Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-04
GO TO THE ENEMY
FOR TESTIMONIALS
Systematic Effort to Procure En-
dorsement of Allison BY In
dividual Democrats
NJ " ALLEN rur ArEsr
w. v. ALLEN THE LATEST
Object Not Easily Understood, Unless
1t Is Hoped to Gain Democratic
Votes Allison Fails to Come to
Aid of President Roosevelt When He
Needs Friends in Congress.
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, April 4.-Standpat
newspapers are engaged in quoting
democrats and populists of other
states to the effect that Senator Alli-
son of Iowa, should be returned to the
| United States senate. Not long ago
an effusive commendation of the vet
eran senator written by Senator Till
man. of South Carolina, the pitchfork
legislator and all around tire-eater OF
congress, was published far and wide
in the standpat newspapers of the
state and elsewhere.
The latest is recommendation from
Senator William V. Allen, of Nebraska,
who was the populist senator from Ne
braska to the national congress until
the people of that state returned to
their senses and elected two republi-
cans Allen was in congress eight
years as senator. In a letter 10 A. h.
Allen. of Sioux City, he expresses great
admiration for Senator Allison and
thinks he should be elected. Senator
William V. Allen formerly lived in
Iowa, at Ackley. 1t is presumed o.
course that the Allison people will
make great use of the recommendation
of Senator Allison up about Ackley,
where Senator Allen is SO we'll known.
AS to just what the purpose of the
circulation of these documents is pro-
gressives are at a loss to know Some
of the standpat newspapers have been
talking about democrats voting for the
republican candidates for United States
senator. OF course everyone we'll un-
derstands that at the primaries voters
will be given the ballot of the party
with which ahey affiliate and the only
way democrat can vote for a repub-
lican candidate for United States sem
ator is to change his party affiliations.
Possibly it is hoped to change some of
the democrats over to vote for Allison.
1t is understood that the real demo-
Gratis of iowa who see Allisons record
at close range are looking to it for
some fruitful attacks on the republican
party.
William j. Bryan, the great leader OF
democracy, has given his approval to
what Roosevelt is doing. The demo-
Gratis of Iowa who reach Des Moines
are asking why. if Allison is the great
legislator that the standpatters repre-
sent him to be. he doesn't come to the
rescue of President Roosevelt just at
this time when it begins to look as
tho the Roosevelt policies were about
Snffnr rn6a shook at tho hands
Of congress. Newspaper dispatches
are full of accounts of what congress
"is not doing" and how the president
has sent red hot" messages in the
hope of stirring up the unwilling leg
islators in order to get action. Once
during the session the house came near
doing something the other day but is
represented as having escaped, tho by
a narrow margin. In the senate the
record is just as bad and tho Senator
Allison is represented as the great
diplomat and statesman he has failed
thus far to come to the aid of President
Roosevelt. Senator LaFollette of Wis
consin has been able to force some lit
tie headway on the Aldrich currency
bill, but being in a hopeless minority
en- the presidents side has not been
able to accomplish much.
Republicans who come to Des
Mones for one reason Of business or
another and talk politics, talk
about the hotels, are talking
about the reactionary movement. The
action of congress at this session, they
say, are bad. They point out many
of legislation of which the
country stands in need, but they see
no hope of any legislation amounting
to anything going thru. They are ask
ing rs 1ke country ready for a reac- /
n 1vement to set in at this |
time? They fear, or at least they say
they fear, that unless ginger is put |
into the campaign there will be re-
dictionary movement in the selection of |
to the national con- |
gress, and that the next congress will I
be as bad as the present one.
Getting down closer to home i'm the |
movement, it is recalled |
that the standpatters controlled the
state convention on March Is, and had /
a majority alike in the convention and |
on the resolutions committee, but in |
their resolutions scarcely a word was |
said in relation to the national admin
istration, and Roosevelt was scarcely
mentioned. The reform work of the |
last Iowa legislature was not even re-
ferred to. Not only this but since I
the convention the standpat press is
in sneering at the reforms of I
the last Iowa legislature. One news /
paper referred to the primary cleo
ton law in contemptuous terms and |
told of an enormous cost it would be
to the state, adding with sneer, Re
forms come high" The same paper
referred in like manner to LaF'ollette's
bill in congress TO have a commission
the tariff question.
Not only did the standpat conven-
ton fail to endorse the action of the
legislature in passing reform legisa
ton, but when the name of Blythe