Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-16
Special to rimes-Republican.

have commenced to scale down the
Lafe Young vote and readjusttng Of the
nxures to some extent all along the
line. Young has claimed all along there
are forty-four well recognized. genuine
standpatters, on the list for the dead
lock. and has claimed as high as for
ty-seven votes In the legislature. He
will sure get one In Polk county who
would not otherwise be classed as a
etandpatter. But here Is a guess that
i Young will not be able to muster even
forty votes In the two houses when the
ballot Is taken and he will have not
more than fourteen in the senate out
| OF the thirty-four republicans.
There has been some disposition,
! also. around the lobbies to credit By
ers with q larger number Of votes than
had been supposed. 1t Is found that
his following is the most earnest and
unyielding Of any and that they are
In earnest for him. One claim is that
{ No will get a. many a. 9eish teen votes
ia the legislature and another that he
will get twenty.
on behalf Of Garst no claims are be-
ing made by any Of those who are for
him. 1--WE are for Garst because we be-
lieve he Is best fitted to represent all
of Iowa." they say. I'VE are for him
because we love him md not because
we do not want somebody else: and we
do not care how many votes he gets
at the start. but we want It under
stood that he Is, in our views. the
logical candidate now and for 1912"
Senator Funk who has been here a
10 nrir,
out any figures, but his friends believe
he will lead the progressive process
sion and that he stands IN splendid
position to win the prize. But they will
be we'll satisfied with twenty as a
showing at the start.
The Kenyon men are serene and
hopeful. They acknowledge that their
candidate has been excellently treated
by all. and they are confident that
there Is much more OF friendly feel
ing 70. him than there was when his
candidacy was being used by a few
with personal ambitions.
1t Is not anticipated there will be any
Developments" prior to the taking OF
the second ballot. or the one in Joint
session on Wednesday Every one seems
reconciled to the idea Of letting there
be fair try-out before the legislature
Just as the contest stands; then maxi
Ing an honest effort to reach a conclu-
sion.
Democrats Consistent.
The democrats Of the Iowa lesislat.
ure will not undertake to tell the re-
pubiicans that 1t is all wrong to decide
In caucus who should be the party
candidate to be voted for in joint as
sembly. They will be consistent and
stand unitedly in support of the caucus
method Of choosing a candidate in the
legislature. nor will they, by their
votes. say that while the caucus is all
very well for the democrats the re-
publicans must have their candidate
10 be voted for in the legislature se-
1ected in some other manner. There
were o:.!y' sc-.y-fonr Of the democrats
present in their legislative caucus the
other day. But they decided upon one
man to receive their vote. and despite
the personal views Of individuals he
will get all the vote. The result of the
caucus informal ballot. which was
taken to sense the actual preferences
Of the members of the legislature was
al follows:
Claude r. Porter. Centerville ...25
Dan w. Hamilton. Sigourney IL
D. d. Murphy, Elkader ........
Martin J. Wade. Iowa City .........
Fred r. White. Webster r.......
The ballot shows how widely do the
democrats Of the legislaturS differ as
to their personal preferences. but they
believe that the only way to do is to
get together and by open and frank
conference decide who is to be nut up
20 receive the full party vote as
against the republican opposition. It
was argued in the caucus that this was
the only way to preserve party integ-
1ity and TO prevent the party from an
pearing in ridiculous position before
the country.
lt win surprise many to know that
others beside Porter and Hamilton re-
oetved votes In the democratic caucus.
There had been some warrant for the
supposition that. Hamilton would re.
coivo the full party vote. It Is known,
howovss that some OF the democrats