The Washington times., 1908-06-15

They br-pz<ht bs-rsls OF Taft enEhu-
siasm with them, and each man WAS
armed with a bung starter
few moments later the Kentucky
delegation arrived With the Kansas
CITY and Colorado contingent close on
SITS heels.
DoIliver Boom Grows.
y-9,.-Noona- for pouiver for Yirs+Pres-
ssdent has swept everything before 1t,
except--and the exception Is highly Sig
.nihcant-the Iowa delegation As the
number OF delegates In the city increes-
es, the demand for Dolliver gains. II
AS claimed that II left 20 itsel.. without
"a veto from Iowa or Interference from
5-vVa shfngton, the convention VIII NOM
a1nate Senator Dolhver.
But At least eighteen OF the tWenty ?
six delegates from Iowa are irreyocaDly
opposed TO MI Delivers nomination
Some OF them are inspired by PERSONA
thostihty 10 Deliver and others % an
rtazontsrn TO Governor Cumuins, IN Whoih
thew recognize the successor 10 Dol
lfver's Senatorial seat II DclliNer oe-
comes Vice President
The situation in Iowa has Tor years
been growing more and more bitter De
tween the Csummins and anti-Cummins
factions; but never until To-Day fh5 tilS
states soiled linen hung out Tor nspec-
ton in the wade arena of national ar az
fairs 20 that all might understand the
depth and seriousness OF reei-lS.
Threaten determination.
Friends OF Governor Cummins declared
that Il Deliver must be kept OF the
national ticket n order TO beep Cum
minis out Of the Senate, then the friends
of Clunmtns, recognizing that the Iowa
contest has reached the point OF mutual
determination. will go into the exterIni-
nation business themselves Al the polls
IN Ncqember and VIII undertake 10
make themselves felt even though the
prioe OF their revenge be tho election Of
"A Democratic ticket and Leg1eia ture.
As the next Iowa Legislature Is Ger
tain 20 elect one senator. and may b.
called upon TO select two. this menace
lSOf Democratic success is not 20 be light
Rly esteemed as a factor ia the general
national situation,
LESLIE NJ shaw today said.
We don't want DOlliver 20 take this
fnQsainatiOI- i would greatly compli-
cate tina situation in our State. where
We nave just gone through bitter
Senatorial light
Governor CumunIns, of Iowa, who Is
SghtinS the organization IN thai state
=Tan against Senator Allison for the
United states Senate and WAS beaten
by 600 votes. With DOlllver out OF
.Jbe Senate, however, II would be a
E-nAu ID1 10 bN1AL N-uAaAAlliAA4
Fears for Iowa.
The possibility Of stalwartr Iowa be-
coming a doubtful 6tnte as a result OF
this remarkable local contest has doomed
large in ehs eye OF political imagination
today.
Both sides in the Iowa situation have
been trying 20 impress their vie-,s on
=1be authorities at Washington aud on
the delegates assembled here, Each
lsside claimed TO have carried the day;
the anti-DOIltver faction insisted that
O. word had bsen received from Secretary
Taft that he would stop that DOlliNer
movement the Dolllver interest was
Just as positive that Washington sui
vas for Deliver and disposed to take
steps 10 compose The differences and
allay the opposition % him in his home
State
II is recognized BY all concerned that
q word from the White House OF from
Ihe War Secretary. pronounced In an IN
mlstakable tone, would not rail- 10
Drlug something like harmony among
the warning Iowa factions. SuCO men
as Hepburn. Lacey, Lafayette, Houng,
and George D. Perkins, who are lead
ing the Iowa hguL against Deliver s
nomination. are directly AmenaDls 10
White House influence. and the only
question is whether that influence vii!
De welded
The ul,aponderance OF evidence JUS
hfes the conclusion that Seoretar y
Taft still wants Mr. Dolliver nominated.
Indorse Fairbanks.
The Iowa opponents Of Dolfivsr have
gone so Ear aa 70 start a movement 70
rct the delegation together and indorse
Vice President Fairbanks Tor renomlna-
Ftion 70 the second place. This has been
for the time being headed off. some OF
the Indiana people having taken a hand
and protested that they did not want
this done.
Those who most intimately represent
the Vice President sttil insist that he
EfoT second place. Representative Jim
Watson, of Indiana. who Is the Re
publican nominee for governor, has
been trying hard 10 get Fairban ks
nominated for second place. because
he considers the State dangerous ana
feels that his own chance OF being
elected governor would be improve Ell
If Fairbanks were on the ticket for
second place. But the best information
is that Fairbanks sincerely intends %
keep out Of II.
New York Has Troubles.
New YorE'g position In the Vice
Presidential matter Is Ifks&hose OF Iowa
and Indiana. IN that Il is so deeply in
volved with the fROtiOnal hght in the
State The Hughes people-that Is. the
sincere Hughes people-on the New
York delegation have been stubbOTnly
refusing to accommodate the majority
by agreeing 10 withdraw Hughes from
The Presidential race, and thus give the
state affair q chance 10 agree on q
New Yorker for Vice Presidential can
didate.
The Hughes men are getting some
.sweet revenge. They realize that the
Roose velt-Taft people really control d
good majority OF New York delegates
who want nothing 50 much as 70 be re
leased BY Hughes, so that they can gel
or the Taft bandWagon- The Taft man
ayers want these New York sympa-
thizers released because they would
IKE this New York reservoir of seventy
eight votes to draw upon 70 make VI
anv possible losses, on nTst ballot, Of
votes now listed for Taft. In all these
calculations, the eternal fear or a pos
sfble third-tcrm stampede IS always dis
cernible-
Doesn't Mention Roosevelt.
the expected has happened in con
nection with the speech Of Temporary
Chairman Burrows. II is reported cir
cumstautially that the copies oS tE'
-.,.b .vbFch Nava bean shopn 10