Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-28
Suggestion For Compromise on
Delegates at Large Seems to he
in Favor Of Indianan
LANE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE
Larrabee Suggested at the Second One
- Congressman Hubbard Expected
to Line Up for cummins for sena-
tor - Allison to Get the Kind Of
Campaign His Supporters Have In
vited.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 2S.-There nave
been suggestions of a compromise on
, the question of delegates at large from
Iowa to the republican national con-
vention. but those who have been toia
the suggestion seem to see IN II lhe
hand of the Fairbanks men. The sug-
gestion is that the two sides agree OH
Joe Lane ana Governor Larrabee as
two of the delegates at large ana
there is no doubt but that the progress
sives would accept these two.
The next proposition is that the
standpatters name Will Payne, editor
of the Nevada Representative and that
the progressives name anyone they
wish and that in the Seventh district
, it be agreed that Harvey 1ngham, ed
itor of the Register and Leader be one
of the delegates from the Seventh dls :
trict and that it be agreed that he be
| the Iowa member OF lHe iesoiu'io
committee.
The hand of Fairbanks appears IN
the suggestion that Will Payne be one
of the delegates at large. Payne is a
Fairbanks man and the progreSSlVes 10
whom the suggestion of the comprom-
Use has thus far been unfoded seem
to balk at the idea of Payne. Payne
/ has been mentioned number of times
i recently for delegate from the Seventh
| district but there is no surety that ne
, could win out. Some of the progress
| sives have declared that they Wouid
| rather have Hon. Lafe Young, Sr, as
/ one of the delegates at large Tor ne
has openly stated in his newspaper
| that he is for Taft while Payne is un-
doubtedly for Fairbanks.
While Hon Joe Lane has been
progressive for many years and sup
ported Cummins for governor last
wear he is now president of the All1-
son club of Davenport and is for AL
ljson for senator. Ex-Governor Lar
rabee has announced that he is for
| Cummins for senator Progressives do
not hesitate to accept the suggestion OF
Lane for one of the delegates at-large
| on such compromise and If two other
such men as Lane and Larrabee. both
known to be Taft supporters, were to
be suggested as delegates at large in
good faith it is possible that there
might be compromise on delegates
at-large.
The position of the Denison Review.
which has come out in support of
Cummins for senator, is understood
! furthermore to forecast the position
that a number of other newspapers of
the Tenth district will shortly take in
| the matter. Furthermore in the
Eleventh district it is understood that
| Congressman Hubbard will give his
| support to Cummins for the senate.
Politicians who are familiar with the
situation are claiming that the entire
northwestern corner of the state will
be overwhelmingly for Cummins for
senator, for practically all opposition
that was against the governor in 1906
when he was asking for reelection to
a third term as governor has been
withdrawn. Thruout the Fourth dis
trict and most of the Third district 1t
is claimed there is also very healthy
Cummins sentiment and his friends
are greatly pleased with the situation
According to the best informed pro-
gressives the friends of Senator Alli-
son will get the kind of campaign
that they invite. 1t was pointed out
many months ago that if Ed Hunter
got into the campaign for Allison, Mr.
| Allison would have to take the odlum
that Hunter would bring with him.
When Dolliver opened Senator Alli-
sons campaign at Council Bluffs ne
placed the campaign on the grounds
of achievement. Judge Prouty crltl-
cised Delivers statements and called
attention to the fact that Allison had
not always been a gold standard advo-
cate as Dolliver claimed. The stand
pat newspaper then charged that AL
lison's statements of thirty years ago
should not be brought up against him.
Progressives say this is unfair. Ii
Allison's friends do not want his free
silver record brought up against him
they should not drag it into the cam
paign by claiming he has always been
for the gold standard when history
shows that in two campaigns he was
| a free silver candidate for the repuD-
| lican nomination as president.
Governor Cummins' friends all say
! that Allison will get the kind of a
campaign he invited. If he wants noth-
ing said about free silver he must not
claim credit for the adoption of the
gold standard. If he does not want to
be published what the congressional
record contains as to the Credit Mo-
bilier. his friends must not claim Tor
him credit for the solution of the I'm
ion Pacific muddle. 1t is claimed here
that had not Dolliver made the effort
to claim credit for Allison's past ac-
chievements the campaign would have
been fought entirely on the issues OF
the present day and the ability Of the
two men to serve the people OF Iowa in