Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
CHAIRMAN FRANKE's STATEMENT.


ITO support Theodore Roosevelt
mean that a voter or candidate must
abandon his party, nor does It mean
thai the Progressive committee, or a
progressive voter could not support a
candidate who Is in favor of our can
didate for president
"The question simply resolves it
self to this:
Can the progressive voter sup
port candidates for office who are
openly supporting Mr.. Taft, and con-
slider that he is furthering t he best
interests OF the progressive cause?"
Chairman FRANKIE.
Mr.. FRANKIE has scarcely put his
question. Practically considered 1t
should be put thus: do we want to
devote all our energies to the immed!-
ate building of third party in this
state at whatever sacrifice of progress
sive candidates nominated by progress
certain sacrifice Of votes for our pres
6ential candidate and the advantage
Of Taft or 60 we wish to pile up
splendid vote for Roosevelt, confirm
the principle Of majority rule and fur
Their the enactment of a preferential
primary method?" For that is what
1t comes to.
1t IS d condition and not a theory
which coufronts Mr.. FRANKIE and the
leaders Of the third party in Iowa.
They will find many thousands Of their
own people who will not follow or be
driven into Il scheme which $ calcu-
lated to elect a democratic leg stature.
sist toward turning progressive dis
tricts over to democratic congressman
and which will utterly divide proeres-
sives in Iowa merely 10 complete the
machinery of party which can we'll
afford 70 wait and which would be well
poid for waiting by the vote which
would thus accrue to its presidential
nominee No sincere follower Ok The
bull moose can find reasonable faut
with the stand in the senate OF either
Of Iowas senators. They are progress
sives. Nobody with common sense ana
knowledge Of the situation would hon
est!y claim that Iowa democrats could
fill the places Of Cumulins and Kenyon
with men OF the same ca!iher or OF
higher responsiveness and sIEcerlty.
And 10 thinking bull mooser dreams
that his party could elect a bull moose
legislature or an important section OF
a legislature under present conditions
MIR. Frankes question analyzed
comes to this: VIII it be better to
live in the leanto this summer or burn
down the house Every standpatter
Of the extreme type IS standing about
with matches in his hand anxious TO
hand them over TO anybody willing TO
commit progressive arson.
Mr.. FRANKIE vii scarcely be able 10
convince the thousands Of republicans
who are ready to vote for Theodore
Roosevelt and who are even more
anxious 10 support progressives VINO
have made good and were nominated on
their merits as progressives that they
must forget the square deal in Iowa
in order TO endorse Roosevelt and the
square deal In national affairs.
Mr.. FRANKIE should take notice that
the plan Of a state ticket is not favored
by progressive newspapers which
favor the new party and its candidate;
that the general sentiment Of those az
fIiated with the new party is against
the plan: that the pressure for a full
ticket comes from ambitious embry-
otto candidates and that the source OF
such editorial urgency and approval
as It gets is all standpat. In the In
teresrs Of his candidate and Tor the
furtherance Of his party in Iowa Mr..
FRANKIE should take tumble TO him
self