Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-10
Being Doomed By Standpat Sup
porters For Government Rep
resentative to Spain
AsP,REs TO DELEGATE HoNoRs
Would Use Iowa Delegation in Ma
tional Convention as Lever to Push
Him Into Government Job-Youns
Has Had Many Honors and Sought
Many More.
Special to 1imes-Republican.

Special to Times es-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 10.-Lafe Young,
Sr., who has fought every progressive
move for some years back, who OPP
posed the tWo-cent fare, the anti-pass
the primary election law and all other
progressive measures, has now picked
out a nice fat job for himself and is
bending all his efforts in that direction.
He proposes to be made minister to
Spain Mr.. Young is to be candidate
for delegate at large from Iowa to the
national convention. The standpatters
are bending their efforts to help him
get the place because they know in
the first place that Lafe knows SO
much about the inner workings of the
standpat camp that they do not dare
not to support him.
Some years ago Mr.. Young had
consuming ambition to be governor
He was then supporting the progress
ives. His record was pretty clear with
the exception of an extra session OF
the legislature some years back when
he and some other members of the
legislature tried to make out that the
adjournment between the regular ses-
sion and the extra session OF the sem
ate was political pie to be distributed.
They argued that it was all one ses-
sion and that they could charge IS
day for sLll the time between the regu-
lar and the special session. 1t was
after that that he was made state
binder an( was sued for overcharging
the state something like $4,000. This
trial is to come up soon in the district.
court here.
1t was near the time of this state,
binder suit that Lafe became stand
patter. His ambition to be governor
did not leave him and he fought the
progressives vigorously in every cam
paign IN the hope of turning the tide.
Posing as the friend of President
Roosevelt and an advocate of the pro-
gressive policies of Roosevelt such as
the control of corporations in national
affairs, he opposed the control Of cor
porations In state affairs, and did all
he could to defeat the primary and
anti-pass. Now, however, that the
political principles that he opposed
have all been adopted by the state he
sees no hope Of political honors to be
obtained from the electors of Iowa and
so has picked out foreign appoint
ment.
If Lafe Young can be delegate-at-
large from Iowa the scheme is to throw
the Iowa delegation to the strongest
candidate on the promise that Lafe be
made minister to Spain. The PROPOSE
ton on the part of the standpatters is
to get the delegation from Iowa for
Taft, ostensibly, but in reality for Lafe
Young. If Taft shows strength when
the convention meets, then the Iowa
delegation is to be used for Taft, and
Taft is to be made to believe that
the Iowa delegation is what nominated
him. If the standpatters think that
Taft doesn't stand so good a show,
they will throw it for Foraker, Fair
banks, Cannon or even Senator Elk
ins Of West Virginia. The proposition
of the standpatters is that in any
event the Iowa delegation must be
voted for the man that wins, no matter
WlldI Ills VI WllCOlCA iC VIVA
carry out the Roosevelt policies or
not.
Iowa had two cabinet positions un-
der Roosevelt. Wilson has been in the
cabinet for a long time and will re-
tire when Roosevelt retires. This will
leave Iowa with no fat jobs except
that of AL Swain at Southampton
and Tom Dawson at San Domingo.
With no cabinet positions Iowa will be
in e. position to reasonably demand
some good appointments and at the
psychological moment (having been
delegate at-large and having helped to
nominate the man who wins) Lafe
Young will journey to Washington i'm
press upon the incumbent of the White
House that his Control of the situa-
tion in Iowa" was what made him
president and after being interviewed
by the Washington reporters will re-
turn to Des Moines with his appoint
ment as minister to Spain in his inside
coat pocket and arrange his household
matters preparatory to leaving for
Madrid.
While the scheme to make Lafe min
lister to Spain is a state secret with
the standpatters, they are making
play to getting a harmony delegation
from this state. The proposition is
that the standpatters and progressives
should be equally divided as to dele
gates or about equally divided. They
are proposing that there be no cam
paign whatever preceding the conven-
tion that selects delegates at large
and that the county conventions be
quietly called and peacefully select
their delegates. The progressives have
visions of the second time Cummfns
was nominated governor when it was
agreed that the progressives having
won, the fight was all over and both
sides would get together for the good
of the party. The standpatters prom
isted to make no fight and the progress
sives made no effort. When the state