Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-12
Prospect of Two Progressive
Senator's in Near Future
Causes Nightmare
poLLlvER AND VICE PRESIDENCY
Opposition to His Acceptance Of Nom
ination Acknowledgement OF Major
ity acknowledgements lndiffer-
ont to Whether or Not Dolliver Ao-
cspts-Hypoorisy Shown Up.
to Times-Republican.

DeS MoineS, June 12.--The possibility
of two progressives going to the senate
from this state is bugaboo to the
standpatters. Chicago papers contain
interviews with some Of the standpat
leaders from this state who are at
tending the Chicago convention, IN
which they say that Dolliver will not
be the vice presidential nominee, ana
they add that if he were there would
soon be two progressives in the senate
from this state.
In this they not only admit that
they never expected Allison to live to
serve the state but recognize the In
evitable that Iowa is in the progressive
column and nothing but sentiment
made 1t possible for them to delay
Cummlns going to the senate. The
sstandpatters are the only people who
Eare showing any excitement over Dol
|liver for vice president. The intensity
Of their excitement Is quite in keeping
with their pleadings for harmony when
they are under in the political fight and
their preparations to invite the pro-
gressives into banquet Of crow when
they are on top.
The attitude that the progressives
are taking in the entire matter both as
to Dolliver for vice president and the
proposed peace banquet Of the stand
patters Is one of entire indifference.
While none of the real leaders OF the
progressives will talk for publication
on political matters at this time for the
simple reason that the campaign is
over with and further discussion is now
nnot In order, yet 1t can be said with
certainty that none of the progressives
are in any way misled by the agitated
state of mind of the standpat leaders.
They will go right on advocating pro-
gressive measures and fighting for the
progressive cause. They believe every
one in the state is thoroughly aware
that If political matters had been left
to such leader as Blythe and Lafe
Young and Lacey and Dolliver the two
|'cent fare law, the anti-pass law, the
primary election law, the Petersen law
and numerous other reform measures
never would have gone on the statute
books.
The standpatters are quite justified
however, in expecting two progressives
to go to the senate If Dolliver is made
vice president. But nothing that they
have done in ages has shown the
hypocracy Of their claims that they are
in favor of harmony and wish to see
the day when there will be no fac
tional division Of the party, than their
Chicago interviews on Dolliver for vice
president and their preparations for
inviting the progressives in to ban
quet following the primary election-a
banquet of fried crow.
Every month in the year and every
day in the month the standpat news
papers of Iowa engage in a systematic
campaign of Misrepresentation of the
progressive cause and of Governor
Cummins in particular. Witness their
continual claim that Cummins is a
democrat as compared with the admis-
sion on the part of their leaders that
30 900 Of the standpatters voted the
democratic ticket two years ago.
Frequently the standpat press sends
out the warning that the progressives
must learn that they can not win
without the aid of the standpat vote.
This warning is always given when the
standpatters are down and face recent
or prospective defeat Then their
pleadings for harmony and the elm
ination of all factionalism are long and
earnest. They would then compromise
and have the progressives divide up the
offices. Now they insist that Dolliver
stay in the United States senate for
fear his successor will be progress
sive.