Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-06
SHAW SECURED No
PROMISES N IOWA
His Visit to the State Resulted
in Rejection OF Offers For
Political Trades
NOW cuLTIvAT.NG cuMMlNs
NOW cuLTIvATING cUMM,Ns
overtures to the Governor a conces-
sion That People of State Are for
cummins and What He Represent
A Shaw cummins, DoIliver- Allison
Combination Proposed.
,ecial to Times Republican.

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| Des Moines. Jan. 6.-With the com
| ing and going of Secretary Leslie NJ
Shaw. talk of Shaw for president was
revived and ended. Politicians are
now quickly turning their attention to
other things. One of the stories that
| gained circulation during the visit of
Shaw in Iowa was that a movement
was to be started to get the delegation
| from this state for Shaw with the un-
derstanding that when it became APP
| parent that Shaw could not be nom-
mated for president the delegation
would redouble its efforts for Dolliver
for vice president. 1t was advocated
that there would be little difficulty in
getting Dolliver the nomination for
vice president, which would make it
possible for both Allison and Cum
minis to go to the senate.
This story came from Shaw sources
and it carried with it the argument
that by that scheme there would be
harmony in Iowa with no fight be-
tween Cummins and Allison, the cleo
tion Of Garst governor and Bernard
Murphy lieutenant governor, with no
fight on any of the state ticket, and as
a result one of the mildest campaigns
the state has ever known.
Those politicians who enjoy the idea
OF trades, deals and schemes rolled
this idea as a sweet morsel on the
tongue and rubbed their hands. 1t
was to their liking. The progressives
looked out over the state and said:
We have been preaching to the peo-
pie of Iowa that there is principle in
volved in all these campaigns and that
these fights are all that ever secured
the primary, the anti-pass, the 2-cent
fare, and like measures. Now having
won the fight, what will they think if
we compromise with the enemy?
1t is learned that Mr.. Shaw did a
great deal of talking politics while he
was in Des Moines. He consulted
many people and he told many that
he would like to have the Iowa dele
cation for president. To the news
paper men, on strict injunction not to
reason for keeping the thought from
the people) he declared in whispers
that it Is unseemly for a person to
announce himself as candidate for
the exalted position of president, or to
engage in any degree in scramble
for the office. To the politicians, also
in whispers, he asked whether or not it
would be possible to induce Cummins
to let him have the Iowa delegation.
Ex-Governor Shaw is in a rather Pc
culiar position politically. He in
formed the public some months ago
that he had made a mistake when he
appointed Dolliver as senator and
gave the impression that if he had
appointed Cummins he would now be
in the good graces Of the dear peo-
pie of Iowa. This naturally made DOL
liver resentful. There is no doubt but
that if Shaw could get the Iowa dele
cation he would be willing to make
some strong promises for the future
and some abject apologies for the
past 1t can be said with absolute as
surance, however, that Shaw left Iowa
without any intimation from the pro-
gressives that they will support him
for president.
Governor Cummins does not take
kindly to political IDEALS" His po-
sition is that he does not now and
never pretended to carry the repubii-
can vote of Iowa around in his vest
pocket He has advocated certain po-
litical principles from innumerable
stages in Iowa during all the years
of his political activity in this state
and if the people believe in them they
should sustain him. If they don't they
should vote the other way. If they
do not believe in him and do believe
in the political principles represented
by Shaw it is for them to show their
preference at the ballot box.
Information was first made public
in Washington that Shaw had made
overtures to Cummins to support
Cummins for senator if Cummins
would support him for president. 1T
is known that those same overtures
were renewed in this city during
Shaw's visit here and they have been
declined with thanks. After having
fought Cummins in every conceivable
way he has at last become convinced
that Cummins has the people with him
in Iowa and that his only hope of
success for the presidency is thru
friendly assistance of Cummins, and
he has gone back to the east without
any indication that that assistance
will ever be forthcoming.
meeting of the republican state
central committee has been called by
Chairman Frank P. Woods for Thurs
day, Jan. 9. at Des Moines.
1T will meet to determine the date
and place of the first republican state
at which delegates at large
to the national convention will be Sc
lected by the delegates and district
delegates to the national convention
will be selected by district caucuses.
1t is said that at least three. prob
ably five and possibly six, cities will