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radical candidate and that he vim be able tc
msnoeuvre Mr.. Taft into the position Of being
the conservative. That he win olamor 'reac'
tionary' with tho voice Of thousand mega
phones 10 inevitable. The real weakness
IN his cause Hes In the faot that the people
Of Iowa recognise Theodore Roosevelt and
not MIR. Bryan 90 the true radical. They
are Republican, and in Roosevelt they find
q Republican radical. who eatishes-yes. ga
tiates-their desire. And to the Repub-
licans Of Iowa Mr.. Taft ID nothing more
or less than Mr.. Roosevelt's selection 70
carry on the things that he calls my poll
oies."
Az the true Roosevelt radical. then, Mr..
Taft seems certain TO have the support OF
the followers Of the 'idess In Iowa OF least.
Yet 1t must be perfectly obvious how dan
gerous IL would be II Mr.. Taft should do
or say anything which might give even the
outward appearance Of plausibility 10 Mr..
Bryan's claim that Taft is . 'reaotionary.
The suspicion that Mr.. Taft was facing
East instead Of West would cost him thou
ssnds OF votes In Iowa. even II it did not
lose him the State,
1t should be pointed out. moreover, that
the Republicans Of Iowa, that 10. tho pro-
gressives. arc not satisfied with the Chicago
convention. They regard Il az reactionsry.
They think that the nomination Of Sherman
was "a step backward concession to
the East Concessions to the East are not
popular In the West and will not be until
the West 10 satisfied that there is some
semblance Of moral revolt In tho lands east
Of the Alleghanies. This classification
ii xh> p,x,,xkHoo, nokfnnoV x,0nU0nftnY1
and its course is very real thing. II 1t
were not for Roosevelt 1t might be i'm
mensely expensive to the Republican party
IN tho Mississippi Valley. But after all
Taft a. Roosevelt's selection is not blamed
for the course Of the convention, and will
not be blamed unless he makes some mis-
take which serves to give foundation for
the suspicion that he was In sympathy
with the spirit Of the convention which
named him. Then 1t would be worth while
to be In Iowa and GEO the political prairies
dame up.
Because the radicals believe the Chicago
convention was reaotionary Mr.. Bryan
win get Republican votes-not q large
number. probably. but an appreciable
number.
.I'm a Republican and / have voted
agninst Bryan, hut I'll vote for him this
time. The Republican party isn't honest
any more said one voter.
Bryan will got Q number Of tho young
men who have come up sinoe lSoe.' said
one Of the experienced Newspaper editors
Of Des Moines-'the fellows TO whom the
1926 affair meant nothing
All through the State. too. there 70
vno ortf ~ Rnsrsrk,ltOA ~ tha
radical type toward Bryan.
Il find Bryan getting more kind words
than ever said an agent whose business
takes him over the State. Some Of the
Republicans say that they are going to
vote for him anyway. But more Of them
are waiting to see what Mr.. Taft has to say
In his speech Of acceptance. They want
to hear him say specifically that there win
be no backward STEP II he doesn't
there may he trouble
The Democratic leaders are making gal
liant claims that Bryan will carry Iowa.
But it Ii hard to find any impartial person
in the State who credits these claims. The
line Of campaign Of Mr. Bryan is recognized.
Of course 1t is appreciated that he
could convict Mr.. Taft OF reationary senti-
ments he would have "a fighting chance
The Denver platform Ii on the whole more
to the Iowan than the Chicago
document; In fact Iowa voted for the La
Toilette planks. which tho Chicago oon-
vention rejected and the Denver body
Mr.. Bryan is entirely satis-
factory to Iowa as q radical and popular
as q personality in both parties. But Iowa
is Republican State and ready to stay
Republican unless tho Republican party
and its candidate make 1t clear that both
are reactionsry; and no one expects any
such thing from Mr.. Taft
Let him show that he IL . good Roose-
velt man. is the burden of tho Repub-
loan demand here. sand II he does you
needn't have any fear about low Plainly
the Roosevelt radical State OF Iowa IL
not now prepared to make Mr.. Bryan the
heir 10 the Roosevelt popularity or policies,
md without this legacy he cannot win.
First these policies must be renounoed or
slighted by Mr.. Taft.
There is little detail which amuses
,ut here. The photographic records Of
hat celebrated Bryan speech, The Prince
II Peace are being circulated all over the
State. and the diversion ID called Getting
1our Bryan on the ear
There 10 also Joy for the New Yorker
n Iowa. As one approaches the Missouri
River this sentiment ID to be heard:
ITO hell with Chicago and the East
Ono may wonder what they say Of Des
Moines in Denver.