Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-03
REPUBLICAN, FACTIONS PROB.
ABLY WILL WAGE BITTER WAR.
FARE IN HAWkEYE STATE.
KANSAS CONTEST ALSO
CERTAIN TO BE LIVELY
CORES pondent Of Chicago Tribune
Finds Tremendous Amount Of In.
surseney in Both States-kansas
Prooressives to Support Lar gillette,
While lowans Wants cummins.
Especial Correspondence to Chicago
Tribunel


Tribune.]
Des Moines, Oct. 3.-The most spec
tacular political fight between the
standpatters and the progressive re-
publicans in the forthcoming presiden-
tial contest will take place in Iowa. In
Kansas the warfare between the two
factions will be waged as ruthlessly,
but in Iowa the outcome will be fraught
with unusually interesting effect upon
political history.
In Iowa, as we'll as in Kansas, there
is not only tremendous amount of In
surgency against the standpat republic
can organization but there is the addi-
tional opposition evoked by the Can
adam reciprocity treaty and the Aid
rich-Payne tariff law. In each state
bitter contest over the election of
United States senator is beginning.
with the prospect of complicating the
struggle for the presidency
In Kansas the old line republicans
will support President Taft and Sena-
tor Curtis. one of the members of the
"old guard" in the upper house, whose
tenn expires in 1913. The progressive
republicans, led by Senator Bristow,
age preparing to oppose Taft with La
Toilette and Curtis with Governor
'tubhs.
Commns Complexities Issue.
III Iowa the situation is much the
same, altho bit more complicated by
he position Of Senator Cummins and
lis potential relation to the republic
an nomination for the presidency. The
standpatters are rallying to Taft, with
Lafayette Young as their candidate for
n. senate. while the progresslVes,
headed by Senator Cummirs, are OPP
posing the president and are seeking
10 re-elect Senator Kenyon. Both
Ioung and Kenyon are loyal to the ad-
.ninistration.
BY his tour of both these states Mr..
Taft undoubtedly has allayed oppose
ton to his administration, tho to what
extent it would be impossible to say.
From the opinion obtained by The
Tribune correspondent from not only
the politicians but from citizens it
would appear that the president has
corciliated many standpat republican
farmers who were incensed by the Cam
adam reciprocity treaty and progress
sives who believe he ought to be given
full opportunity to put thru scientific
revision of the tariff on the tariff board
principle.
Next Session Counts Much.
Whatever the amount of this support
1t unquestionably will be greatly in
creased if Mr.. Taft succeeds in OBJ
tanning tariff reduction from the next
session of congress.
But. as the president and his advis-
ers realize, there is great opposition to
the Taft policies. in Kansas. This OPP
position is crystallizing in the advocacy
of the nomination of Senator LaFolette
for president The progressives are
confident that in primary LaFollette
could carry Kansas against Taft The
regulars are as confident Taft Is in
vincible.
In Iowa the opposition is as appar-
ent. but so far it lacks a rally point.
Cummins and the progressive leaders
are for LaFollette. but many anti
Taft men doubt that the Wisconsin
senator could defeat the president even
in a primary contest for the delega-
ton to the national convention Few
seem to doubt that Cum
minis could beat Taft in the primary.
cummins Seen a. Compromise.
1t is believed Senator Cummins Is
regarded by regulars and progressives
alike as a possible compromise can
didate for the presidency in the event
that Taft should be eliminated and an
attempt made to harmonize the fac
tions.
Cummins himself is fighting for La
Toilette. and he has told his friends
he will not allow himself to be doomed
for the place under any circumstances.
Cummins' followers say that the SEN
ator would not consider the PROPOSE
ton so long as LaF'ollette is in the
For every Iowa progressive who de-
clares Taft can not be reelected there
are at least two regulars who think
will never reach the pres
idency. Such prophets see only dem
ocratic victory wrought by republican
boilers one way or the other. The
movement for Cummins as a conser-
yative- progressive compromise orig
mated largely in such views Of party
prospects.
There will be a meeting Of the Iowa
committee within few
weeks to decide whether a presidential
primary shall be held. Lafayette Young
and the other standpat progresstves
are willing Such a primary would
afford the republicans opportunity to
say whether they prefer Taft or La
Toilette.
While the progressives are working
hard to solidify the anti-Taft senti-
ment 1t is noticeable that most OF their
leaders believe his nomination Is In
In this connection there Is good
deal Of talk Of third party. If TAFT
and Harmon should be the nominees.