Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-13
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The Algona Upper De- Aotues r..
publican IL ono OF the few newspapars
OF Iowa thai openly advocates the
nomination Of Senator laFollotto for
president. In due time its PUBLISHERS
will be likely to climb into the Taft
band waSon.-Emmstsburg Democrat.
Certainly, and II Will not be very
much Of a climb either. II - just a.
the report in the Des Moinso Capital
indicated, that a. far ~ the preference
between Taft or LGFollstte Is concern.
ed We believe Taft would 10 the safer
man for our next president. Thjs fact
does not hinder US from rs1utlas tie
statement made by the Charles City
paper that nineteen.twsntietfss Of tho
republicans Of Iowa are for President
TAFT. for we know that II IL not The
truth IN spite Of the array Of straw
votes cast In his favor by the newspa
pers OF the state.
The truth of the matter IL that there
is too large a number OF the republi.
can voters who will not stand for the
old style Cannon-AIdrfch dictation, and
they see too many signs Of their finger
prints in h curse which President
Taft has pursued in the past. and have
no assurance that there will be any
change in the future. Could there 10
substantial guarantee that Taft who
made such an excellent executive as
governor of the Philippines could be
placed in the presidential chair there
is no doubt out that he would BE- re-
elected by a rousing majority, but
either Taft in the presidential chair
and the Taft as governor Of the Philip.
pines are separate characters, or else
his demonstration OF executive ability
is too deep n far reaching to be UNI
derstood by a large number OF the vot.
ers who assisted In putting him in Of
nee.
1t enains to be seen whether the
present o Of Taft will result in
drawing a larger following Of the
western voters to his support or not,
and II it does it must not be al the ex.
pense Of the eastern supporters OF TAFT.
Already there seems to be an underly-
ing feeling of opposition to him among
eastern politicians, and II this should
grow 1t will be hard shedding for the
present executive to eve &c. he cnnt-
ration for a second term. There II
considerable agitation in favor Of a
presidential primary, and II such Z
thing could be brought about before
the next national convention We are OF
the opinion that the result in Iowa
would be an overwhelming aurprise to
friend who is publisher OF the
Charles City paper. II,
To be- perfectly candid, however, 'We
have very grave doubts as to how far
this opposition to Taft Is coins TO
reach before he end OF the next politi.
cal campaign. It Ia entirely too early
to predict the result a year hence. but
were the election TO be held next
month the indications are that Ia.
Toilette would stand nearly an equal
chance Of being elected az any other
h has been m entioned for
the place. 1t is often said that the in.
tensely radical people are never elect
ed to office. but it is also conceded
that Of late II is often the unexpected
things that happen. and 1t will be weil
for the republican politicians to bear
that thought in mind N seek to rec.
oncile h p~rogressive members Of tho
party by some other method than ig.
roring or Scoffing at their demand9.
The returns from each succeeding
election impress the thoughtful voter
with the fact that adherents to party
affiliations are becoming o and
more a secondary consideration. and
the average voter endorses. thru
his ballot. the style and character Of
the candidate rather than the party
which he represents. just at the pres
ent time the great demand Is for a
of the LaEollette, Cummins,
or Woodrow Wilson stamp OF person.
and unless the ranks of the more con-
servative element in both the leading
parties are greatly reinforced there IL
q possibility thai a progressive might
be elected. no matter to what political
he belonged.