Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-22
ROADS BOON PALMER
COMMISSIONERS CAMPAIGN FOR
I REELECTION IN HANDS OF
CORPORATIONS.
sTANDnAT FACTION IN iowa
TO OPEN HEADQUARTERS
Work Being Done for Carroll, Palmer,
Smith and Hull by Old Machine That
Once Controlled State PoIities-Pro-
sressives Have Done Nothing as Yet
to Combat standpat Efforts.
Special to Times-Repubfican.

Special to Times Repubrican.
+ {Des Moines, March 22.-It is an
nounced that standpat headquarters
are to be opened in Des Moines next
week. 1t will be either in the Slavery
house, from which E. II. Hunter con-
Quoted several campaigns, or from the
Fleming building, in which Frank
Jackson has his office as head of a big
life insurance company. Jackson is to
be nominal head of the organization.
Nothing has as yet been done, tho a
great deal of work has already been
done in the interest of Colonel Palmer,
one OF the standpat candidates, also for
Thomas Grubb, B. F. Carroll, Walter
l. Smith, Captain Hull and other dis
tinctly standpat candidates. 1t is now
stated that the formal announcement
of the candidacy of James Dewitt for
attorney general is being held back for
few days to gain some advantage
James F. Bryan. former secretary to
Colonel Hepburn, is to be conspicuous
in the standpat organization; in fact
is now engaged in going about the
state organizing for the campaign. At
Shenandoah he met with decided
frost, for the republicans stated that
they were all "for Taft" and there was
no occasion for organizing to induce
Iowa republicanism to be with the adj
ministration. No club was organized
there and it is stated that there will be
none possible along the line mapped
out by Chairman Mckinley Of the con-
gressional committee.
The work Of Colonel Palmer, of the
railroad commission, is being done
largely thru the railroads. Al Boehm-
Ter, of the Milwaukee company, was re-
Gently here and was engaged in trying
to clear the way for the colonel for
fifth term. B. l. Salinger, Jr, claim
agent for the same company, is hand
ling out some of the correspondence,
and wrote a man in northwestern
Iowa: II enclose you herewith blanks
for the nomination of Colonel Palmer
for railroad commissioner and in whose
candidacy I have great personal in
terest. I shall be glad to reciprocate
upon opportunity If you have them
signed" etc.
There is absolutely nothing new in
the camp Of the progressives. They
have as yet taken no step. in the direc-
ton of resisting the fight being waged
for control of the offices in the state.
Some of them are not as yet convinced
that the standpatters really mean BUSH
ness, and do not believe it will be
possible, in view of what is happening
in Washington, for them to throw
large campaign fund into Iowa to Sc
cure reversal of the attitude of the
party in regard to the strong men of
the party in the state. The news from
Washington has more or less absorbed
interest the past week. If the stand
patters' persist in organizing the state
fight on governor is inevitable tho the
standpatters claim that they have now
got the matter in such shape that pro-
gressives will not dare be candidates.
In the Ninth district the Taft cabinet
has been drafted and also the senate
Organization" and letters from Secre-
tary Wilson and Senator Lodge are be-
ing used for effect on the voters.