Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-03
sTANDPAT POLITICIANS At
TEMPTING TO START QUAR-.
REL AMONG PRooREssivEs.
AGENTS OF pIscoNTENr
BUSY IN pEs MONIES
With Aid Of Friendly Newspapers They
Are Fomsntins Diseord in Hope Of
Splitting Forces and Capturing Gov.
ernorship, Senatorship and Other
Offices.
Special to Times-Republican.

Speclal to imeS-Republican.
Des Moines, May 3.-Standpat poll
tlcians here believe they have turned
a clever trick that will net them COM
plete control Of Iowa at the time of the
next senatorial campaign that Of 1914.
They have Of late taken on a confident
air that leads to the impression they
believe the progressive republicans
have been started nicely on the road
to destruction
Their scheme has been to divide the
progressives and thus effect their de-
feat. They know that when progress
sives are united they are invincible.
The scheme is to induce the pro-
gressives to begin fighting among
themselves-first by starting a fight on
one progressive candidate, which they
believe will be followed by retaliation.
and so on all round until the cutting
and slashing is general
i Agents Of Discomfort at Work.
They have made their start by in
! ducing few Weakened ones to pro-
claim war on the progressive candi-
date for governor, Mr.. Clarke. This
week the manager for a rival candidate
! has had his agents out circulating
papers to line up Des Moines progress
sives against Clarke. In this they are
encoura ged by the newspapers that are
/ hostile to the progressive cause. They
f., believe they will be able to make a
I big stir in the state. H w. Byers, who
has been bitter against Clarke ever
/ since the latter crossed him on a leg
slative piece of robbery years ago, has
been induced to take a hand. and as he
is holding down a $4,000 job with a
| city administrat ton that rode into
power with standpat organization. he
has more than one object in doing SO.
/ IF there are threats to be cut" said
a standpat politician last night, 1--WE
know perfectly we'll that there are sew
eral fair ones exposed. and it will only
be a matter of another turn until the
war is on all along. If we can only get
EN- we'll started it will mean a stand
pat governor. standpat senator and
standpat control of the state executive
council. We can afford to SMILE
Fomentins Diseord.
| That is the hope and expectation Of
the politicians and so they are doing
quiet work to foment discord among
the progressives for they believe 1t
will all work ultimately to the discredit
Of Senator Cummins which is the main
thing for a coterie of ants who gather
around the board Of the Greater Des
Moines committee" and elsewhere.
| In the meantime the progressive re-
publcane. all those who are standing
firmly for principle, are doing some
quiet work in behalf Of Kenyon and
Clarke and are confident they will give
them both a fine ma jority in Polk coun-
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sition. They realize that the blow that
is aimed at one is aimed quite as we'll
at both
May Pull Down Proudfoot.
VIII the opposition to Governor
Clarke pull Proudfoot out Of the race
and concentrate on Holden in an eff
fort to effect his defeat? The effort IS
being made to bring about such a re-
suit.
1t became known yesterday, posi-
lively and absolutely, that friends Of
the senator from Warren have been
approached and advised with in re-
gard to having him announce his with
drawal from the race for governor. 1t
was represented to them that Proud
foot, from the standpoint Of opposition
to Clarke, merely stands in the way,
and his retirement would result in the
swing toward the Story county politi-
cal aspirant Of a large body Of voters.
Hints and rumors are flying about
Of great coup by the political COM
mittee opposed to Clarke by which
they expect to completely wipe the pro
gressives off the map in this part Of
the state. They have stated that they
intend to publish in a few days a
statement signed by all the delegates
from Polk county to the republican
state convention advising the boiling
of the ticket and defeat of Clarke.
The friends of Governor Clarke say
they know nothing of any movement to
1 get Proudfoot out of the race, and 1t
can be stated with positiveness that
neither Clarke nor any Of his friends
care d rap whether either of the 9TH
er candidates gets out of the race.
Close friends Of Proudfoot say he will
stick and remain on the ballot.
Woman Candidate in Franklin.