Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-22
ENAToRsHIP AND DEMOCRATIC
POLITICS INVOLVED IN GOV.
ERNoR's ACTION.
DEMOCRATS FloHrINo MAD
AND MAY TAKE A HAND
Minority Party May Combine With One
sf Republican Factions and Elect
ssnate-lt will Not Be Young,
Probably Net Kenyon, Possibly Il
Will d pssmsr.

Special TO Times-Republican.
[By Ora Williamsl.
Des Moines. Feb. 22.-n Governor
Carroll had gone to the top Of the
state house and dropped dynamite
5omb to the corridor floor he could not
ave done . better job Of creating con-
sternation and havoc than when he
3recipitated upon the Thirty-fourth
general assembly his veto Of the oregon
plan bill for direct election Of senators
by the vote Of the people.
Conflicting stories as to what was
goinx on left the legislature unpre-
pared for the blow. When 1t came 1t
was plainly seen to be the work not OF
one but Of many. The message bristled
With evidence that 1t was carefully
drawn by q committee OF constitution
al lawyers, then rewritten and
xmoothed up and deliberately intended
70 be Z campaign document Of far
reaching consequences. Every one ad-
usitted at the outset that 1t was q re-
markably strong document and fur-
nished within itself all the argument
that anyone might need to support MS
inclination to be excused from voting
Tor It. A few weak spots appeared. as for
instance, the reference to the electoral
college where the letter and the spirit
pf the constitution have now been evad-
"a for over a century without any ma
terial harm. But the general remark
last night was that the document was
a. good lawyers brief on the subject
~ very well could be prepared.
Can. It Pass vsto7
Immediately the scramble COM
menced 20 SEQ how the lineup would
come for passing it over the veto. It
seemed to be generally accepted enat
the house would be able 70 muster the
ssysnty-two votes necessary Tor pas
aoca. s since the bHl had eighty-two
<hen. n pssUed before. But It had
fhifty.one In the senate and one Of
these voted Tor Il only to move re.
consideration. It needs thirty-f
when II gets to the senate. When can
The four others be secured?
{ OF those who did not vote for the
bill before. It might be that one or all
the following could be got to vote for
II now, namely: Allen Of Pocahontas.
Neal. Hunter and Spaulding. There IL
not another one who Is considered
possibility. Hence everyone must be
secured or the governor will have won
his case.
Democrats Mad.
The first and immediate effect OF the
veto was to make the democrats very
mad. They were ready to do some-
thing and do 1t right away. But they
iid not know what to do.
Members Of the legislature. even the
nst astute Of the politicians. have
ben slow to grasp the dynamic pos
edlities Of the situation thus suddenly
feed upon the legislature In the mids:
tf, senatorial fight. It means fmmedi-
.atismashing Of things: and what will
coie ont. 10 the wreckage is prob
lcmatical.
The FIRST ager Of the democrats was
tufEed .owsd the standpatters because
u6uestionably they forced the veto. It
4 VS. the urgency Of Young and his
tends that brought on the mnddle.
1T on second thought the democrats
T lere able 20 see that but for Senator
/ t1len, for instance. in the senate. and
he fact that he led the fight against
te Oregon bill. the governor would
{ fever have been encouraged to make
The, veto. ], Now what will the demo-
Gratis do? Hit the standpatters by
eiecting Kenyon, or hit the Kenyon
men By voting for Deemer?
s Minority Party at Sea.
Then the discussion went little
further in the groups that gathered to
discuss the situation. To go over TO
Kenyon the democrats would offend
their very best friends-from their
:standpoint-in the senate. men like
Smith. Chase. Mates, Sullivan and Van
Law. These men made the Oregon bill
e possibility. Could TREY afford tc hit
the standpatters at the expense of
lsmiting these good men?
Another phase suggested itself-the
sstandpatfers arc primarily responsible
for the. veto and Senator Young and
.0overnor Carroll both responsible. Now
"a fact there Is nothing that would 30
Offend both these worthless as to elect
Deenner to the senate. Inasmuch as
some OF the democrats already very
nuch desire to 30 to Deemer might It
not be the right thing to do?
oenatership 10 Involved.
but Il was suggested that the Kenyon
men have It IN their power now to force
the dsasocrats to aid in the election OF
Kenyon. That oregcp plan bill can
never get thru the senate without the
a0rsoval or Allen. who IS the Kenyon
iul1nAgsf: IN the senate. Suppose he
a1pfaes 70 vote for the bill when Kenyon
= s8ecfed3 But that smaclks too much
;olso deals ana Alien would never make
k1y, SucA Gsfangement even 4 the dem
ah should coneiAer 1t. which they
Sa MT And supplsse some seandpet