Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-08
'orENoPAro WHO WgRI ACTIVE
IN MovEMEkr LAsr vEAR
HAVE CHANCE or HEART.
NOT suppoRTlNo enEsIpEMr
IN REORGANIZATION CAMPAIGN
Mach Or 0ppssitisn e Taft In iowa 20
% Found Among Former Prssssssd
Friends - Sentiment Changes ia
standpat camp-Lssiis N. Shaw
Rssurrseted 70 Join Ansis. ~

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0pecial to Tines Republican,
Des Moines. July SIT 10 settled that.
no matter what else happens. the Taft
club which was organized as a part Of
the good roads convention,last year. will
not be revived, resuscitated, reorgan-
lied or reopened this year or next, at
least not in the form Of last year. The
club was disbanded when, following
| the failure Of the club to control the
republican state convention, notice was
given by President Taft thru his then
| secretary that he would not give the
club officers carte blanche to distribute
Iowa federal ofices-which was the
chief thing about the club With this
Isgone there. was nothing left for the
club to- do. 1t Is stated that persons
high in the councils Of that patronage
organisation have made some inquiry
as ito how the administration would
handle the patronage OF such club and
the reports are not encouraging. Un-
Hess there is some satisfactory assur-
ance that "a reorGantzed Taft club could
set some reward for Its work It will
mot be attempted.
OF nearly equal importance with this.
However, Is tiie4fact which is being dis
closed more and more as the national
campaign approaches, that a good
many OF. those who were, conspicuous
In the Taft club movement are not en-
thusiastic, for TAFT, and would accept
with good cheer any movement looking
Ito his displacement. In fact 1t is among
those who were vociferous In, their Taft
club pretensions that the opposition to
Taft Is to be found. Some OF them were
for him, last year because they believed
| he had gone completely over to the
standpat cause and thereafter and dur
ing all his ADMINISTRATION would be
found advocating extreme high tariff
and supporting the program of the
American Protective Tariff league. Now
they are sore because he has gone back,
at least part way. to the doctrines he
advocated prior to his nomination
| which gained for him the solid sup
port Of the west.
But IL there should be any Taft club
formed anywhere in Iowa 1t would
have some new faces.
| That President Taft in playing poll
tics with an eye to gaining support
next year has greatly embarrassed
some Of those who have tried to es-
tablish the doctrine Of the infallibility
Of presidential leadership 10 certain.
The majority are remaining quiet; only
q few are willing to speak out.
| etandpat Sentiment.
| Here IL Major Rathbun declaring, in
| regard to Taft's reciprocity scheme.
that ''the> pact means ultimate free
trade" that those who favor it Ought
| to come out in the open as free trad
ers." and that 1t places principle
above party schemers in congress,
L 4 NY
ellville Index. also last year great as
Taft supporter remarks that 'it
causes the old time democrat to smile
when he secs fellow trying to be a
republican and free trader at the
same time"
So. also. w. o. Payne. in his Nevada
Representative, certainly not tinctured
with insurgency" referring to the
Taft contingent in the senate as IAN
outfit Of republican senator's who have
been supporting .so-called republican
administration in the promotion Of free
trade with Canada and relying upon
tho nearly solid body Of democrats in
congress to pass their measure"
Mr.. Payne also Endorses the re-
ported views of Howard Clark that
Iowa would go for LaFollette II fight
was made for him and saying he is
absolutely right" Further:
"A genuine support of LaFollette by
the men who would prefer him to
Taft will give the bulk OF the Iowa
delegation to LaFollette. Further 1t
may be observed that while there is
reason for profound doubt about Taft's
ability to carry even Iowa in the cleo
ton, there is none about LaFollette's."
+ B. Murphy is authority for 1t that
coe "a Il, 1,1,poo,,rrotfr oPHCoru ~ Tho a.
ministration are writing letters to
friends in Iowa to ASCERTAIN the views
Of the republicans Of that state to-
wards President Taft, not towards his
reciprocity bill in its present form, but
towards the president.
Charley Junkin is another Of the
noble heroes Of the Taft club move
ment not fully satisfied with what is
being done for party success. It was
in his behalf that the prediction was.
made last year that II he had failed to
get a certain petty job he wanted,
member Of the state committee. the
party would have been disrupted and
Claude Porter elected by big major-
ity. Junkin in his Fairfield Ledger.
takes issue with the Burlington Hawk
eye in advocacy Of party solidarity in
favor Of the administration policy" and
refers TO ''the repulsive and Injurious.
doctrine Of Canadian reciprocity and
declines to believe that It IL Tess in
iquitous because President Taft now
stands sponsor for IT," In fact the
Ledger applauds the threat Of Senator
Dixon TO join with the democrats 70
lower duties on manufactured products
and adds:
Z ut may mean free trade, with all It's
evils. but even that II preferable to the