Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-05
eeTANnpAT ORGANIZATION SEEK.
ING TO EMBRoiL PROGRESS
slvEs IN A QUARREL
oEND,No LYING STORIES
TO EASTERN NEWSPAPERS
Senator cummins Has No Personal
Organ in Des Moines and Did Not
Inspire Much Quoted Editorial -
Roosevelt Expected to Make Explain
alton to West Of That New York
Platform.
Special to Times-Repablican.

Special to Times-Repablican.
Des Moines, Oct AN amusing il
iustration Of the desperation with
which the ,stan1pat organization IS
seeking to enbroil progressive lead :
ers in quarrels among themselves was
shown the past week Last Thursday
the datly News printed double col
umn article, handling Col. Theodore
Roosevelt about as roughly as he treat
ed Billy Lorimer and criticising him
for having the New York convention
give unqualified Endorsement to the
: Taft administration and the Aldrich
tariff law Immediately the standpat
managers here had telegra pied TO the
eastern papers a story about this art
fcle with the wording such as to leave
the impression that Senator Cummins
wrote it. OF course the purpose was
to create friction between Cummins
and Roosevelt or rather 10 cause a d.
vision between eastern and western
progressives.
The dispatches state that Taft and
his cabinet spent some time in con-
sheraton of the dispatch and showed
themselves Immensely pleased over
evidence, as they supposed. that Cum :
minis had personally come out in de-
nunciation of Roosevelt.
AS a matter of fact. as everyone In
Iowa will understand, Senator Cum
Minis had no knowledge of the matter
and would be the last person in the
world to undertake to outline what
any newspaper should say or do. He
has no personal organ" and has had
none since the subsidy contract with
one Dies Moines paper expired at the
close of his first campaign for COVER
nor.
Some time ago a similar dispatch
ing Cummins with responsibility for
an article in local paper c-tttc!sins
Taft for the Norton letter. Both of
these dispatches. as many others, We're
sent out of the Offices of the Capital
and both were intended 70 cause en-
barassment and annoyance to both Taft
and Roosevelt.
The fact that an editorial IN the
daily News should have been made the
subject of a cabinet session. largely
because OF the superstition that it was
written or inspired by Senator Cum
Minis, would indicate. so 1t Is pointed
out. that the administration is keeping
unusually close tab on everything that
is being done in the west.
That Colonel Roosevelt is prepared t.
make an explanation of his course, and
possibly is also DESTROYS of making al
least a personal expiration, is sug-
gested by an editorial in the New York
Post in which it is said:
Having put himself at their head on
his western tour. what more natural
than that he should return 10 put him
self also at the head of the administra
ton supporters in the east? This is
only proof of his many sidedness. AS
for the New York platform, so often
sfve to the west Mr.. Roosevelt could
privately explain it to Senator Cum
minis as merely the temporary Shift OF
a practical mar bent on carrying his
immediate point"
This would indicate that there is
even a desire that explanations may
be made which would prevent the com
plete breaking away OF the western
progressives. 1t would not be surpris
ing if this would happen. The Pos
still speaking OF the colonel. denounce:
the News for suggesting that Roose-
velt's room may be preferable to his
company, and adds:
"They may as we'll understand a
once that they will have his company
whether they like it or not. and tina
he will see TO it that there is room
for all needed contradictory policies ant
antaeonistic personalities.
Another amusing phase Of the whole
case is that only two days before the
publication Of this apologize editoria
In the New York Post, anent the lowe
attitude. that paper published a com
munication from one Homer Alexande
criticising the eastern progressives To-
falling over themselves TO get behint
Roosevelt, and in this he wrote:
"Is it possible that these gentlemen
who now enlist under his banner ca,
expect better or more considerate treat
ment at his hands than he has accord
ed President Taft. the Storers, Harri
man. Barnes. Woodruff and others? I
SO. upon what reasonable grounds can
they base their assumption? Can the,
not see that their loyalty to thi
blatherskite will In time be rewarde'
with the appellation liar undesirable
'malefactor,' or some other delectabl
nhrase. Indicating that the lemon ha
been squeezed ana IL no longer uSelu
to this political buccaneer; or do the,
know it, but foolishly hope, like other
before them. to attain their political as
pfrations before that evil day overtake
them"
Judge Martin J. Wade, Of Iowa City
who was in the city yesterday, wa
asked if he was still following wit
interest the gyrations Of Colonel Roose
welt. Eyes" he said in his droll way
.Tn1 trying to keep my eye on him
but I have to stop occasionally whe
feel 1 am getting dizzy. OF course
In interesting, but that is about all"
CARROLL GETS IN LINE.