Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-08-21
REPUBLICAN HARMONY
IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT

4N i XII i
Haugen, Erstwhile Cummins Man,
Seeking the Support of Stand
patters for the Senatorship.
1t is learned from Charles City today
that conference of standpatters was
held there Tuesday which was attended
by James E. Blythe of Mason City, the
half brother of Joseph w. Blythe of
the Burlington railroad. Congressman
Haugen, j. H. Anundson, the standpat
presidential elector, w. S. Hart of
Waukon and others. At that confer.
ence Haugen was assured of the stand
pat support if he would oppose Cum
minis. The idea is that Haugen being
a Scandinavian will get the support of
that element in northern Iowa which
has always supported Cummins.
Since the conference, w. S. Hart of
Waukon, the man who angered every
body by making partisan standpat
speech as temporary chairman of the
Waterloo convention, has been canvas
sing the republican nominees to the
legislature in an effort to pledge them
to the election of Haugen.
1t will be remembered that every
effort was made by the standpatters to
induce Haugen to become a candidate
for governor against Garst with the
assurance of standpat support.
The candidacy of Haugen has exploded
the claims of the standpatters that they
are for harmony. While the newspa-
pers of the standpat persuasion are
urging that nothing be done and no
campaign started on senator until after
the November election, thus deluding
the voters, the standpat leaders are
carefully making poll of republi-
can nominees to the legislature in an
effort to pledge them for anybody as
against Cummins. Information from
different sources confirms the state
ment that Haugen is very busy in the
fourth district with his standpat friends.
While Gov. Cummins has been confer
ring with republicans of all factions to
ascertain what was the best thing for
state and the party his enemies have
started out to undermine him.
Progressive leaders today are urging
that a special session of the legislature
be called for the purpose of amending
the law so that the nomination Of a
United States senator can be submit
ted at the November election. The
nominee of the party having died it is
proposed to allow the people to nomi-
nate another. In that way the stand
patters will be forced to fight in the
open and their candidates will have to
present their candidates. to the peo-
pie instead of secretly endeavoring to
influence the nominees to the legisla-
ture.
The intention of the leaders of the
standpatters to fight Cummins has been
well understood by the friends of Gov.
Cummins from the first. There is,
however, every Indication that large
body of the rank and file of the stand
patters will not follow the leaders to
the extent of disrupting the party. As
an Indication of the intention of the
leaders it is known that while in
Dubuque at the time of the Allison
funeral Dan CHASER, who has always
been standpatter, but reasonable
one, met ]. E. Blythe of Mason City
and suggested to him that. the best
solution of the harmony problem now
was to support Cummins. Blythe
answer was: "Not by damn sight,
I'd rather see Porter elected" A
state officer was talking to Glasser at
the time Blythe approached them and
heard the remark.
During the time when the republican
state committee was being organized
for the campaign the position of chair
man of the speakers bureau was under
stood to be slated for Deavitt of Oska-
loosa of the sixth district and it was
understl cd that he was to appoint as
the man in charge of the bureau M. E.
Comstock, who is private secretary to
Congressman Haugen. The progress
sives controlled the committee and pro
posed to elect C. w. Lyons. When the
standpatters learned that Lyons would
get it eventually he was offered the
position provided he would appoint
Comstock. He refused and when the
committee met he was elected chair.
man without any such condition at
tached. -Des Moines News (Rep.)
TRAP FOR PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS.
A Hot Springs, Va, dispatch report
ing the fact of Congressman Hepburn
visit to Taft says that "Mr. Hepburn
is in position to give Mr.. Taft first
hand information on the situation ir
Iowa, particularly with reference tc
the changed conditions brought about
by the death of Senator Allison" The
dispatch continues: sit is understood
here that former Congressman Lacey
and Governor Cummins will eventually
be the opposing candidates for the
senatorial vacancy. For the present
Col. Hepburn regarded public discus
/ sion of the situation from him as in