Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-21
Men Who Bolted Ticket Last
Year Do Not Want Conven-
tion Representation Cut
ARE THEY OPPOSING ROOSEVELT
Belief Growing That Standpatters Hope
to Line UP Iowa in Opposition to
Presidents Policies = Sensations
Promised in National Guard Row =
Judges and Congress.
Special to .rimes-Repuplican


Des Moines, Nov. 21.-After boiling
the ticket last year and endeavoring IN
every way possible to bring about the
election of democratic governor OF
Iowa, standpatters will now advocate
that those counties that scratched the
head Of the republican ticket the most
last year shall not be cut down in rep
resentation at the state convention
but that the representation shall be
made on the vote for secretary OF
state This is disclosed in an editorial
in the Des Moines Capital of Novem-
Der 10.
Politicians believe that the real pur-
pose of this proposition is to get a
delegation from Iowa to the national
convention that will be opposed to
Roosevelt and will be for some "reac-
tionary" candidate. Other standpat
newspapers have been arguing against
the third term idea for Roosevelt. The
Capital has been the first to make
known the plan Of carrying the state
against Roosevelt.
The national central committee will
meet next month to fix on the date and
place of the next national republican
convention. AS soon as this is decided
upon the committee will issue the call
for the national convention and will fix
the representation In delegates that
each state shall have in the national
convention. The state committee viii
then meet and fix the date and place OF
the next state convention and the rep
resentation each county shall have in
the state convention. 1t is now ad-
\ seated by the Capital and it Is pre-
sumed that other papers OF the kind
will readily join in the suggestion that
those counties that scratched the tick
ct shall not suffer from having
scratched it but shall have as great
representation as tho they hadn't.
Military men are looking for some
thing to drop in the shape OF big.
nice, juicy court martial in the Iowa
National Guard, all because of the
Parker incident. Whether Parker
takes the hint supposed to have been
out from the adjutant generals office
to him and remains quiet from this on
or not, there is likely to be trouble.
1t will be remembered that Major
Parker, of Sac City. was a candidate
for colonel Of the Fifty sixth regiment
and was defeated by Major Chantland.
Major Parker at once claimed that
there was fraud in the election. This
was not so much breach of military
etiquette but Major Parker who is a
travelling man for a boot and shoe
house, went to Sioux City and there
delivered himself of two column in
terview in which he intimated that he
would start court proceedings to pre-
vent Chantland ever being commits
stoned and stated his avowed intention
to employ the remainder of the time
he is to serve in the guard I'm going
after Thrift's scalp" Major Parker as
the senior major Of the regiment is In
command of the regiment at this time.
It is a breach If military rules to
criticise another officer. If man
has a criticism to make Of superior
officer he is not allowed to do any
thing but prefer formal charges and
If he does anything else he is open
to court martial. Therefore guard
men who are in the fight see nothing
in the future but military trial.
They say the Fifty-sixth is over a
slulnbering volcano.
Major Parker charges that the cleo
ton Of Chantland was by fraud in that
persons were allowed to vote who were
not entitled to vote. Those who have
been interested in the matter are
claiming, or at least intimating, that
it is not all one sided. If a court mar
tiai is ordered the chances are there
will be some sensations exploded
Just row the matter seems to be up
to Major Parker Till his answer to
General Thrift's letter is received
General Thrift has refused 10 discuss
the matter 1t may be that he will
say nothing after 1t is received. An
order was sent out from the adjutant
genereTs office today fixing Nov 80 as
the date when Major Chantland will
be examined Following his examina-
ton he will be commissioned. If Ma
jor Parker then refuses to turn over
command to Chantland or starts any
proceedings to prevent his taking COM
nnand there will be trouble.
Will the other judges Of The district
court who are candidates for con-
gressman take the same view of the
provision in the constitution that
Judge Nichols of Dallas county does?
Judge Nichols interprets the constitu-
ton as providing that judge cannot
be a candidate for any Office except
supreme court judge during the term
for which he was elected. 1t is re-
membered that Judge Mcpherson was
a candidate for congress while a dis
trict judge and Judge Walter I. Smith
was a candidate while still on the
bench Other judges have done the
same. If the provision Of the constl-
tuition IL to be SO interpreted and en-