Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-25
EFFORT OF sTANDPATrERs TO
CONTROL NEXT STATE CON-
vENTloN FORCES ISSUE.
OPPOSITION MUST LINE UP
AS MATTER OF DEFENSE
stanapat Plan is to Control Convention,
Repudiate DoIIiver and cummins and
Discredit Whole insureent Movement
in the West-FactionaI Lines Certain
to be Drawn.
Special to Times-Republican.


Special to Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 25.-From direct
sources it is learned that standpatters
have already started a campaign to
secure control OF the next republican
state convention in the hope of pre-
venting endorsement of the action OF
Senator Dolliver and Senator Cummins
and the insurgent congressman from
Iowa on the recent tariff legislation.
They are doing this Furthermore with
announcement from the east in the
/ hope that by carrying the next state
convention the insurgent movement in
the west will be considerably crippled.
The plan is part of the general plan
which includes the reelection Of Con-
gresham J. A. T. Hull on strictly
| Cannon platform, TO be followed if
successful. two years later by running
Hull as standpat- Cannon candidate
for governor
Ii IS not unlikely that this action on
the part Of the standpatters will pre-
plate a fight all along the line next
year. Leading progressives ara saying
that in years past when there was no
4 especial fight on the progressives have
been asleep and have not gotten into
the campaign and the rest has always
been TO their disadvantage. Standpat-
J tiers are now arguing that there Is no
fight on in the hopes that the progress
sives will again be inactive and in the
meantime the standpatters are already
conducting their campaign to capture
the next state convention
Progressives recall that when Cum
Minis ran for the second term stand
patters argued that there was no fight
and conceded the denomination of
Cummins. Then they captured the state
convention and adopted standpat
tariff declaration that was an enbar-
rassnent TO Cummins and the progress
sives Last year it was again conceded
that there was no fight and that all re-
publicans conceded the state was for
Taft The progressives did nothing and
the result was that the standpatters
controlled the state convention at
. which delegates to the national con-
. vention were selected and endorsed AL
lison and adopted resolutions that re-
, ffected the sentiment Of the standpat-
: ters but not necessarily the sentiment
of the people of the state.
Leading progressives are saying that
I In every campaign yet conducted when
the progressives have gone into fight
they have won and the resolutions OF
the conventions selected in these fights
have endorsed the actions of Cummins
and other rrogressives and have re-
. Elected the true sentiment OF the state
in adopting downward revision" plat
forms. When lulied to sleep by the idea
1 that the republicans of the state were
] at peace politically the standpatters
] have won and the resolutions have re-
l Elected the standpat sentiments and
4 have been an embarrassment to the in
Z surgent cause until another state con-
4 vention could be held.
With the history Of the past in theil
q minds and the activity of the stand
Z patters 10 capture the next. state con
= vention clearly in their vision progress
sives are saying that there must be /;
& fight and that ii will never do to ALLOW
he next state convention TO fall into tn
i hands of the standpatters by defaul
u alloy il 10 adopt resolutions that d
other than give Senators Dolliver an
Cu.nnias hearty endorsement for thei
(
MOI all prog-essives believe this ne
cessi,ates a Aaht all along the line
/ Many Of them DO. But they all say tina
1 if it does necessitate such a fight the
I are ready TO go into it. One of IN
most conspicuous rep blcans of tn
state recently said that such fight wa
imperative' Two others who have r
4 superiors in prominence in the stat
I said such a fight was inevitable" 4
I the present time it can be said that II
I progressives are doing next to nothiI
along that line.
II 1t is recognized that the prominen,
Iowa has received as an insurgent sta
by the actions of Senators Dolliver al
Cummins is such that the standpatte
will move heaven and earth to reca
ture the state in the next campaig
Heretofore some attention has been a
. tracted to the state by the elections
- state officers of progressive tendenci
n but up to March last the Iowa del
L cation in congress was largely stan
pat and the eastern interests were co
tent. Now that a majority Of the CO
gresham are progressive and both Sc
ators are attracting nation wide ate
ton because of their plains pcfs
speeches on the tariff and other issv
the Eastern Interests" are aroused a
their interest" IL, Iowa is greater III
~ it ever was before.
At the next session of congress !.
oleomargerine manufacturers will a
for a reduction of the internal reves
tag on 0leomargerine. The plea Will
~. made that II is the poor mans but
and that a poor man can not buy ord
airy butter because Of the excess
W., price. The tax ON oleomargerine
now 10 cents a pound which Is prohi
tive except in the winter months wi
inc butter gets excessively high. Just n
the price Of oleom argerine is very h
adv 1t is being sold at lower price I'll
ever before and 1t is suspected this
with the idea of getting The public
.st. the habit OF using 1t and creating a
mand for it that win be used to ini
ence congress to lower the tax and O
nor with the idea of having demand c
ated ready to be turned to account
commercial way Immediately al
the tax is lowered by congress.