Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-29
Former Congressman Will Be
Candidate For Governor In
less Scnatorship is Open
BLYTHE FACTION IN ACTION
Carroll Not Enough of Standpatter
to Suit the Old Machine and Palmer
Considered Weak-GeneraI ,Weaver's
Candidacy for Senator Not of Much
Moment-CapitaI Gossip.
specia1 to Timcs-Repubncan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July discrimination of
the report that gained currency here
last week to the effect that Congress
man Lacey is preparing 10 run for gov
ernor has reached Des Moines. 1t Is
learned that he is making every. prep
aration to enter the race at the proper
time for the governorshp, but with the
distinct understanding that if by some
get into the race for senator he will
switch and be the standpat candidate
for senator.
There are number of things that
nave led the standpatters to take this
tack. In the first place they feel that
if Allison is in the race for senator 1T
would be we'll to have some one like
Lacey out as the recognized standpat
candidate for governor-a distinctly
Blythe -standpat candidate. Auditor
Carroll is not quite enough of their
kind of a man and Col. D. j. Palmer,
they think, is too weak a candidate.
The intention of the Blythe people is
to line things up all along the line
just as they did last year for George
~ Perkins, and make it factional
fight. There are already evidences
that Ed. II Hunter who was credited
with botching their campaign last year
and who received some severe repri-
mands from the railroad headquarters
for the way in which he handled
things, is beginning to sit up and take
notice of the trend of political events.
Following the campaign of last year,
Mr.. Hunter subsidized, and while he has
been seen frequently on the streets in
Des Moines, he has steered clear of the
political centers for some months
back. AS to just how prominent part
Hunter will take in the coming cam
paign is not known, but he is known
to have expressed himself lately on
candidates. and to have shown some
evidence of having conversed with his
railroad employers on the subject.
The candidacy Of General Weaver
for the democratic nomination as
United States senator is following an
understanding he had with the Wiiber
Marsh and C. w. Miller outfit of last
year. 1t is said by those of the DEM
ocratic party who are in a position to
know that General Weaver is now
thoroughly aware of the trick that was
played upon him by the Marsh Miller
people last campaign. They cooped
Walt Butler up in the headquarters so
he couldn't talk to the people, and then
made General Weaver an organizer
and sent him about organizing things,
but giving him no opportunity to talk
to the people At that time General
Weaver was very sure there was no
conspiracy. He was positive that
much that was done in the democratic
state convention was done at his own
suggestion, and was not part of the
conspiracy of the corporation demo-
Gratis.
At that time he was urged to do the
organizing for the campaign and was
promised that he should be the choice
this year for United States senator on
the theory that with Allison and Cum
minis fighting each other he would have
good show to win. It was for that
reason that his friends tried to get his
name before the legislature last winter
as preliminary, notwithstanding the
long established custom of giving the
defeated candidate for governor the
honorary nomination for senator.
1t is understood that General Weav-
er is now thoroughly conversant with
the facts of the last campaign and
sees the trick that was played upon
him. He has been very indignant at
Miller and Marsh but now proposes to
hold them to their word and is OUT for
the nomination of the party for I'm
tied States senator. There will be no
sidetracking him this year as he pro-
poses to arrange his own campaign
and will go on the platform and will
speak in no uncertain words on the
questions of corporation control In
CT !entally he may say some things that
will not be pleasing to Miller and
Marsh.
During that campaign when General
Weaver was declaring most strenuous
lr that the democrats Wee conducting
their own campaign entirely separate
fro the standpatters it was know
here that Miller was in almost daily
conference with Ed Hunter and
Charles Johnston On election night
Johnston sat in the democratic head
quarters with his arm about Miller lis
tening to the election returns, and
congratulating each other on every
thing that indicated democratic gain.
All Of these things which General
Weaver has since been led to recog-
nize are not calculated to make the
general feel particularly enthusiastic
over the Miller and Marsh management
of democratic affairs. When his in
formal announcement was made some
days ago he said that he would have
more to say a little later and politicians
are waiting anxiously to hear what 1t
is.
On his chautauaua lecture trip Cen
eral Weaver is discussing more ex-