The Detroit times., 1910-04-18
POLITICAL POT
bO|[S IN IOWA
Battle Royal Is On Between Stand
patters and Progressive Forces
In Western State

DIES MONIES, la, April /; Iowa
pTogressives have thrown down tho
gauntlet to Iowa standpatters. They
are ready for fight, the fight OF their
lives.
With the announcement OF ex-Gov.
Warren Garst, stanch progressive, that
he would be candidate for governor,
the hardest, most bitter battle OF years
started.
He is opposed by Gov. b. F. Carroll,
standpatter.
II will be a fight wherein national
politics will play leading part. For
insurgency" at Washington is pro
gressiveness" in Iowa And the "regu-
lars" at the national capitol are
"standpatters" here. If the progress
siveness win, 1t will be counted a ma
tional victory for insurgency. II the
"standpatters" win, it's a victory for
the Taft-Cannon-Aldrich regulars.
Senators Cummins and Doliver will
desert their duties in Washington TO
lend aid To Garst. Carroll will bring
Cannon. Tawney, Dalzell and other
"standpatters.
The Carroll movement TO bring
Washington men here has already
started. Congressman Mckinley Of Il
linois, millionaire traction man and
adherent Of Taft. has already shown
his hand.
Taft Clubs Being Formed.
Taft clubs are being organized
through Frank d. Jackson, ex-governor
and "standpatter," with the aid OF Nc
Klnley literature and Mckinley
money. The clubs are formed for the
purpose of rousing Taft sentiment and
insuring his Endorsement and TO give
Carroll chance to hang on 10 the
presidents coat tails, in the hopes
Big Bill will pull him through.
Garst, along with Senators Cummins
and Dolliver typifies the real Iowa
progressive. He is one Of the leaders
in the progressive movement. which
first took shape some ten years ago
on the floor of the Iowa senate when
the state was making its notable fight
against the railroads. Garst, with G..
s. Gilbertson. Thos. Chesire Tom
Healy, now dead. and A. b. Funk,
fought the railroads and their special
lobbyists to tandstill-fought them
and beat them.
ut9 dIN hSHNlllS Yet lOl tire NbuSN
of progressiveness. insurgency If you
wish. but fighting nevertheless.
Carroll, present governor and candi-
date TO succeed himself, is classed as
Il "standpatter He's hardly a true
"standpatter," although he has allied
himself with that clan. He straddles
and sits on the fence whenever he can.
The election in June of the men
themselves is really only a secondary
matter It's a fight Of insurgents
against regulars.
Fight on Congressman, Too.
And the fight is not with the gov
ern0rs alone. It's on congressman,
too. Capt Hull Of the seventh con
gressional district, Washington regu-
lar. will be opposed by Judge S f.
Prouty. progressive and warm per
scnal friend OF Senator Cummins In
tho ninth distafzt walter l. Smith.
member OF the rules committee and
regular. must put up his dukes against
Atty. Gen Fl. w. Byers firm progress
sive.
The insurgents are determined 10
I'll every Office with progressives, men
opposed TO Cannon-Aldrich rule AMI
dominion, and against the tariff as
adopted
The standpatters are just as deter
mined for the reverse and are already
grooming their candidates. flooding
Towns and cities with literature. ex-
planning their cause and honking the
horn of prosperity
The progressivcs are certain OF vic
tory. They say Carroll won at a time
when there was no real fight for the
gCvernorsbip, although Garst did OPP
pose him 1T the time. The real fight
was for senator and I'm the roar of
battle the gubernatorial contest was
forgotten.
A few figures Will perhaps, clarity
the prog:essives view:
At the election in 1903 Carroll re.
ceived So 900 votes, while Garst re.
ceivCd but $1,000
Standpatters voted for Senator ALI.
son at that time and polled 10000.
The progrcssives. on the other han1.
cast but $4,000 votes. II is admitted
that Senator Alison had at that time
the most perfect machine ever organ.
lied i'm Iowa.
ProgressiVes Sure Of Victory.
In November, because of Allison's
J death, the senatorship was again