Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
SUCCESS OF TAFT's PET PLAN
HINGES ON RESULT OF
LITTLE IOWA ELECTION.
SITUATION RIDICULOUS
As WELL As AMUSING
II Republicans Win Election, Taft
Loses-lf Democrats Elect Their Man,
President Gains q MISREPRESENTATION
to Have lts Effect on Future Of
Many ssnasors-Taft Worried.
Especial Correspondence.

| Especial Correspondence.
Washington, May 30.-A wee, sma'
voice about the size Of geological
gardens protest against the intrusion
of prairie cyclone, is being tuned up
for an expression Of mid-western op1n-
ion on reciprocity. Persons desiring TO
keep wise to political weather are at
fixing their ears to the ground ana
their eyes on the west, with purpose
to note the results of the special con-
gressional election in the Ninth Iowa
district Of June 5.
A progressive republican is running
on standpat platform against an Old
line democrat standing on Platform
that Endorses the chief issue of the
Taft administration. II the republican
wins, his party loses; If the democrat
wins, his president loses: il the demo-
crat wins, Taft is Endorsed How old
is Ann?
This by-election in a country dis
MAY Decide Fate Of Reciprocity.
trict may decide the fate OF the re-
ciprocity bill in the senate. All con-
gress is watching the situation. Presi-
dent Taft has conferred with the ma
tional committeeman from 1owa-who
| lives in the district that is about TO
hold the election-and is kecniy coz
| cerned about the situation. Democrat
| lie political leaders have organized
! big campaign for their candidate. and
feel very optimistic about securing the
| districts endorsement of President
Taft-and reputation of the republic
| can nominee.
| It would be hard to conjure up po-
llitfcal situation in which sole con-
| gressional election would seem to IN
yolve so much The district Is an
ideal one for a test Of rniddle-western
opinion. 1t includes nine counties:
eight strictly agricultural. the ninth
! containing the city OF Council BUTTS
with $4,000 people.
| The election is being made to NIL the
| vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Walter l. Smith, standpat republican,
whom President Taft created a circuit
| Judge. Judge Smiths last congresston-
al act was to demonstrate his appre-
citation Of the life position to which he
had been appointed by President Tart.
by voting against Mr.. Taft's pet BILL
The district. normally republican by
1000 to 1900. fell off to 1900 majority
for Smith last fall because Smith was
a tariff regular and Cannon support
er.
Then came reciprocity and the del
Iuge.
Tho Convention Declarations.
Smith resigned to doff his crumpled
toEa, and put on the new suit Of err
mine. The republicans met in con-
vention and nominated Judge W. p.
Green. who calls himself conserva-
tive progressive. By unanimous voice
his convention adopted tariff plank
which Endorsed the Taft program in
these sounding terms:
eve oppose the proposed Canadian
reciprocity treaty as being detrimental
to the farming interests Of the coun-
try; and we pledge the nominee OF this
convention to oppose the adoption OF
said reciprocity measure and we urge
our United States senators to use their
influence and all honorable means to
| prevent the passage Of said measure
We denounce the proposed free list OF
the democratic house Of representa-
tives as a measure injurious to the in
terests OF American industry and dam
gerous alike to farm and shop"
To which the democratic conven-
ton retorted by adopting this ringing
denunciation OF Mr.. Taft:
I'VE commend the democratic house
of representatives upon its support
and passage Of the bill providing for
reciprocal trade relations with Can
ada. Fair reciprocity has always been
a democratic doctrine, and while the
pending trade agreement originated
with republican president. the demo-
cratic members Of che house recognize
led in it measure which, while not
iperfect. opens the way for better
trade relations and the extension OF
the American markets, and have pTac-
ltically given 1t their support. They
have thus dem onstrated 10 the country
/. that the: place patriotism above party
advantage and support any merftor-
ious measure which has for its object
the purpose Of tightening the burdens
resting upon the common people"
] Situation is Ridiculous.
/ II you were a republican president
running for reelection. wouldn't you
4 be tickled most to death with situa-
ton like that? All President Taft
needs. in order to imagine he has been
indorsed is to stand On his head and
watch the Ninth Iowa thru a reversed
fopera glass. Wouldn't that make you
view with alarm thru the optic nerve
4 OF your index finger, and point with
pride thru your two good eyes?
/ And. II you were a republican sena-
ltor from Iowa, wouldn't you Just be
istanding around first on one foot and
then on the other. waiting to hear the
lbig noise from home?
stealing Hubbard's Thunder.
/ Further, Il you were the Honorable
Ebert II. Hubbard. statesman, not
lisa ge-from Sioux City, not from
East Aurora). and had made speech
in favor OF this same reciprocity thing,
wouldn't YOU be edited to know that
the chef d'oeuvre OF democratic cam
paign literature in this same topsy-
turvy contest was going to be that
same speech Of yours? Mr.. Hubbard
is republican: voted for the republic
can presidents measure:-and now the
4 speech he made in favor Of It II to be
used as an argument for electing a
democrat in the district next-door to
his own! Wouldn't that make you
pinch yourself to see II you were real
~ falling Oft the Washington monu-
#ment. or merely enjoying nightmare?
TAFT Nightly Worried.
President Taft il reported nightly
worried about the fate OF the recipro-
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