Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-15
Conference Of the Faithful at
Des Moines of Many Minds
OH Senatorship
CEDAR RAPIDS MAN IN FAVOR
Congressman Smith Again Refuses to
Make the Race and Strong Man to
Run Against cummins Appears to
Be Unavailable = Office Holders
Absent Themselves.
Special to Times-Repuhlican.

Special to Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 15.-Three hum
dred men who feel the necessity of
doing something in order not to vote
for Cummins met at the Savery, and
for two hours seven of their members
talked to hold the crowd together till
word could be gotten over the long
distance wire from Congressman Smith
of Council Bluffs, to find out if he
would be a candidate. Smith said en-
phatically over the phone that he
would not run.
The conference met at 2 o'clock 10
discuss what available timber there is
left in the ranks. The number in at
tendance is on authority of the door,
keepers as to the tickets, admittance
being by ticket only. Reporters from
the Capital were the only newspaper
men admitted. Jackson, Lacey, Per-
kins. Young, Berryhill. Tob Smith, of
Harlan, and Trewin, spoke in the order
named
Sentiment for Clarke.
Trewin and others of Cedar Rapids
are talking strong for Clarke, of the
interstate commerce commission. 9th
ers look askance at Clarke because he
is a union labor man, and they think
he would not be in favor with the far
mers. w. o. Payne, of Nevada. be-
lieves Clarke would be a weak man.
The situation at noon seemed to be
that Perkins, Lacey, Clarke, Lafe
Young, Berryhill and some Others
would be glad to have the lightning hit
them, but are considered to have weak
nesses as candidates. Congressman
Smith, ex-Gov. Jackson, Sec. Wilson,
and ex-Gov. Shaw, all considered strong
candidates, refuse to run. Wilson tel
egraphed today that he would not think
of it, Shaw telegraphed he would run
if both the standpatters and progress
ives made nearly unanimous demand,
which is considered joke, and polite
way to say the cause is hopeless Jack
son and Smith both say they will not
take it.
Fear Effect Of Move on, Legislature.
1t looks more and more like Clarke.
Many doubt his being a standpatter.
Trewin says there is no doubt of it;
that he supported him and has always
been with the standpatters. and they
urge that they would be able with
Clarke to pound Cummins over Roose-
velt's shoulders with Clarke. None Of
them will admit that there is any
thought of defeating Cummins by not
having candidate, in the hope that
this would make the legislature dem
ocratic.
A. G. Quint, who gave out tickets to
all who registered, and gave evidence
of being standpatter, has a list of the
legislative members and has figured
out that there are forty-four members
of the legislature who would be de-
feated on the basis of the vote of two
years ago if one additional precinct in
their district should go against them
This would make the legislature de-
cidedly democratic.
Office Holders Absent.
With the exception of Joe Byrnes,
Joe Wall and Bert Rosser, all employees
of the state auditors office; and Le-
monte Cowles and Copeland. of Chari-
ton. member of the state committee;
Colonel Palmer, of the railroad COM
and two or three members of
the legislature, there is not an attend
ant at the conference who is in office
at the present time.
Some of Those Present.
j. w. Blythe is not present but his
man, w. d. Eaton, of Burlington, is
here. j. H. Trewin, defeated by Good
for congress-; p. j. G. Bealer ex-mem-
Der of the house from Linn county;
ex- Congressman Hedge, Of Burlington;
w. o. Payne, of Nevada; Bailey, Of
Britt; Lewis Miles, of Corydon; Lafe
Young, Berryhill, Perkins, Charles
Johnston. Senator Elrick, Joe Toulouse,
Senator Saunders, ex-Adjutant General
Byers, ex-Lieutenant Governor Her
riott, ex-State House Policeman Tom
John Offill, of Newton; Dell
Huntoon, ex-State Printer B. Murphy,
ex-Representative WISE of Cedar
Falls; Wilmington, ex-insurance exam
iner in Auditor CAROLS office. and
DR.. Porterf1eld, of Atlantic, were the
most conspicuous attendants.
G. F. McCord, of Jasper county, who
gained notoriety in the campaign of two
years ago, was chairman, and Frank
of Sioux City, was secretary.
It was claimed that at o'clock that
the conference will discuss the various
and that the entire morn
ing was spent in discussing only the
necessity of getting the party together.
mes-RepubIican Disturbs Them.
The editorial in last nights Times
Republican telling the standpatters to
put up their best man, caused some
of heart with the stand
patters. A copy found its way to the
hands OF Charles w. Johnston, of this
city, said to be the exchange copy that
reached the Capital office. Some of the
claimed 1T was an indi
cation of weakness in the Cummins sit
iation and that Editor Norris was
ready to back down. They pointed es-
oecially to the sentence saying that
Curnmins and his friends are all in. The
paper was passed from one to another
in the lobby of the Slavery and Per-
kins, Lewis Miles, ex-governor Her