Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-18
REPUBLICAN STATE cONVEN.
TON PROBABLY WILL BE
REp-AOT AFFAIR.
WILL sTANDPAT REBELS
TRY TO CAUSE A SPLIT?
Various Candidates For State Offices
Wish to Avoid Trouble and Probably
viii Be Able to Maintain Peace -
Believed That Carroll Will Insist on
Convention Remaining Regular.
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Special 10 Times Republican.
Des MONIES, June Is.-The republican
state convention of Aug, 3 IS likely
TO be one OF the warrnest events ever
pulled off in the state of Iowa, not ex
cepting Aug I convention four years
ago or the Cedar Rapids convention OF
1901.
In anticipation Of this leading repub-
licans are already engaging rooms IN
the Des Moines hotels. There are seven
candidates for superintendent, who viii
keep open house 10 friends or that oc-
casion. Some Of the candidates for
railroad commissioner will do the same.
Judges Deemer ard Evans viii be on
hand for Endorsement The members
OF congress and the senators will all be
on hand Congressman Frank P.
Woods was the first 70 engage rooms al
the Slavery. Others will do the same
Tho the convention win not dispose Of
many offices The successful candidates
will want to be seen. ". W. Morrow,
W. c. Hayward. J. L. Bleakley, B. ".
Garrett, W. w Cornwall. George Cos
son. and others viii have rooms.
VIII the convention be split, even as
the one four years ago was threatened
with split? There is the usual loud
talk about making trouble. The same
crowd that four years ago set out to-
either run the state convention or
break il up has started out on the same
program for this year. II Is recalled
they started out by claiming every
ing, then starting so-caIled contests
for delegates. etc They are doing the
same thing now But the conditions are
changed in that four years ago they
had the state committee and really had
the power 70 steal the state conven-
ton but lacked only the nerve 70 DO
what they had in mind. Now they have
neither the state committee nor the
delegates.
It is recalled that following the con-
vention there was much bitterness
among the standpatters because the
federal crowd" had nterfe-ed, as they
said TO prevent the committee nanag-
ing the Perkins campaign from really
breaking up the convention. Some OF
the defeated ones always felt that Il
would have been better TO have forced
q split in the party then. They tried
hard enough to defeat the party by
boiling al the election following. At
that time, il is also recalled, B. F. Car
roll, then state auditor and asking a
third term by party precedent. went on
record as declaring that If there were
TO be two tickets he wished 10 De
counted in on the regular ticket head
ed by Governor Cumrnins. He viii
doubtless again insist upon regularity,
tho the men who now back him were
the boilers Of four years ago.
Candidates Want Peace.
Good judges Of political events refuse
TO believe rhere IS any serious danger
OF The sta nd patters again making AT et
fort, after the name OF four years ago,
70 gain control % the state convention
by the t-icke-y which is being discuss
ed. The controlling element WI again
be the purely selfish interest o. a great
many candidates Tor office who do not
care 20 have their chances destroyed
by foolish rashn ess. Men Ike Bleakly,
Morrow. Evans, Palmer and others Will
oppose the program Of disruption. Il
will De 70 me interest Of the conserva-
tive candidates like Clarke, Hayward
Garrett, Thorae, Cornwall, Deemer.
Cosson and ctaers 10 counsel uodera-
ton. The ssqarors ard I'll members
o. congress de.re only ne good Of the
party and harmony. u Is difficult 20
see how TIE mischief makers are go
ing % make much headway
But i & q fact that steps ara al
ready being taken, under orders from
here. 10 have the standpattsrs start
contests" In the hope OF making such
e nlix-up at the convention that e1-
cuse viii be found III some way 70 re-
verse me decision Of -he people.
Plots Extends TO Washington.
The action taken by the president at
Washington in Withdrawing the noui-
nation Of DIR. Clark for postmaster al
Newton, which is credited TO the influ-
ence OF Major Lacey, is taken 70 ind,-
cate that there Is a perfect understand
ing between the political plo;ters at
Washington and here. and that they
are going TO insist upon going the
length OF their string in trying 70 bring
about spit in the party in Iowa. The
action OF the president in refusing to
terminate the political activities Of
Postmaster Myerly, Of Des Moines, and
Pension Agent Wilcox, of Des Moines,
is also taken 20 mean that those who
have surrounded the president are go
ing to have the assistance Of the adj
ADMINISTRATION in case they openly bolt
aHo set oul 10 Smash things generally.
The action Of the state committee in
selecting Senator Cummins to be the
chairman of the state convention has
been generally commended. Even here
where bitterness toward the Junior
senator is always on tap no criticism
has been heard.
Among the standpatters there Is
some muttering because the Jackson
committee made such claims to control
of the state convention when, as now
disclosed, nobody knew anything about
the convention. But that committee
Is under strict surveillance to see that
1t does not engage in any further ac-
tivity.
The Aug. convention will be live
~ one. but 1t will not be taken over
by the reacttonaries.
PRoU1YS CAMPAIGN EXpENsIVE