Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-20
pRooREDelvEe TO URGE PoPu
LAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
DELEGATES.
TO URGE COMMITTEES
TO ADOPT SYSTEM
Committee While Favorable to Taft
Believed to Favor Popular vots-La.
FoIIstts Sentiment In state Growing
and hs Might Garry state in Else
zion.

| Minneapolis, Oct. 2o.-The Minneso-
t. progressive republicans will MAKE
night before the republican state com
mittse when 1t meets early next year
to have 4 popular vote taken on rrest-
Denial preference. The popular prt-
mary was the only thing outside OF
! LaFollette Endorsed At the Chicago
conference Monday. 1t will be urged
before the republican national COM
mittse Doc. IA. and will be taken up
| also with the state committees. Ihe
| Minnesota committee, which was
named almost entirely by Governor A.
O. Eoerhart, 10 thought to be for the
most part in favor OF Taft. but there
are Taft men who would favor 4 pop
ular primary il It could be had.
| The executive committee OF the Min
nesota Progressive Republican League
will meet at the Minneapolis CONNER
cial Club Friday evening. and will
take some action on the popular pri-
mary. It 10 expected that committee
will be named to ask for conferences
with Chairman r. e. Smith and other
member. of the state committee. In or
der to reach an agreement to nave
1 pOpuloI COt0 OA ~ OSANSAs'
| otatutss Oppose Idss.
! Statutes Of Minnesota. however. are
in the way Of the proposed popular
primary, according to. J. A. o. Preus
state insurance commissioners, who Is
secretary Of the republican state COM
mites. "The laws OF Minnesota pro-
vide the manner in which the eau
cuses are to be held said Mr.. Preui
today. 1T would be impossible for
tho committee to arrange for any sIch
thing. We have no authority to call
caucuses or primaries in any manner
differ ent from that provided by law
"We are fully aware that tho popu-
tar primary on president Is not author
lied by law" said James A. Peterson,
Of Minneapolis today. That would
not prevent one being held by agree
ment, however. Al an advisory PROPOSE
ton. They have no law on the subject
IN Iowa, but they have agreed In that
state to submit the choice Of presiden-
| tial candidates to the people. The
opposing parties In q lawsuit can agree
by stipulation to things that the Law
does not cover. and that 10 just what
we propose In this state"
Minnesota progressives who attended
the Chicago conference returned much
pleased with the gathering. Tho meet
ing accomplished its purpose" said
Mr.. Peterson today. 1T was called
to ret the workers together and take
an account OF conditions. We found
the prospects excellent. The commit
tee which has had charge Of the La
Toilette campaign was continued and
will be in charge until the convention.
with the support Of the state organiza-
tions II was all LaFollette. At the
final session James r. GARFIELD made
dns talk Endorsing LaFollette and sup
porting the resolutions"
I! LaFeilstts Visit Delayed.
The visit OF Senator LaFollette ia
Minnesota has been deferred. He win
hardly reach Minneapolis before Nov.
IL. His departure from Washington
for the western trip 10 now set for Nov.
10. instead Of Nov. I.
Congressman Frank M. Nye Of Min
nea polls. tho friendly to President
Taft thinks that LaFollette has the
best Of 1t at this time in Minnesota.
II believe" said Mr.. Nye today. that
il the convention were held tomorrow
LaFollette would carry the delegation
from this state. But the situation ID
what might be called kaleidoscope. and
it is impossible to tell what six months
| may bring forth. Much depends on
what 10 done at the session Of congress
this winter. That may strengthen q
| Il NAV weaken him."