Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-22
secretary's Speech in Columbus
Long Step i'll the Wooing Of
Hawkeye Republicans
DELEGATION FIGHT SOON ON
If Roosevelt Refuses to Accept An
other Term, Will Iowa Support Taft7
A. /. Smith Opens the Campaign
for Congress Against Colonel Hep
burn-Looks for "Pete's" Conversion.
,ecial to .rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 22.-That the out.
spoken address of Hon. William H
! Taft secretary of war; at Columbus
Ohio. will do much toward getting hin
this state is the almost universal be-
/, lief of politicians who reach Des
Moines
| Last winter when the legislature was
in session poll of the legislature
showed preponderance of prefer
ences for Taft. Later when Taft came
! to Iowa and said nothing he was
pleasantly received, but it was ther
Iowa he would have to WOO her. Now
| he has spoken in no uncertain terms
and, at once there are numerous ex-
pressions favorable to the secretary OF
war.
/! The revival of talk on the presidency
will tend to focus the attention of pol
iticians to the fact that long before the
state primaries are held for the nomi-
nation of state officers and for an ex-
preston on United States senator,
there will be just as big fight in the
state on the question of the delegation
to the national convention. This fight,
Furthermore, will be by the old caucus
method, with all the susceptibility TO
corrupt practice. The announcement
of the date for this first state conven-
ton for the selection of the four dele
gates at large and the passing OF reso-
lutions will probably be made some
time early in January by the state
central committee. The campaign will
not be very long. but it will not be al
lowed TO go by default.
Some time ago Governor Cummins
intimated that the state would support
Roosevelt and would send a Roosevelt
delegation to the national convention.
He made it very plain that while
Roosevelt might not be persuaded to
accept the nomination again. the dele
cation would nevertheless be decided
" Roosevelt and would nominate no
Teactionary. Taft's declaration in his
Columbus address puts him in line, and
the question is now will Iowa support
Taft if Roosevelt refuses to consider a
denomination as is indicated now?
The state board of control no sooner
found a superintendent for the Boys
Industrial school than the superintend-
ent of the inebriate hospital resigned,
task in finding al man. Men trained
in the new idea of curing an inordinate
taste for liquor by putting a person in
good physical condition. on the theory
that some ailment causes the taste for
liquor, are difficult to find.
Hon. A. /. Smith of Mt. Ayr. who is
the law partner of r. H. Spence. has
announced that he intends to get things
in shape immediately for the campaign
against Congressman Hepburn and an
interview that he gave out to the Mt.
Ayre Press is interesting because in it
he says that he expects to win or lose
the fight by Nov. 1, 1907. He is not
choice of words in saying that Com
gresham Hepburn must come UP to
CIle IdCh ciIIu IdCS Ulle VI lllS pdSl
utterances and that he expects the coli
one to be converted when he comes
back from Europe and. takes a look at
his fences. In an interview, Mr.. Smith
says:
II have been studying the plan Of
campaign. 1t is a difficult thing for a
man of my experience to lay out. l am
new hand at some of it, but l have
some advisors in the district and with
some of them l have been figuring it
all out. Now / am of the opinion that
must win or lose this fight by Novem-
ber /. I do not mean by that that on
the first day of November I will quit
my fight in any event. 1 will fight to
the lalst ditch whether am confident or
not, but mean that must get things
in shape by that time or I cannot do
it after that.
81 am just as certain as one could be
that when Colonel Hepburn returns
from Europe he will rush right out here
and declare himself in favor of the
of the inland waters. l
expect a great conversion of the colonel
while he is abroad. He will have a con-
version and see light that will equal
the conversion of Saul of Tarsus But
/ expect to beat him to that issue just
a few steps He has record on THAI
point and l am going to let the people
know of it, He made speech In the
House some time in February think
it was the third and in that he rid-
culed The idea. He said that removing
the distractions from the river would
make II a raging torrent and lot Of
other foolish stuff Now he cannot get
around that. He has spoken and we
will not allow him to take back track
ON the people as he has done before
when he had to listen to public senti
ment have primary TO go to the
people with and i propose that he shall
stand up and face the music. He is a
sly old fox but we may get him yet.
ri appreciate that am handicapped
by the lack of a press to get to the
people. The republican papers OF the