Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-20
Little Doubt But That Vice
Presidency Could Have Been
Secured to the State
DoLLlvER KNEW SITUATION
Senator Aware Before Leaving Wash
inston That He Was White House
Preference for Second PIace7-MiIIer
is Democratic Nominee to Oppose
Risss-capital Gossip.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 20.--Jim Wilson
of Adair county, who proved his pop-
ularity in Iowa by polling good, re-
spectacle vote for lieutenant governor
on the republican ticket, and is a
standpatter, says that Iowa could have
had the position of vice president OF
the United States if it had organized
and made a united effort for it.
IF Iowa republicans had made q
united, organized effort, and had sent
a club down to Chicago for the pur-
pose Of doing it, Dolliver would have
been nominated vice president said
Mr.. Wilson today. Mr.. Wilson also
gave out interviews in Chicago while
he was there, in which he stated that
he believed the great bulk of the re-
publican voters of Iowa would be glad
to have Dolliver nominated vice presi-
dent and would be willing to allow
Allison and Cummins to go to the SEN
factionalism in the republican party in
Iowa.
THE Iowa delegation at Chicago
was not for either Dolliver or Cum
Minis, with the exception of individ-
uals," continued Mr. Wilson. The
Iowa crowd in attendance at the con-
vention was for Dolliver, but would
have accepted Cummins. If there had
been united support and an organized
movement, Dolliver would have been
nominated"
It is learned here on the very best OF
authority that before Dolliver left
Washington he we'll understood that
Roosevelt and Taft both wished for
his nomination as vice president, and
Dolliver himself acquiesced in the idea
but the pressure the few standpatters
on the delegation, who allowed their
personal hatred to rule their actions
were able to bring upon him, forced
him to take the position he did OF
frowning on the efforts in his behalf
and thus cut Iowa out of the honor OF
having the vice president of the Unit
ed States, an honor that politicians
think will not likely come SO near to
this state again in some decades.
The appearance of an advertisement
in the want ads of some Of the Des
Moines daily newspapers for solicitors
for a new democratic daily newspaper
to be called the Des Moines Times, has
rNhpro Is
la we'll defined suspicion that there is
not going to be any democratic daily
newspaper Started in Des Moines, but
at the same time such thing is pos
sible A very diligent inquiry has dis
closed that none of the leaders of the
democratic paper in Des Moines know
q thing of 1T, and this is the chief
foundation for the suspicion that there
is nothing to it. The name of Hubert
Utterbach, brilliant young attorney
has been connected with the deal. Ut
terbach says he knows nothing about
the venture and he spent the greater
part of one day in trying to find out
who was at the head of the movement
but without success. L. O. Weaver,
who formerly lived in Waterloo and is
engaged in chautauqua lecturing, Is
said to be one of the prime movers.
He has not been located as yet and
there is no way of finding out Wheth-
er he is for sure or not.
There is a we'll defined, suspicion
that the want advertisement was pub
lished for the purpose of hurrying
along the closing of an option for the
sale of daily already being pub
lished here, but there is no proof with
which to substantiate the suspicion.
from Polk county. Ness is a very pop
ular young man and was a soldier In
the Philippine war, being member
of the F'ifty-fifth regiment under Col.
Loper But for timely action on the
part of Ness in listening at the key
hole he might not have been sheriff.
There will be no difficulty about his
nomination in the convention this aft
ernoon. Incidentally there is about his
nomination that which gives an insight
into the political affairs Of Des
Moines.
There were nearly a score of candi-
dates for sheriff. Ness got q. larger
vote than any of the rest but not 35
per cent. But he had enough Of the
delegates to nominate him in the con-
yention tomorrow If none of the dele
gates were bought up. The opposition
determined to buy some of them. They
called in one of the other candidates
and made arrangements whereby If he
would put up $500 with which to Gin
fluence" some of the delegates he would
be nominated. He promised to put up
the money and everything was prae-
tically arranged and the meeting was
about to adjourn when Ben Ness ac-
companied by constable friend OF his,
walked thru the door into the room and
informed the assembled politicians that
II 5000 was put up for the purpose OF
influencing" delegates to today's
county convention he could name
number Of gentlemen who were with
In a stones throw Of him who would