Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-06
70 TURN down MILLER
Bremen County Man to be De-
posed as Chairman of Demo
cratic State Committee
BRYAN MEN WILL CONTROL
State Convention Too May Decide to
Elect Next Committee to Insure Per-
sonnet in Sympathy With Prevailing
Sentiment - Cousins Announcement
Surprises Politicians.
Special to .-imes-Republican

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Feb. 6.-Charlie Miller
is to be defeated for chairman of the
next democratic state central commit
tee In fact the entire committee is to
be radical Bryan committee from
one end to the other and Miller es-
pecially is marked for slaughter. The
radical democrats or Bryan men blame
Miller for the defeat of Claude Porter
in the last campaign. They say that
il he had not united with the standpat
republicans who had been supporting
Perkins and running Perkins cam
paign, Porter would have been elected.
Anyway they claim that Charlie is
wrong"
If necessary the state convention
will elect all the members of the next
central committee and not leave it to
the districts. Otherwise 1t may be
left to the districts to select their
own committeeman. 1t is claimed by
the radicals that the majority of the
democrats of Iowa are radicals but
they admit that there are only two
genuine Bryan men on the state COM
mittee, tho some others profess to be
for Bryan.
There is going to be strong insist
ence on the part of the radical demo-
Gratis for two state conventions when
the state committee meets here Friday.
1t is maintained by many that the
first state convention must do more
than select delegates to the national
convention and pass resolutions. 1t
must look into the matter of a state
ticket and see to it that there are
candidates for all the offices. 1t Is
claimed that unless something of this
kind is done candidates will be slow
to come out when they must face the
probable defeat that awaits a minority
party.
At the same time it is quite possible
that there may be no candidate for
United States senator. Whether or not
this is an effort to ditch" General
Weaver is an open question. The ar
gu1nengis that it would be better to
wait and see whether the democrats
will be possible to get the strongest
men of the party" out as candidates.
But this argument naturally leads to
the conclusion that General Weaver is
not considered one of the strongest.
Republicans who have not been in
the confidence Of Congressman Cous-
ms are quite surprised at his action in
not being a candidate and there is
grounds for grave doubt whether his
friends are not surprised also. The
fact is Cousins sent to the secretary
of state for nomination papers to cir
culate to get his name on the pri
mary ballotaa;lt is therefore reasoned
that his. conclusion not to be candi-
date was made up very recently and
was change from his first intentions.
{ Cousins letter gives as reason his
private affairs and the desire to make
something for himself. Progressives
cannot refrain from expressing the be-
lief that the situation in his district
had something to do with it. The
indications were that Cousins faced
the fight Of his life for the opposition
that had been threatening for some
time seemed sure to break out this
campaign.
No systematic effort with a central
organization is being made by either
faction Of the republican party to get
the delegates to the national conven-
tion. AS nearly as can be ascertained
the leaders in the various congress
sionM districts are the only ones who
will look after the contests. If either
side goes to sleep in any district the
side that is awake will carry off the
cake in the same of two delegates
OF course the county conventions Sc
lect the delegates to the state con-
vention and the complexion Of the
state convention will be determined by
the action in the counties. The pri-
mary law, has, however, taken the use
of campaign funds out of the state
campaigns and the selection of dele
gates and the complexion Of the first
state convention will depend very
largely on how wide awake the lead
ers and the people are dn the various
counties.