Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-26
IOWA MINE WORKERS INVOLVED
IN MERRY CONTEST FOR
HIGH HoNoRS
JOHN p. WHITE WOULD HEAD
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Iowa Man Strong With Both Miners
and Operators and a Factor in Union
circles-consressionai District Con-
tests Shaping Definitely-DoweI's
Candidacy Weakens Prouty.


Special to Times Republican
Des Mones. Oct. 26-Matters Of big
consequence and Of national Importance
may hinge on the convention today OF
the Iowa Mine Workers Union. Il has
been known for some little time that
John P. White, president of the Iowa
Mine Workers, and some of his friends
have had their eyes on the national
presidency. Il Will be remembered thai
White was elected TO national office
ana he discovered soon after he had
gotten into it, SO it is learned now, tina,
here was something brewing in IA
t;enal politics of the order There
vas a hight on between Two men and
,hair friends and White made up his
mind tina, his chances for the national
presidency We're better if he was no,
national officer, for as a national
of Ger ne was liable 10 be drawn into
me row.
White had resigned as president Of the
Iowa division Of he mine workers But
before his successor could be elected
ae had resigned his national Office and
MAS back 70 Iowa. 50 the Iowa coal
miners al once Reelected him presi-
dent
The trouble in -he Iowa division As,
broke Out ii Cen.erville. where Got,
accused Harry Baker a district state
officer, Of saying lhat White had used
unfair methods and ch.cane7y in get
ag re-elec.@d. a committee was ap-
pc.nted 70 look INTO these charges
against Harry Baker and the commit
.ee sorc Of wa:tswas!l=d the matter
Yer on both sides ana recommea I'D
aat everybody drop the matter ana
forget III trouble and live in harmony.
Their repor. stated ina. while there
we're so:ne grounds for the charge %
Cot hey though, for the good OF the
orae- nothing should be done further
and recommended that the two men
JON forces ana present q solid front %
The enemy, he mine operator.
This dion stop the trouble, however,
= finally became necessary 20 cali a
special state convention Of delegates
from the various local unions and thar
convention net in Des MONIES today
There IS TAX in some sections among
the miners that the whole trouble IS
being stirred Up by men in the national
politics of the union who wish to kill
of White as a possible candidate fer
national president Of the United Mine
,, Workers. Their scheme TO do this 1t is
alleged IS 10 stir up opposition agdlnst
White IN his own district
White has always been rena .lably
strong with the Iowa coal miners
When he has been a candidate for any
office usually there has been no can
5idate against him and mis- eiec,io is
have been practically unanimous
White has mad. d success Of handli 1g
me Iowa coal miners He has been so
fair in MS dealings with the mine OBJ
orators that there has rarely been any
trouble in Iowa There have been many
years without a strike Of any serious
consequence and this IS largely due to
the work of White. SO it is claimed
When he vas a national officer his
business was 20 handle troubles b.
tween the workers and the operators.
IN which he vas asst gned 70 district
II is claimed by MS friends that he
adopted the same fair. generous meth
obs and in little while had made sueh
roadway with both operators ard coal
miners that ne was fast becoming the
most popular officer IN the national
union and this aroused the jealousy
Of some OF the national officers
| White is undoubtedly smart and
capable man and in tine will make
himself felt in the national organiza-
, ton.
Information is to the effect that the
, fights for the republican nomination for
congress are being framed up rapidly
y now in several districts. In the Sew
enth the only question is whether there
will be one candidate or two against
Hull Some people put it that the
question is whether there will be "one
candidate or two against Proutv." as
: they claim that DoweN is really can
didate against Prouty and Will hinder
Prouty getting the nomination.
In the First district Smith Brook
hart. a brilliant young attorney is to be
a candidate for the nomination He is
the young man whom Blythe tried TO
get into his camp by taking him up to
a high mountain and showing him all
the realms Of standpatville Kennedy
will be candidate for denomination
: and because of the strong opposition
that Brookhart will put up the stand
patters may be forced to work for
would rather unite on another man.
In the Second II is taken as prac-
tcally decided that Hanley, of Dav-
export. will be candidate for the
nomination against Congressman Daw-
son. HanIey recently refused to say
whether he was a candidate or not OF
whether he would be candidate or not
but he did say that great many re-
publicans of the Second district who
were dissatisfied with Congressman
Dawson for voting for and with Speak.
er Cannon while representing pro.
gressive district. He claimed that the
Second district might just as well have
been represented during the last foul
I years by Cannon himself. His interview
was quite lengthy and 1t is not neces.
sary to read between the lines in 1t t.
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