Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-10
INDICATIONS POINT TO RED-HOT
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN
IOWA.
sTANDPATS LAY PLANS TO
ELIMINATE PRoGRESslVEs
Roads Conventions Made Excuse For
Political Conference and Regulars
Hope to Wipe Prosressives OFF the
Map-Word Brought Direct From
Taft.
Special to Times-Republican.

1 VI
! talk about not having any politics in
Iowa this year is but hot air and for
| a blind; we're going to have the red
/ hottest political fight in Iowa this year
you ever saw. and ii necessary TO
/ sweep the progressives off the map we
are going 10 spend more money than
! ever before in any campaign in this
state
/ That was the statement made by one
I OF the politicians who came TO Des
! Moines yesterday, ostensibly to attend
the good roads convention, but who
found his way naturally into the Saw
cry house conference OF the standpat-
ters
Yes. we are in FOR a scrap of the
old fashioned kind" said another. we
haven't any notion that the progress
stves Will lie down and let Us take
everything but were going TO do it or
know the reason why"
The standpat conference was COM
posed largely Of the men who met two
years ago and arranged to have Lacey
sweep Iowa and go to the senate. A
great many of those present were in
the conference of three years ago
which the railroads directed when il
was planned to take Iowa and then
and there end progressiveness- Some
Of them were also in the famous rump
rate convention at Chicago which was
collected for the purpose of causing
trouble for the interstate commerce
bill. a great many OF them bolted the
ticket the last time there was fight
in the state wherein the democrats had
any chance of winning.
4 The Slavery house conference was or
ganized with Joe Long, Of Osceola. as
chairman and A. c. Savage. secretary.
! Committeeman Hart was present with
a report from Washington as to what
the reorganization" has decided upon
and what it can do to grease the wheels
Of a state campaign in Iowa.
I Word came from Washington as TO
the result of the White House confer
ence of Saturday and what was accom-
plished by Congressman Mckinley in
the way of getting the approval Of
Taft for a general fight in Iowa. The
conference was held with Col. Hepburn
| as spokesman for the republicans Of
Iowa and Kennedy and Smith present.
The report showed that, as indicated
in recent dispatches, the president
approves of the plan to defeat every
progressive in Iowa. il not at the pri-
mary then at the polls. 1t was reported
that the president demands that the
:>1-7s Of Cummins and Dolliver and
Woods, Hubbard. Good, Kendall and
others, shall be defeated all along the
line. One report from Washington
was in the hands of person at the
conference which stated that in case
! insurgents or ''progressives' should
be nominated, especially for congress,
all support from outside sources or
from the national organization would
be withdrawn from such candidates
and while they would not be openly
opposed at the polls in November they
would not be given support.
With these reports on hand the con-
ference Immediately resolved upon eff
fective organization and the opening
of headquarters. The work will be
done not only to defeat all congressman
who refuse to accept Cannon and Aid
rich but for capture of the state con-
vention and taking of a complete state
] ticket.
/ The resolution passed was intended
to commit the standpatters to Presi-
dent Taft and his Interpretation of the
republican policies. and the campaign
is to be made along the line of support
of the president. In fact it is to be
made in support Of the organization
1t is not stated just yet who will be
placed in charge of headquarters. AS
surance was given that the old organi-
zation books which We're used in the
primary campaign Of 1903 and latel
in the primary in November were
available and all the correspondence
will be in the hands of the committee
Assurance was also given as coming
4 direct from Mckinley that there woulc
! be abundant money and literature t
!. carry on the campaign and make it ir
every township in Iowa.
WELL said Judge Prouty on hearing
: the result OF the standpat good roads
conference ard political confab, "let the
fight commence at once. We never los
a fight in Iowa yet when we had tc
fight our way to success. Iowa is
clearly progressive, and will show thai
she has not changed
There is now no doubt that the pro-
D gressives will get together and accep
I the def thus thrown down by the