Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-11
SEVERAL Big SHOWS BILLED
FOLLOWING BRIEF SEASON
OF REST.
IOWA STATE CONVENTION
AMONG THE ATTRACTIONS
Wisconsin Primaries With LaFo GILLETTE
As Issue 10 Be Watched With Inter
eet-ohio Governorship Contest Big
Question-spirited Rivalry For Con-
troll in New York.
Especial Correspondence


Washington, July ia busy sum-
mer and fall politically are ahead. Just
now, and for few weeks, while mem
| bers Of congress are taking their va
cations and resting up from their la
bors in the field of craftsmanship,
| there is not as much stir as there Will
be later on. But when the ball is once
set rolling, it will hum along at a merry
rate.
| Such events as these are ahead:
| The Ohio republican state convention
at Columbus July 2s and 27.
| The Iowa republican state conven-
| ton, Aug. at Des Moines.
The Wisconsin primaries, involving
the senatorship, Sept. 6.
| The New York contest for the gov
eminent nomination and control OF the
republican organization and the tight
on election of a governor. This VIII
run thru most Of the summer and fall
The congressional campaign, involv-
! ing control Of the house and the Sixty
second Congress.
These are just few Of the events
scheduled between now and election
early in November, Outside Of presi-
Dental year, 1t seldom happens that
there are as many interesting sftua-
ton crowded into one political sea-
son. To a considerable degree this is
because OF the factional contest In the
republican party between the regulars
and insurgents or progresstves~ To
some extent, the foreshadowings OF the
1912 campaign are lending interest to
situations.
The Ohio Govenorship.
! In Ohio. the big question Is who is
to be named for the governorship on
the republican side, the purpose being
| to get a nominee who is OF sufficient
proportions to defeat Governor Judson
Harmon This situation relates closely
to the presidential contest next time.
| In Iowa, the republican state con-
vention has before it the problem OF
adopting a platform. The republican
state committee also will be organized.
The progressives, as evidenced by the
recent county conventions, will be IN
control OF the convention. Their action
will be watched the country over for
the reason that It will be looked on as
rejecting middle west political senti-
m ent with respect to the tariff and the
insurgent movement.
LaFolIette tho Issue In Wisconsin.
LaFollette is the supreme question
in the Wisconsin primaries. In them,
will doubtless be decided the question
| whether he is to remain in the senate.
tho the LaFollette forces say the
stalwarts will try to disregard the
primary results if they are favorable
to LaF'olIette when it comes to electing
senator in the Legislature.
The New York situation is attracting
no end of notice all over the country. 1t
was thought by many it would quickly
straishten itself out when Roosevelt
returned. But 1t has not done so. Here.
the feeling is that 1t is worse tangled
! than ever and that the republican
Headers are as much in the air over
nominee for governor as are their
brethren in Ohio. The intervention Of
Roosevelt into the legislative situa-
ton at Albany in order to put the COBB
direct nominations bill thru was not
successful The old organization lead
ers defeated the bill and are now de-
hant OF Roosevelt. The question is
now far he will have the say in the
nomination of the republican candidate
for governor, and whether he Will be
no more successful in getting the state
convention to follow his wishes in
nominating a governorship candidate
than he was in respect to the primary.
For a time, there was talk that Roose-
Welt might throw his influence to Loeb
for governor. Now, along comes Will
lam Barnes, Jr.. boss Of Albany county,
and says Loeb can not have Albany
>l,.r 20 iy,f<
to fight Loeb is certain to hurt his
prospects for the nomination, tho it is
not necessarily fatal to them. Barnes
has come out for conservatism and
against radicalism in the convention
and in the republican party in the
state. He has sounded a note that is
nothing less than plain defiance to
| Roosevelt and it is not easy to see how
| Roosevelt can avoid fighting or how he
! can fail to have a hard time shaping
things to suit himself in the state con-
yention The New York row spells
trouble for the republicans in that
state in the elections, as generally
viewed here, unless there is show of
| harmony at the state convention which
| does not seem now to be indicated.
Warm Contests Elsewhere.
| Such state situations as/those in In
diana, where Senator Beverage is
making a hard fight; in Michigan,
! where Senator Burrows is threatened
with defeat; in Nebraska, where Sen
ator Burkert Is in danger of being
! swamped; in Massachusetts,, where
Butler Ames has swooped down on
| Lodge; in Tennessee, where the repub-
licans are making great effort and
one that promises to be successful to
carry the state; and in Montana, where
| Senator Carter is confronted with a
real campaign to succeed himself-al1
show the animated sort Of politics that
| will be INDUCED in in many sections of
| the country the next four months.
As for the congressional campaign,
the democrats have set out to carry the
house with such weapons as tariff re-
form and abolition Of extravaganza.
That the democratic campaign will be
much more spirited than any other
campaign for control OF the house
made by the democrats for many years
is plain. Little less interesting than
the outcome as between republicans
| and democrats elected for the next