Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-18
ONCE pEPosEp RULER OF pEs
MONIES MAY De CALLED TO
SAVE MACHINE.
CABINETS CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR OF IOWA
Rumorsd That He is to Be Made
Mayor and Thsn Sprung a. the Man
to Save the Manehu Dynasty Of
lovva-stats Prsfsrs TO Keep Holden
in Present Work and Out Of Politics.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 1s.-John Mac
Vicar, the newly installed Yuan Shat
Kai of Des Moines, is making good in
his exalted position. and the future has
great things in store for him.
Following his cleaning up Of the city
and putting it's morals on safer foot
ing for the wayfarer 1t is expected he
will become mayor of the city, with
the support Of the three newspaper
There is suspicion, also, that he may
be the mysterious parsonage supposed
to be kept IN reserve in Des Moines to
betsprung for governor next year and
to carry the state by storm 1t is NOR
ally certain that the much reviled
kitchen cabinet, If one may judge fr..m
its publicity campaign, is confident that
at the right time it will be anle to
name the republican candidate and
next governor Of the state. There has
been much mystery as to why this
might be. All questions addressed to
the talkative leaders have been met
with polite rclut st to wait and see
Now it is rumcred that JOIN, -;ac-
Vicar is to be the candidate exploited
as lone who does things as new
blood in the governors chair" as a
getting away from 1.-The politicians"
and the candidate of the progressive
not insurgent" clique
John Macvicar liz 50 busy with put
ting things norder in Des Moines that
he will not turn aside for any political
game, and he is making so": as sn-
preme dictator Of the city affairs. The
nnls OF these who desire she Sc I'd OF
the e:.y rests largely with him now,
for they realize that he is in position to
save the "Des Moines plan from
wholly falling 30 pieces in the city IF
is adoption AMI exploitation.
The situation in the city. with the
shift of POSITIONS, meets With general
approval. and the only fear now IS that
those who are :noJsng to get better re-
SUITS may overlo the thing or make
elme unfortunate miss.e2 AMI give the
nuckrakers chir e at them. and thus
spoil what seems to be good thing.
However John Macv!ear is one CT the
wisest men who ever had to dc with
lily affairs in .rwa and the chances
arc good for !. winning.
Then. so it IS said, for larger cani-
la;gn.
The friends OF Prof p q. Holden
have been watching with good deal
Of interest the progress Of the very re-
cent boom given him as candidate for
the republican nomination for COVER
ncr. The movement has been received
with much evidence Of admiration for
Professor Holden and commentator
o. his great work as teacher and an
advocate Of good seed corn: but the
concensus of opinion as expressed In
the newspapers Of the state is that the
professor is so very useful where he Is
that it would be a distinct loss to the
state to undertake to draft him for the
political game next year. or necessity
he would resign from his present place
and all connection with the college
work as soon az he entered upon his
political campaign, and many of his
warmest admirers are advising him
that he ought not to consider doing
this. The current view is we'll express
ed by the Ida Grove Pioneer which
says:
professor Holden. the agricultural
expert. is one of Iowa's greatest men
but he is worth more to Iowa and him
self in his present position than he
would be as governor"
The Fontanelle observer puts it this
way:
1.-THE proposal that Professor Holden
shall run for governor is out OF order.
In his line he Is immense, but would
be a cat in a strange garrett In the
governors office. Furthermore, the
people Of Iowa do not care to specialize
in choosing a governor"
The Keosauqua Republican, in the
other part of the state. says:
'"The general opinion thruout the
state Is that Professor Holden, the
seed corn apostle of Iowa, should con-
tinue to be an apostle rather than
to flee to troubles he knows not Of
in making fight for the governor
ship
There are others. however, who in
sist that Professor Holden has the
training, the experience, the familiar
ity with the affairs Of the state and
adaptability to handle men and secure
the massage of important and helpful
measures thru the legislature to emf
nently AT him for the office of COVER
nor. and to restore to that office some
of it's Importance and influence In state
affairs. But the fact that at least a
large part of the boosting done for
him has been by a clique that cares
nothing for him but would like to use
him to punish others for daring to run
for governor without seeking their adj
vice is not generally relished.
A Washington disptach to the Chit
cago Tribune gives the list of persons
being considered by President Taft for
appointment to the supreme bench as
follows: w. G. Hook, Kansas; Judge
Rudkin, Washington; Judge Carter, II
linois; Judge Swayze, New Jersey; and
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