Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-10
HARMONY BEFORE AND AFTER.


\ read Mr. Adler's editorial in the Dav-
S export Times and reflect. Adler is a
member OF the state central committee
from the Second congressional district
and president of the Lee syndicate OF
\ three big dailies in Iowa. He was Sc
a lected by the state committee to take
charge of the press work of the cam
paign and is the author of a letter to
the press of the state appealing for
harmony which occ;lsioned favorable
editorial endorsement in every stand
pat newspaper in Iowa. Then his plea
was for that harmony which should
Induce progressives to support the
standpat nominees on the republican
ticket 1t was for party harmony and
he seemed to voice the sentiment OF
7 the standpat newspapers for they all
,patted him on the back.
Now he argues for party harmony
again He says that Cummins and his
friends took their defeat in, the pri-s
mary manfully and stood by the ticket
and now that death has removed Sen
ator Allison, Cummills is entitled to the
united support of his party for the
succession He points out that almost
q half the party voted for Cummins and
( thousands of those who voted for Al
1ison from sentiment were for Cum
/ minis as second choice and that IL a
fight is started now it will only result
+ I'm defeating republican nominees by
the score at the general election. Mr.
Adler is arguing for genuine party har-
\ m1ony just as he was two weeks ago
but this time he is asking the stand
patters to line up for a progressive.
Will the same newspapers pat him on
the back or will they take swift kick
at him from the rear?
There is no question as to the cor
rectness of Mr.. Adl,r's view of the sit
suation. Mr.. Cunimins is entitled to the
unanimous support of his party. There
are standpatters wise enough today to
+ see what a world of grief could have
been avoided had Governor Shaw APP
pointed Cummins at the time Gear
died. Cunmins is entitled to recogni-s
tion Of his rights. Standpatters know
that no other man in the panty could
have defeated him at the primaries and
that was the reason that Allison was
run for the office. even while the
shroud was being quietly folded about
him. Furthermore, if there was dan
ger. of disaffection within the party
with Allison the regular nominee of the
primary and with Cummins and the
headers Of his faction shouting for har-
mony, no power ON earth could hold
the party together with Cummins and
his friends compelled to fight for what
rs their right to receive now without
opposition. If fight they must, fight
ftrey will, and Adller is right in the
method he offers for party harmony. 1t
/ ds the fair method and the only meth
cd. He is little bit lame, however,
IN the kind Of a contract he proposes,
a resolution by The judicial conven
tion would amount to nothing more
than SO much hot air. Let majority
Of all Of the republican nominees for
the legislature join with the hold-oyer
members in Some, definite expression
As to what the legislative caucus of
republican members will do on senator
and then the $4,000 progressives who
voted at the primaries and the $4,000
who staid at home, can be held in line
for harmony.