Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-06
} M'KiNlEY'S STEAMBOAT CROWD
OF cAMPAIGNERs TO MAKE
IOWA A BATTLE-GROUND.
oRoGREsSivEs CONFIDENT
IOWA WILL NOT REcEDE
Believe That Real Republican Con-
sressmen Will Be Elected From Ma.
iority of Observation-Disclosures News
Exposes Method BY Which 1t Was
Turned Over to the Standpatters.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican-
Des Moines, April 6.-The news from
political centers in the east is not at
Ill disconcerting to the progressive re-
,ublicans in Iowa. Various and sun
Try dispatches state that Congressman
Mckinley is on the point of opening
headquarters in Chicago, that he will
devote his entire time to the west,
that already a score of standpat speak
ers have been engaged and hundred
or so OF chautauqua engagements
made, that Cannon, Tawney, Sherman,
Rodenberg, Gardner, Smith and Nc
kinley of California are all to be on rne
speaking list of the Mckinley organi-
cation One dispatch from Washington
states that "it is estimated that more
than 100000 will be needed to
finance the campaign which Will be
extraordinarily expensive in the doubt
full districts" All the dispatches indi-
cate that Iowa is TO be one of the most
conspicuous of the states 10 be at
tackled
In this state the organization allied
with the Mckinley com mittee and re-
He'd upon TO save the standpat cause,
already claims to have done much or
ganizing and is prepared y carry the
war into everv voting precinct. Des-
pite this the progressives were never
more confident that the state Will be
kept all right ard that it will not go
back on its record.
The prograssiv-s will no. make use
of any million dollar fund o. any 9TH
err large campaign purse, for II is
ao-,11 y
money TO send a congressional speech
TO each voter in the state. But tlosc
on the inside assert that nevertheless
they are not going to lie down and
permit the steam roller to be run back
and forth over Iowa from one side to
the other and up and down tn valleys
without al Least showing flgl..
There is evidence of very great ac-
tivity at standpat headquarters in the
city where Frank Jackson pres;;es and
tie detail work IS being done by James
Bryan Preparations are being made for
sending out vast amount of i-era-
ture and all signs INC cate that the
financial end is already provided for
from outside sources. In fact it IS the
belief of the progressives that the in
terests would spend at least half mil
lion to carry Iowa for the regular
A rumor was current a. the state
house yesterday that Senator'S Cum
Minis and Deliver, and the congressm en-
who stand upon the republican plat
form. had sent word 10 abandon the
cause and permit the standpatters to
have their own way in Iowa this year;
but this is not regarded as credible. In
fact it is known that the senators and
congressman and their friends believe
that all that is needed is 70 let the
voters of Iowa understand the nature
of the factional attack made and Iowa
will reiterate her well established po-
stion.
Along with other faults it seems that
the Cannon Aldrich machine, alias tn :
Irregular organiza ton" does not keep
its political promises or pay its political
obligations. At least that is the mean
ing of confession which has been
made by one of its victims in the Ninth
district of Iowa. The story illustrates
something of the methods which have
prevailed.
About two years ago word came to
Des Moines from Atlantic that it would
be possible to secure support for Gov
ernor Cumrains in his senatorial fight
frcm the then Atlantic Democrat if
money could be raised to put into the
venture. A committee came 10 Des
Moines and sought to induce the
writer, and others, TO become Interested
in the scheme; but it was not con-
sdered. The paper was a democratic
paper and the plan was TO make it re-
publican and progressive in tendencies.
Soon after these overtures ended the
name of the paper was changed and it
came out as the Atlantic News, sup
porting Congressman Smith and the
regular organization and bitterly an
tagonistic to Cummins. 1t soon be-
came known as the standpat organ of
the district. About the same time Ger
tain financial deals became known, in
Guiding the cashing in Atlantic of a
check for some seven or eight thousand
dollars, the money coming from Harris
bank in Council Bluffs 1t became COM
mon belief that the money had been
furnished by Congressman Smith and
his friends.
Some portions of the facts have been
printed many times, and there have
been denials that there was political
a1ai.
Now comes the Atlantic News with
an admission of the main facts, as to
the financial obligation and the politi-
cal connection of the same. The News
states that the $1,000 was a loan and
that it has now been paid off and the
property is free of debt, and that the
paper is now mot under financial obli-
cation to anyone and it is free both
financially and morally to do as it
lpleases and to support or oppose whom
t pleases." The News further declares
hat cit will henceforth be guided in
1earge part by the consideration shown
= 1t by those who would invoke its SER
vices. 1t has never been mercenary
but it will not be a free pack horse in
this or future campaigns"
But as bearing on the agreements
made and what has become of them the
paper states editorially:
"At this time we wish to state that
every pledge made by the proprietors
OF the News has been carried out to
the letter, and that about every pledge
made by the gentlemen who were in
terested in having the change OF own
ersfip and politics contaminated has
been honored only In the breach. The
News has delivered the goods consist
: ently persistently and satisfactorily r.
those with a fitting sense of discrimi-
aotinp and IL has been severely left to