Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-18
PRooREssivEs or NORTH IOWA
HAviNos INNINGS IN DELE.
GATE GAME.
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CUMMING
PLEASED OVER ourL ook
etandpats Have Made No Gains Over
Previous Years-cummins Will Have
Safe Working Majority in STATE
Convention - Caucus Packing in
Woodhury-clark Leads Democrats.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 1s.-The way that
the progressive republicans in the pro-
gressive counties Of northern Iowa are
standing firm for their principles is
highly pleasing to the friends Of Sem
ator Cummins here. The caucus re-
suits in Sac, Lyon, Pocahontas, Frank
lin. Buchanan and other counties indi-
cate that the standpat movement has
reached the limit and that the tide is
now being turned back with VEN
geance. Unless the standpatters make
some surprisingly great gains in the
progressive counties they do not stand
the slightest chance Of carrying the
republican state convention. It Is also
evident. SO the progressives say. that
the results In Jefferson. Washington.
Mills and other reservation counties,
show that II the standpatters had de-
layed the calling of their conventions
until the people had had time to think
about the matter they would have lost
out in q great many Of the strictly
standpat counties.
cur,mins Makes Gains.
Senator Cumnins made distinct
gains in the convention and caucus
fights of the Iowa republicans Sat-
urday.
The progressives carried conven-
lions in Tama, Buena Vista and Wash
ington, and caucuses held in Franklin,
Pocahontas and Sac counties indicate
that they will easily control those con-
ventions.
The standpatters finished up the
First district by holding their con-
ventions in Louisa. Des Moines and
Jefferson counties, and caucuses in
Van Buren,. These are all standpat
counties. In all the delegations are for
Taft.
Woodbury. county caucuses were al
so held, and that county, as usual, will
go for the standpatters.
The progressives are well pleased
because the caucuses held in progress
sive territory have shown no wavering
and 1t is now certain that all the nor
mally progressive territory will be for
Cummins.
The net result Of the contest the
past week has been to make no change
whatever in the relative strength of the
factions In the state. In q com parison
with the last state convention it is
found that If all the remaining counties
go as they did before the progressive
majority will be from 100 to $50 in the
state convention. Progressive leaders
are also claiming 1t will be larger than
this.
Forthcoming Conventions.
New dates for republican county
conventions have been made as fol-
lows:
Webster county. TT Dodge. March 25.
Linn county, Cedar Rapids, April 3.
O'Brien county, Primghar April IL.
Pocahontas county, Pocahontas.
March 20.
Boone county, Boone. March %.
Grundy county, Grundy Center, April
Benton county, vinton, March 10.
Emmett county, Estherville. April g..
Humboldt county, Dakota City, April
Van Buren, county, Keosauqua, March
10.
Greene county, Jefferson, March 26.
Howard county, Crewco. March 80.
Howard county, Cresco, March 30.
Palo Alto county, Emmetsburg, April
10.
Floyd county, Charles City. April 10.
Champ Clark Makes Gains.
you gotta quit kickin my dawg
aroun" was the sweet refrain that
burst from the windows and doors Of
the Champ Clark headquarters at the
Slavery hotel. The dulcet echoes re-
verberated thruout the corridors and
fioated out into the street as the news
Of clean sweep for the speaker Of the
house came ticking over the wires from
every democratic county convention
held Saturday in Iowa.
Five conventions having in their
power the selection Of sixty-four dele
gates, duly selected sixty-four dele
gates, carefully rolled them up and adj
dressed them to the Hon. Champ Clark.
Washington, D. c., as follows:
Wapello county ......le
Decatur county
Mahaska county ......15
Tama county .....l4
Sioux county ....................