Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-25
STANDPATS OF IOWA MAKE
THREATS TO CONTROL FED.
ERAL PATRONAGE.
ACCESS TO "PlE COUNTER"
OR NO SUPPORT IN STATE
Progressives Taking No Action Look.
ing to Organizing for campaisn-Are
Awaiting Developments - Sentiment
Not Crystalizins in Favor Of Any
Particular Candidate.
pecial to Times-Republican.

| Des Moines, Nov. 25.-There will be
nothing done to start a movement in
Iowa in defense of progressive prin-
ciples in the national campaign of next
year until after the president has de-
| livered himself of his next message 20
| congress. nor until after the republican
national committee has started the ma
chinery for securing delegates, possibly
not until after the holiday time. 1t
is certain that not one step has been
taken now, nobody is considering any
plans, and there is Very little surface
indication of any interest in the mat
ter The Iowa progreSsiveS are in the
attitude of waiting. But they are ready
to act on the defensive whenever that
becomes necessary.
Some time last summer there was in
dication that the standpatters intended
to start a campaign. They at least
served notice of intent to demand the
delivery of the state to them for their
use. But of late they have not shown
any activity.
a republican who Is an active can
dicate for state office, himself a
standpatter, was asked few days ago
as to what he found in the state: L
have Travelled about a good DEAL" he
said, and 1 find some very bitter anti
LaFollette sentiment, then 1 find a
great deal of very determined anti
Taft sentiment: but 1 don't find very
much LaFollette sentiment and
hardly any for Taft. So there you
are"
The fact that meeting Of progress
sives was held in the Ninth Minnesota
district last Saturday to prepare for a
LaFollette campaign and that very
strong sentiment developed there for
Cummins, has been commented on in
the east. but appears not to have at
tracted any attention in Iowa. 1t is
taken to indicate that the progressives
are not to be regarded as quite as
scarce of presidential material as the
standpatters are.
c. z. Lewellen, formerly and for
years inspector of rural mail routes in
Iowa, now Of Chicago, said while here
this week:
Just keep an eye on Teddy. He'll
be nominated and be elected. I am a
pretty good republican. think, and I
wouldn't vote for either Taft or La
Toilette. but I would vote for Roose-
welt. That's the way thousands feel
about it,
What does this mean about Roose-
welt getting into the game?" asked
a prominent Des lIoines man yester-
day. Il don't like it. Do you think
he means to make himself the candi-
date again.
NO was the answer, that can
hardly be his purpose. But he be-
lieves in certain principles and does
not hesitate to advance them"
II hope that is just it," he said 81
am not opposed to Roosevelt but / feel
that his election again would be a bad
precedent The next president should
be a progressive, either republican or
democrat, and with such man in the
White House the country will prosper.
We can find him. We can furnish him
right from Iowa."
In the meantime, according to the
men who have talked about it here,
Iowa can we'll afford to wait and see
what is happening in other parts of the
country. There is no occasion for any,
thing being done here. A fight on the
old lines. a square fight between pro-
gressives and reactonaries, is certain,
but the commencement can wait.
*s&
The only really significant move in
politics today is on the part of the
standpatters in a desperate effort to
force the national administration to re-
store the status existing prior to the
proclamation of the famous Norton
letter to an Iowa standpatter. The "pie
counter" looks mighty good to those
who have been enjoying the pie for
long time and with hard winter
coming on, pressure is being brought
to bear at Washington to compel, I'M
der threats, the patronage dispending
power to recognize only standpatters
in the dispensing Of patronage in Iowa.
IF President Taft should put his
| friends out declares one of the or
gans of the old regime here. land his
enemies In these federal jobs. the in
| surgents would call him a ninny and
! make fun of him, and the standpatters
would feel that he had thrown down
his friends"
Another agency thru which the pres
sure is being brought on the admins
| tration loudly insists that the way to
accom- plish something for the progress
sive cause is to leave the offices alone,
! lie. for it is all right to be for progress