Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
TAFT LEADS IN CONGRESS.
Poll Taken on Presidential Preferences
Of Both Parties.

Washington. Aug. 23.-When con-
gress adjourned yesterday afternoon its
work of preparation for the presidential
cam paign next year was largely done.
Al leas, /, had reached stage where
/. permitted active missionary work by
the national legislators.
1t does not necessarily follow that
members Of the senate and house have
anything to say about the presidential
nominees who shall be selected as the
choice of their respective states Some
of them retain a firm grip upon the
political machinery of their common
wealth and have great deal to say
as to the attitude of the delegates sent
to the national conventions.
Nevertheless. the opinions OF the en-
tire congress are interesting as snoWinS
what the members believe to be the Sit
ration at home and may be accepted as
Indicating the situation at the present
time The situation is apt TO continue
especially II the senators and congress-
men stand strongly by the choices they
express here.
In order to gain an Idea OF the views
Of the entire county. the Chicago IT'D
une correspondent made poll yestet-
day OF both houses Of congress with
reference TO the presidential nomlna-
ton situation. There are ninety mem
bers OF the senate and Ss1 members OF
the house.
This poll shows that President Taft
is overwhelmingly the first choice OF
the republican senator's and members
FOR denomination. Senator LaFollette
has a small scattered following.
So far as the democrats are con-
II F,S
slightly in the lead for first choice.
Speaker Champ Clark is a close second
and Woodrow Wilson is third.
THOMAS r. Marshall, governor Of In
diana; Oscar s. Underwood of Ala
bama. and John E. Dix, governor OF
New York, are favoTite sons.
William Jennings Bryan has no oae
to speak above whisper for him. JOS
eph w. Folk. former governor of Mis-
souri,. while ostensibly the choice of the
Missouri delegation really is dwarfed
by the sentiment in the delegation for
Clark.
The republicans, for the most part.
do not hesitate to express their senti-
ments The democrats, like "Brer Fox,
for the mos, part. prefer to lie low
The majority Of the latter feel they
have been 30 long away from their
states that they do not know whether
the popular feeling has grown for
Speaker Clark or whether It is for
Governor Wilson, or whether 1t has
veered toward Harmon.
Then Mr.. Bryan has been swatted in
the house Of representatives, and the
democrats want to know how this is
| viewed by the people. They will go
home prepared to support the demo-
cratic tariff program and the rest Of
the legislation which the democratic
house has put thru and to denounce
the president. Those who have real
Views, as the poll made by The Trib-
une shows, will express them and try
! to induce their constituents to agree
with them.
The republicans Of the senate and
house were polled as follows:
For Taft .................... loo
For La Toilette NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
For Roosevelt ................... 2
Noncommttal 5000. ............. 81
The democrats Of the senate and
house lineup az follows:
For Harmon ......s........... "a
| For Clark ...'...'......... oil
For Wilson .................... 81
For FOLK ................... 10
For Marshall .................... IA
For Underwood ................. 8
For Carter Harrison ............. 2
For Governor F'oss .............. I
For DIX
iNoncommital 800. ............. 50
OF the Iowa delegation one declared
for Taft, and one for LaFollette, while
the others were noncommittal,
The Total ossseH
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