Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
], M. PIERCE FINDS ANri.TAFr
SENTIMENT IN IOWA OVER.
WHELMlNG.
PRESIDENTS VISIT
CAUSED NO CHANGE
Several. Will Attend Progressive Con.
ference in Chicago - Conservative
Democratic Leaders Favor Unin.
strueted Delegation to National Con.
vention.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, Oct Thames NJ.
Pierce. publisher Of the Homestead,
goes into Chicago today for the purpose
of comforting with the men who are
urging that Senator Robert NJ. LaFol-
lettte be the republican standard bear
er mex year. Mr.. Pierce is fully con-
WINGED and earnest about it that PIesi-
dent Taft is not the man to be NOM
mated next year.
How about the situation at the
present time"
ooh, about three to n for LaFol-
lett in Iowa, SO far as l can tell" said
Mr. Pierce yesterday.
did the visit of the president to
Iowa on his campaign tour MAKE any
'ent in the LaFollette bOom?'
Il don't discover that it did. The
situation remains unchaESed.'
Mr.. Pierce is neither an aspi-ant for
office nor anxious to dabb!e in politics
II any way, but he is very much in
arrest in his attitude of antagon!sm
% Taft and is sure that the latter does
not have. the confidence of the farm
ers of Iowa.
Howard J. Clark Of this city. one OF
the busiest lawyers of The state. Will
go into Chicago 20 attend the confer
ence. Mr.. Clark is an enthusiastic
progressive and an admirer of LaFol-
tie, but like others who stand for
.inite progressive principles ne is I'M
.illing to tie up with the fortunes OF
my n man.
w. Q. Payne, Of story county,. who
is opposed to President Taft first and
all the time, Will not attend the con-
f]erences in Chicago.
1t appears that there has been much
! confusion as to what the conference is
TO be. There will probably be several
conferences. But the main thing, SO IT
is said, is to bring together men who
| have stood for certain definite prin-
cipes of progressive legislation in state
and nation and 10 get them acquainted
so that they can work together in mar
, mony, to advance the cause of good
government in every honorable way
and to give direction, SO far as possible,
to the progressive movement having
/ for it's aim securing q distinctly pro-
gressive platform in the next republic
can national convention on which the
party may reasonably hope to win. 1t
was never lIllSIlued llidI lAC SSiSA
| conference, al least, should be for the
purpose of advancing any candidacy OF
any person.
If the leaders among the democrats
| of Iowa have their way the Hawkeye
state will send to the national demo-
cratic convention at Baltimore, or
wherever it is held, an uninstructed
=, ~ ..$ ~r,poifta6 Sn any "a n 3.
didate but in general for a progressive
platform and q candidate to suit.
Conferences of an entirely informal
! character nave been held among many
of those who have been conspicuous in
state conventions and on the national
delegations. and there Is agreement
that unless the situation changes very
much from that which now appears
that delegation should be free to take
advantage of any situation that may
develop m to help in picking the can
didate. The leaders anticipate that 1t
will either be a triangular contest be-
tween Clark, Wilson and Harmon, or
a hard struggle between the two last
named. 1t is regarded as improbable
that either Folk or Marshall will be
important factors in the game. Pos
sible some new man may come to the
front.
The democrats also say that they an
ticipate the republicans will hold their
convention reasonably early; in which
case the democrats will act to make
the most of the mistakes they believe
the republicans will make. Ninety mine
out of every hundred democrats is
hoping that President Taft will be re-
nominated, because they all believe he
will be most vulnerable in a campaign.
Most Of them say that with Taft the
nominee and a platform like that which
would be written by his close advisers
in Washington, Gov. Woodrow Wilson
and a strong progressive platform are
almost inevitable. However many of
them are saying that BOT Harmon and
Clark have records hat would fit in
nicely with a progressive platform.
The early effort to start a big boom
for Clark and to have Iowa democrats
endorse him as a neighbor has entirely
fizzlcd out. The recent series Of chau-
tauoua and other addresses for Clark
in Iowa have not increased his pop
ularity nor shown that he is especially
the choice OF Iowa democrats. But the
plan is to have q delegation Of the
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