Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-05
GIVE UP ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT
PRoGREssIvEs IN IOWA THE
COMING YEAR.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
ARANDoNs ITS CAMPAIGN
Sends Out Letter Advising Republic
cans to Get Together and Forget
Factional Differences Until After
Election-Prosressive Not to Be
Read Out of Party.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moiaes. Feb. 5.-That the plan
of assuring srandpat control of the re-
publican party by driving all progress
siyes out has been definitely abandon
ed, at least until after the next cleo
ton, is now acknowledged. The official
recognition of the fact that the pro-
gcessives can not be whipped. nor driv-
en-, nor be forced to abandon their prin-
cipiss, came this week to Iowa repuh-
licans in the latest letter which has
been sent out by the republican ma
tional congressional committee.
This committee, at the head of which
is Congressman Mckinley. the Million
aire represent native OF street car and
gas interests. who recently tried to cor
raj Des Meines politics by absorbing
the street car system, commenced some
time ago a campaign TO eliminate the
progressives" by abuse and attacks,
and il was urged upon all republican
editors that they virtually treat the
progressives as if they were democrats
II was believed then that high author
itv having declared that the pro-
SlS>S-'tS were l1l SOcN icpupiISdiis
the progressive movement would be
quickly crushed.
TIE latest letter admits the complete
failure Of this plan Of campaign l.
urges just the opposite course. The
republican editors and party workers
are advised TO forget it. They are told
To place a boycott on such words as
progressive" and ''reactionary." and
stan 'Tat-er" and regulars and Dol
ters' They are advised that hence
forth there are not to be either Can
nonities' or anti-Cannonites'' which is
admitting that Cannon as personal
issue has been eliminated. The new let
tiers advise permitting all Republicans
to continue to be republicans and that
no effort be made to read anybody out
Of the party.
In the meantime the big meeting Of
farmers here this week has but euapha-
sized the fact that at least among the
farmers party ties are not now resting
very heavily. The meeting was virtual
" the start of a great movement for
non partisan consideration Of all mat
tiers of state interest and to mark out
line Of action entirely new Kate
4 Barnard. the laxative Oklahoma woTn
an who is said TO have made the Okla
1oma constitution and part of the
( Oklahoma code, inspired a great deal
+ of enthusiasm and the burden of her
argument was for consideration Of
men and the measures they stand for
rather than consideration of political
parties as such. A great majority of
the men who met at this convention
are republicans; but there was very
much talk of not only forgetting fac
Z IN, y g
coming contest in the state.
It IS certain that as result of the
/ meeting the movement for the nominal
tion of Thorne ana Brown for railroad
( commissioners received a great i'm
/ petus. and there are indications that
the alignment may extend TO other
places.
State officials still find it difficult TO
keep pace with the reforms" in re-
gard TO accounts in their offices. Some
! Of them say that the matter has been
| so thoroughly reformed that it takes
nearly as much time to make out the
reports Of expenses as 1t does to do the
work One commission recently spent
two whole days studying out how to
make out the expense accounts for
the previous north. and charged the
state a per diem for each and every
rnenb Der for the TWO days.
C. s. Gilbertson. former state treas
urer, who has been Ill the past two
weeks, has gone away TO a sanatorium
for rest and recuperation. He has
been working very hard and is com
pletely broken down, and rheumatic
affection has seized upon his throat
50 that he can not speak.
Sir Horace Plunkett. who last sum
rner visited Henry wallace here has
written for the Outlook a series Of
articles on conservation and the work
OF the country life commission. He
is deeply interested in both rovernen ts,
and in fact, originated the country life
commission. and he has never quite
( forgiven congress for refusing TO per-
nit publication Of the report that
was made While here ne expressed
\ the grea test admiration for Mr. Pin
! chot.
L. c. Percivai county attorney Of
Madison county is making a campaign
for the republican nomination for dis
trict Judge in the Fifth district This
would indicate that an effort is to be
made 70 displace at least one OF the
three judges in that district-Nich OILS.
Gamble or Apologize. No one Of the
three has stated that he will retire.
tho Nichols has shown some indica-
ton Of retiring in order to go into
the practice in a western city.
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