Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-26
Republican Candidate Gives
Out Interview Regarding
Second Place on Ticket
FAVORED THE IOWA MAN
Proof That Iowa People Prevented
State From Getting Place on Ticket
Lacey Campaign Committee is
Spending a Barrel of Money-Iowa
Situation Satisfactory
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 26.-An effort has
been made by the Lacey committee to
convince the voters that the ex-con-
gressman is the Roosevelt candidate for
quite recently given him endorsement.
1t has been widely printed in the state
last April Roosevelt gave Lacey sweep
ing endorsement. AS this did not
comport with the well known fact
that at the Chicago convention both
Roosevelt and Taft sought to have
Governor Cummins placed on the ma
tional republican ticket, an Iowa gen.
tleman who was on the special train
with Taft on his recent trip thru Iowa,
took occasion to ask Secretary Taft
about the Chicago convention. The
big secretary volunteered the informa-
ton, and this without any equivoca
ton, that 1t was true that both he
and the president were sincerely and
honestly desirous of having Governor
Cummins on the national ticket. The
incident is now of interest only as in
dicating the kind of men that Roosevelt
and Taft desired to be associated with
There was some question raised at the
time as to whether the White House
wanted Cummins nominated, and some
of the Iowa delegation denied that
Cummins was wanted on the ticket:
but there can now be no possible ques-
ton about it. While the friends of
Governor Cummins have not paraded
him as having a Roosevelt letter of
Introduction, yet they feel that the
voters are entitled to know that the
president and the secretary of war
both recognized the immense value
of his work done in Iowa and in the
nation.
There is no doubt that the Lacey
committee IS now making use of
large amount Of money in the cam
paign The latest batch of literature
sent out from the headquarters in this
city includes six separate Slips. The
central idea is that Major Lacey ought
to go to the senate because he was
soldier and especially commends HIM
self to the veterans of the war. Much
newspaper space will be used also. Two
special journals published in Des
Moines have received contracts for paid
matter from the Lacey committee. The
editors Of both these are personally
fau C,,,,,y,ips will vote
for him, but the Lacey committee has
done business on cash basis and VIII
bring both papers out ostensibly Tor
him. 1t is stated that an explanation
will be printed of the reasons for Ma
jor Lacey opposing the pension reso-
lutions at the G. A. r. encampment In
Cedar Rapids last June.
There is JOY among republicans over
the sudden turn of affairs in Scott
county, which seems to make certain
that Representative Calderwood
will return to the house. The with
drawal of Henry Boettger makes 1t
certain that at least one of the re-
publican candidates will win, and more
than likely two of them. The scan
dal over Boettger came as surprise.
1t seems that nobody knew of his hav-
ing been dropped from the national
guard for having rejoiced over the
death Of President Mckinley, save a
very few of the guardsmen. When
all the facts came out he was dropped
summarily. The fact of the scandal
will also weaken the democratic ticket
generally and may result in two re-
o$v
Attorney General Byers on return
ing from campaign tour which in
cluded Boone, Jefferson, Gowrie. To-
ledo and other points, declared himself
we'll satisfied with the situation in the
state "Taft will have not less than
60, GOO majority" he said. II see no
reason to believe there will be any de-
fection. The men who voted for Bry-
an in 1896 and 1900 will do so again,
but 1 have come across quite num-
ber of democrats who are going to
vote for Taft. There certainly is no
movement toward Bryan in Iowa, and
the majority for the republican ticket
will be all that we could desire" Mr..
Byers had excellent audiences at all
places. He finds that the circulars
of the German American central alli-
ance sent out from Davenport to defeat
him because of his enforcement Of the
laws of the state have been circulated
all over the state. But the officers of
the association making this attack are
all democrats and they are not lntlu-
encing any votes to go against Byers.
The democratic committee here is
banking heavily upon electing not only
Fred White, but cap" Miller. The lat
ter is the candidate for superintendent
of schools, and he has been actively
at work during all the campaign. He
has conducted the campaign on his
own plans and is appealing to all ths
disafrected interests. The information
which comes to Superintendent Riggs
is that Miller's methods of campaign
ing are not going to get the votes, but