Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-07

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Candidacy of John J. Hamilton for
Governor Not Taken Very Seriously
in Des Moines-Probable That DEM
ocrats Will Unite on Dennson, Of
Dubuque, as Nominee for Governor.
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. April THE truth as
| to the situation in Cass county. and to
d considerable extent as to the Ninth
congressional district, IS made public,
! and it comes from standpat source.
When the Atlantic Democrat, a dem
ocratic daily pub ished in Cass coun-
I ty, Hoped to the republican side and
began espousing the cause of Senator
Allison and The standpatters. there
was considerable surprise. The At
lantic Telegraph, a lifelong standpat
newspaper, edited by +. l.. Anderson,
al Committeeman Ernest f. Hart, of
Council Bluffs, Congressman Smith. of
Council Bluffs, and a coterie of stand
patters in Cass county, have secured
the support of the Atlantic Democrat
merely to perpetuate themselves in Of
flee.
The Telegraph says 1t has opposed
Cummins in the past and supports AL
lison from principle, and then adds:
But if the cause of Allison has
reached such an acute stage that it
needs the Importation of mongrel
democrat to further the interests of
MIR. Allison and the standpatters in
Cass county, then it is high time for
the republicans to take notice of the
action of certain few who are at
tempting to perpetuate themselves in
office under the cloak of standpat-
tism. AS we have said before, these
men care little for Mr.. Allison"
1t should be remembered that the
Atlantic Telegraph is a standpat news
Young and hence ought to be author
ity for standpat information In Cass
county. Continuing. it says: IF the
cause of Senator Allison suffers at the
coming primaries by reason of re-
vulsion of feeling by the voters of
Cass against the gang and gag rule
that is NV being carried on under the
cloak of standpatism in Cass county,
then that loss to the cause of Nj:
Allison may rightly be attributed to
the fact that the voters in this county
are going to rid themselves of such
as have been so recently en-
ployed in the purchase of man and
his printing office to do their bidding
Continuing, the Telegraph says it
believes it voices the sentiments OF
both Cummins and Allison men when
it says that the time has come when
the members of the party should Sc
lect their own candidates rather than
have them dictated to them by few
individuals "who now have as their
leader Charles F. Chase, an erstwhile
1t should be kept in mind that the
Telegraph is speaking of National
Committeeman Ernest Hart and Con-
gressman Smith and their followers
How will the candidacy of John j.
Hamilton for governor affect the sit /
uation as between Carroll and Garst, |
If at all? This is the question that
IS being quite generally discussed here
and there are all sorts of opinions. Mr.. |
Hamilton has always been a republican
out has never sat in the councils of the
party He has been active locally in !
political matters during all his resi- !
lence in Des Moines, but active only
n asserting his own beliefs and opin- !
ons ard never as working in harmony !
With other party leaders of any fac
ion. MIR. Hamilton was one time the
owner and editor Of the Bloomfield Re
the newspaper which Auditor
If State B. F. Carroll owned and edited /
before he was elected to the position
If state auditor. Mr.. Hamilton's early
ife was spent in Davis county and
While there he was candidate for
election to the legislature.
Because of his radical position in
avor Of immediate statutory prohibf-
ion and early submission Of the pro-
libitory amendment to the people, and
radicarion of the social evil. immed-
ate revision of the school laws, i'm
Mediate survey of the rivers with a
lew to turning them into canals, and
evision of the banking laws. 1t is
resumed that he will attract the ultra
adical prohibition element at the pri-
nary. For the most part politicians
apable of Judging such matters be-
eve that he will attract about as .
1uch from one llOIil Kill
ther so far as the radical element is I
oncerned. Having spent a consider 1
bic part of his time in Davis county.
-hich is Auditor CAROLS home, and s
aving been raised in that part of the .
tate. it would be supposed that he
.ould attract more votes in that sec (
on from Carroll than from Garst.
There is a we'll grounded belief that {
is candidacy will have little effect on
ne situation.
Governor Cummins will continue his 2
this week in the reservation
Dunties. mostly in the middle section 9
f the state and the week following
i'll go into the First congressional
istrict where he will spend the entire s
eek.
Well Informed democrats are saying h