Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-08
SOME ONE HAS MISiNFORMED
PRESIDENT TAFT AS TO CON-
DITIoNS IN IOWA.
PRoGREssIvEs OF STATE
FORCED TO TAKE DEFENSIVE
Taft MisIed Into Opposition to Con-
trolling Faction in Iowa and Will
Throw His Influence in Favor of Re-
election of Hull, Smith and Kennedy
-Standpats Rejoice.
Special TO Tin1es-Republican.

Special TO Tinles-Republican.
Des Moines. March S.-That the pro-
gressive republicans of Iowa will have
to soon defend themselves from the at
tacas of the organization or suffer
complete humiliation is the assertion
made Yesterday by a prominent pro-
gressive who has been watching the
trend of affairs.
Dispatches from Washington tell of
the conference at the White House
Saturday when Congressman Mckinley
of Illinois, took Hepburn, Kennedy and
Smith to the president to secure his
approval of the Mckinley plan for put
ting an end TO the progressive move
ment in the west.
The dispatches indicate that it was
represented TO Taft that there was go
ing TO be bitter factionai fight in
Iowa, that the Iowa progressives, who
Taft, are planning to denounce him and
to fight him in office. and that the
only friends he has are the old stand
patters. The dispa tches further indi-
cate that they secured from the presi-
dent a promise that he would. either by
letter or by speech. come out in sup
port of the Aldrich Cannon crowd
and indicate that the only members
of congress ne regards as within the
republican party are Hull. Kennedy
and Smith.
The dispatches further indicate that
Taft has agreed to give his support
no the plan Of Mckinley to abandon all
progressives who may happen to be
nominated and to withhold from them
any support for election after the pri-
n1aries, to, in short, elect democrats in
preference to any republicans save
those who have the O. K. of the Iii
nois millionaire street car nagnate.
This would mean that perhaps q ma
lority of democrats would be elected in
Iowa.
Some One Has Lied to Taft.
This thing looks peculiar to me-.
said one of the men who has been
making a little study of the matter
$50 far as I know there is no one in
Iowa who contemplates anything OBJ
jectionable to Taft. I know of no
movemen TO discredit Taft. 1 doubt if
q dozen men will go to the republican
I
stand, could be induced to withhold
from Taft the com pliment of a reso-
luton expressing confidence in his in
ltegrity and honest intentions. But it is
evident that some one has been carry
! ing tales to Taft and has been putting
him on the wrong track as to Iowa
Now, do not know what will happen
if Taft is dragged into the Iowa cam
paign. The situation must indeed be
mighty serious when the standpatters
have to call for outside aid to help
them out Of bad hole here. But it is
evident that is what they are doing
now
On the other hand there is much re-
joicing among the active standpatters
over the news from Washington. They
affect to believe that when Taft takes
hand and Cannon and Aldrich go on
the Chautauqua platform to plead for
Regularity the whole progre ssive
movement will be wiped off the face OF
the earth.
Who Mckinley Is.
Congressman Mckinley. of Cham
pal ign, Ill. who is in charge of the
campaign to save "the organization"
and has taken personal charge of the
fl ght in Iowa, as indicated in the
a bold effort to get control of the Des
Moines street car company and with
it over 1000 votes in the Seventh
congressional district. He came here
in person and after looking about left
his interests in the hands of trusted
promoters and boosters. Money was
spent literally for newspaper space
and support and for the support of
prominent fnanciers and politicians.
/ Mckinley had become a millionaire by
water stock of companies he has pro-
moted and it has been figured out that
if he had worked Des Moines for what
he wanted It would have meant at
least another million for him of easy
money. His failure to get in here was
q great disappointment. He blames
| the progressives of this city for check
mating him in his big scheme. hence
there IS an element of bitter personal
feeling which enters into his part Of
! the game. With the street car COM
pany under his control it would have
/ been worth many votes for ''the or
ganization," and Capt. Hull. The Nc
Kinley advent into this field as po-
litical manager will be watched with
/ mitch interest.