Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-18
.THiRp PARTY NOT TO sELEcT
CANDIDATES FoR STATE OF.
FIcEs IN IOWA.
FIGHT 70 CONCENTRATED
AGAINST, GOVERNOR WILSON
orsatsr Dee Moinss cemmittss AZ.
tsmpts 70 Embarrass Presrsssivss
BY Taking Roosevelt in Charge
When Colonel Visits Iowa-RspubI.
can Leader Gees Defeat in East.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 1s.-Candidates for
office in Iowa who have been nomi-
mated at the regular legalized and
statewide primary, or in other words
who have received commission from
the rank and file of their party. need
have no fear Of Independent candi-
dates being put up against them by the
new progressive republican party.
Where the people have spoken and said
who they desire for candidates their
wishes will be respected.
So far as known not one Of the men
themselves in an independ-
ent ticket to oppose Wilson and Mar
shall has it in mind to put up new can
didates against Dunn and his assoc
ciates on the state ticket. The entire
fight will be concentrated against Will
son and on national lines. In state af-
fairs this can safely be left to the
people. There may be here or there a
county where some sanction will be
given to independent or progressive
party candidates going on the ballot
by petition, but it Is agreed among all
that this will not be generally favored.
Promoters of the progressive party
were somewhat embarrassed by coup
on the part Of the self-appointed and
officious Greater Des Moines commit
tee" to secure Colonel Roosevelt as a
feature at some sort of a social feat
ure here. a banquet or reception or
of the sort. It was learned
that employees Of the com1n:ttee had
wired to Senator Dixon to make date
with Roosevelt and to have him placed
in their charge while in Des Moines.
So far as known not a single member
CT the Committee" has any sympathy
with the movement. It was at once
surmised that what was wanted was to
utilize as much of Roosevelts time
while in Des Moines as possible and
q dvertise 1t as great event for the
&c. d. NJ committee" 1t was also re-
called that when Taft was here the last
time this committee took him under
its wing, made use Of him as feature
for a fancy banquet with a price per
plate intended to be a profitable bar
gain for the committee, and incurred
the displeasure for the president Of
thousands Of Des Moines people by
making the affair exclusive and dis
tinctly Of the silk stocking variety"
Some Of the Roosevelt men said at
once they would not stand for any such
Of Roosevelt should be come
here next week.
AS a fair illustration Of what is run
ming thru the minds of the American
voters. an excerpt IL given below from
a confidential letter written a promi-
nent republican Of Iowa to friend,
after his return from a trip In the east
last week. The letter was not written
to anyone connected with the Roose-
welt movement, nor is it from one
having anything to do with 1t, but 1t IL
from a republican holding high office
and a regular" In every sense of the
word. He wrote:
1.-THE political situation could not be
much worse. We shall probably have
a democratic president and am not
at all sure that all the candidates for
state office on our republican ticket
will be elected. However. bad as things
may be here in Iowa they are even
worse in some of the eastern states.
They are simply seething in New York.
New Jersey, Ohio, In
was in on my recent trip or passed
thru save Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. There IL real revolution on
md nobody can tell what Is going to
happen. Certain 1t Is in my opinion
that New York, New Jersey, Penn
,ylvania, Ohio and Indiana are lost to
he republicans this year. 1t was really
difficult to find a man in my travels,
outside Of the states hitherto men
Toned, who would even say he was go
ng to vote for Taft. Many said they
would not vote at all. others that they
would vote for Roosevelt II they could,
and still others that they would never
vote for Taft even II there was no
,ther recourse than to vote for Wilson.
do not have the gift Of prophecy but
eel quite sure that our party is on the
.ocks. and / am not sure who is going
@ bring her off. Personally can
lot help feeling that the managers at
Chicago made very serious blunder.
Ind all that can be said is that they
we're playing the game of politics and
ls usual political committees are not
very judicial in their proceedings. We
shall never have a repetition Of the
Chicago convention. Whether we will
,e able to get a national presidential
Is question as yet In great
loubt. talked with some of the sem
ltors in Washington. and both the
-ummins and the Norris bills, are
,igeonholed in committees and 1t is
doubtful If the friends Of these meas
,res can bring them out. The only
lope seems to be from the democratic
,arty which is now committed to this
n its national platform. II we can
rave such a bill It will be the end Of
,uch political conventions as was held
n Chicago. Men who think there Is
rouble only in the western states are
deceived. There is more trouble in the
.ast than here In Iowa. The only two
IT MAKES q hit"