Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-11
REpuaLlcANS WILL MAKE SEN.
roRsn,p CONTEST A FREE.
FoR.ALl FIGHT.
II DEADLOCK ENsUEs,
CAUCUS WILL BE CALLED
Carroll Throws Bomb Among veuns's
Followers BY lntimatien That He
Would Veto Bill For Special PR.
mary on ssnato-Many standpattsrs
Not in Favor Of Special Election.
to rimes.Republican.

Special to Tines Republican
Des Moines. Jan. 11.-No attempt will
be made on the part Of the republicans
to get together on the senatorship or
to decide who Is entitled to the republic
can support In the legislature. prior to
the hour Of balloting for senator. Sem
ator Young makes the claim that he
has secured the signatures OF forty
seven to the deadlock agreement. or at
least has that many who will acquiesce
in the Young program for agreeing not
to agree on anything. The extreme
limit OF standpatters in the two houses
il forty-four. But as O matter OF fact
there will be caucus of practically all
republicans provided 1t Is found that
there can be no election under the free
for-all methods. A great many of the
members can see but little difference
between getting together and reaching
an agreement as to who should be the
party candidate for speaker or secre-
tary or sergeant-at-arns and SINH
lar getting together to agree on who
should receive the party vote for a
more important office. II 1t Is right to
dispose OF the ordinary business affairs
Of the legislature in a partisan man
ner, they are asking why is it not right
to dispose Of the purely political af-
fairs the same way.
A we'll informed editor OF a stand
pat newspaper who spent a few days
in the lobby stated that in his view no
election Is possible.
II came here" he said. "filled with
the notion that might aid in effecting
an agreement upon some one Of the
candidates, for in the list Of candidates
are number who are worthy. be-
lieved. for instance. that the standpat-
tiers might be got to vote for some man
like Garst or Funk: now I am con-
WINGED that they will never vote for
any progressive no matter what hap
pens. They will make deadlock and
then be ready to go into the primary
next year with their candidate select
ed and platform made. Now that Is the
Young program. but 1t is not because
of their love Of Young that they are
doing this. It Is because they hate
Cummins ana they believe that refusal
to 90 into a caucus and to effect a
deadlock with all the trouble sure to
follow Is the best possible way to make
such a mix-up in Iowa affairs that in
the end they will be able to beat Cum
MINIS in 1914. On any proposition to hit
Cummins you can unite all the stand
patters and that Is about the only thing
on which they are united. A great
many Of the standpatters would like to
help elect some good progressive to the
senate, but they will not be permitted
to do So"
What Would Carroll Do?
Would Governor Carroll veto a bill
for law for special primary for the
benefit Of Lafe Young? Would he
yield to demand for this expense and
forego the record he desires to make
as an economical governor?
Members Of the legislature are not
prepared to say after hearing read
that part Of the message wherein he
admonishes the legislature of its OBJ
legation to proceed to elect a senator:
but they do all agree that he has made it
very plain that he Is giving no coun-
tenance at this time to the so-called
demand for primary election to adj
wise the legislature as to who the re-
publican members should feel in duty
bound to vote for. It was hardly to be |
advise that the legislature ignore its |
duty after he had so promptly exer-
cised his right and duty Of filling the |
temporarily by appointment !
that the legislature has no |
right to elect senator for The few !
months Of the vacancy IS at tho same !
time q reflection upon the conduct Of |
tho governor In having fastened to |
I'LL part Of the Same unexpired term !
without counseling with the people or |
asking their advice.
II the governor does not plainly IN. |
innate in his message that q primary |
bill would fail to receive his !
he does at least make 1t plain |
that he will take no responsibility for
such q move. Neither the governor
nor the faction for which he speaks |
will stand committed to the special |
primary proposition.
Many Oppose Primary.
That the attitude Of the governor has |
tho approval Of leading men Of the
minority faction is plain. Senator
Cowles. for instance, Is opposed to a |
resort to special primary at' this
time and says that in his opinion all
talk Of referring the matter to a pri-
mary should cease. He believes a SEN |
atc. can ana will be elected Many !!
others Of the standpatters take this |
view.
On the other hand the attitude Of !
the prosressives seems to be. as far as
can be ascertained. that Il Is the duty |
Of the legislature to seek honestly and |
fairly to elect senator, and while they |
can not be and will not be opposed to
the primary on principle, they are not !
aware OF any emergency as yet which
calls for formal acknowledgment Of i
the incompetency Of the republican
Of the legislature to make
good. II the special primary IL needed,
as a matter Of advice and direction to
legislators as to how they should vote,
II must be after IL is demonstrated
beyond all doubt that the legal method
Of choosing a senator is ineffective.
The message OF the governor dis
posed Of at least one small matter in