The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-10-01
ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM TAWNEY
DEFEATED CONGRESSMAN PROM
IsEs STATEMENT DEFINING
ATTITUDE TOWARDS RIVAL.
WILL BE SILENT UNTIL THEN
Preparing to Devote Rest of the Cam
paign to the Chicago Con-
gressional Head
quarters.

Winona, Sept. 29.-James A. Taw-
ney is preparing a statement to be
made public in a few days, which will
declare his position toward Sidney A.
Anderson, the successful candidate for
congress in the first district primaries:
Until that statement is out says Mr..
Tawney in Winona he will give no
interview, and says now ords attrib-
uted to him on the subject will be au-
thentic. He repudiates interviews
sent from Chicago this week.
The attitude of Mr.. Tawney is at
tracing great deal of interest. He
will take up his duties in a few days
at Chicago, as head Of the western
headquarters of the republican congress
sional campaign committee. In that
work his efforts will be directed for
for congress, but the situation in his
own district is peculiar, and he may
declare that it constitutes an excep.
ton. He has told his. friends that af-
ter the misrepresentation used by Mr..
Anderson and his progressive speak
ers, he cannot be expected to come out
openly in support of his late opponent.
He has called attention publicly to the
fact that democrats had large part
in the result, and he may take the
ground that Mr.. Anderson is not really
a republican nominee, and entitled to
party support.
Looking Over Figures.
II cannot say what my statement
will be-" said Tawney today. In
fact, do not know myself | am max
ing careful comparison of the vote
cast in the primaries. am comparing
the republican primary vote this year
with the vote two years ago for
President Taft, and for lieutenent gov
ernor, and also with the total vote.
When that has been done we will know
more about the participation of demo-
Gratis in the primaries. l will then
make statement, but I must refuse
to discuss my attitude until that time
Both candidates in the first district
contest avoided carefully any absolute
promise as to theri course after the
promise as to their course after the
occasion that he would support the
nominees, but later qualified it by say
ing that he would not support Mr..
Tawney unless he pledged himself to a
progressive platform. Many of the
Anderson supporters said publicly that
they would not support Mr.. Tawney if
nominated. The Tawney men said
that they could not recognize a man
as republican who misrepresented
the republican position so persistently
Looks After West.
Mr.. Tawney goes next week to the
Chicago headquarters. He has been in
the last four compaigns vice chairman
of the national congressional commit
tee, and in 1904 and 1908 he was in
charge of Chicago headquarters. In
1906 he assisted Chairman James S.
Sherman, now vice president, at the
New York headquarters. This year
Mr.. Tawney will be in direct charge of
the congressional campaign in all the
western states, including Ohio.
1--WE will lose some districts this
fall" said Mr.. Tawney, "but the pros
poets are for gaining more than we
lose. We have fair prospect Of
gaining three seats in Missouri, and
Champ Clark's own district is doubt
full proposition"
Mr.. Tawney will cave New York
Nov. IL with two other members of the
appropriations committee, for an in
spection trip to Panama. They will
examine the estimates for the 1911
work, and return in time for the open
ing of congress in December.