Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-26
LEADING MEN OF PARTY ADMIT
DIVIDED SENTIMENT is A
MENACE AT PRESENT.
PLATFORM TO BE MILD
STATEMENT OF OLD PRINCIPLES
Intended Fight on cosson Laws Has
Been Abandoned-Liquor Plank to
Cause More or Less Trou bie-car-
pasn Committee to Be Selected
Without Much Difficulty.
speeial . T!nes- Rapul.llca-.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 26.-As Qule, as
they have been trying 10 keep +. me
leading de-noczt Of the STATE aduli,
that there a-e Very clearly defined 1ae-
lions IN their. parry ana ia, this fac
tional division IS not very 5i3e-en:
from that in the republican party.
Among democrats as We'll a republic
cans, the progressive e,an3aa, Is jlSt
now the regular organization ana vii,
control the convention. The result v-.ll
be that the Ortunwa p-orounceren.
will be a moderate ana straight t9--
ward statement OF we'll understood
principles The democrats have big
advantage N thar there : no demand
anywhere for persona. Endorsement g
any prominent person in the party or
official. TIE presidential Tght 81 two
years hence VII be kept out 81 1ha
state convention The progressive Gle
rnent Of the party would IKE % sup
port Joe Folk sor president and the
tstandpai;eTs lean tov7a-,i era mp Clark
bur they have agreed no wait un-1. .lla
proper time before indicating what
Iowa will DO in regard 10 presidential
matters.
The Des Notnes and Seventh district
delegation which Wan. % OttUr2wa 8.
Ioo- today cerrie7 with IL a-s. class
personal controversy that i likely -
be OF some interest when the Sereat.
district caucus = called. Regardless
OF the fact that ne law requires the
convention % vote upon rerl5e-s q
the state committee the fight or II ;
place in -he Seventh district Is . BE
carried into . caucus.
There a-e four caadi5ates-I 7.
i Jones, Dr. Duhigg. Henry Raig,enan
and billy" Hail The agh- Is prob
ably between Jones and Hal, repre-
b elements. Il IS q mean personal Agh:
and considering how uninpo-cant j, IS
I the fight has been made ugly Unless i
! is settled without TOO much trouble
( il may be carried = he floor % he
, convention. Polk county mas a ma
jority of the delegates in the 3is:ric:
! 50 that all the candidates are from
| this county.
| It is not anticipated there viii be Any
controversy as 70 ether members q
(. the campaign managing commit :ea
1.-THE present member are A r Miller
| Washington: J. G. Van Lent. Musca-
/ tine; Thomas H Duffy, Dubuque; T.
Donovan. Ne1Ts Hampton; E. r Moore,
IA namosa; \. F Reed, Ottuu1xa; c.
IL. Price, Indianola; j. r Reynolds,
tCreston; J. J. Hughes. Council Bluffs;
il. F. Dalton, Manson, and ". Il. Beck,
Sioux City.
Liquor Plank Bothersore.
The platform makers are likely 70
have some trouble over the liquor
plank TO be prepared. There is a very
/, wide division Of sentiment among the
delegates A part Of the Polk county
I delegation Will stand for a frank dec
laration against prohtb ition whether n
the form Of local option or otherwise
and lay the foundation 20 secure the
vote Of the liquor interests. A great
many of the delegates. especially those
/ deeply interested in The candidacy Of
Claude Porter for governor. will fight
shy Of the liquor question. Porter Is
personally prolibirionist ard tee
totaller. He would not desire 70 be
placed on a plank Inconsistent with his
personal views.
The Endorsement OF the income tax.
the direct election Of senator's and OPP
position TO the administration form Of
postal savings VIII be easy.
Fight on Cosson Laws Fails.
The laws OF Iowa for removal of de-
reHct officials of all kinds viii not be
condemned An effort has been made
TO work up sentiment in favor Of its
repeal. but the delegation from Des
MONIES will not favor such action and
it is doubtful if the convention Will
touch on the subject.
Regarding this law Representative
F. A O'Ccner. Of Chickasaw county.
who passed thru the city yesterday
said:
y voted for the removal bills in the
Legislature. I am prepared 10 defend
the legislation. ! have never been able
to convince myself thar a law Of that
kind VIII prove embarrassing 20 any one
who is doing his whole duty. Law en-
forcement is a tenet Of democracy"
Another Of the things the convention
will fight shy Of IS that of the demand
for change in the railroad comm ission
or creation Of q public utilities commits
sion. This is a measure which has been
urged upon the Legislature by corpor-
alton interests almost alone and demo
Gratis are afraid of it. This is especially
true since they are preparing to make
a. bid for the corporation vote of the
republicans for railroad commissioner
in the hope of defeating Thor1e.