Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-09
AupsPErH sT'Rs UP TROUBLE
Antasonism in New Jersey to Select
ion Of Eastern Campaign Manager
Southern States to Be Permitted to
Take Care of Themselves-Pc!itical
Gossip.
Especial Correspondence

campaign from the middle west to the
east Whether this indicates a dispo-
sition to drop the fight in the west, or
simply to take on the east and make
the fight more general than has here
tofore been contemplated, can only be
that whereas only few days ago many
democrats were disposed to fall back
on the argument that Bryan can be
T elected without the east, and to insist
that even tho New York go republic
an, he might pull thru, at present
headquarters energies are being de-
voted in a surprising measure to or
ganizatiop for an extended campaign
in the east
one of the authorities at democratic
headquarters. being asked IL 1t were
planned to pick out restricted list of
states considered doubtful and conflne
the struggle largely to them, said:
That is about what we have In
mind. All this talk about the south Is
i nonsense. The south is for Bryan
4 Talk about Georgia, Tennessee. Mis-
/ souri, and Kentucky is nonsense These
4 states are for Bryan and are amply
/ able to take care of themselves. There
| will be a. concentration Of energy In
| the middle east--in New York. Con-
necticut New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio"
/ Western States Abandoned?
The notable thing about this state
ment was that 1t included no states
farther west than Ohio. Indiana, was
not named. but the explanation came
latter in answer to a question.
Indiana will be for Bryan was the
confident explanation, which seemed
to take Indiana out OF the doubtful
/ list as far as the speaker was con-
cerned. Asked about Illinois. he said
1 Illinois was regarded as good fighting
ground for the democrats; but the tone
/ of the statement did not suggest that
! there was serious purpose of squander-
/ ing any considerable proportion of al,
emaciated campaign fund in the
4 Sucker" state.
/ Wisconsin was not mentioned, neith-
er was Kansas, Colorado, Montana,
| Nevada nor California IF this tip is
/ approximately accurate, 1t means a de-
! cided SHIFT in the democratic plans.
/ Perhaps it does not really mean that
| the west is to receive any less atren-
! ton than was originally planned. 1t
may merely indicate that the east is
to receive more attention. Certain i.
/ is that Connecticut and New Jersey
1 are being looked into with a good deal
of care, while New York is getting the
lions share of attention because the
prophets have given up the effort to
pick out a winning combination with
out the big state.
Hudspeth Makes Trouble.
1 The selection OF R\bert S. Hubs
petf Of New Jersey, to vice president
/ of the national committee and manager
Eof the eastern campaign, has stirred up
/ considerable democratic trouble in
Jersey 1t develops that after Mr..
Bryan was told that Mack wanted ito
name Mr.. Hudspeth. Mr.. Bryan sent
word that he was satisfied with Huds-
peth provided no mistake be made
about filing the Craftsmanship. of the
New Jersey state committee, already
held by Hudspeth. MIR. Bryan wanted
1 to be very sure that the right kind of
man succeeded to the Jersey leader
ship, and the opinion here Is that he
would have preferred the retention OF
Hudspeth even tho 1t involved his
serving in both positions. But for
some reason the Jersey people induced
Mr.. Mack to make the Hudspeth APP
I pointment without previously st1pulat-
| ing as to the state craftsmanship. AS
a result the Smith organization, as
soon as Hudspeth announced his resig-
nation of the state craftsmanship, Sc
lected Joseph b. Nugent, city counsel
| of Newark and democratic boss of
Essex county to be state chairman.
| Nugent is known in Jersey as a thor
ough- going Smith man and his selec-s
| ton has given concern ito a good many
of the tried -and-true Bryanites, who
are not strong for Smith and who see
| in these recent moveme nts "a menace OF
Smith domination in case the state
goes democratic at any time in thu
near future. Nugent has been consti-
t1ltionally am nti-Bryan man; he was
one of the stripe of Bryanites who
were bitter against the Nebraskan be-
| fore and during the democratic con-
vention and openly declared Mr.. Bry-'
ans nomination was simply throwing
away all chanceI of democratic sue
cess in New York and New Jersey.
The Jersey democrats have an aux
| iliary committee headed by Joe z.
Tumulty and Eugene Kinkaid who are
reliable Bryanites and who, it is said,
will be given very large part in
debating the state campaign. This Is
| the sop which is being tossed to the
Bryanistic celebras to keep that vo-
racious brute in good humor.
Republican Trouble in Connecticut.
If things have not been going in
Jersey entirely to the satisfaction of
| hopeful democrats, Connecticut has of
fered them some little comfort recent
| ly. The republican machine in Con-
necticut is going to nominate Repre-
sentative George T.. Lilly, Of submarine
fame, and democrats insist that by the
time the election is over, Lilly and the
machine will be so badly submerged
that there will be small chance of their
returning to the surface. As a matter
of fact, it is hard to tell whether Liz
| Tvs fight in the house last winter, on
the submarine issue. will do him more
harm or good. The fact that he came
near being expelled from the house
land was bitterly censured. has made