Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-12
GREAT AWAKENING IN PROGRES.
slvE CAMP sTARTLEs THE
STATE HOUSE.
CUMMINS- DOLLVER MEETING
ARousEs JOY AND IRE
The Joy is Manifest by Carroll Crowd
Immense Crowd Responded to
Progressive Sentiment Proutys
Chances Boosted - Meeting Made
Many Thousand Progressive Votes.
;nac,al 70 Times-Republican.

Special TO imes-Republlcan.
Des Moines, May 12.-The Iowa state
house has been for years the best and
most reliable political barometer in the
state The atmosphere is quickly re-
sponsive 10 public sentiment and indl-
Gates with certainty the tendency one
way or another. Judging by this
following the big Coliseum meeting.
great storm period had just been pass
ed. In some of the offices there was
Joy approNimating enthusiastic delight
and intense satisfaction manifested N
every word and gesture. In others there
was deep gloom. almost funeral silence
and solennity, and in the corridors II
was as if the spirit responsible for the
great American crouch had seized upon
the wielders of the mop and duster 1t
must be remembered that the boast ct
intent TO clean out the state house
was never more than about half full
filed by the politicians, hence that the
progressive cause IS still uppermost
in many Offices But here and there
one of the politicians whose record goes
back to the palmy days when delega-
lions were uStNl Lpl tie'O-.-S t't'4 t'S1SS
and passes We're still potent in vote
getting-when one of these relics Of
the past, restored temporarily 10 brief
conspicuousness would permit his
troubled emotions TO come out in pro-
fame wrath.
In short. the effect of the Coliseum
was to make the young and active re-
publicans feel nightly jubilanr and to
arouse feelings of deep resentment in
the breasts Of the old crowd.
For one thing. it was developed late
Tuesday that there We're in Des Moines
scores of the ardent old standpatters
who were just as sure that Dolliver
would never never come 10 Des Moines.
They went 10 the meeting confident
that it would be announced Dolliver
had missed his train. They are not yet
capable OF understanding what it all
means But their illusion on this mat
ter was dispelled.
Senator Dolliver himself said after
the meeting that he could hardly ac-
count for the intense interest taken and
the fact that the people of iowa are so
fully alive 10 the Importance of the
campaign from G national standpoint
And Senator Cummins was delighted
( beyond measure.
The gratifying thing about it all was
the manner in which the great crowd
responded TO every sentiment of pa
triotism and party loyalty and how en-
| thusiastic they became when there
were references to Garst, Prouty. OAR
rah, Byers, Brookhart and others who
/ have been fighting the battles Of pro-
gressive republicanism many years.
Both of the speakers made it plain
/ that they stand for the whole ticket.
! There was no hesitancy or equivoca-
/ ton.
Conservative and sensible republic
cans here estimate that the meeting
will Of itself be worth many thousands
/ of votes to the progressive cause in
Iowa. The greatest benefit will be TO
/ Judge Prouty because the meeting was
! in his district. But its influence will
4 permeate every corner OF the state.
4 Messrs. Byers and Darrah. who were
/ present, were Immensely pleased. Cow
ernor Garst was delighted. Lieutenant
! Governor Clarke made answer 70 the
slanderers who have been advertising
/ him as gone over 70 live in the desert
ed village of Standpatvilie" by appear
ing conspicuouslr he stage and
! Joining in the citing There
was a notable of leading
I Iowa republicans stage. In every
way It was the most successful meeting
ever held in Iowa.