Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-08
REPUBLICANS OF IOWA TO MEET
TO SELECT DELEGATES TO
NATIONAL GATHERING.
POLITICIANS At SEA
OVER HOLDEN MOVE
No Reason Apparent for "Greater
Iowa" acknowledgements Line
Up For Holden Important Factor
Senatorial Politics May Be Real Mo-
tive Back Of Candidacy.
ecial to Times Republican

DeS MoineS, Jan. S.-loMa delegates
to the republican national convention
in Chicago will ne named about March
20
1t is possible there will be an effort
made to have the convention GATE set
on a par with that in other years.
When the republican state conven-
ton me, in 1856 to select Il delegation
to present to the national convention
at ST Louis the name OF the Iowa
candidate for the presidency, the oatr
was March IL; y. b. C@mmins was
chairman of the convention and was 4
delegate selected and was also nade
member of the republican national
committee by the Iowa delegation ana
he aided in the mana cement of the
national campaign. The theory OF the
Very early convention then was that II
Iowa was TO have a candidate for the
presidency-which it had-his name
should be advertised as early as pos
sible.
This year there is again possibility
at least. that Iowa republicans may
again ask the party in the nation TO
honor this state.
Il seems that in some quarters there
is protest against the plan to have the
convention in Cedar Rapids and this
matter may prove to have been not
fully decided. Il has been made to aE'-
pear that the opposition to Des Moines
is entirely fractional and Des Moines
people resent this phase Of the case
and say that there can be nothing in it.
In fact it is pointed out that one fac
ton is about as strong in affairs here
al another. and there can be no fac
tional advantage or Disadvantage in
the location of the convention.
An effort has been made to have
"a Des Moines man made TEMPORARY
chairman of the convention. but this
is said to be not pressed as factional
matter but distinctly non-factional and
If Des Moines presents a "keynoter'
for the convention it will be someone
who has been about as useful to one
faction as another.
The democratic state committee has
as Vet taken no action looking to a
meeting for fixing the time of the
democratic state convention. tho the
starting of individual blooms" for
each Of the rival candidates. may jar
something loose very soon.
| The first important announcement o.
| accessions for the rev political fac.
ton organized to take over the affairs
Of the republican party is that of "
! E. D. Rummel. former secretary Of
/ Still College Of Osteopathy. who az
president Of the Iowa Conservation
and Sportsmen's Association has calef
! a meeting Of that organization for this
week, when he plans for an indorse.
ment Of Prof. P. G. Holden as a canci-
| date for governor. The association j:
a strong one, composed Of PRACTICAL.
ali the hunters of the state and It i:
| devoted to conserving the game pre-
serves Of Iowa, especially to prevent
| ing the conversion Of any more of tn
swamps and ponds of northern low;
| into cornfields by drainage. Dr. Rum
mel says that the sporsmen will BAG!
the professor.
Some of the most conspicuous mem
bers Of the deficiency committee
which engineered the formation OF tn
new greater Iowa" faction to captu-
the office Of chief executive are re
ported TO be already privately an
otherwise apologizing TO their friend
and declaring that they haven't had
thing to GO with recent important pc
litical moves. 10 their friends the
have frankly confessed their disaC
pointment over the failure of tn
Holden movement to fire the prairie!
Almost Immediately after the securin
from the pugnacious professor formE
announcement of his candidacy and hi
resignation, they have commenced I
call for still other candidates TO ente
the field and are said to he showing
disposition to give support to thos
who may come after.
There is d well defined urGe-cul
rent of opinion among those who fee
! we'll informed and are familiar wit
: the political game that the real seer
of the formation of the new party hs
not Yet been disclosed. Some Of the
are saying that it has to do WITH II
succession to the United states seIat
others that it is a part of the game II
presidency of the state college, and
has even been limited that the move
: a part Of the preliminaries for gettir
Iowa into line for support Of the nS
tional administration especially on II
reciprocity question. The newspape
here rather take the view that Il
Holden candidacy will have only inc
dental influence Oh the big busine