Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-26

.nitsd but later they announces
ss,.v ,.,ould 20 Into that kind OF q
s..;.us ar any other that might bs
arranged.
special to Times-Rspublican.
Des Noines. Jan. 1s.-The pfoetes-
.,,,.. n the legislature who have oeen
81, a,ons willing 70 settle the ssnasosaa'
,,.t4er - caucus or conference or n
any w.y chat u reasonable. Started o'as
.,..t n,s,,s 10 secure . caucus. and .
caucus cali was signed by smith OF
Mitchell. Klay. Cunningham and . aew
others. When It was presented 10 the
managers OF the Kenyon campaign eneS
refused to Join unless the standpastefs
ar., a1reed to 60 into caucus. ihe
,,,at,er was then dropped Mr.. KAY
said: 49,. -.odv
~, the time to confer on the SENATOR
.hin. We thought, in view OF the !act
that Kenyon Is ahead. he ceetaahiy
would be glad to 60 into caucus. ! am
.,,ra that we can easily get from seVen-
tv.two to seventy-five republicans IN
: caucus now II Kenyon will agree 20 H.
ana Il these men would agree to can
diaata and vote for him. he would De
.,acted. That Is the only way to settle
it,
Pushing Special Primary.
p.nrasentative Harding today oe-
.,.rsd that the deadlock will not be
hroren and that 1t is not necessary LOT
the legislature to go on voting for SEN
ator each day. He states it as his opln-
4o,, that IL the legislature will just toF-
get to vote no harm will come.
< meeting OF the elections commfttee
of the house has been set Tor tnas al
ternoon and Harding expects to go oe-
fore the committee and appeal Tor a
favorable report at once on his Dill 1or
q special primary election.
Hope 20 Get Together.
can a caucus of republican members
~ the legislature be held? II demo-
crats are able to caucus and consult
snd confer and get together and act
:. one party ON political matters why
can not republicans do the same? Is
TO be admitted that tho chosen repre-
lsantatives Of the republican party in
Iowa are wholly unable to make even
move In the direct:cn OF getting to-
,gether to act as one party?
M Those are questions which some of
ths strong men Of the republican party
have been asking each other the past
two weeks. One does not have to go
Tar among the legislators to discover
that the hope Is strong that in some
way not yet devised the getting to-
gether process is yet to be brought
about. The out and out progressives
have been for harmony all the time.
They have stood ready to meet and
confer with any or ali of their fellow
republicans. Some students Of tho sit
uation say that they made a mistake
In not literally forcing a coming to-
9ethee 1t the outset: but those who
were on the ground believed. whether
rightly or wrongly, that any strain
greater than that given, would have
meant that the democrats and few
boltin4 republicans would have organ
ised 4he le1islature-and that would
have meant chaos. AS It 10 organixa-
&ion has been made without friction.
..In the years I have been here I
have never known such general good
1selinG, such lack OF personal animosity,
- At present In the senate" said Sem
A4oe Saunders in the course Of con-
yoeoa4ioo.. '.But for the senatorship the
session would be ready for the very
Aooe WORK.
vevmo Stands In Way.
3 That - - 0msnon view Of the matter.
EAN0ono now can understand that thA
4o1k o1 tie democrats and . few boltaes
autajue the legislature. which was
0uch lt3ulgo0 In the opening week,