Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

were got out to the caucus than were
cast for Carroll for governor last time.
The fight appears to have been made
by Col. Smith Brookhart and Clifford
Thorne and 1t was q square fight for
progressive delegation. 1t shows what
can be done in the reservation.
wherever there Ia anyone willing to
take the lead and make the fight for
clean government. The Washington
Democrat, the standpat organ there, re-
ferred to the matter as follows:
The progressives won a complete
victory last Saturday at the primar-
les and therefore there is loud rejoice
ing in the camp of the Roosevelt fans
and corresponding depression among
the Philistines. The standpatters were
licked foot, horse and dragons. They
were eternally wiped OFF the face of the
earth, whipped, subdued, conquered,
thrashed. castigated, pound
ed into jelly and everything else
that spells complete vassalage. They
did not even save enough for relic"
Again the standpat organ explains
the cause:
THE fight against Taft was easy.
Everything was coming their way. Taft
is very unpopular and we hear 1t from
all over the county. We talked with
a number OF republicans in securing
the delegates and all tell the same tale,
unpopularity Of Taft. His reciprocity
idea was wrong as far as Iowa is con-
cerned, his pension record is bad. He
said he would veto the Sherwood pen
sion bill and that made the old soldiers
mad and many fought him. Some
would not fight him. but they remained
away from the voting places. Many
voted against him and cussed while
they did it. They said Damn Taft"
and we do not mean to discredit any
old soldier for saying it. They hate
him for his pension attitude. This was
hard to fight. The standpatters had
no organization, whereas the pro-
sressives were thoroughly organized"
The anti-Cummins contingent In
Iowa are trying to extract some con-
ISOLATION out OF the cold facts as TO
the situation in Iowa by making COM
parison Of the remaining counties with
what was done in 1906. Taking the
republican state convention OF i9oo'
Cummins' last nomination, as the
basis" says the Vinton Eagle, there
is already enough counties changed
positions to give the regulars ma
jority of fifty votes" The true COM
parison. however, is with the last re-
publican state convention. There has
been great deal Of water passed I'M
der the bridge since in 1906 the rail-
roads and other corporations put up
an immense slush fund to carry Iowa
away from its progressive moorlnss.
In that compaign there was a desperate
fight made for the standpat cause,
accompanied by the famous fake con-
tests which the standpatters instituted
Two years ago there was more nearly
q free expression of actual sentiment
as between the standpat faction ana
the regular party of Iowa. There 10
no change in the actual situation the
past week: but the fact remains that
il the counties yet to decide go as they
did at the last state convention the
progressives will have $50 majority In
the state convention. The fact that
the standpat territory went standpat
again is being pointed to and made
much Of in the headlines Of the stand
pat press in order to deceive the people
and make some faint hearted ones &C
tually believe that there has been re-
version in Iowa against the party poll
cies that have so often carried the
state.
The enemies of Senator Cummins
have tried to do him injury by dwell
ing upon the refusal Of the Seventh
district convention to accept the ). 8.
Bellamy scheme for having Cummtns'
home district endorse President Taft
as a candidate. Instead Of making
much of the fact that the Seventh
district selected Cummins delegation
and endorsed Cummins for president
they insist upon featuring that the
convention refused to approve the adj
ministration" The convention did ex-
actly what the other conventions have
done-it endorsed itsschoice as can
didate and did nothing else. Nobody
proposed in the standpat conventions
that they also approve and recommend
some one other than their choice for
presidential candidate The Seventh
district convention was harmonious
and good natured. There was nothing
done that could in any way cause
legitimate friction or embarrass the
party after the nominations are made
at Chicago.