Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-27
RUSH FOR Taft WAGON
Stampede Marks the Finish OF
the Organized Opposition to
War Secretary
ALL OVER BUT THE FoRMALlTY
Taft Secures Big End of Delegates
Named Last Week-Depew Explains
That Slump Of Allies is Because
They Love Roosevelt Less-Feared
Third Term.

ence here OF secretary Tart ana nj
managers, A. l. Vorys of Ohio and +
H. Hitchcock of Washington, with hi
financial hacker, Charles p. Taft, ha!
today brought out the fact that TIL,
entire opposition to Judge Taft's nom
. ination has yielded. This includes ever
Senators Hale and Aldrich, and 1t il
limited that even Senator Crane OF
Massachusetts, is concealed in the Taf
band wagon. Mr.. Hale, 1t is expected
will see that Maine instructs for Taf,
and Mr.. Aldrich will deliver the vote
of Rhode Island to the secretary
These We're the strongest reactionaries
working against the nomination OF
Judge Taft. 1t is further to be noted
that the Standard OIL and Hartman
interests, which were supposed to b.
putting up most of the coin for the
fight against the secretary Of war have
also given up and have conceded
Judge Taft's nomination on the first
ballot.
All Over But Details.
The Taft people are now devoting
their attention to the organization OF
the Chicago convention, believing that
there is nothing else left TO do. One
question they are trying to decide is
the temporary craftsmanship.
4 The president had suggested Senator
Beverage, but altho he wrote to that
| effect to Harry New, chairman Of the
national committee, the latter has
| taken no action, and 1t may be that
Senator Dolliver of Iowa will be Sc
lected for the place. The Taft people
want some one for temporary chairman
who is great national spellbinder,
and who can sound a keynote in the
in the campaign. The selection doubt
| less rests between Beveridge and Dol
| liver.
For permanent chairman both the
president and the Taft forces general
~ look with much favor upon Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts.
Taft Delegation 800 Strong.
Since last Saturday forty-eight del
egates have been elected to the Chi
cago convention, only four Of whom
We're instructed against Secretary
Taft, these being Hughes delegates in
two New York districts. OF the re-
naming forty-four, eighteen were in
Structed for Taft and four were con-
tested. More than half Of the unin-
structed twenty-five declared prefer
ence for Taft. The total number of
delegates now elected is 594, of which
number the Taft managers in this city
claim an even 800, not including eigh-
ty-three uninstructed delegates, ma
jority of whom have expressed pref
erence for Taft. There are 272 dele
gates for Taft without contest, this
including contests in Tennessee and
Oklahoma, which it is claimed are
among the Taft adherents. The state
ment handed to the correspondents
from the bureau of the "allies" says
in part:
give hundred and ninety-two dele
gates have been elected, Of which num-
Der 1876 are instructed for Taft, 80 un
instructed, Is contested, and 237 I'M
structed for the opposition. A liberal
estimate of the Taft strength would
be $50 votes, which leaves to the oppo-
sition 243 votes"
Ten state conventions will be held
this week for the selection of delegates
to the Chicago convention. The states
include West Virginia, Pennsylvania, |
North Carolina, Arkansas, Maine, Col /
orado, Vermont, Maryland, Missis |
sippi, and South Carolina. One of the
Alabama state conventions also will be I
held, two having been announced. The
Alaska convention and primaries in t
the District of Columbia are among
the republican attractions of the week
with district conventions to the num- /
Der of nearly fifty
Depew on "AIIies" Stampede.
The story OF the way in which such
reactionaries as Senator Hale of |
Maine and Senator Aldrich of Rhode |
Island, father.in-law Of Standard Oil,
were induced to climb into the Taft |
bandwagon is tickling all Washing
ton
Senator Depew relates it the best of
any who have SO far attempted it.
THE present political situation is
without a parallel in the history of the |
republican party, and 1 ought to know |
because I have been going to republic /
can national conventions for just fifty |
years. In every other campaign there
has been a candidate with strong |
personal following composed of men
willing at any spot or place on the
road to take off their coats and fight |
for the man Of their choice. Grant had |
such following: Blaine had. Harrison |
had, Garfield had, and many other had. |
But in this campaign none of the can |
didates have. Uncle Joe Cannon has |
not, and neither has Fairbanks, Knox,
Hughes or Taft. The latter us recog-
nized as a great and good man, but his
personal following all comes by way Of
Theodore Roosevelt. He is the one man
who has the following"
Again, the "Third Term"
'Now the realization of this has
suddenly come home to some of our
friends with peculiar force. They have
asked themselves what would happen
if the Chicago convention should fail
to nominate Taft on the first ballot.
And they have read the answer in the
stars. 1t was plainly written in fam
ing words across the sky from one
horizon to the other If Taft failed to
get there on the first ballot and some
one should get up and yell Give us
four years more Of Theodore the roof
would then and there fly OFF the con-
yention hall and the president would
De renominated in fifteen minutes
Then the convention would adjourn
Ind the president would not be able to