Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-12
CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESS IN
TENTH DISTRICT A CLUB
OVER WOODS.
CONGRESSMAN HAS NOT
SWORN ALLEGIANCE TO GRAFT
An Interesting Contest Developing
Brown, of Rockwell, Fails to An
nounce His Candidacy for Railroad
COMMISSIONER. n. Wilson Claims
To Be the Square Deaf Candidate
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times epublican.
Des Moines, Feb 12-Informatior
from high political circles shows that
the sole purpose OF the candidacy OF
Editor Mayne, of Enmetsburg, aside
from the quarrel over the Emmetsburg
postoffice, is TO try to whip the Iowa
member of the republican national con-
gressionaI committee into line in sup
port OF whatever policies the Cannon
ties may decide upon or TO sufficiently
discredit him so that he VIII be power
less 70 represent the sentiment OF his
district. This is disclosed in part by
hard bump when ne was drafted by
the governor to inject politics into state
institutions. Conner in his paper, which
he is now said to be editing personally.
approves of the Mayne candidacy and
proceeds to read Congressman Woods
clear over into the democratic party.
He approves the announcement of
Mayne that he would do whatever a
caucus directs and adds:
In fact it is our judgment that a
gresham who is not willing to go on
record in some such manner is not and
can not be a republican congressman
and by his own act abandons his par
~ as the president well puts it and
absolves all republicans from allegiance
to him on account OF party ties"
Editor Conner says that therefore
whether Mr.. Mayne or any one else,
except the present incumbent, will be
considerable factor either at the
primary or at the regular election, rests
almost entirely with Mr.. Woods" This
is taken to mean that even if Mayne
can not win at the primary his sup
porters will openly go over to the dem
ocrats in November and then try to de-
feat Woods for second term.
The condition laid down for Mr.
Woods to return TO his party allegi-
ance'' is to announce that he will abide
by the caucus which Speaker Cannon
controls.
In this connection word comes from
the Tenth that as matter of fact
Editor Mayne is not on record as hav-
ing repeated and returned to his party
allegiance" since the last great schism
when he and his friends refused to
abide by republican state convention
and bolted the ticket in Iowa 1t is
stated by politicians that at a time
when Congressman Woods was devot-
ing his entire time as chairman of the
state committee to saving the party
and keeping the democrats from max
ing clean sweep with the aid of a
100000 fund, Emmetsburg was a hot
bed of Instruction and that in every
ward OF Emmetsburg the head of the
state ticket was cut and the vote given
to the democratic candidate
The situation indicates a lively fight
with some interesting phases in the
Tenth district.
The fact that nothing has been
heard from j. Fl. Brown, of Cerro Cor
do county, as to whether or not he
will make the race for railroad COM
missioner, leads to the view that he
viii not become candidate. He stated
before going home after the meeting
of grain dealers when his name was
sprung, that he would be governed
largely by the advice of his friends at
home.
The suggestion Of Thorne and Brown
for the commission by the grain deal
ers was said 70 be wholly without poll
itical significance. This is obvious from
the fact that while Thorne is UNI
questionably a progressive in senti-
ment, Brown is equally allied with the
other faction. But both are deeply in
terested in the rate question and that
of securing rates for Iowa that will
give Iowa the best possible prices for
all produce.
The Chicago Tribune, which prints
good deal about Iowa that is of ques-
tionable veracity, credited Thorne with
being standpatter a few days ago
Thorne Indignantly denies this In fact
he and Smith Brookhart, tho they
have never agreed on anything else.
have stood almost alone in that Sec
ton of the state in UNFOLDING the re-
publican principles as expressed in the
party platforms Thorne is also said
to be one of the best equipped young
lawyers of Iowa, a graduate of Yale
and a soldier in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war.
James H. Wilson. of Adair. farmer
and stockman, long time friend and
hacker of John Herrott. announces
that he IS the square dear candidate
for railroad commissioner. His plat
form is that Of just being fair to every
body. In case Brown is not in the
lace, AMI even il Brown Is announced.
there will be much lining up of a
ticket of Thorne and Wilson. Both Of
these candidates, il is believed, will
draw somewhat from Colonel Palmer.
but 1t is also anticipa ted that the Pal
mer following will vote for him and
nobody else thus concentrating to give
him the high vote.