Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-22
More Prominent Standpatters
Coming Over in Support Of
Fair Senatorial Deal
WOULD PERMIT PEOPLES CHOICE
Manifest Disposition to Allow Cues
ton to Be Decided in Right and
Proper Manner-standpat Bosses
Only Ones Who Refuse to Fall Into
Line-Rank and File Will Be Heard.
,ecial to Times Republican.

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| Special to Times Republican.
sDes Moines, Aug. 22.--So far as the
Republicans Of Iowa are concerned the
situation is changing every day in that
more prominent standpatters who have
the good of the party at heart more
than the defeat of one man are eX-
pressing themselves in favor of fair
and just determination of who will be
the successor to Allison and of deter
mining it in a way that will not en-
danger the legislature being republic
an.
There is very clear and distfnt
cleavage in the standpat ranks. There
are few such as LATE Young, George
ID. Perkins, j. w. Blythe. Ernest p.
Hart and two or threeelessel. satellites
who are editors of newspapers and fol-
low in their wake, with whom the de-
feat of Cun1nins is a sort Of, mania.
But the letters that are being re-
ceived daily in this city show that the
great bulk of the rank and file of the
standpatters are not taking that view
of the matter and they are willing to
allow the United States senatorship to
be decided in the right and proper
manner They are quite willing to
count noses and will support the man
who is the choice Of the majority Of
/ the republicans of the state. Those
who are taking this sane view of the
matter are among. the most prominent
standpatters of the state and it may be
that later on the list will be made pub
lie.
But for. the fact that there is positive
information to the effect that the small
coterie of standpatters are already at
work trying to pledge republican NOM
inees to the legislature against Cum
mins-not for any particular candi-
date so much as just against, Cummins
everyone would be willing to elect
the legislature and then allow it to Sc
lect the candidate. But because these
standpatters are already seeking to
pledge nominees and are thus making
this impossible it is believed that the
only means left is to call a Special ses-
sion of the legislature and allow the
people to vote on the candidates next
November.
t In the final analysis things are look
ing. brighter for the republicans. SEN
| ator Allison's1 death left things some-
what chaotic. Governor Cummins and
baH his friends aNere prepared to sup
/ port. the ticket, something that Late
! Young, Perkins. Blythe and their
friends and followers did not do two
years ago. Governor Emnmins made a
lspeech at Waterloo clearly indicating
what he intended to do. Now that the
scale has turned the rank and file of
| the standpatters, are willing to accord
l,Cumnins the same support that he
was ready to give them. II he has
majority of the members of the party
for him they will support him.
/ One standpatter Of this city, who
promises to make Ibis position very
clear at the conference here on Aug.
| 25 but does not care to speak in adj
vance Of that, said here today: =
1 with Allison dead am for Cum
|mins but / want to see Cummins go
down to Washington with the solid
! support of the republicans of Iowa
hack OF him To me the republican
party means something and if I under
stand the people of iowa rightly there
lis going to be no split this fall Governor
i Cun1nins has been the choice of the
republicans of Iowa three times for
governor besides being chosen at one
.9time for national committeeman. There
lis no republican In the state who is
/ more regular with his party than is
iGovernor Cummins. Hes owes me moth
ing and I owe him nothing for / have
never supported him except after he
was the choice of the party but am
for him now for United States sena-
tor"
The democrats at the Bryan meet
l ing yesterday proposed that the Ore
1 gon plan for the election of senators
lby the people be adopted in Iowa, If
There is an extra session of the legis-
| lature.
IA large number Of the democratic
nominees for the legislature and
members of it, were in the city, as
also was Claude r. Porter, candidate
for the senate, and there were many
conferences among them about the
! course that the democratic contingent
in the legislature should pursue II
there is a special session.
1t was known that if the governor
called a special session it would be
for the purpose of amending the pri-
mary law so as to permit the republic
cans to vote on senator, again, the
nominee Of the party having died since
itha .Ti,na urinary
Therefore, it was decided by the dem
ocrats in the conference to organize
the legislators of democratic affiliation