Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-01
HIS PRETENsE OF HEADING NON.
FRACTIONAL MOVE coNslp-
Erred HUGE JOKE.
HUMBLE SERVANT OF HUBBARD
ONCE POLITICALLY DEAD
Jackson Always Antasonstie to Cum
minis and Progressive cause-steps
to Be Taken to Combat the Stand
pat Move, Which Plans ELECTION Of
Carroll, Towner, Kennedy and Hull.
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| Special to Times Republican.
! Des Moines, March 1.-The most
/ remarkable OF unadulterated gall
witnessed in Iowa politics since
Leslie Shaw undertook to COM
nit the Roosevelt administration
principles, is that of Frank Jackson go
! ing before the people pretending to be
non-factional In his plea to the re-
! publicans he says:
I'VE shall therefore prosecute the
/ organization OF Taft republican clubs
4 in every township and voting precinct
/ in the state of Iowa. trusting and hop
! ing that in such township or voting
precinct the Taft clubs viii have SUI
fcienl streng1 TO eleet a set of Taft
1 republican delegates to the county con-
vertion az the June primaries
The spectacle of Jackson posing as
non-factional causes republicans of
Des Moines to smile. His whole rec
ord bellies the claim.
Jackson is president Of a life insur-
ance com pany. Once he was q practic-
ing attorney and the pension office dis
I
as the humble servant of the late Judge
Hubbard and this reputation caused
him 20 retire with just one term. He
did not >rea ppear above the surface IN
Ill in 1901 when he came before a coun-
" convention here and contended that
the convention majority had no right
to rule but that a divided delegation
should be sent to Cedar Rapids. He
was turned down cold and Polk county
cast - votes for Cummins in the
convention. Jackson was a wild and
desperate insurgent that year, for he
would have given his right arm to have
beaten Cunlrnins.
Jackson disappeared again, only to
come up in 1904 when an agreement
was proposed by the friends of Captain
Hull and accepted by Governor Cum
Minis that there should be no fight for
Z delegates and that the convention
should be for Hull and for Cum
/ Minis No sooner had the primary been
held than Jackson and some of MS as
! sociates demanded that the agreement
/ be ignored and that delegation be
sent to the state convention that wouio
do everything possible 10 discredit Gov
ernor cumrins, and this was done.
Another chance came to Jackson to
fight Cunmins in 1906 when the big
fund was spent to get a state conven-
ton that would stop the career of the
Il governor. Jackson was one of those
who favored Selling the conyen ton"
regardless of consequences. but because
of the conservatism Of the COMPRESSION
/ al delegation the majority was per-
n1itted 10 rule. He was also one or
l the counselors in the committee winch
was formed to direct a bolt as the re-
suit of which, so they claimed, 10000
republicans voted to turn the state over
TO the democrats.
From that time TO this the fractional
activity of Jackson has never been re-
Taxed Two years ago he was one OF
those who held convention" and Sc
lected Major Lacey as their standard
bearer in the last stand to defeat Cum
minis. It is an open secret that jack
son himself would have been delighted
to have had the honor of leading that
forlorn hope, and that he probably
would have been selected but for his
own vulnerable official and business
record.
The consuming ambition of Jackson
fife ever since it was tipped off to him
by mis- friends that he could not be re-
nominated for governor has been to
regain a standing in the political world
by crushing Cummins whom he mas
credited with his downfall.
If the Jackson committee should by
any mischance gain control of the next
state convention the resolutions would
be written by Lacey or Jackson OF
Dave Brant That is exactly what the
Jackson committee is working for
There is not man on the committee
that ever raised finger TO aid in the
progressive legislation which Iowa mas
enacted, and several of them have
made records Of mean antagonism &c
. President Taft. What Jackson wouic
. do with the state convention if he hac
. il is plain TO. be SEEN
Events of the month of March Lead
to the conclusion that the challenge Of
Iowa standpatters for friendly meas
usa of strength IN the state will not oe
rejected. Thus far there has been n
ORGANIZATION to Offset the so-callet
Taft clubs movement. but it is certain
that steps will be taken to avoid de-
fault.
The close connection of the event!
, has now been well established. Tbs
conference IN. washington laa7oS
following which Mckinley gave out tn
plan for forcing a fsctiona1 fight II
Iowa. eventuated in the Convention
:. of the week following. Whether Gov
ernor CAROLS friends expected to gal:
; most from the roads meeting or tn
= ! standpat organization is not clear, bu
they expected to use both in thef
i. scheme. James G. Berryhill, who hai
represented Mckinley in his plot to &c
a. valuable franchise for a street ca
line for nothing, wrote the platform
for the standpatters. Sid Foster an
Frank Jackson, insurance men and bit
terest of factionalists, fathered IN
: movement, and James Bryan was EN-
pIoyed to put out the dope"
For a time the events at Washingto,
overshadowed the plotting IN Iowa bu
now the standpatters have shown grea
activity. Their plan Is TO organize an
get the state convention, after whic
they will decide what to do. Thi
much is certain that u they do contrc
o lit they win withhold from both Sen
o ator Cummins Sand Senator Dolltve
q any credit for their work.
- The ruction at the MitcheIlviIl
" school which has been made the occas
j. ION Tor a bitter attack upon Gown,
the farmer member Of the board. wa