre-
pared to make a fight for Cummins.
The members are even more optimis-
tic still They threaten to carry some
of the counties down that way for
Cummins. The only handicap is the
lack of a newspaper but there are
threats that even this will be over
come.
Speaker Nate Kendall of the house
of representatives came in yesterday
from his horne at Abba, and. altho
one of the strong supporters of the
primary bill, sees the difficulties
ahead
1T should be determined at once
what method is to govern the pri-
mary SAYS Speaker Kendall IF the
winner is to be the man who carries
the most legislative districts this
should be definitely decided upon On
the other hand. il the popular vote In
the entire state is to count thus also
should be known. The p.-~~s cannot