Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-22
Congressman Conner, "of Tenth
District Defeated Because
He Resembled Aldrich
EASTERN MAN NOT POPULAR
Judge Taft to Return North Soon =
Senator BaIy Does Not Take Kindly
to swaIIowtaiIs and DecolIette Gowns
-southerner Wants Definition Of
Negro.
Especial Correspondence

! Washington, Jan 22-There are al
trouble with their constituencies. Tho
story goes that one reason why the
people of the Tenth Iowa district last
summer refused to renominate Repre-
sentative Conner was that he had been
widely advertised as looking exactly
like Senator Nelson w. Aldrich.
Senator Aldrich has never been
weakened in Rhode Island by reason
of looking like Mr.. Conner, and the
latters' friends don't believe he ought
to be blamed for looking like Aldrich.
He never knew he did. until after he
pie began to address him on the streets
and about the capitol and at the hotels,
by the name of the Rhode Island SEN
ator who is reputed to be strong
enough to run the upper house. The
resemblance got famous Nobody could
tell the two men apart, and even when
they were together the resemblance
would be so striking that men would
wonder if they had 'em.
The story got into the public prints.
and of course received circulation in
Judge Corners home district. They
don't go in much for the Aldrich style
Of public man out there. A1drich is re
garded in that section of the prairies
as quite the extreme of plutocratic
craftsmanship. Moreover Judge Con-
1n nvnp1lnfot
terms with Speaker Cannon. who isn't
very big gun in the Conner district.
Between the two things Conner YVES
defeated in the primaries. and will re-
tire March A. Among the things which
might tlatter other people, resemblance
to a great and powerful senator is one
which doesn't give Judge Conner any
especial satisfaction.
President Elect Taft will be back
in the north, Immediately after his trip
to Panama, to remain till after IN
auguraton. 1t is announced that he
will spend Feb. is and 10 at Cincin-
natl will be in Philadelphia to deliver
a Washington address on Feb. %, and
will spend the next day in New York
as a guest at the home of his brother,
Henry W. Taft. Then he will come to
Washington Feb. "a and will be u
guest at the Boardman home. where
he stopped the last time he was in the
capital city. He will remain there Till
after Inauguration. when he will move
into a modest establishment main
tanned at public expense-and incident
ally will begin drawing twice as rnucn
salary for living there as his predeces-
sor has drawn.
Charles p. Taft has rented the hand
some Hopkins place on Dupont circle.
near the Boardman house, for the in
augural season, and it is promised that
something handsome in the line of en-
tertainment will be undertaken.
When Joseph w. Bailey OF Texas
came to Washington as youthful rep
resentative, he wouldn't wear a dress
suit. His first leap into fame was by
vintue of the exploitation of this fact.
Later he got over this aversion to a
certain extent; but he has never be-
come reconciled to the institution.
In fact Senator Bailey would have
Washington go in for the simple life,
if he could have his way about it. He
characterized the entertainments of
the capital society in a speech the
other day as functions at which the
men dress up like head walters. and
the women don't dress up at all, to