Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-12

Cummins upon the tariff, with APPROX
al Or applause of the presidents latest
message excoriating congress on its
standpat attitude. and definite point
ing out of the fact that Taft is the
logical candidate of the progressives.
If two or three of the counties of north
ern and central Iowa having large re-
publican vote will take action along
this line, the Taft people will turn
their attention to some other state.
There are increasing indications
that somebody is engaged in looking
for "A candidate for United States SEN
ator with which to beat the governor
of Iowa. A great deal has been said
about different candidates, and it is
reasonable to infer that the general
plan is to have brought out number
of candidates. Effort is being made TO
get Brdsall into the race. 1t is known
that Haugen and Cousins have been
urged to get into the game. Lacey Is
on record as desiring a try at It, But
if there is to be any concentration on
candidate. either before the primary
or after-with Allison out of it for any
beneficiary is Walter 1. Smith, of
Council Bluffs. Smith confidently ex-
poets to go to the senate at some time.
He will not. however, retire from con-
gress under fire to make the race.
Much interest has been excited here
as to the purpose of the standpat-rali-
road organization in stirring up the
Third district situation and attempting
to drive Burton Sweet out of the race
for congress. Lafe Young brought
back from Washington an alleged dis
patch from Sweet sent to Judge Bird
sail in 1905, urging him not to vote for
bill to provide for rate regulation.
Young states that the telegram was
signed by large number of republic
ans 1t is asserted that one of these
signers was Ed. Knott, general man
ager for the standpat forces in the
Third district, and that others of the
leading standpatters of the district
signed the telegram; also that a num-
Der of similar kilograms were sent to
Judge Birdsall by the standpatters
Sweet came out as standpa1
candidate for congress before
Birdsalrs retirement was made public,
tho Lafe Young states that Birdsall
had decided several months ago to re-
tire, and that his retirement was
therefore not due to political cond1-
tions in the district. But there is go
ing to be insistence in the Third dis
trict that the names of other siSners
of the telegram be given out.
A gentleman who recently had an
extended talk with ]. w. Blythe in
Burlington is authority for it that
Blythe told him more than week ago
thai Trewin was to be the standpat
candidate for congress in the Fifth
district, and that they would not stand
for any non-factional candidacy in
tha. district of the state,
The Allison headquarters in this city
are to be opened as soon as the funds
can be secured for the same. The
matter of fund has been somewhat
in doubt for some time, but politicians
who have recently taken up the mat
ter assert that this has now been ar
ranged and that the committee IN
charge will be abundantly supplied. II
is believed that under the law the COM
mittee can legally rent rooms and pay
a manager to take charge. This will
not be done by the Cummins people
The Allison forces, however, have in
dicated intention of having an open
Headquarters here with a paid force