Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-21
TAFT N
FORCING OF PRESIDENT INTO
IOWA CAMPAIGN REVEALS
MACHINES WEAKNESS.
PROGRESSIVE AWAKENING
ALARMS ALDRIcH CROWD
cummins and DolIiver Will Come Back
to Iowa to Speak If Situation in Con-
essary to Insure Progressive Success
Cause Growing of Itself.

essary to Insure Progressive Success
Cause Growing of Itself.
Des Moines, May 21.-Will Senators
Dolliver and Cummins return to Iowa
for speech making during the primary
campaign? That is the question that
is as yet unanswered and it is caus-
ing worry among both the standpatters
and the progressives. Happily the cam
progressives are confident that it will
really make little difference whether
the senators return or not. The stand
patters, however, believe that unless
the senator's return they will be able
to divert the attention of the voters
from the larger issues which grow out
of the congressional deadlock and per-
haps pull thru some of their ticket.
The entrance of President Taft ac-
lively into the Iowa campaign in behalf
of the program outlined by the Mckin-
ley committee and taken up locally by
the Jackson committee. has served
better than anything else that has hap
pened to show that at least at Wash
ington the campaign in Iowa is regard
ed as national in character. That the
president has been dragged into the
game in Iowa by pressure of the most
urgent character is well recognized, for
in other states he has refused to make
himself an issue The Taft letter to the
campaign Sponsors of Judge Smith was
clearly a challenge to the Iowa pro-
greSSives
Two Weeks More of Campaign.
There are two weeks more of the
campaign. IT is evident that the AID
rich forces are doing everything they
can to make conditions such in the SEN
ate that neither of the Iowa senators
can get away even for a day or two.
But it is the desire of both of them that
they shall return and do some speaking.
They believe that if the Iowa people
could but hear the truth in regard to
what is going on at Washington there
would be few left to apologize for Can
nonism and .Aldrichism, and that no
candidate for a high state position
would dare to longer give support to
the reactionary influences that are at
work to destroy the party.
ators is being left entirely to them.
They understand the situation perfect
ly They are on the defensive and I'M
der attack If the jackson committee
succeeds in nominating Carroll it will
be hailed from one end of the country
to the other as a great triumph for the
standpatters and a defeat for progress
sives principles The moral effect on
the situation at Washington of the
nomination of a distinctly standpat
candidate for governor, at a time like
this, would be worth a great deal to
the men who are fighting the Iowa SEN
ators.
Reason For Progressive Confidence.
The reason for the confidence of the
progressives is to be found in the gen
eral effect of the big Coliseum meet
ing, not alone on things here at Des
Moines, but generally in the state, Fol-
lowing that meeting there was an i'm
mediate and very pronounced awaken
ing of the progressives to the import
ance of the contest. If they had a
large organization with abundance Of
literature and speakers galore they
would be overwhelmed with business.
All that they have printed is some
cards which are intended to serve as
reminders of the duty of republicans
on primary day. Their funds have
been limited to the voluntary contribu-
tons of good republicans In the state.
But from every part Of the state come
reports that local committees of loyal
republicans are preparing to take care
of the primary and get out the vote. Ii
there is a good vote there will be no
question about the result. Now that
there are indications of sufficient in
| terest to get out the vote. the pro-
gressives are espondingly elated.
No Funds From Outside.
newspaper scribbler at Vinton
whose reputation for veracity would
not go very far in a police court start
( ed the story that the funds for the pro-
gressive campaign had been guaran-
teed by somebody or something. leav-
ing the impression that the campaign
was to be financed from the outside.
lOf course this was a gross falsehood.
The progressive campaign started very
much as others have, very informally,
without any preliminaries and entirely
without funds. There was in fact, no
| formal committee organized, but at a
| conference attended by about unity
men from different parts of the state
II was agreed to place it in the hands
of Robert J. Fleming as manager The
full responsibility for the management
has been with him. The work has been
done by volunteers not one OF Whom
has any personal interest and not one
| Of whom is paid a cent. A stenos-
rainier with such clerical help as she
might need was employed and the
rooms occupied were donated by the
enthusiastic chairman. Money to pay
hostage and do a little printing mas
como from friends in the state.
The whole campaign, so far as pro-
eressives are concerned. has been con-
Quoted on the theory that this Is the
cause of the people and that the only
thing needed is to get before the peo-
n1a ti7e simple truth and they will do
the rest.
Faisify;ns History.
tina dragging of Taft into the cam
paign, has!ng It on an ASSUMPTION That
Walter I. Smith and not A. B. Cum
minis is entitled to the credit Tor nav
ing Justice done the Iowa troops al
shiloh. has caused Indignation among
the war veterans because OF the plain
attempt to falsify history. Col. u
w Crossley, in charge Of the compiling
of the Iowa roster OF soldiers undei
Governor Carroll, who was also OF tne
Shiloh commission, will not accept tns
version which it is now sought to PAIN
off on the Iowa people as to who stoot